Message from Meeting on Ministry & Counsel / October 6, 2020

We recognize the great value (and necessity!) of interpersonal connections during the pandemic. Therefore, while following the recommendations of our COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group not to sponsor in-person activities, we will continue our efforts to enhance connections in other ways: virtual meetings for worship; virtual committee meetings and Religious Education activities; and virtual ministry with some cautious exceptions, to be made by Pastor Margaret and Caring Friends in accordance with protocols the COVID-19 Medical Advisory…

Covid-19 Update / October 6, 2020

Recommendation from NGFM’s COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group: On August 30, the Meeting on Ministry & Counsel requested that our COVID-19 medical advisors make recommendations about holding selected New Garden Friends Meeting sponsored activities in person. The undersigned NGFM physicians responded as follows: After signs that NC cases of COVID-19 were leveling off, NC experienced a surge of new cases on Friday October 2. Governor Cooper’s decision to proceed with Phase 3 reopening, arrival of colder…

Religious Education Updates / October 3, 2020

Hello Friends. Mark you calendars! I am excited to share that George Lakey will be joining us during our Adult Forum time on Sunday, November 1st! Many of you are already familiar with George and all of the incredible work and activism that he has been involved with over the past 7 or 8 decades. But you may, or may not be aware of the work he is currently involved in. In his most recent…

Meeting for Worship / September 27, 2020

Sunday 11 a.m. Meeting for Worship livestream: Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting/ Prepared messages are posted at: www.ngfm.org/media. Reading: Matthew 7:7-14 Title: Dark Night of a Pandemic Rev. Kay Rohloff will be the special speaker. Rev. Rohloff is a Lutheran (ELCA) pastor who grew up in Illinois, went to college and seminary in Iowa, and now lives in Minnesota with her husband and cat. She recently published “Grace Alone: Lutheran in the 21st Century,” and also produces…

Sing Out The Vote Concert / October 2, 2020

Dear Friends, Some of you will remember the fun we had hosting Annie Patterson and Mary Witt at New Garden Friends Meeting the evening of March 7, 2020. Little did we know that we wouldn’t be able to be in a crowd like that again this year! They have written to me with another opportunity — this time a concert with Annie and her husband Peter Blood. They are doing an on-line SING OUT THE…

Adult Forum / September 20, 2020 / Guilford County School Repairs

Do you want all kids in our community to have healthy, safe, and modern public school facilities for students to learn, grow, and thrive in? Do you know we have an opportunity this fall to impact the much needed Guilford County School facilities through two critical referendum’s on the November ballot? School buildings across Guilford County are falling apart and we can no longer delay fixing them. The Guilford County Board of Education has approved…

Friends Committee on National Legislation Urges Support

Friends Committee on National Legislation urges support of the Dream and Promise Act seeking an equitable society supported by policies that recognize the Light of God in each of us, no exceptions. Yet Congress has so far refused to reform the U.S. immigration system, leaving millions of immigrants in fear of family separation, deportation, and detention. Even though they came to this country as children and grew up in our communities, approximately 3 million Dreamers,…

Peace & Social Concerns Notes / September 9, 2020

The Peace and Social Concerns Committee is working to help New Garden Friends Meeting incorporate more immediate social and economic justice actions into our everyday lives. Thus, every weekly newsletter will include one Anti-Racist Action suggestion and one website whereby members can find minority-owned business to support, if they so choose. The Meeting is not endorsing or advertising these businesses; we just feel it’s important to spread dollars more equitably to all community members and…