Adult Forum will meet by Zoom at 11:15 a.m. You can also participate as a small group on the New Garden Friends Meeting grounds, if you prefer. Just bring along your computer. We will begin our readings from “Faithful Voices”. If you ordered a book, you will find it in the mailboxes in the connector unless other arrangements have been made. Please reach out if you have any questions, or don’t know where mailboxes or…
10:00 a.m. / In-Person outdoors (weather permitting) on the grounds of our meeting house. Deborah Suess will be speaking. Reading – 1 Samuel 3:1-10/“Listening Spirituality: Corporate Spiritual Practice Among Friends” by Patricia Loring Message:“Still Speaking/Still Listening” Meeting for Worship livestream: Facebook Live: http://www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting Meeting for Worship on Zoom: Check your email for a Zoom link, or contact [email protected] to receive a link. Prepared messages are posted at: www.ngfm.org/media
9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. / Those attending unprogrammed meetings for worship on Sundays from 9 – 9:45 a.m. are welcome to use Friendship Hall. Please follow the guidance below; Stay home if you have any symptoms of illness. Meet outdoors, if feasible, regardless of group size; please bring your own chairs. Reserve meeting room(s) in advance by calling the NGFM office at (336) 292-5487 or emailing [email protected] ; note the capacity of room(s) you will…
The COVID Advisory Group met 10/11/21 and protocols for New Garden Friends Meeting will remain the same for the next month. Specifically, we will continue semi-programmed Meeting for Worship (MFW) outdoors and/or by Zoom and Facebook Live. Friends will be notified if weather does not permit in-person outdoor worship. Unprogrammed MFW may take place outdoors or indoors, in accordance with current masking and distancing protocols. Other small group meeting indoors at the Meeting House may…
From David Smith of Deep River Friends Meeting / Please join us for the fourth annual “Camp Out for Hunger at Deep River Friends.” Every year we raise food and funds for food to support our Meetings local pantry, Hand to Hand Pantry, and at least one other organization working to rid our community of food insecurity. This year I would love to have other Friends or Meetings from North Carolina Fellowship of Friends help…
Each year Quaker Earthcare Witness offers matching $500 grants to diverse Friends meetings, groups, churches, and organizations to support their community’s vision of caring for the Earth and each other through its Mini-Grants Program. Past funded projects have included butterfly and pollinator gardens, an ecological literacy program for kids, a bike-lending program, and an environmental justice internship for a Guilford College student of color. Now they’re trying to raise money to help fund future projects…
The COVID plans for New Garden Friends Meeting will remain the same this week in accordance with current policies and protocols for protecting friends/Friends from COVID. Specifically we will continue semi-programmed MFW outdoors and/or by Zoom and Facebook live, un-programmed MFW outdoors or indoors (very small numbers of masked attendees) and small group meetings indoors at the Meeting House, in accordance with current masking and distancing protocols. Our next meeting of the COVID Medical Advisory Group…
Dr. Jeff Jones (Ph.D), a professor at UNCG has volunteered to share some of his expertise on modern Afghan history, traditional culture, with those interested in supporting and welcoming our newest neighbors. The title of in a presentation called: “A Historical & Cultural Introduction to Afghanistan.” You are invited to join this ZOOM meeting on Wednesday, October 13, 7-8:30 p.m. Register in advance to receive the link at https://tinyurl.com/4p8yw8y2
Regarding Critical Race Theory, a very contentious topic these days: Mari Matsuda, a law professor at the University of Hawaii, who was an early developer of CRT, described it in the New York Times (Critical Race Theory: A Brief History, by Jacey Fortin, 7/27/21) as a map for change. “For me,” she said, “critical race theory is a method that takes the lived experience of racism seriously, using history and social reality to explain how…
Adult Forum will meet by Zoom at 11:15 a.m. You can also participate as a small group on the New Garden Friends Meeting grounds, if you prefer. Just bring along your computer. October 10 / Author Ashley Wilcox will bring the prepared message and join us during Adult Forum time. Ashley M. Wilcox is a Quaker minister and the author of The Women’s Lectionary: Preaching the Women of the Bible throughout the Year (available now…