Greetings Friends, I hope you are all faring as well as can be expected in this strange time that we are experiencing. I want to invite you all to Monthly Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business this First Day (Sunday) July 5 beginning at 1 p.m. Several items will be discussed, including the following: 1) Solar+ Energy is ready to seek approval moving into the next steps for installing solar panels. I believe the…
New Garden Friends Meeting livestreams Meeting for Worship at 11 a.m. Sundays on Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting/ Prepared messages are posted at: www.ngfm.org/media. Reading: Micah 6:6-8 Title: Finding Our Way Forward
Friends have long struggled with the many forms of racism in our meetings and our communities. Now, with numerous videos of violence directed toward black people, in particular, circulating the web and the tv news, it has the country’s attention like never before. Some Friends at New Garden have expressed a desire to write letters in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign but would like a template to follow. Bobby Trice, with Friends Committee…
Friends, starting June 28, the Peace and Social Concerns Committee will facilitate a five-week long book discussion of Parker Palmer’s, Healing the Heart of Democracy during Adult Forum. If you would like to participate, you can purchase the book most places online. Zoom links will be sent out via email with the Religious Education Updates and Information. If you would like to receive these updates and are not currently receiving RE information by email from…
Every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Pastor Margaret is doing a live video on the New Garden Friends Meeting Facebook page. Each week will include readings and queries to help center your week. You can join live at 1 p.m. or watch the video any time after.
New Garden Friends Meeting livestreams Meeting for Worship at 11 a.m. Sundays on Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting/ Prepared messages are posted at: www.ngfm.org/media.
North Carolina Fellowship of Friends is forwarding information to Meetings on the 2020 Mediation Skills Training Institute programming, offered via the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center. The Lombard Mennonite Peace Center has trained thousands of church leaders in conflict resolution skills. They can also train groups in their own locations. Conflict is an inevitable part of life. Having the skills to function effectively in emotionally intense, conflicted situations is important for all of us, especially those…
11:00 a.m. / https://www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting/ Reading: Britain Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice 26.72 Title: Finding the Center
Virtual zoom meeting / 10:00 a.m. For information on how to join this zoom meeting, please refer to Karin’s email RE: Religious Education Updates/June 13
Virtual Zoom Meeting / 9:45 a.m. / This week during our Adult Forum time, Friends will watch a litany and message that Rev. William Barber II delivered last week in response to George Floyd’s murder. The video will be around 30 minutes long, and the remainder of our time will be spent in discussion. This is particularly timely since the Poor Peoples Campaign has a national online rally scheduled for Saturday, June 20, 10:00a.m.-12 p.m.…