Events Cancelled to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

First Day, News

To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the community, and in accordance with Gov. Cooper’s request to limit gatherings of 100 or more persons, semi-programmed Meeting for Worship has been cancelled on March 15 and March 22. This decision was reached on Friday (March 13) by New Garden’s COVID-19 Prevention Group. Religious Education activities, including meetings of Young Friends, also are cancelled for March 15 and March 22. Unprogrammed Meeting for Worship will take…

Event Cancelled; Adult Forum / Friends Committee on National Legislation Priorities / March 15 & 22

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor / You can be a part of the process of discerning key issues that Friends Committee on National Legislation will lobby our elected officials in the coming congressional year! A distinctive feature of Friends Committee on National Legislation is the practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape their work. Every two years, Friends Committee on National Legislation asks Friends, meetings, churches, and other national groups…

Solar Energy Project

Community, News, Social Concerns, Volunteer

New Garden Friends Meeting is forming a working group to explore the costs and benefits of installing solar panels on the Meetinghouse. We are also considering ways to help families in the community reduce energy costs and make their homes more energy efficient. Both will help us stand up to the climate emergency in very practical ways. Both will save money and save the planet. But both will require funds to realize these savings. Do…

Max Carter’s New Book / Encounter with Palestine and Israel

Community, News, Social Concerns

It was 1970. Fighting between the Jordanian Armed Forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization had been escalating, but a Quaker serving at a school for Palestinian children in Ramallah reported that things were quiet there: “There are few signs of the war here. I see an occasional army patrol with their helmets and guns, and each night jets fly over on their way to attack in Jordan.” That quiet would come to an end just…

Event Cancelled; Adult Forum / Friends Committee on National Legislation Priorities / March 15

Community, Fellowship, First Day, Social Concerns

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor / You can be a part of the process of discerning key issues that Friends Committee on National Legislation will lobby our elected officials in the coming congressional year! A distinctive feature of Friends Committee on National Legislation is the practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape their work. Every two years, Friends Committee on National Legislation asks Friends, meetings, churches, and other national groups…

Women’s Retreat at Quaker Lake Camp / March 7

Community, Fellowship, News

8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. / Quaker Lake Camp / Worship, relax and share fellowship with Friends at Quaker Lake. Activities include swinging from Alpine Tower, hiking, ceramics, sewing, line dancing, cooking demos, yoga, crafts, jewelry making, games and much more! Open to women of all ages. $35, including light breakfast and full lunch. Register by sending printed form (see Quaker Relations bulletin board) with payment to Quaker Lake Camp, or www.quakerlakecamp.org/womens-retreat. Deadline is February…

The Spirit of Harriet Tubman Performance / March 8

Art, Community, Fellowship, First Day, Social Concerns

3:00 p.m. / Worship Room / Please join us for a one-woman performance by Diane Faison, inspired by the life and liberating work of Harriet Tubman and her path to freedom travelling the Underground Railroad at least 19 times freeing slaves. Ms. Faison is a graduate of North Carolina Central University, with post-graduate study at Longwood University and the University of Virginia. This performance will help celebrate Black Women’s History Month two days before the…