Cases of COVID and hospitalizations continued to significantly increase in the last week, believed to be due to the more infectious Delta variant. According to the Greensboro News and Record Tuesday morning, the portion of people tested for the virus who were found to be positive jumped to 5.8%, above the 5% benchmark at which the virus is thought to be contained. Vaccination rates increased only slightly last week with 46% of the NC’s total…
Please join us for an “Adult play date for playground” Saturday, August 7 from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. / Recent discussions on Grounds, RE, MM, and M&C have identified the need to work on groundhog holes, fences and gates, to dismantle unsafe structures, remove trash, fill sandbox, restore mulch ground cover, prune low branches, wash toys, and relocate wasp nest, etc. Any and all material and labor contributions are welcome. Materials needed: sand, mulch (woodchips).…
About a month ago Juneteenth was first celebrated as a federal holiday. This commemorates June 19, 1865, when word finally reached ALL enslaved persons that President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 had set them free. At a celebration of this momentous day in history in downtown Greensboro, it was a real joy to watch a sea of happy faces, feeling pride in the day, and welcome in our city. There was food, music and dancing.…
10:00 a.m. / In-Person outdoors (weather permitting) on the grounds of our meeting house. Reading: John 6:1-14 Message Title: Faith and Plenty 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 the Meeting Room. 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…
The Annual meeting for North Carolina Fellowship of Friends is August 21, at Quaker Lake. All New Gardeners are welcome and encouraged to attend. Worship sharing and workshops will be included, in addition to a business session. The planning group asks that you register for this at: https://www.ncfriends.org/ which includes registration and a brief agenda. Contact: Kate Seel ([email protected]) Additional Info / FEMAP (Friends Emergency Material Assistance Program) volunteers would like the support of N.C. Fellowship…
The Baby Shower for the Webbs was rescheduled for this coming Sunday, July 25. Please join us from 12 to 1 p.m. for an outdoor in-person gathering to shower the Webb family with love and blessings as we eagerly await the arrival of Baby Webb! This event will be open to the entire New Garden community (all ages) and will be informal/unprogrammed (ie. no party games or gift opening). In acknowledgement of the challenge of…
Sunday, August 1, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (during Adult Forum) please join us for a Young Friends families interest meeting. If you have, or know a youth in grades 5-12 who might be interested in attending Young Friends in the fall, we’d love to have you join us!
Interfaith Power and Light and faith leaders around the country are calling on Congress to keep climate justice in the forefront as they draft infrastructure legislation to vote on this summer. Susannah Tuttle of North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light has asked constituents to call on Representative Kathy Manning to push for clean energy, modernizing the electric grid, electrified transportation, and clean water investments. New Gardeners will deliver a letter to Rep. Manning’s office,100 South…
As a community of faith, we have come to realize that our commitment to anti-racism requires the proverbial “thinking outside the box” and creating new habits. Thanks to Traci Claywell for providing information in previous newsletters on Black owned businesses! Recently I was looking for a hairdresser and remembered not to simply consult one of my White friends for a recommendation, which would have been my usual approach. Using one of the aforementioned websites, I…