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…

Events Cancelled to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

First Day, News

To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the community, and in accordance with Gov. Cooper’s request to limit gatherings of 100 or more persons, semi-programmed Meeting for Worship has been cancelled on March 15 and March 22. This decision was reached on Friday (March 13) by New Garden’s COVID-19 Prevention Group. Religious Education activities, including meetings of Young Friends, also are cancelled for March 15 and March 22. Unprogrammed Meeting for Worship will take…

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…

The Spirit of Harriet Tubman Performance / March 8

Art, Community, Fellowship, First Day, Social Concerns

3:00 p.m. / Worship Room / Please join us for a one-woman performance by Diane Faison, inspired by the life and liberating work of Harriet Tubman and her path to freedom travelling the Underground Railroad at least 19 times freeing slaves. Ms. Faison is a graduate of North Carolina Central University, with post-graduate study at Longwood University and the University of Virginia. This performance will help celebrate Black Women’s History Month two days before the…