Donations Needed for the Refugee Parsonage Project / December 26, 2022

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The parsonage will soon be used to temporarily house newly arrived refugee families. In order to make the parsonage ready, we are requesting your assistance in collecting a large amount of furniture and housewares. See list below. For large furniture donations, please contact Roger Seel at [email protected] to arrange drop off or, if you’ll need pick up, to let him know. We will plan a day in early January to pick up all donated furniture…

Keep Up the Pressure for Congress to Act on Yemen! Help to End the Devastating War / December 21, 2022

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Our legislators need to hear from us this week. Urge Sen. Tillis and Burr, and Rep. Manning to support the Yemen War Powers Resolution (S.J. Res. 56/H.J Res 87). For nearly eight years, unauthorized U.S. military support and weapons sales have enabled the Saudi-led coalition’s participation in a horrific civil war in Yemen. In Feb. of 2021, President Biden announced the U.S. would end its support for the Saudi-led coalition, but important aspects of U.S.…

All Hands on Deck / December 21, 2022

Community, News, Social Concerns

From the introduction of DO the WORK! An Antiracist Activity Book (2022) By W. Kamau Bell (African American man) and Kate Schatz (European American woman): “One, we can’t leave things up to someone else. It’s life or death right now, and that’s really not a joke. Democracy is crumbling before our eyes, the planet is on fire, our communities don’t have what we need to live well, and the gap between those who have and…

Meditate with Friends Tuesdays 3-3:30 p.m.

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Please arrive a few minutes before 3:00 p.m. at Friends Homes, Guilford Campus, Whittier (either the Conference Room near the entrance, or the living room). The address is 925 New Garden Road, Greensboro, NC 27410 This group was started many years ago by Jean Gordon, and then Ted Benfey began facilitating for the past decade — until COVID. The group is starting up again with familiar and also some new faces. We hope you can…

Notes from Pastor Ashley / December 21, 2022

Holiday, News, Worship

Dear Friends, Each week I say in worship that we wait on the Spirit to lead us—in worship and in our daily lives. This week is no exception! Though we make plans, sometimes we have to adjust, and we do our best to listen to how Spirit is guiding us. We had really hoped to have an outdoor Christmas Eve service this year. But the forecast is for a very cold night, currently around 25…

Notes from Pastor Ashley / December 15, 2022

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Dear Friends, Our reading for this week is one of my favorites in the entire Bible. It’s Mary’s song in Luke 1:46-56, sometimes called the Magnificat. This is the text I have preached on most often over the past decade, and I am looking forward to sharing a message on it again this week. Mary begins this song of praise with: “My spirit rejoices.” I agree! Even though there have been some hard things, my…