Semi-Programmed Meeting for Worship / July 10, 2022

First Day, Worship

11:00 a.m. Reading: An excerpt from ”A Testament of Devotion” by Thomas R. Kelly Message Title: Learning About Our Past, Discerning Our Way Forward / Karin Heller Please join our Facebook live stream here or our interactive Zoom session. A link for Zoom will be sent by email, or it can be requested from the Office through Friday. We look forward to seeing you online and also in person at New Garden Friends Meeting. Please observe Ministry & Council guidelines…

Deep River Friends Invites you to Meet Nikki Holland / July 9, 2022

News, Social Concerns

You are invited to Deep River Friends Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 11 a.m. to hear Nikki Holland Friends United Meeting. Nikki will share an update of her and Friends work in Belize. We encourage all to join us to learn more about this important mission and how we can all help. Lunch will be provided with time for fellowship and to catch up with the Holland family. RSVP to ([email protected]) so we have a…

Religious Education / June 28, 2022

Adult Forum, News, Religious Education

Childcare on Sunday Morning Are you planning to attend in-person, semi- programmed Meeting for Worship with a child/children this week? Childcare is available for children ages 4 and under in the nursery beginning at 10:30 a.m.. Because this age group is currently not eligible for the vaccine, we ask that families enter the building through the porch door (next to the kitchen and Fellowship Hall) and take their children directly to the nursery. The capacity…

News from Meeting on Ministry and Counsel / June 28, 2022

Ministry & Council, News

Hello Friends — New Garden is in an unusual, but not unfamiliar time of functioning as an un-pastored meeting; we have been in a similar place many years ago, when David Bills, our long-time pastoral minister, took a sabbatical. That means that we have work to do to care for one another. The Meeting on Ministry and Counsel continues to organize speakers for Semi-programmed Meeting for Worship. If you think that you have a message…

Challenging Racism / June 28, 2022

Community, News, Social Concerns

Last Saturday 23 of us – Friends, along with members of the Friendship Community Partnership, were led by James Shields on the trail to the Underground Railroad Tree in the Guilford Woods. One of the spirituals he sang briefly was, “Walk Together, Children; Don’t You Get Weary!” He often sings that on the trail with children, he said, and reminds them that a journey on the Underground Railroad involved great discomfort and led to pure…

Medical Advisory Covid Update / June 28, 2022

Community, Covid-19, News

Weekly metrics by the CDC are still updated every Thursday by 8 pm ET at CDC.gov or (800-CDC-INFO). Helpfully, they  have a quarantine calculator  at the same site to help people determine how long to isolate if they have a positive Covid test or are exposed to someone who has Covid.  In Guilford County, community level risk of Covid transmission is  back to Low with cases reported to the NC HHS  slightly decreased /stable ,  hospitalizations  and early warning indicators ( like wastewater viral particle…