Online worship comes to New Garden Friends Meeting

Community, Fellowship, News, Worship

Sunday, March 22, was another historic first for New Garden Friends Meeting. Margaret Webb, pastoral minister, led meeting for worship online. The format was quite familiar with a welcome, a reading, a hymn offered by music director Marc Alley, and a prepared message. But instead of gathering on benches in the Worship Room, members and attenders watched and listened from home, using the internet and Facebook to connect. The Worship Room was dark, and the…

Worship at New Garden Friends Meeting / March 22

Community, Fellowship, First Day, News, Worship

11:00 a.m. / The NG Covid-19 Working Group has discussed worship and has decided to close the Meetinghouse this Sunday and until it seems safe for us to gather again in person. You are invited to worship from home. Margaret Webb and Marc Alley will be providing a reading, song, and a prepared message via Facebook Live at 11 a.m. on Sunday. To see the video you should log into Facebook and go to the…

Event Cancelled; Special Called Meeting Following Carry-In Meal / March 22

Community, Fellowship, First Day, News

1:00 p.m. / Worship Room / Mark your calendar; New Garden will have a called meeting following a carry-in meal on Sunday, March 22. The purpose of the meeting is to discern members’ and attenders’ thoughts about the finances of the Meeting. Following a couple of short presentations from Finance and Stewardship and from Investment, we will enter into worship and speak out of the silence.

Event Cancelled; Adult Forum / Friends Committee on National Legislation Priorities / March 22

Community, Fellowship, First Day, Social Concerns

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor / You can be a part of the process of discerning key issues that Friends Committee on National Legislation will lobby our elected officials in the coming congressional year! A distinctive feature of Friends Committee on National Legislation is the practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape their work. Every two years, Friends Committee on National Legislation asks Friends, meetings, churches, and other national groups…

Event Cancelled; Adult Forum / Friends Committee on National Legislation Priorities / March 15 & 22

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor / You can be a part of the process of discerning key issues that Friends Committee on National Legislation will lobby our elected officials in the coming congressional year! A distinctive feature of Friends Committee on National Legislation is the practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape their work. Every two years, Friends Committee on National Legislation asks Friends, meetings, churches, and other national groups…

Event Cancelled; Adult Forum / Friends Committee on National Legislation Priorities / March 15

Community, Fellowship, First Day, Social Concerns

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor / You can be a part of the process of discerning key issues that Friends Committee on National Legislation will lobby our elected officials in the coming congressional year! A distinctive feature of Friends Committee on National Legislation is the practice of asking Quakers around the country to help shape their work. Every two years, Friends Committee on National Legislation asks Friends, meetings, churches, and other national groups…

Women’s Retreat at Quaker Lake Camp / March 7

Community, Fellowship, News

8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. / Quaker Lake Camp / Worship, relax and share fellowship with Friends at Quaker Lake. Activities include swinging from Alpine Tower, hiking, ceramics, sewing, line dancing, cooking demos, yoga, crafts, jewelry making, games and much more! Open to women of all ages. $35, including light breakfast and full lunch. Register by sending printed form (see Quaker Relations bulletin board) with payment to Quaker Lake Camp, or www.quakerlakecamp.org/womens-retreat. Deadline is February…