Dear Friends, First Day Forum I am SUPER EXCITED to announce that we will spend our time during First Day Forum sharing about books we’ve read for the Quaker Reading Challenge! What is the Quaker Reading Challenge? Glad you asked! This summer Friends are invited to read and share about as many Quaker books, pamphlets, and magazines as they can. And there will be prizes! Think baked goods, t-shirts, books, and maybe a quilt square…
I will be working as the Coordinator for International and Global Studies (IGS) at UNCG next fall. We have a position open for an Assistant Coordinator for the fall semester only, which would include teaching a 200 level Introduction to International & Global Studies and advising IGS students. We are looking for someone with an MA or above in a relevant discipline. Anyone interested can contact me. Sarah Gates [email protected]. My thought was that through…
That’s what we’d like to find out! Welcome to a new section of the newsletter that’s especially for those things that we know. Do you have a favorite recipe everyone has asked you about that you’d like to share? A piece of information that you feel would be helpful to others? A DIY that would make life a little easier? Let us know so we can share it with others via our newsletter! Submit your…
Unprogrammed Meeting for Worship / 9:00 a.m. Semi-Programmed Meeting for Worship / 11:00 a.m.* • Worshipful Music: Andy Mock • Welcome: Clint Corcoran • Announcements: Karen Garraputa • Congregational Hymn • Reading: • Special Music • Message: • Silent Worship • Holding in the Light * Friends are also welcome to join the service online either through Facebook Live (view only) https://www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting or on Zoom.
I would like to let you know about a presentation sponsored by the Greensboro Opera. It is a 45-minute opera called Driving While Black, and it will be performed live in 4 different venues in Greensboro. It features one singer, a percussionist and a cellist. The story is told in an intimate way, and both the instrumentalists are also involved in the drama. After the performance there will be a discussion of the issues with…
Gather with friends in fellowship at the rise of worship this first day around delicious food. And then participate in Monthly Meeting for Business, starting at 1:00 p.m. in the worship room.
Sponsored by the North Carolina Alternatives to Violence Project in partnership with the NC Peace Resource Center. What? Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) helps us explore the power we all have to change hostility and destructiveness into cooperation, community, and justice. Why? To discover new ways to reduce conflict in your world, your community, organization, or personal life. Enjoy a hands-on, fun, activity-based experience (no need to take notes!) in an intensive weekend workshop. People…
• Faithful Voices, Oral Readings Exploring Beliefs in Action by Ed Schwartz • Wilt Thou Go On My Errand: Three 18th Century Journals of Quaker Women Ministers by Margaret Hope Bacon, editor • Practicing Peace: a devotional walk through the Quaker tradition by Catherine Whitmire • Plain Living: a Quaker path to simplicity by Catherine Whitmire • Springfield 1773-1940 by Sara Richardson Haworth • Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad by…
Dear Friends, This was a week of highs and lows. On Tuesday afternoon, I led a Zoom “Woke Bible Study” for Woodbrooke, a Quaker center in Birmingham, England. We had a wonderful conversation about the passages people often use to argue that women should remain silent in churches (of course I disagree!). Then on Tuesday evening, gave a talk for FutureChurch for their “Women Erased” series. FutureChurch is a Catholic organization that is advocating for…
Great news: Chatham County Commissioners passed a resolution of support for the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on May 15th! More details below. Changes to Note: National Priorities where we get our local costs figures has updated their data to FY 2023 from FY2021. The changes are dramatic, which is a point we can emphasize; we do need to be aware of the new data. Example: Raleigh’s costs for nuclear weapons and…