Back to School Blessing / Join us next Sunday during Meeting for Worship for our Back to School Blessing! This an opportunity for the community to express our love for our children, young adults, and teachers as they enter into a new school year. It is also an opportunity for us to remind one another (even if we are not headed back to school!) that we carry the love of New Garden Friends Meeting with us…
PFYM Adult Young Friends (AYF) met in person in Saxapahaw, NC, on Morgan Siem’s land on July 10. We had 11 participants. Three of us showed up early to help pull some invasive weeds and support the native plants on Morgan’s land. Once all Friends arrived, we shared a meal and enjoyed fellowship. Some of us had only met on Zoom previously, and for many, it was the first time meeting each other in general.…
The Annual meeting for North Carolina Fellowship of Friends is August 21, at Quaker Lake. All New Gardeners are welcome and encouraged to attend. Worship sharing and workshops will be included, in addition to a business session. >>>>>> New Info as of August Due to the rise in Covid cases, NCFF will again be held virtually. If you would like to participate, please register at: https://www.ncfriends.org and a Zoom link will be sent to you.…
The Annual meeting for North Carolina Fellowship of Friends is August 21, at Quaker Lake. All New Gardeners are welcome and encouraged to attend. Worship sharing and workshops will be included, in addition to a business session. The planning group asks that you register for this at: https://www.ncfriends.org/ which includes registration and a brief agenda. Contact: Kate Seel ([email protected])
Please join us on from 12 to 1 p.m. on July 18 (following the Meet & Greet for Deborah Seuss) for an outdoor in-person gathering to shower the Webb family with love and blessings as we eagerly await the arrival of Baby Webb! This event will be open to the entire New Garden community (all ages) and will be informal/unprogrammed (ie. no party games or gift opening). In acknowledgement of the challenge of a mixed…
Immediately following the 10 a.m. meeting on July 18, plan to linger and meet Deborah Suess who is stepping in to help with pastoral duties when the Webbs welcome their new baby.
The Annual meeting for the Carolina Fellowship of Friends is August 21, at Quaker Lake. All New Gardeners are welcome and encouraged to attend. Worship sharing and workshops will be included, in addition to a business session. The planning group asks that you register for this at: https://www.ncfriends.org/ which includes registration and a brief agenda. Click and download the registration form and bring it with you to the Annual Gathering at Quaker Lake Camp, August…
The Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting- Adult Young Friends group is meeting in-person on July 10, in Saxapahaw, North Carolina. Please RSVP by July 3 to ([email protected]). We’ll send along more details closer to the date. This will be a fun and flexible gathering, so folks can arrive and leave as they wish. We’re meeting on Morgan Siem’s land in Saxapahaw which is a beautiful space to gather in. Tentative Schedule: 11 a.m – 12 p.m.…
A question has long haunted me: why, among American Quakers, have African Americans historically been Fit for Freedom, (but) Not for Friendship? This is actually the title of a book by Vanessa Julye and Donna McDaniel. Reading the book offered some answers, and convicted me: I had to accept that we as Friends – even though many of us in the past took a leading role in ending slavery – are guilty of structural racism.…
Adult Forum will meet by Zoom at 11:15 a.m. You can also participate as a small group on the grounds, if you prefer. Just bring along your computer. Friends, we will devote the next several weeks to Quaker Speak videos. If there is one that you would like to watch together and/or facilitate a discussion about, please email Karin Heller. July 4th is a good day to reflect on our condition as a country. One…