Meeting for Business / October 6
1:00 p.m. / Meeting Clerk Tim Lindeman will preside.
Carry-In Meal / October 6
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. / Fellowship Hall.
Proposals for Funds Deadline / October 5
New Garden’s Peace and Social Concerns Committee provides small grants to organizations for projects that address priority issues through the Meeting’s Broader Concerns budget. Priorities for 2019 include: • Peace and conflict prevention/resolution • Poverty, homelessness, and hunger • Youth engagement • Clean energy and climate change crisis • Social, racial, and economic justice • Refugee crisis and immigrant rights. If you know an organization with a project or program that advances any of these…
Signup deadline for Friendly 8 Groups / September 27
“Friendly 8” are groups of Friends from New Garden Friends Meeting who meet monthly for food and fellowship. They offer an opportunity to get to know other members of New Garden Friends Meeting and are wonderful for both newcomers and long-time members alike. Complete and return the Friendly-8-Sign-Up Form and you will be paired with other Friends. Friendly 8 groups will begin to meet starting in October!
Moral Monday March and Mass Meeting / September 30
5 – 8 p.m. / We will gather at 5 p.m. New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 408 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and march (bring your signs!) to Shiloh Baptist Church at 1210 S. Eugene Street, where at 6 p.m. we will hear from Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Sisters and brothers directly impacted by the unjust…
North Carolina Quaker Men’s Gathering / September 30
6:00 p.m. / Concord Friends Meeting / North Carolina Quaker Men will hear former NFL lineman now of First Fruits Farm speak. Jason Brown, formerly the highest paid NFL lineman, will speak about his journey from football to becoming a farmer and providing hundreds of thousands of pounds of produce to the hungry in North Carolina. Come to Concord Friends Meeting (5000 Old Randleman Road, Greensboro) with Friends from all over North Carolina, eat supper,…
Brotherhood Class
9:45 a.m. -10:50 a.m. / Rm. 111 / The Brotherhood class is a group of men and women who are interested in Bible study. This year we are launching an exciting new program! Join us on the third Sunday of each month for a special Brotherhood Forum. We will discuss the many ways that the Bible speaks to our commitment to social justice. Each class can be appreciated on its own, so you may attend…
Spiritual Disciplines
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Rm. 109 / Spiritual Disciplines is an informal gathering of the curious and seeking, for shared exploration into practices that can transform our relationships with the inward light, the Divine and each other. All are welcome to come explore; no preparation required. We are a casual, affirming group, and gather at 10ish. We are discussing “Control of the Tongue” as a spiritual discipline. The book we’re currently using to…
Climate Action Strike / September 20
12 – 2 p.m. / Center City Park, Greensboro, NC / On Friday, September 20 people everywhere will walk out of their schools and workplaces to join young strikers in the streets. We know governments won’t deliver climate action and justice on their own, so we’re going on a climate strike to show them what people power is capable of accomplishing. Here in Greensboro we will gather at Center City Park downtown at 200 S.…
Quaker House Celebration / September 21
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. / Holiday Inn, I-95 South, Fayetteville, N.C. / Quaker House is celebrating 50 years as a place of peace in a military city. New Garden Friends Meeting has been an integral part of sustaining this mission from the beginning. Join us for a luncheon and panel on September 21 to celebrate and to show New Garden’s continuing support. There will be guests of honor including people we have helped in…