Vote Now for Participatory Budgeting Projects / October 2022

Community, Environment, News, Youth

On-line voting has begun for projects in your neighborhood under the City’s Participatory Budgeting Program. Greensboro residents 14 and older will help decide how to spend $500,000 in City funds by voting in Participatory Budgeting (PB) Greensboro until October 15 at www.PBGreensboro.com. Proposed projects on the ballot this year include street sign toppers to identify historically significant neighborhoods (proposed by the New Garden Guilford College Area Alliance), bus shelters, water-bottle filling stations, outdoor fitness equipment, teen…

Two Local Quaker History Tours / October 10 & 15, 2022

Community, News

In continuing celebration of 350 years of Quaker community in North Carolina, two historical tours will be offered in Tenth Month (October). On Monday, October 10, a 9:00 – 12:00 noon tour will begin on the new bridge at the west campus of Friends Homes. Overlooking the inadvertent “Pendle Hill” created by earth moved from new construction, Max Carter will share about the beginnings of Quakerism in England and the role Pendle Hill in Lancashire…

Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation / Oct. 8, 2022

Community, News, Social Concerns

On Saturday, October 8, FCNCL will hold its Annual Meeting from 9:15 am to 12:30 pm. We look forward to your joining us to conduct the business of our Committee! During our Annual Meeting we will hear from a guest speaker, Rob Schofield of North Carolina Policy Watch, on the topic: “Protecting Democracy in North Carolina.” After Rob’s remarks we will break out into discussion groups to generate ideas as to how we can act…

Ukrainian Dance Invitation / October 6 & 20, 2022

Community, News

Thurs., Oct. 6 and 20, 2022, 7:45 p.m., 1500 Mill Street, Suite 105 (between Red Collection and Brooks Global Elem School Fred Astaire Guest Night (10+ years ago, FA Executives invited Ukrainian world class dancers to open this studio). If choose to follow with dance lessons: Beginner package includes 3 individual, 2 group dance lessons for $25.00 (waltz, viennese waltz, foxtrot, tango, salsa, cha cha, rumba, swing; ask instructor what you would like to learn)…

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This Fall at Quaker Lake Camp / 2022

Community, News

The 13th Annual Pumpkin Festival will be held at Quaker Lake Camp from 2 until 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 15. Admission is $4 per person and includes inflatables, live music, and games (with prizes) for children of all ages. There’s an additional cost for food and other activities that include hayrides, pumpkin painting, pumpkin smashing, cake walk, and more! Additional information, including sponsorship opportunities, is available at www.quakerlakecamp.org/pumpkin-festival. We expect over 2,500 people to…

(Quaker) Pilgrims’ Progress – Part II / September 28, 2022

Community, News, Quaker Relations

A continuation of the account of our September Quaker Pilgrimage. . . The Quaker Pilgrimage, which began at New Garden Meeting on Friday, September 16, was planned as part of a celebration of the 350 years that followed the visits to America of English Friends William Edmundson and George Fox. A bus was chartered and paid for by our meeting’s Blaylock Fund and carried about 30 of us Friends (from several NC meetings/yearly meetings) to…

Religious Education Update / September 28, 2022

News, Religious Education, Youth

Adult Forum Hybrid Adult Forum went well! Moving forward, Friends may join us in the parlor, or on Zoom. Zoom links will continue to go out with Religious Education updates and information. Contact Karin Heller if you would like to receive links. [email protected] Join us October 2, and October 9 for New Garden’s own version of “heART journaling”. Art supplies (paper, markers, crayons, scissors, etc.) will be provided for Friends joining in person, but you…

“It is Unchristian to Enslave Africans…,” William Edmundson

Community, News, Social Concerns

From Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship by Donna MacDaniel and Vanessa Julye: “The first Quaker voices against the enslavement of Africans were raised in the late 1600s. . . In 1676 William Edmundson was the first Friend of European descent in the British Empire to write of his conviction that it was unchristian to enslave Africans. [He] spent many years traveling to and living in Quaker communities in the British Caribbean and North American…

Listening in Tongues / October 15, 2022

News

Being able to hear other Friends express themselves in the vocabulary most meaningful to them while hearing their meaning in one’s own vocabulary is the essence of listening in tongues. This may have been the real miracle of Pentecost: the speakers told their story in the language familiar to them, but those listening were able to hear in a new way, translating unfamiliar vocabulary into their own words. Why this is important and how to…