Young Friends Dinner
5:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m. / Fellowship Hall / All young friends are invited to the Sunday Night Dinner. Please bring $5 for dinner. Contact Karin Heller to sign up to help with dinners or ask questions about Young Friends activities.
Quaker Lake Pumpkin Festival / October 19
3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. / Admission: $3 per car. The Pumpkin Festival offers many fun activities for all ages including hayrides, pumpkin painting, tower swing, inflatables, canoeing, pumpkin smashing, face painting and live music! Fill up on all your festival favorites including hot dogs, pizza, funnel cakes, popcorn, cotton candy, fried Oreos, and more! Quaker Lake is asking for the following items for their Cake Walk event: Brownies, cookies (1 dozen per bag), and…
Friendship Community Partnership Underground Railroad Tour / October 19
Friendship Community Partnership is sponsoring an Underground Railroad Tour in the Guilford College Woods. Meet in the New Garden Friends Meeting parking lot at 9:30 a.m. The tour is .6 mile on unpaved wooded trail and takes 1 – 1.5 hours. For more information, and to reserve a spot, contact Kate Hood Seel or 336-455-2591. Participating churches; Collins Grove United Methodist, New Garden Friends Meeting, Persimmon Grove AME, Raleigh’s Crossroads United Methodist, and St. Barnabas…
Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice / November 4
5:30 p.m. / Guilford College Founders Hall, West Gallery / Join the Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice for a reception and presentation by Amr Abdalla, PhD. Dr. Amr Abdalla’s presentation on Transformative Responses to Conflict and Violence: Islamic Perspectives continues the Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice. Amr Abdalla’s presentation will explore peaceful approaches to conflict and violence by incorporating peace and conflict resolution frameworks grounded in Islam’s…
Still Bound for Canaan / The Underground Railroad, its History, and its Meaning for the Twenty-First Century / November 2
1 p.m. / Dana Auditorium, Guilford College / Author Fergus Bordewich will present “Still Bound for Canaan. The Underground Railroad, its History, and its Meaning for the Twenty-First Century.” This event is hosted by the North Carolina Friends Historical Society, in partnership with Guilford College and the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro. The program will begin with the singing of African-American spirituals and is open to the public. It will also serve as a culmination to…
Alternatives to Violence Project Basic Training / October 25 – 27
Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) BASIC training (no prerequisites) will be held at Jamestown Friends Meeting. The cost is $25.00 and includes lunch and snacks. All supplies are included. Financial assistance is available and donations for the scholarship fund are greatly appreciated. Reserve space no later than October 1 by emailing ([email protected]). Sponsored by the NC Alternatives to Violence Project in partnership with the NC Peace Resource Center.
Volunteers Needed for Greensboro Urban Ministry Food Drive / October 18
It is time to sign up to participate in the next semi-annual Greensboro Urban Ministries’ food drive. Again, NGFM is assigned to the Harris Teeter at 701 Francis King Street, across the street from our meeting house on Friday, October 18. Please consider signing up for one of the 2-hour time slots. You will be paired with at least one other New Gardener. This event is a major resource for replenishing the food pantry, and…
Carry-In Meal / October 6
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. / Fellowship Hall.
Signup deadline for Friendly 8 Groups / September 27
“Friendly 8” are groups of Friends from New Garden Friends Meeting who meet monthly for food and fellowship. They offer an opportunity to get to know other members of New Garden Friends Meeting and are wonderful for both newcomers and long-time members alike. Complete and return the Friendly-8-Sign-Up Form and you will be paired with other Friends. Friendly 8 groups will begin to meet starting in October!
Moral Monday March and Mass Meeting / September 30
5 – 8 p.m. / We will gather at 5 p.m. New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 408 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and march (bring your signs!) to Shiloh Baptist Church at 1210 S. Eugene Street, where at 6 p.m. we will hear from Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Sisters and brothers directly impacted by the unjust…