For many years, it has been a custom at New Garden to have an “alternative” Memorial Day graveyard tour to highlight the many different ways Quakers have served and sacrificed in the cause of peace and justice. This year, owing to the coronavirus restrictions, there won’t be a group tour, but from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 25, Gertrude Beal and Max Carter will be under the porch roof at the meetinghouse to…
We continue to meet all the Meeting’s obligations including payroll, utilities, building care and our outreach to help other organizations and people in need. I was gratified to see the response to the request for support of the Urban Ministry Food Bank. We doubled our goal. However, contributions to the general budget are down this month. Normally we would have received contributions from over 140 families by this time of the year. There are only…
Quaker pastor and author Philip Gulley will lead New Garden’s digital Meeting for Worship at 11 a.m. on May 31. Join us for worship that day live on the New Garden Friends Meeting Facebook page or find the recording of the service on our website. That Sunday Margaret Webb will be leading worship digitally for Fairfield Friends Meeting (in Indiana) where Philip Gulley is the pastor. Phil Gulley is in his 36th year of pastoral…
10:30 a.m. / Virtual Meeting June 4, 2020 / Planned giving is an effective and meaningful way to leave your legacy for causes you are passionate about. Some planed giving vehicles provide options for life-long income or ways to support your loved ones. Mimi Blackwell, J.D. is a veteran planned giving professional with Friends Fiduciary who will provide an informative free workshop about the basics and benefits of bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable trusts and…
Online Worship at 11 a.m. Facebook Reading: Acts 2:1-21 Title: The Spirit Within Us All
8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. / Online / Are You Interested in Exploring Anti-racism and Confronting Racist Systems? American Friends Service Committee is offering a five-session monthly online course, “Changing Systems, Changing Ourselves” starting January 28 and ending March 24, with interactive sessions running from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. each night. January 28, Intro session on anti-racist praxis in caucuses; February 25, Criminalization and immigration detention; March 24, Anti-Blackness and immigrant justice; April 28, Accompaniment…
1:00 p.m. / Join Zoom Meeting here. Password: 655517 / Meeting ID: 863 1403 2742 This is an opportunity to join other folks to catch up and share your experiences.
11:00 a.m. / Sunday, May 17 is Recognition Sunday. Karin Heller will pre-record the programmed message, and it will be uploaded to the New Garden Friends Meeting Facebook page by 11:00 a.m.. We look forward to recognizing our graduating high school seniors, and dedicated First Day School teachers. Books will be delivered to our teachers and graduates within the next week. We are so grateful to our teachers, and proud of our graduates!
May 17, 2020 / 09:45 a.m. / Join Zoom Meeting here. Kelly Morales with American Friends Service Committee will discuss hunger strikes, car caravans, and other actions demanding the release of all persons being held in immigration detention have spread like wildfire across the country. What about North Carolina? The UE 150 NC Public Service Workers Union has been creating pressure on Governor Roy Cooper for justice for persons currently being detained at Neuse Correctional…
10 a.m. / Join Zoom Meeting. Meeting ID: 173 194 875 Password: 561064 If Friends have difficulty entering the meeting, they are asked to contact Alan Spiewak at (336) 430-0262.