Readers Wanted / Share a Favorite Children’s Book

Art, Community, Fellowship, News, Religious Education, Youth

This past summer, for 2020 Summer Program, several New Gardeners recorded themselves reading children’s stories aloud for our Facebook page. These videos were popular with New Gardeners of all ages, and continued to receive “traffic” well after the dates they were posted. New Gardeners are missing one another! So why not continue connecting this way? Friends are invited to record themselves reading one of their favorite children’s books aloud, and send the recording to Karin…

Adult Forum / November 8, 2020

Community, First Day, News, Religious Education, Social Concerns

Better Understanding the Case of Marcus Deon Smith / Marcia Foutch, Hester Petty, Lewis Pitts. Marcia Foutch is a retired teacher who moved from Minneapolis, MN to Greensboro five years ago. She is a member of Faith Community Church and has been active with the Beloved Community Center, Democracy Greensboro, the Poor People’s Campaign, Greensboro Historical Teaching Alliance and the Greensboro Justice Coalition. She is committed to social justice and the creation of the Beloved…

Voting Matters / October 20, 2020

Community, News, Social Concerns

Less than two weeks until the final voting day, November 3! We no longer have an election day, but an election season, of which we are smack in the middle. You can still request a ballot to vote by mail until 5 p.m., October 27. Early voting locations have been open for a week and will be through October 31. Feedback from New Gardeners tells us that most of us have our voting plans firmly…

Foam Recycling Update / October 20, 2020

Community, News, Social Concerns

New Garden Friends Meeting along with most congregations stopped foam recycling during COVID-19. But we are close to having a local drop-off site in Greensboro. Located at the Tiny House Recycling Center at 1310 W. Gate City Boulevard, the site will be equipped with a high-speed densifier and two large collection bins. For everyone involved in recycling foam to keep it out of the landfill, we will no longer need to haul our foam cups,…

Religious Education News / October 20, 2020

Community, Fellowship, First Day, News, Social Concerns

Mark your calendars for Adult Forum, Sunday, November 1 (9:45-10:45 a.m.) when George Lakey will be joining us. Many Friends find themselves worried about the election and the possibility of a power grab should the vote be close and procedures challenged. Join us on November 1st and learn how “studying research that shows how other countries have handled coup attempts, we can better counter or even prevent one of our own”. In the meantime, you…

Peace & Social Concerns Notes / October 20, 2020

Community, News, Social Concerns

The Peace and Social Concerns Committee is working to help New Garden Friends Meeting incorporate more immediate social and economic justice actions into our everyday lives. Thus, every weekly newsletter will include one Anti-Racist Action suggestion and one website whereby members can find minority-owned business to support, if they so choose. The Meeting is not endorsing or advertising these businesses; we just feel it’s important to spread dollars more equitably to all community members and…

Share Your Proposal for Funds / November 2, 2020

Community, News, Social Concerns

Peace and Social Concerns Committee seeks proposals for funds to support organizations, programs or projects that are in line with our commitment to becoming an antiracist meeting. New Garden Friends Meeting’s Peace and Social Concerns Committee provides small grants that address priority issues through the meeting’s Broader Concerns budget. If you know of an organization, project or program, working to undo racism, please have a representative send a one-page proposal to Patricia Gutzwiller or Janet…

Friend to Friend; Conversations and Connection / Register before October 19, 2020

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns

We are missing each other! This is an opportunity for members and attenders of New Garden Friends Meeting to get to know others at NGFM (or deepen relationships) during this time of isolation. Those who are not living in a retirement home or similar living situation may choose to “Adopt a Grandfriend.” Or you might choose to pair up with another Friend, couple, or family at a similar life stage to your own. How it…

New Ideas Gathering / October 18, 2020

Community, First Day, Social Concerns

The New Ideas Group invites you to share ideas that you may have for our Meeting community. We are gathering on Zoom at 1 p.m. on October 18 and all New Gardeners are welcome to attend. This gathering will be especially focused on how the Meeting can face the challenges of Covid-19 together and what our life together after Covid could look like (although all new ideas are welcome!). Zoom information will be sent from…