3:00 – 5:00 p.m. / New Garden Friends Meeting. This year’s Seekers Classes are set to start February 17th and will run for four Sundays from February 17 – March 10 from 3 to 5 p.m. These sessions are wonderful for newcomers and also long-time members where we will cover the basics of Quaker history, the testimonies, and Quaker faith, Quaker community practices and business practices and variations among different branches of Quakers. Registration will…
Responses to December Wailing Wall Query on Peace, “How do you work actively to prevent war and other conflicts?” 1. Befriend someone with a different opinion and find common ground. 2. Not enough. 3. Standing and marching in anti-violence/ anti-gun/antiwar protests. 4. Give money to Quaker House. 5. Teach. 6. Peace bumper sticker on my car. 7. When urged by FCNL, I make phone calls to Congress about U.S. arms sales. 8. Open my mind…
3:00 pm / Raleigh’s Crossroads United Methodist Church, 715 Guilford College Road, Greensboro, NC 27419. You are invited to the Annual Collaborative Service of the Friendship Community Partnership of churches. A simple meal of soup and bread will be served with desserts and drinks after the worship. For more info, contact C. H. Holcombe, Cheryl Buehler, Rick Tunkel or New Garden Friends Meeting office.
Sunday, January 27 is the next Piedmont Friends Fellowship Representative Body. The event consists of worship, lunch with the host meeting Salem Creek Friends Meeting, and business. Worship starts at 10 a.m. It is held at Winston Salem Friends Meeting, 3151 Reynolda Rd., Winston Salem. Planning for the spring retreat and discussion of current issues will occur.
1:30 p.m. / New Garden Friends Meeting. 2019 is the 200th anniversary of the first known activity in North Carolina on what came to be known as the Underground Railroad. Two Guilford College historians, Adrienne Israel and James Shields, will share about that history. Following their presentation on the significance of the UGRR for both the African-American and Quaker communities, there will be guided tours of the UGRR woods on the Guilford College campus and…
Please join American Friends Service Committee General Secretary, Joyce Ajlouny on Saturday, January 12 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. / New Garden Friends Meeting. Learn about the strategic planning process that she is leading as AFSC turns the page on a century of building peace with justice. Prior to joining AFSC as general secretary in September 2017, Joyce worked in international development and served as the director of the Ramallah Friends School in Palestine.
Rm. 111 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. The Brotherhood Class is made up of men and women of New Garden Meeting who are interested in Bible study. Anyone can be a part of this class, and we invite you to come and see if you are interested. In December, the Brotherhood Class is starting a new unit on the gospel of Luke. I find that spending three months on one book of the Bible is rewarding,…
Rm. 109 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. Karen Garraputa leads this book discussion group. Feel free to join us as we discuss the spiritual discipline of meditation.
Rm. 111 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. The Brotherhood Class is made up of men and women of New Garden Meeting who are interested in Bible study. Anyone can be a part of this class, and we invite you to come and see if you are interested. In December, the Brotherhood Class is starting a new unit on the gospel of Luke. I find that spending three months on one book of the Bible is rewarding,…
Rm. 109 / 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. Karen Garraputa leads this book discussion group. Feel free to join us as we discuss the spiritual discipline of meditation.
