Go the their website: upperroom.org to view and take advantage of their numerous offerings and additional resources (free of charge) for journeying through the pandemic and the “social distancing” reality before us.
Shepherd’s Center of Greensboro is offering online Adventures in Learning classes. To receive the newsletter send your email address to www.shepctrg.org.
The (GAL) Guardian ad Litem Mission: Be A Voice For the Children in Our Community • GAL Volunteers are trained as child advocates for abused and neglected children. • Child advocates and attorneys work together to champion children’s needs in court. • Child advocates promote a safe and permanent home for children. During these challenging and trying times we are all living through, the Guilford County Guardian ad Litem Program is continuing to pursue its…
PROPOSAL: Install solar energy for New Garden Friends Meeting and provide energy relief for local low-income homeowners. STEWARDSHIP: Solar power generation to reduce fossil fuel use and energy costs. COMMUNITY: A donation to Community Housing Solutions for energy conservation projects for local low-income homeowners. Please join Meeting for Business on 6/7/20 @ 1pm to discuss this proposal.
June 1, 2020 Dear Friends, NGFM’s COVID-19 Prevention Group has advised that we continue to keep the meetinghouse closed until further notice. NC’s Phase 2, which the Governor is calling “Safer-at-Home,” allows more businesses to reopen and permits outdoor gatherings of up to 25 people (with social distancing); however, the risk of coronavirus transmission remains high, and New Garden Friends Meeting has many households with at least one member at high risk for serious complications…
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Join us for a virtual educational session about planned giving on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 10:30 am. This virtual ZOOM meeting will feature Mimi Blackwell, Planned Giving Program Manager for Friends Fiduciary Corporation. Planned Giving is an effective and meaningful way to leave your legacy for causes you are passionate about. Some planned giving vehicles provide options for life-long income or ways to support your loved ones. Mimi Blackwell is a veteran planned giving…
Thank you, New Gardeners, for generously supporting our virtual food drive that was in place of the usual Spring Food Drive for Greensboro Urban Ministries. Filling pantry shelves at GUM is increasingly urgent now as the number of families needing assistance has grown due to loss of jobs and more meals are being eaten at home during the pandemic. $2,347 was raised, more than doubling our goal of $1,000. Thank you for your generous response!…
Greensboro AmeriCorps Positions Available for September 2020 – August 2021. The AmeriCorps Partnership to End Homelessness, located in Greensboro, is recruiting 4 full-time and 24 part-time AmeriCorps members to serve at agencies in the community who serve individuals currently experiencing homelessness or who are at-risk for becoming homeless. Our sites include The Servant Center, YWCA, Center for New North Carolinians, FaithAction International House, Greensboro Urban Ministry, Youth Focus, Backpack Beginnings, Peacehaven Community Farm, Triad Goodwill,…
For many years, it has been a custom at New Garden to have an “alternative” Memorial Day graveyard tour to highlight the many different ways Quakers have served and sacrificed in the cause of peace and justice. This year, owing to the coronavirus restrictions, there won’t be a group tour, but from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 25, Gertrude Beal and Max Carter will be under the porch roof at the meetinghouse to…