12:15 – 2:00 p.m. / Brotherhood Room / Families and all are invited to bring your lunch to Brotherhood room to watch four short animated movies – stories from African American history, for ages 5-10 (educational for adults, too). All four movies last just over one hour, which leaves time for discussion. – March On: The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World – Martin’s Big Words – ROSA (Nikki Giovanni’s telling of Rosa Parks’…
Oh no!!! I haven’t signed up for the New Garden Pictorial Directory!!! What do I do??? The first two days (February 6 and 9) are mostly filled. There may be a stray slot here or there. But we now have been given an additional photography date. It is Friday, February 8th. So, don’t despair – we can still take your picture – and we definitely want to include you. Please see the additional sign-up sheet…
The recent holidays were such wonderful days for getting into the spirit of giving, generosity,and joy. Throughout the sale of the Honor Cards, New Garden Friends lived into that spirit of generosity by raising slightly more than $1,400 for our area nonprofits. Your gifts to them honor not only those served, but those who show up each day to serve.
I am filled with gratitude for the generosity of New Garden Friends Meeting. For the 4th year, I have gone to Walmart to anonymously pay off some gift layaways. For the last several years I have invited New Gardeners to give some money to help support this activity and every year I am humbled by the outpouring of gifts! This year we had just under $2,000 ($1956.00) to use to pay off nine layaways. We…
A New Pictorial Directory is Coming Soon! Who can forget the time a few years back when a young man was making an announcement and called out “Hey George”? He expected George Bruns to answer but instead George Harris said “Yeah.” Now that we have your attention, we want your picture for the new pictorial directory! Sign-up sheets are located on a table outside the Worship Room. Pictures will be taken Wednesday, February 6 and…
Please join American Friends Service Committee General Secretary, Joyce Ajlouny on Saturday, January 12 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. / New Garden Friends Meeting. Learn about the strategic planning process that she is leading as AFSC turns the page on a century of building peace with justice. Prior to joining AFSC as general secretary in September 2017, Joyce worked in international development and served as the director of the Ramallah Friends School in Palestine.
Rm. 111 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. The Brotherhood Class is made up of men and women of New Garden Meeting who are interested in Bible study. Anyone can be a part of this class, and we invite you to come and see if you are interested. In December, the Brotherhood Class is starting a new unit on the gospel of Luke. I find that spending three months on one book of the Bible is rewarding,…
Rm. 109 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. Karen Garraputa leads this book discussion group. Feel free to join us as we discuss the spiritual discipline of meditation.
Rm. 111 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. The Brotherhood Class is made up of men and women of New Garden Meeting who are interested in Bible study. Anyone can be a part of this class, and we invite you to come and see if you are interested. In December, the Brotherhood Class is starting a new unit on the gospel of Luke. I find that spending three months on one book of the Bible is rewarding,…
Rm. 109 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. Karen Garraputa leads this book discussion group. Feel free to join us as we discuss the spiritual discipline of meditation.