I am filled with gratitude for the generosity of New Garden Friends Meeting. For the 4th year, I have gone to Walmart to anonymously pay off some gift layaways. For the last several years I have invited New Gardeners to give some money to help support this activity and every year I am humbled by the outpouring of gifts! This year we had just under $2,000 ($1956.00) to use to pay off nine layaways. We…
A New Pictorial Directory is Coming Soon! Who can forget the time a few years back when a young man was making an announcement and called out “Hey George”? He expected George Bruns to answer but instead George Harris said “Yeah.” Now that we have your attention, we want your picture for the new pictorial directory! Sign-up sheets are located on a table outside the Worship Room. Pictures will be taken Wednesday, February 6 and…
5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / In the Woods Behind New Garden Friends Meeting
Music at 6:30 p.m. / Worship Service at 7:00 p.m. Please join us in the spirit of giving; fill a box with non-perishable food items according to this list and bring your box to the Christmas Eve Candlelight Meeting for Worship. 1 – box of cereal 2 – peanut butter 3 – stuffing mix 4 – boxed potatoes 5 – macaroni & cheese 6 – canned fruit 7 – canned tomatoes 8 – canned tuna…
It’s been a long time – the last directory was 2011, so we really need a new one. Gertrude Beal and Carol Cothern have graciously agreed to organize this undertaking. We’ll start taking taking pictures in February, 2019. Sign up has begun.
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / Friendship Hall / Due to the snow and ice, New Garden Friends Meeting annual cookie bake and exchange has been rescheduled to Wednesday, December 12. Please join us in Friendship Hall on Wednesday and bring your favorite Christmas cookie dough and a container to bring home cookies. We will bake and decorate our cookies together and at the end of the evening each person can take home a variety…
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. / Fellowship Hall. Share in the longstanding New Garden Friends Meeting tradition of crafting hand-made holiday gifts. As always, both meat and vegetarian friendly chili will be served, and the Ukestra will be playing Christmas music beginning at 12:30. Friends often bring cash should they feel led to contribute. Also, there are occasionally craft items for sale. Join us for candle making, paper marbling, jewelry making, gift tag embossing, cookie…
Friends Committee on National Legislation will be holding its Annual Public Policy Institute and Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., November 28 to December 2. It is not too late register online at: fcnl.org. The Public Policy Institute will focus on the farm bill (H.R. 2) Why the farm bill? It is the largest source of food assistance for millions of struggling families in our country. The Senate and House have passed different versions of the bill…
The Friendship Community Partnership is organizing a group to attend the comedy Dot which is about a family whose mother has Alzheimer’s. The play will be presented at the Paul Robeson Theater on the campus of A&T State University on Saturday, December 1 at 3 p.m. If we get 10 or more folks to go, prices will be under $10. We want to attend the matinee at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Please call CH Holcombe ASAP…
9:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. / Embassy Suites, 460N. Cherry Street, Winston-Salem, NC / Explore the effects of gentrification across the Triad through a fair housing lens. “The Many Faces of Gentrification” is an event sponsored by Winston-Salem Human Relations Commission/New Horizons Fair Housing Committee. Experts from Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem’s housing, municipal, non-profit, banking, and educational communities are collaborating to represent a few perspectives for the day’s discussions. Breakout sessions will include Seniors and…