First Day at New Garden Friends Meeting / February 19, 2023

Adult Forum, First Day, Religious Education, Spiritual Disciplines, Worship

9:45 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: Ashley Wilcox • Announcements: Karen Garraputa • Congregational Hymn: • Reading: Judges 4:1-7 • Special Music: • Message: Deborah the Prophet • Silent Worship • Holding in the Light *Meeting for Worship livestream: Facebook Live: http://www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting

Volunteers Needed for Carry-In Meal / February 2023

Fellowship, News, Worship

Hi Friends! We are gathering for monthly carry in meals again! Who does not look forward to those Sundays of sharing fellowship with friends while eating a potluck meal? For sure we will have baked chicken, salad, warm veggie dishes, bread, cakes and pies! Who will bring mac and cheese? bean soup? brownies? Maybe Max will bring hot dogs? If you are smiling and nodding your head you also know that it takes hospitality volunteers…

Robin Wall Kimmerer to speak at Guilford College, March 1, 2023

Community, News

Recent MacArthur Fellow Robin Wall Kimmerer will be giving a public lecture at Guilford on Wednesday, March 1 at 4:00 p.m. in Dana Auditorium. Kimmerer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass, has been the College’s common read this year for first-year students, and we are very excited to have the opportunity to bring this amazing plant ecologist and writer to Guilford. Kimmerer’s writing, teaching, and research blends traditional ecological knowledge from her Native American heritage with contemporary science.…

Rosenwald Schools Film Premier on PBS / February 2023

Art, Community, News, Social Concerns

Dear Friends, Many of you know that I’ve been involved in a documentary film project about Rosenwald Schools for a (very) long time. Several of you have generously supported the non-profit that Jere Snyder and I started (Longleaf Productions) to do this work. Now, at long last, we have something to show for it. “Unlocking the Doors of Opportunity / The Rosenwald Schools of North Carolina” was screened on Saturday, Feb. 4, at the High…

John Sarrin Scholarships Available / February 2023

News

The United Society of Friends Women International, through the John Sarrin Scholarship Committee, provides scholarships for qualifying students who have completed high school and are training to be Quaker pastors or missionaries or who are the children of Quaker pastors or missionaries. The deadline to apply is March 1. For more information and to apply, please contact: Lynn Peery Mills, Clerk John Sarrin Scholarship Committee [email protected]

Caring Friends Opportunity: Friend Visitation / February 2023

Community, News, Social Concerns, Volunteer

Join Marcy Reid-Smith and Judy Haughee-Bartlett for an introductory session designed to better prepare you to visit a member of our community in their home or care facility. On the schedule: fun, fellowship, role playing, wisdom sharing and guidance! Commitment: After attending the session, volunteers will be paired with an individual to visit once each month. Visits may last 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the needs of the individual. All are welcome! When: February…

All God’s Children Got a Place in the Choir / February 2023

Music, News, Volunteer

Hello, New Gardeners, I hope you’ve been enjoying having the choir back singing again as much as we’ve enjoyed singing for you. I’d like to ask you to take a moment and consider joining our choir. We always welcome more voices and are particularly in need of male voices. Reading music is certainly beneficial, but not mandatory since you can learn your part by rote during our rehearsals. Singing in the choir is great way…

Notes from Pastor Ashley / February 8, 2023

News

Dear Friends, I met with the Transition Team this past week, and I am excited about our work together. I have also realized that not everyone knows what the Transition Team is or what their work is. The Transition Team will go through five focus points—heritage, mission, leadership, connections, and future—to give the meeting a clear sense of what it wants in a settled pastor. (For more information on each of these focus points, see…

Open House February 12, 2023

Community, News, Social Concerns

This Sunday, February 12th at the rise of meeting please join friends for an open-house walk-thru of our Parsonage Refugee Welcome House. There will be light refreshments on the parsonage front lawn. Many thanks to all who have supported this project. Three churches in town (Congregational United Church of Christ on Radius Drive, Church of Christ on Wendover and Hill Street, and New Garden Friends Meeting) are working with Church World Services to provide immediate…