March is Women’s History Month; March 2 – 1889 Sioux Act reduced Reservation to present size March 2 – Read Across America Day March 8 – International Women’s Day March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day March 21 – International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 22 – World Water Day
We just learned of a Quaker ZOOM Meeting for Ukraine. This is a global, daily, virtual Meeting to hold Ukraine in the Light. The Meeting will occur at 12 noon EST daily. Click this link to open the Zoom Meeting.
Daily case positivity (the number of positive tests of all the test results reported not including in-home tests) has decreased slightly in the last week to 6.9 %, still higher than the previously used statewide goal though much less than the omicron peak. The 14 day average case positivity for Guilford County is about the same, 7.7 %. The number of COVID hospitalizations remains high but falling. Guilford County has lifted it’s mask requirement for public buildings and businesses and Guilford…
On June 29, 2021 I shared in this space that it seemed appropriate to me to capitalize both Black and White in our writing. My reasoning was that it is so easy to have White be the default race, and to have the words parallel was a reminder that all are equal. I am looking at this again. Our own Friends Journal capitalizes both. But the pamphlet by Harold D. Weaver, Jr. that New Garden…
The New Garden Friends Meeting Anti-Racism Committee sent Meeting members and attenders the Pendle Hill pamphlet, “Race, Systemic Violence, and Retrospective Justice: An African American Quaker Scholar- Activist Challenges Conventional Narratives” by Harold D. Weaver Jr. Friends were asked to read the pamphlet, and were invited to a discussion of the pamphlet last Sunday during Adult Forum (9:30-10:30 a.m.). Next Sunday, March 6th, we will continue our discussion with a specific focus on the queries…
The Meeting on Ministry and Counsel continues to work with the COVID Advisory Group and our Communications Committee/Tech crew to determine a date to begin indoor hybrid semi-programmed Meeting for Worship, following the plan that was developed at the called meeting on December 12, 2021. The tech crew is is very close to full implementation of the means necessary to carry out our plans. Our current practice for outdoor worship and by Zoom when weather…
Daily case positivity (the number of positive tests of all the test results reported not including in-home tests) has increased in the last week just slightly to 10.7 %, which is high though much less than the omicron peak. The 14 day average case positivity for Guilford County is about the same, 10.5 %. The number of COVID hospitalizations remains high but is also falling. The death rate lags behind cases and hospitalizations and it is still rising. Guilford County lifted it’s…
My husband Roger and I toured Savannah last week and learned something interesting – that James Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, was opposed to slavery in the colony, and in 1735 it was prohibited by law. By the late 1740s the settlers were complaining that they could not make enough money without the help of enslaved Africans (who the settlers said were “far more able than Europeans to cope with the climatic conditions of the South”),…
Friends are reminded that while we await technical details to be worked out for hybrid, semi-programmed Meeting for worship indoors, gathering in small groups in the Meeting Room to stream Zoom worship individually continues to be available as an option for Friends to worship corporately.
11:00 a.m. / 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. Reading: “For Light” by John O’ Donohue Message Title: Seeking the Light Meeting for Worship livestream: Facebook Live: http://www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting Meeting for Worship on Zoom: Check your email for a Zoom link, or contact [email protected] to receive a link. Prepared messages are…