Brotherhood Room / 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. The Lunch-and-Learn program will feature Life in the Sacrifice Zone, a documentary on health problems related to Duke Energy’s Belews Creek coal ash ponds polluting ground water near Walnut Cove. Local artist Caroline Armijo and Walnut Cove residents are expected to join in the discussion to give witness to the problem. Bring a bag lunch and discuss the personal impacts of coal ash.
Family Camp is this weekend! We are scheduled to arrive at 5 p.m. on Friday and enjoy a “pitch-in” meal together. The rest of the weekend will be full of delicious food, fall crafts, baking, a pie-eating contest, bonfire and s’mores, and plenty of free time for walks, puzzles, and board games. Meeting for Worship is at the lake Sunday at 10 a.m. If you are interested in joining us Sunday morning, but are unable…
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Learn more about Quakerism and get to know other New Gardeners! Come and enjoy dinner with Friends, learn some basics about Quaker faith and practice, and enjoy worship together. People of all ages are welcome! For more information contact Margaret at ([email protected]) or 336-292-5487 or Karin at ([email protected]).
New Garden Friends Meeting Social Concerns Committee provides small grants to organizations for projects addressing priority issues through our Broader Concerns budget. Priorities for 2018, drawn from a Fall 2017 survey of New Gardeners include: peace and conflict prevention/resolution; poverty, homelessness, and hunger; youth engagement; environment and clean energy; social, racial, and economic justice and refugee crisis and immigrant rights. Worthy organizations advancing any of these priorities through programming or projects, should send a one…
Want to Do Something about Hunger in Greensboro? Volunteers are needed for a food drive on October 6. You can help end hunger in a very practical way by collecting food for the Greensboro Urban Ministry food pantry on Saturday, October 6, at Harris Teeter, across Friendly Avenue from New Garden Meeting. Contact Bill McNeil ([email protected]) or Betsy Jenson ([email protected]) if you can work an hour or two between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Help…
There are several upcoming opportunities to attend a two-day Racial Equity Workshop in Greensboro on September 24-25, 2018, and October 8-9, 2018. Workshops are designed to build the capacity of all persons in understanding and eliminating racial inequities, disparities and dis-proportionality within our society. The training is facilitated by the Racial Equity Institute. Continental breakfast and lunch are included. For additional information and registration forms, please contact Nora Jones at 336-271-6632 or by email at: ([email protected]).
8:00 am – 12:00 p.m. / Norvell Hall
The Religious Education Committee is thrilled to invite you to join us for Family Camp 2018! Family Camp is such a fun and special NGFM tradition. It is a time for us to spend time in fellowship with our loving community and nature. There will be delicious food, fun crafts and activities, and plenty of free time for walks, puzzles, bubble-blowing, and board games. We will gather together at the lake on Sunday morning for…
9:30-10:45 a.m. in Friendship Hall / Presenters: BJ Barnes: Guilford County Sheriff, 24 years; Mike Richey: Deputy Chief over Greensboro City School Resource Officers; Barbara Leland: Career Educator, taught 4000+ students. Ages 6th grade to grandparents are invited to participate in a discussion of the realities of what is going on in our schools, strategies and tips for all involved. Please email questions to be addressed at the forum by Monday, September 10, to Barbara…
The New Garden Office will be closed on Friday, September 14, 2018. Saturday, September 15 – Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary for American Friends Service Committee was scheduled to speak at New Garden at 6:30 p.m. The event has been canceled and is not re-scheduled at this time. Sunday, September 16 – Safer Schools Forum has been rescheduled for September 23. The Meeting will be open on Sunday morning for regular meeting times.