Changing Systems, Changing Ourselves / March 24

Community, News, Social Concerns

8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. / Online / Are You Interested in Exploring Anti-racism and Confronting Racist Systems? American Friends Service Committee is offering a five-session monthly online course, “Changing Systems, Changing Ourselves” starting January 28 and ending March 24, with interactive sessions running from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. each night. January 28, Intro session on anti-racist praxis in caucuses; February 25, Criminalization and immigration detention; March 24, Anti-Blackness and immigrant justice; April 28, Accompaniment…

Event Cancelled; Special Called Meeting Following Carry-In Meal / March 22

Community, Fellowship, First Day, News

1:00 p.m. / Worship Room / Mark your calendar; New Garden will have a called meeting following a carry-in meal on Sunday, March 22. The purpose of the meeting is to discern members’ and attenders’ thoughts about the finances of the Meeting. Following a couple of short presentations from Finance and Stewardship and from Investment, we will enter into worship and speak out of the silence.

Event Cancelled; Adult Forum / Friends Committee on National Legislation Priorities / March 22

Community, Fellowship, First Day, Social Concerns

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor / You can be a part of the process of discerning key issues that Friends Committee on National Legislation will lobby our elected officials in the coming congressional year! A distinctive feature of Friends Committee on National Legislation is the practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape their work. Every two years, Friends Committee on National Legislation asks Friends, meetings, churches, and other national groups…

Events Cancelled to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

First Day, News

To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the community, and in accordance with Gov. Cooper’s request to limit gatherings of 100 or more persons, semi-programmed Meeting for Worship has been cancelled on March 15 and March 22. This decision was reached on Friday (March 13) by New Garden’s COVID-19 Prevention Group. Religious Education activities, including meetings of Young Friends, also are cancelled for March 15 and March 22. Unprogrammed Meeting for Worship will take…

Event Cancelled; Adult Forum / Friends Committee on National Legislation Priorities / March 15 & 22

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor / You can be a part of the process of discerning key issues that Friends Committee on National Legislation will lobby our elected officials in the coming congressional year! A distinctive feature of Friends Committee on National Legislation is the practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape their work. Every two years, Friends Committee on National Legislation asks Friends, meetings, churches, and other national groups…

Solar Energy Project

Community, News, Social Concerns, Volunteer

New Garden Friends Meeting is forming a working group to explore the costs and benefits of installing solar panels on the Meetinghouse. We are also considering ways to help families in the community reduce energy costs and make their homes more energy efficient. Both will help us stand up to the climate emergency in very practical ways. Both will save money and save the planet. But both will require funds to realize these savings. Do…

Max Carter’s New Book / Encounter with Palestine and Israel

Community, News, Social Concerns

It was 1970. Fighting between the Jordanian Armed Forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization had been escalating, but a Quaker serving at a school for Palestinian children in Ramallah reported that things were quiet there: “There are few signs of the war here. I see an occasional army patrol with their helmets and guns, and each night jets fly over on their way to attack in Jordan.” That quiet would come to an end just…

Event Cancelled; Adult Forum / Friends Committee on National Legislation Priorities / March 15

Community, Fellowship, First Day, Social Concerns

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor / You can be a part of the process of discerning key issues that Friends Committee on National Legislation will lobby our elected officials in the coming congressional year! A distinctive feature of Friends Committee on National Legislation is the practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape their work. Every two years, Friends Committee on National Legislation asks Friends, meetings, churches, and other national groups…

Women’s Retreat at Quaker Lake Camp / March 7

Community, Fellowship, News

8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. / Quaker Lake Camp / Worship, relax and share fellowship with Friends at Quaker Lake. Activities include swinging from Alpine Tower, hiking, ceramics, sewing, line dancing, cooking demos, yoga, crafts, jewelry making, games and much more! Open to women of all ages. $35, including light breakfast and full lunch. Register by sending printed form (see Quaker Relations bulletin board) with payment to Quaker Lake Camp, or www.quakerlakecamp.org/womens-retreat. Deadline is February…