7:00 p.m. / Parlor / Are you interested in doing small projects with other crafters at New Garden? A small group has met a couple of times and we are planning to meet on Monday, December 9 at 7 p.m. in the parlor. We are going to be making some blankets for dogs and cats in the local shelters. We will be using fleece and/or cotton fabrics that are machine washable and dry-able. If you…
On December 3, Quaker House will be participating in the Giving Tuesday Donation Campaign again this year. One avenue for giving to this campaign is through Facebook. As a registered nonprofit, Facebook never charges any processing fees for donations made to Quaker House through Facebook. In addition, specifically for Giving Tuesday, Facebook is matching the first $7 million in donations. There is a catch though! It is first come, first served and “doors open” at…
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. / Fellowship Hall.
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor / Adult Forum / 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / Worship Room / New Garden Friends Meeting welcomes Brent Walsh as our guest speaker for Adult Forum and during Meeting for Worship on November 24th. Brent was raised as a female in a conservative family and struggled with the religious ramifications that came with being gay and Christian. After several failed conversion attempts, deep soul searching helped him…
On Saturday, November 9 the two yearly meetings to which we belong will share fellowship and worship. We start at 9 a.m. with a joint coffee time in Friendship Hall, then each YM will adjourn to do their own work. At noon all will convene in Friendship Hall for lunch (Bring Your Own Sandwich) and YM information. We will worship together at 1:00 p.m. and then conclude the day with separate business sessions. All are…
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. / We will celebrate Homecoming on Sunday, November 3. This is a great opportunity to invite people who grew up at New Garden to “come home” and worship with us again. Meeting for worship will be followed by a Taco Bar fundraiser managed by/ for the Young Friends group. Monthly Meeting for Business will take place after lunch.
8:00 p.m. / New Garden Cemetery / New Garden’s annual Hallowe’en lantern tour of the graveyard will be led by Max Carter. For information: ([email protected]).
5:30 p.m. Reception / 6:00 p.m. Presentation / Guilford College, Founders Hall, West Gallery / Join the Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice for a reception and presentation by Amr Abdalla, PhD. Dr. Amr Abdalla’s presentation on Transformative Responses to Conflict and Violence: Islamic Perspectives continues the Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice. Amr Abdalla’s presentation will explore peaceful approaches to conflict and violence by incorporating peace and conflict…
1 p.m. / Dana Auditorium, Guilford College / The lecture will be on “Still Bound for Canaan. The Underground Railroad, its History, and its Meaning for the Twenty-First Century.” This event is hosted by the North Carolina Friends Historical Society, in partnership with Guilford College and the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro. The program will begin with the singing of African-American spirituals and is open to the public. It will also serve as a culmination…
8 a.m. – noon / Score an additional 50% off our already ridiculously low priced yard sale items.