Challenging Racism / June 20, 2022

Community, News, Social Concerns

From the Black Quaker Project, on June 17, 2022: “The Black Quaker Project is happy to celebrate Juneteenth. . . commemorating the end of slavery in the USA. Although the Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) outlawed slavery in seceding states during the Civil War and the 13th Amendment (1/31/1865) officially ended the practice of chattel slavery across the country, its abolition could not be enforced until after the war’s end. Texas, like all Southern states, refused to…

Religious Education / June 20, 2022

Adult Forum, News, Religious Education, Youth

Summer Program Summer Program is next week, June 27 – July 1, 2022 / 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.  Join us for a fun week of time travel through 350 years of Quakers in North Carolina! We’ll make our own time machines, learn about important people and events, visit the Mendenhall Home Place, and explore the grounds of Guilford College. And of course, Summer Program would be incomplete without Water Day on Friday! *All Covid protocol, including…

Meet Rania Maayeh, Head of the Ramallah Friends School / July 6, 2022

Community, News

Head of the Ramallah Friends School Will Speak at Jamestown Friends July 6, 2022 / 7:00 p.m. Friends United Meeting is sponsoring a visit in N.C. (July 5 – 10) by the new head of the Ramallah Friends School, Rania Maayeh. In 2021, Rania Maayeh was appointed by Friends United Meeting to be the head of the Ramallah Friends School, a pre-K to 12th grade co-educational Quaker school in Ramallah, Palestine. Serving 1,500 students, the…

Bolivia Quaker Education Fund / July 2022

News, Social Concerns

Visit with our Bolivian students, graduates and staff on our Virtual Quaker Study Tour in honor of our twentieth anniversary. Join BQEF supporters from around the world for three sessions: July 20 / 7 p.m. EST (US). Climate Change in Bolivia. July 23 / 4 p.m. EST (US). Current students speak about their experiences of Living with COVID in Bolivia. More information to come.

Religious Education / June 15, 2022

News, Religious Education, Youth

Summer Program Summer Program is scheduled for June 27 to July 01, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.  This week long, cooperative program takes on a different theme each year. Participants engage in a number of activities that are centered around that theme. Some activities include short lessons, crafts, music, and outdoor games. This year, our theme is 350 Years of Quakers in North Carolina! We hope Friends of all ages will join us as participants and/or volunteers for this…

News from Meeting on Ministry & Counsel / June 15, 2022

Ministry & Council, News

Friends, Our regularly scheduled message for Summer Program this Sunday, June 19, brought by Karin Heller, has been derailed by pandemic problems. Instead of Karin bringing a prepared message this Sunday, we will have lightly programmed Meeting for Worship. Friends may bring short readings or poems to share before we settle into open waiting worship — unless someone contacts me about bringing a prepared message that they have developed, and then we’ll have an opportunity…

Lightly Programmed Meeting for Worship / June 19, 2022

First Day, Worship

11:00 a.m. Welcome (Karen Garraputa) Announcements (Karen Garraputa) Readings: 1 Samuel 3: 1-11 (Miles Foy) Query: How is the spirit speaking to us today? Please join our Facebook live stream here or our interactive Zoom session. A link for Zoom will be sent by email, or it can be requested from the Office through Friday. We look forward to seeing you online and also in person at New Garden Friends Meeting. Please observe Ministry & Council guidelines for Covid-safe in person…

Stand With Ukraine / June 18, 2022

Community, News, Social Concerns

You are invited to join the Benefit for the World Central Kitchen on Saturday, June 18 from 2 – 7 p.m. a The Deck, 118 East Main Street, Jamestown, NC. There will be a food truck – Ukrainian art, crafts, desserts, children’s activities, raffle prizes and dance lessons provided by Fred Astaire Dance Studios. Live Performances by: Gypsy Soul Band, Whiskey Cove Band, Carol Leigh and DJ Jeremy Fox. Tickets are $20 in advance at:…

Covid Medical Advisory / June 14, 2022

Covid-19, News

Weekly metrics by the CDC are still updated every Thursday by 8 pm ET at CDC.gov or (800-CDC-INFO). They now have a quarantine calculator  at the same site to help people determine how long to isolate if they have a positive Covid test or are exposed to someone who has Covid.  In Guilford County, community level risk of Covid transmission is Medium, with cases reported to the NC HHS stable , but hospitalizations  and early warning indicators( like wastewater viral particle numbers)  continuing…