Covid Advisory / December 15, 2021

Covid-19, News

The COVID Advisory Group last met December 6, and protocols for New Garden Friends Meeting will continue mostly the same through the Holiday season. Specifically, we will continue semi-programmed Meeting for Worship (MFW) outdoors for the Christmas Eve Service but otherwise now by Zoom and Facebook Live, now scheduled at 11 a.m. Friends will be notified if weather does not permit in-person outdoor worship. Un-programmed MFW may take place outdoors or indoors, in accordance with…

Honor Cards / December 15, 2021

Community, Holiday, News, Social Concerns

Honor cards are still being offered for sale at $5.00 each. They will be available for purchase at the rise of meeting on any first day that we meet in person prior to Christmas. In addition, we are offering a “drive by” date – Wednesday, December 15, from 11:00 – 1:00 in the New Garden parking lot. All proceeds for cards will go to the organizations: Backpack Beginnings Faith Action International Greensboro Urban Ministries Habitat…

Challenging Racism / December 15, 2021

News, Social Concerns

African American “T.J. Marshall is credited with improving the design of the fire extinguisher, with a patent issued on March 26, 1872. He invented a system in which water is pumped through pipes in buildings to individual sprinkler heads. The system can be activated by manually turning a valve in the building. Marshall’s fire-extinguishing sprinkler system has been in use in the United States since 1874. It was commonly used in large factories as an…

Plans for Celebrating Christmas 2021

Holiday, News, Worship

Solstice Celebration – Tuesday, December 21 / Drumming at 5:45 p.m., readings at 6 p.m. We will gather by the fire circle outside the meeting room. Please bring your own lawn chair. Please adhere to the Covid Committee’s masking and distancing guidelines. If it is raining the event will be cancelled. Christmas Eve – Friday, December 24 / We will have an in-person Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. on Friday, December 24. The service…

Holiday Covid News / December 15, 2021

Community, Covid-19, News

Infectious disease experts are now in the process of reevaluating Holiday advice given the discovery of a new, apparently highly contagious COVID variant , now being called Omicron. This variant has so far been isolated in Europe, Africa, and Japan and has prompted governments, including the U.S., to stop some international travel. The impact of this variant can’t be properly estimated for several weeks, and we won’t know the level of protection US vaccines provide from…

Re-home your old tablet at NGFM / December 14, 2021

News, Volunteer

Do you have a surplus iPad or similar tablet capable of running Zoom? New Garden’s Tech Crew needs a tablet for use during Meeting for Worship. It needs to be capable of running Zoom and have an earphone port. It will be used to monitor the First Day Zoom webcast managed from the Meeting House. Members of the Tech Crew are currently using personal equipment to handle this task. The goal is to assemble the…

What is Important to You? / December 14, 2021

Community, News, Social Concerns

The Peace & Social Concerns Committee is extending the deadline for submitting one-page-proposals on how the committee should spend grant money in the “Broader Concerns” portion of our budget. We are awarding $250-$500 grants to projects and organizations that normally do not receive much financial support, and that reflect Quaker values, including our commitment to becoming an antiracist community. If you have questions or wish to submit a proposal, please contact  Patricia Gutzwiller or Janet Inmon by…

Covid Advisory / December 10, 2021

Community, Covid-19, News

The COVID Advisory Group last met 12/6/21, and protocols for New Garden Friends Meeting will continue mostly the same through the Holiday season. Specifically, we will continue semi-programmed Meeting for Worship (MFW) outdoors and/or by Zoom and Facebook Live, now scheduled at 11 am. Friends will be notified if weather does not permit in-person outdoor worship. Un-programmed MFW may take place outdoors or indoors, in accordance with current masking and distancing protocols.  Other small group meetings…

Called Meeting for Worship / December 12, 2021

Covid-19, First Day, Ministry & Council, News, Social Concerns, Worship

There will be a called meeting for worship with attention to business on Sunday, December 12 at 1 p.m, to hold worshipful discussion and discernment around a path forward for indoor, in-person worship. This meeting will be held in the meeting room, capacity of 70, with simultaneous Zoom access. COVID guidance for building use will be observed. Friends are asked to read the attached Queries and Agenda, and sit with these queries in your prayer,…