New Garden Friends Meeting Greensboro NC

Many Hands Make Light Work / March 20, 2023

“Many hands make light work”: That’s the motto of New Garden’s nominating committee as we begin our annual swing spring into action. So, we’re inviting you to consider how you can lend your hands and talents in support of the programs and activities of the meeting, and enjoy being with other New Gardeners. And … thanks to Zoom, and other new technologies ….most committees meet electronically, so the burden of rushing through dinner and driving…

April 2, 2023 / New Garden Forum

The April 2nd Forum will engage in discernment of an appropriate statement on Reproductive Health Care. This discussion will focus our response to the following request from Friends Committee on National Legislation. “From its inception, Friends Committee on National Legislation has relied on meetings and churches to ground our work in the concerns of Friends. We invite you to engage your meeting or church in worship and discernment about this issue. Your discernment will guide…

Persimmon Grove AME Celebrating 140th Anniversary / April 22, 2023

Please come join us as we celebrate our 140th Church Anniversary and our rich church history at the 1st Annual “Celebrating Our Heritage” banquet on April 22, 2023, 6:00 p.m. at the Wyndham Garden Hotel Greensboro in the Carolina Ballroom. Tickets are $40.00. Seating is limited, please RSVP by April 3, 2023. Please call Felicia Raleigh at 336-662-2313 or email [email protected] to reserve your tickets.

Notes from Pastor Ashley / March 21, 2023

Dear Friends, It was so wonderful to see you engage with the Transition Team’s event on Sunday! I appreciated your care and thoughtfulness in responding to the queries in open worship, both aloud and in writing. And I could see how people were getting to know each other better and reflect on what is unique about New Garden Friends Meeting over lunch. Many thanks to everyone who helped to organize and facilitate the gathering. I…

Religious Education / March 21, 2023

Dear Friends, Happy Spring! Spring is my favorite season, followed very closely by Fall. For me, these transitional seasons are full of beauty, hope, and excitement for what is to come (even as I continue to wake up to temps in the 20’s and wonder when I can really start to get things started in the garden). This season of transition at New Garden Friends Meeting is affecting me similarly. Some days I am simply…

Notes from Pastor Ashley / March 15, 2023

Dear Friends, As you hopefully already know, we will have a special event for the Transition Team after Semi-Programmed Worship this week. There will be a carry-in lunch and members of the Transition Team will be facilitating conversations around queries. In worship and this event, the meeting will be reflecting on the “heritage” focus point. I am really looking forward to the ways the Transition Team is going to engage the meeting, and I have…

Challenging Racism / March 15, 2023

Can black people be racist? This is not for me to answer, but something that I have wondered about. In trying to find a definitive answer to this question I have become more confused. I think it depends on how you define “racism”. In the Pendle Hill Pamphlet that we all received in the mail during COVID isolation, author/scholar/activist Harold D. Weaver, Jr. says, “No”. According to Dr. Weaver, racism = power & discrimination/prejudice. Power…

Religious Education / March 15, 2023

Dear Friends, Last week, my family and I adventured to Philadelphia, PA for a quick visit with my “kid brother”. We did all the things you’re supposed to do in Philly. We went to LOVE park and admired a very “un-Quakerly” statue of William Penn atop City Hall. We went to Reading Market and ate Amish pastries. We checked out the Liberty Bell, and the oldest street in the country. And most importantly, we visited…