1:00 p.m. / Worship Room / Mark your calendar; New Garden will have a called meeting following a carry-in meal on Sunday, March 22. The purpose of the meeting is to discern members’ and attenders’ thoughts about the finances of the Meeting. Following a couple of short presentations from Finance and Stewardship and from Investment, we will enter into worship and speak out of the silence.
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor / You can be a part of the process of discerning key issues that Friends Committee on National Legislation will lobby our elected officials in the coming congressional year! A distinctive feature of Friends Committee on National Legislation is the practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape their work. Every two years, Friends Committee on National Legislation asks Friends, meetings, churches, and other national groups…
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor / You can be a part of the process of discerning key issues that Friends Committee on National Legislation will lobby our elected officials in the coming congressional year! A distinctive feature of Friends Committee on National Legislation is the practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape their work. Every two years, Friends Committee on National Legislation asks Friends, meetings, churches, and other national groups…
New Garden Friends Meeting is forming a working group to explore the costs and benefits of installing solar panels on the Meetinghouse. We are also considering ways to help families in the community reduce energy costs and make their homes more energy efficient. Both will help us stand up to the climate emergency in very practical ways. Both will save money and save the planet. But both will require funds to realize these savings. Do…
It was 1970. Fighting between the Jordanian Armed Forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization had been escalating, but a Quaker serving at a school for Palestinian children in Ramallah reported that things were quiet there: “There are few signs of the war here. I see an occasional army patrol with their helmets and guns, and each night jets fly over on their way to attack in Jordan.” That quiet would come to an end just…
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor / You can be a part of the process of discerning key issues that Friends Committee on National Legislation will lobby our elected officials in the coming congressional year! A distinctive feature of Friends Committee on National Legislation is the practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape their work. Every two years, Friends Committee on National Legislation asks Friends, meetings, churches, and other national groups…
Carolina Friends School – Durham, NC / This year’s theme is “Learning From the Past and Facing the Present.” Information for the retreat and registration forms are available in the New Garden Friends Meeting foyer, or online at PFF Annual Meeting.
8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. / Quaker Lake Camp / Worship, relax and share fellowship with Friends at Quaker Lake. Activities include swinging from Alpine Tower, hiking, ceramics, sewing, line dancing, cooking demos, yoga, crafts, jewelry making, games and much more! Open to women of all ages. $35, including light breakfast and full lunch. Register by sending printed form (see Quaker Relations bulletin board) with payment to Quaker Lake Camp, or www.quakerlakecamp.org/womens-retreat. Deadline is February…
3:00 p.m. / Worship Room / Please join us for a one-woman performance by Diane Faison, inspired by the life and liberating work of Harriet Tubman and her path to freedom travelling the Underground Railroad at least 19 times freeing slaves. Ms. Faison is a graduate of North Carolina Central University, with post-graduate study at Longwood University and the University of Virginia. This performance will help celebrate Black Women’s History Month two days before the…
7:00 p.m. / Worship Room / Please join us for a concert (including a sing-along portion) by Annie Patterson and Mary Witt. Annie is the co-creator of the best-selling songbook Rise Up Singing. She has led singalong concerts across North America and abroad building “hope & change through song.” Mary is a terrific vocalist and bass player. Her award-winning swing and soul band The O-Tones is based in Western Massachusetts. Advance tickets & information can be…