Adult Forum Friends may join us in the parlor, or on Zoom. Zoom links will continue to go out with Religious Education updates and information. October 9: New Garden’s own version of “heART journaling”. Art supplies (paper, markers, crayons, scissors, etc.) will be provided for Friends joining in person, but you are welcome to bring your own. We will continue working with the theme of grief and will begin with a blessing or query, and…
This is a friendly reminder. Please remember to turn off the lights and make sure all doors are locked when leaving the meeting after hours. We have had several occasions of the basement being unlocked and the lights on after hours, as well as the back door upstairs near the kitchen. Doors and lights are all checked when the office closes at 5p.m. so this is happening after hours. Please be mindful of checking when…
Join Friends in a Snow Camp Quaker tour of meeting houses and restored mills on October 22, 2022. This trip brings together our different Quaker branches who have expressed interest in our common roots at this time of celebration of our 350 years of originally being in North Carolina. Snow Camp, first settled by Quakers in 1749, and Cane Creek Friends Monthly Meeting, established in 1751, known as the “Mother of Meetings” in central N.C.,…
Tour 1: September 17 – 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Guilford Woods, The Underground Railroad The significance of the woods as a place of refuge has been passed down through the years. Abolitionist Levi Coffin grew up north of the site and references these woods between his home and his New Garden Quaker Meeting as a place of refuge. The case of John Dimery’s escape and quick movement to Indiana in 1819 is the…
On-line voting has begun for projects in your neighborhood under the City’s Participatory Budgeting Program. Greensboro residents 14 and older will help decide how to spend $500,000 in City funds by voting in Participatory Budgeting (PB) Greensboro until October 15 at www.PBGreensboro.com. Proposed projects on the ballot this year include street sign toppers to identify historically significant neighborhoods (proposed by the New Garden Guilford College Area Alliance), bus shelters, water-bottle filling stations, outdoor fitness equipment, teen…
In continuing celebration of 350 years of Quaker community in North Carolina, two historical tours will be offered in Tenth Month (October). On Monday, October 10, a 9:00 – 12:00 noon tour will begin on the new bridge at the west campus of Friends Homes. Overlooking the inadvertent “Pendle Hill” created by earth moved from new construction, Max Carter will share about the beginnings of Quakerism in England and the role Pendle Hill in Lancashire…
On Saturday, October 8, FCNCL will hold its Annual Meeting from 9:15 am to 12:30 pm. We look forward to your joining us to conduct the business of our Committee! During our Annual Meeting we will hear from a guest speaker, Rob Schofield of North Carolina Policy Watch, on the topic: “Protecting Democracy in North Carolina.” After Rob’s remarks we will break out into discussion groups to generate ideas as to how we can act…
Thurs., Oct. 6 and 20, 2022, 7:45 p.m., 1500 Mill Street, Suite 105 (between Red Collection and Brooks Global Elem School Fred Astaire Guest Night (10+ years ago, FA Executives invited Ukrainian world class dancers to open this studio). If choose to follow with dance lessons: Beginner package includes 3 individual, 2 group dance lessons for $25.00 (waltz, viennese waltz, foxtrot, tango, salsa, cha cha, rumba, swing; ask instructor what you would like to learn)…
The 13th Annual Pumpkin Festival will be held at Quaker Lake Camp from 2 until 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 15. Admission is $4 per person and includes inflatables, live music, and games (with prizes) for children of all ages. There’s an additional cost for food and other activities that include hayrides, pumpkin painting, pumpkin smashing, cake walk, and more! Additional information, including sponsorship opportunities, is available at www.quakerlakecamp.org/pumpkin-festival. We expect over 2,500 people to…
A continuation of the account of our September Quaker Pilgrimage. . . The Quaker Pilgrimage, which began at New Garden Meeting on Friday, September 16, was planned as part of a celebration of the 350 years that followed the visits to America of English Friends William Edmundson and George Fox. A bus was chartered and paid for by our meeting’s Blaylock Fund and carried about 30 of us Friends (from several NC meetings/yearly meetings) to…