Pledge Cards / March 2023

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to either mail in, or drop off your pledge cards! If you haven’t sent yours in yet, please do so. You can feel free to put it either in the office mailbox in the connector, under my office door, scan and email it to me, or via USPS mail. –Valerie

First Day at New Garden Friends Meeting / March 5, 2023

9:00 a.m. Unprogrammed Meeting for Worship 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Adult Forum (Zoom) 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Spiritual Disciplines (Zoom) 11 a.m. Semi-Programmed Meeting for Worship* • Worshipful Music: Andy Mock • Welcome: Kevin Lawe • Announcements: Karen Garraputa • Congregational Hymn: • Reading: #272, George Fox, by Sydney Carter • Special Music: • Message: The Inner Light and the Human Dilemma, Miles Foy • Silent Worship • Holding in the Light *Friends are also…

Dinner to Benefit Earthquake Survivors / March 5, 2023

Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have created a huge humanitarian crisis with over 45,000 fatalities to date, and many thousands more displaced from their homes and livelihoods. You can help survivors of these earthquakes and enjoy a good meal provided by the Divan Center of Greensboro in New Garden Friends Meeting Fellowship Hall on March 5, 2023 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. This benefit will take the place of our normal First Day meal…

Notes from Pastor Ashley / February 22, 2023

Dear Friends, In worship this week, we heard a number of messages about collaborative leadership. A Friend shared that collaborative leadership was one of the things that drew her to New Garden Friends, and how much she appreciates that leadership approach. I agree, and I wanted to share just a few things that are happening right now to strengthen the leadership of the meeting. Nominating is meeting to discern the next slate of officers and…

Meals on Wheels Team; We Want You, Too! / February 2023

You are cordially invited to become part of the New Garden Friends Meeting Meals on Wheels Team, which delivered its first meals on Monday, February 13. Afterwards, our team members talked about the fun they had, the interesting and appreciative people they met, the parts of Greensboro they learned about and their feeling that they were performing a valuable service. Recipients of the meals are Greensboro residents who are unable to procure or prepare meals…