If you would like to be in a group of 5-6 New Gardeners who will receive a prompt for a conversation and optional (COVID-safe) activity once a week for the first three weeks in December, look for a sign-up form in a separate email this week. Optional activities might include a cookie exchange and a shared (but separate) viewing of and conversation about a holiday-themed movie.
Advent season is right around the corner and New Garden Friends Meeting is preparing to celebrate the Christmas season in new ways in light of the restriction brought by Covid-19. We will be lighting advent candles each Sunday in advent from home during Zoom/Facebook Live worship. If you do not have an advent wreath at home, advent wreath kits are available to pick up from outside New Garden Friends Meeting! Please take one kit per…
Please consider signing as individuals the online petition to the Greensboro City Council, “Settle the Marcus Smith Case”. Go to: https://tinyurl.com/y45r8uht This is sponsored by the Greensboro Justice Coalition. If you support the above online petition, please consider taking a further step and sending the petition letter to each of the City Council members by email or USPS. The City Council members directory: https://tinyurl.com/y5x6fe5b
Friends, Friends Committee on NC Legislation (FCNCL) functions to advocate on matters of North Carolina legislation and policies. However, at a meeting of the FCNCL Executive Committee on November 21, 2020, we approved sending out an Action Alert regarding the presidential election of 2020. If the current administration has not acknowledged that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been duly elected President and Vice-President of the United States, please contact our North Carolina senators as…
9:45 a.m. / “What if one city read one book together and talked about it? What might that book be?” CH Holcombe will finish the discussion of what books were important in your life, and what book might be important for our whole City? Hopefully, we can decide on a few titles to nominate to the Greensboro Public Library for 2021. We will also listen to a reading of the children’s book: SOMETHING HAPPENED IN…
Quaker Voluntary Service is currently accepting applications for the 2021-2022 fellowship year! This is a year-long Fellowship program in which young adults (age 21-30) build intentional community, work full time at social service and social change agencies, and explore themes of spiritual and personal growth with local Quakers. The program year runs from late August, 2021 through the end of July, 2022. Fellows are placed in one of five program cities: Atlanta, Boston, Minneapolis/St. Paul,…
Dear New Gardeners, As you are likely aware, the CDC is strongly recommending that we all stay home for Thanksgiving. Out of our deep love and respect for you all, we urge you to consider this advice. If you decide to get together with people outside your household, wherever that might be, we urge you to consider the guidance from our COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group, which will help you to stay as safe as possible.…
The Peace and Social Concerns Committee is working to help New Garden Friends Meeting incorporate more immediate social and economic justice actions into our everyday lives. Thus, every weekly newsletter will include one Anti-Racist Action suggestion and one website whereby members can find minority-owned business to support, if they so choose. The Meeting is not endorsing or advertising these businesses; we just feel it’s important to spread dollars more equitably to all community members and entrepreneurs.…
Sunday 11 a.m. Meeting for Worship livestream: Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting/ Prepared messages are posted at: www.ngfm.org/media Order of Worship Welcome Announcement Reading: Psalm 100 Music: “Grateful” (John Buccino) Marc Alley (vocal) Rob Porter (keyboard) (words at bottom of the email) Settling Silence Message: Finding Thanksgiving and Joy in 2020 Waiting (silent) Worship
9:45 a.m. / What if people all over the city read ONE book? What if related discussions and films and theatrics inspired more community building? Greensboro Public Library wants our suggestions on titles for the One City, One Book Community Read 2021 by Dec. 1, 2020. Let’s put our heads together to discuss what books ( fiction and nonfiction) have been influential in our lives, and possibly reach consensus on titles to pass on to…