Max Carter is expecting 75-100 people for the 8:00 p.m. lantern tour of the New Garden graveyard on Hallowe’en night, and would like to treat them to living “interpreters” of some of the fascinating people residing in our cemetery. Script will be provided. Contact Max Carter if you are interested (before October 11) at 336-292-7316 or email at [email protected]).
As part of the ongoing observance of the bicentennial of the UGRR in Guilford County, a day of commemoration for Vestal Coffin, the First “Conductor” on the Underground R.R. in Guilford County, will be held on October 10, Coffin’s birth and death date (1792-1826). Activity schedule (all free and open to the public): 9:30 a.m. “Origins of the Underground R.R.: African Americans, Native Americans, and Quakers,” Arwin Smallwood, Chair of the History and Political Science…
It is time to sign up to participate in the next semi-annual Greensboro Urban Ministries’ food drive. Again, NGFM is assigned to the Harris Teeter at 701 Francis King Street, across the street from our meeting house on Friday, October 18. Please consider signing up for one of the 2-hour time slots. You will be paired with at least one other New Gardener. This event is a major resource for replenishing the food pantry, and…
1:00 p.m. / Meeting Clerk Tim Lindeman will preside.
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. / Fellowship Hall.
New Garden’s Peace and Social Concerns Committee provides small grants to organizations for projects that address priority issues through the Meeting’s Broader Concerns budget. Priorities for 2019 include: • Peace and conflict prevention/resolution • Poverty, homelessness, and hunger • Youth engagement • Clean energy and climate change crisis • Social, racial, and economic justice • Refugee crisis and immigrant rights. If you know an organization with a project or program that advances any of these…
“Friendly 8” are groups of Friends from New Garden Friends Meeting who meet monthly for food and fellowship. They offer an opportunity to get to know other members of New Garden Friends Meeting and are wonderful for both newcomers and long-time members alike. Complete and return the Friendly-8-Sign-Up Form and you will be paired with other Friends. Friendly 8 groups will begin to meet starting in October!
5 – 8 p.m. / We will gather at 5 p.m. New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 408 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and march (bring your signs!) to Shiloh Baptist Church at 1210 S. Eugene Street, where at 6 p.m. we will hear from Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Sisters and brothers directly impacted by the unjust…
6:00 p.m. / Concord Friends Meeting / North Carolina Quaker Men will hear former NFL lineman now of First Fruits Farm speak. Jason Brown, formerly the highest paid NFL lineman, will speak about his journey from football to becoming a farmer and providing hundreds of thousands of pounds of produce to the hungry in North Carolina. Come to Concord Friends Meeting (5000 Old Randleman Road, Greensboro) with Friends from all over North Carolina, eat supper,…
9:45 a.m. -10:50 a.m. / Rm. 111 / The Brotherhood class is a group of men and women who are interested in Bible study. This year we are launching an exciting new program! Join us on the third Sunday of each month for a special Brotherhood Forum. We will discuss the many ways that the Bible speaks to our commitment to social justice. Each class can be appreciated on its own, so you may attend…