North Carolina Fellowship of Friends / AntiRacism Discussion / November 19, 2020

Community, News, Social Concerns

Please join others from our yearly meeting, North Carolina Fellowship of Friends, on Thursday, November 19 from 7- 8:30 p.m. via Zoom to discuss our understandings of racism and antiracism work. We will hear a presentation on the 2019 book by historian Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist. You do not need to read the book to participate. All are welcome. Our discussions will be vibrant! Please email Frank Massey at ([email protected]) to…

Adult Forum / Understanding the Case of Marcus Deon Smith / November 8, 2020

Community, First Day, News, Social Concerns

November 8, 2020 / 9:45 a.m. / Adult Forum livestream: Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting/ Understanding the Case of Marcus Deon Smith / Presenters; Marcia Foutch, Hester Petty, Lewis Pitts/Better. This forum will have four main parts: What happened to Marcus Smith September 8, 2018 and the community response. The legal case that the Smith family initiated and where it is currently. The creation of the Greensboro Justice Coalition, the demands sent to City Council and how…

Covid-19 Update / November 6, 2020

Community, Fellowship, News

NGFM’s Covid-19 Medical Advisory Group Recommendation; We had been hopeful that conditions for in-person meetings would improve before the holidays, but across the country the infection rates for Covid-19 are on the rise along with hospitalizations, positivity and death rates including those in Guilford County. We continue to recommend that New Garden Friends Meeting not sponsor in-person activities until local and state statistics provide reassurance that risk of viral transmission throughout our community is low. We recommend…

Advent Candle Lighting This Year / November 29, 2020

Holiday, News, Worship

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 light advent candles each Sunday in advent from home. If you do not have an advent wreath at home, advent wreath kits will be available to pick up from outside New Garden Friends Meeting several weeks prior to the start of advent (Nov.…

Voting Matters / October 28, 2020

News, Social Concerns

The final days of voting in the 2020 election are here! Before our next newsletter, our opportunity to vote will have come and gone. Many New Gardeners have voted by requesting a paper ballot and have had the receipt of their paper ballots confirmed on BallotTrax. Many others have voted in person at various early polling places. If you still have not voted and plan to do so, here are some important dates and times…

Donations to New Garden’s Library / November 2020

Community, News, Youth

New Garden Library has received a number of books from generous donors over the past year. Here are a few that might be of interest to New Gardeners in hopes that we will soon be back together and can take advantage of these selections! Moral Injury, by Alice Lynd with the assistance of Staughton Lynd The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship and Hope in America, by Helen Thorpe Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth…

Peace & Social Concerns Notes / October 27, 2020

Community, News, Social Concerns

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.…