Guest Speaker, Joyce Ajlouny of American Friends Service Committee / January 12

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns

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.

The Spirit of Giving / Christmas Eve Candlelight Service / December 24

Families, Fellowship, Holiday, Music, News, Worship

Music at 6:30 p.m. / Worship Service at 7:00 p.m. Please join us in the spirit of giving; fill a box with non-perishable food items according to this list and bring your box to the Christmas Eve Candlelight Meeting for Worship. 1 – box of cereal 2 – peanut butter 3 – stuffing mix 4 – boxed potatoes 5 – macaroni & cheese 6 – canned fruit 7 – canned tomatoes 8 – canned tuna…

Cookie Bake & Share / Rescheduled for December 12

Community, Families, Fellowship, News

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / Friendship Hall / Due to the snow and ice, New Garden Friends Meeting annual cookie bake and exchange has been rescheduled to Wednesday, December 12. Please join us in Friendship Hall on Wednesday and bring your favorite Christmas cookie dough and a container to bring home cookies. We will bake and decorate our cookies together and at the end of the evening each person can take home a variety…

Simple Christmas / December 8

Community, Families, Fellowship, Holiday, News, Volunteer, Youth

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. / Fellowship Hall. Share in the longstanding New Garden Friends Meeting tradition of crafting hand-made holiday gifts. As always, both meat and vegetarian friendly chili will be served, and the Ukestra will be playing Christmas music beginning at 12:30. Friends often bring cash should they feel led to contribute. Also, there are occasionally craft items for sale. Join us for candle making, paper marbling, jewelry making, gift tag embossing, cookie…

Ukulele News / December 8

Community, Music, News

The main focus of the Peace & Love Ukestra, led by C.H. Holcombe, is to visit nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and memory care units to share our musical talents and stimulate residents who may be suffering from memory issues. By playing and singing classic folk songs, gospel tunes, and other genres of music, we encourage these residents to sing along, which many of them do. We’ve even had folks get up and dance to…

Christmas Honor Cards for Sale Thru December 16

Community, Holiday, News

The sale of the Christmas Honor Cards in support of local non-profits will take place each First Day, through Sunday December 16 (the day of the Alternative Christmas Event). At the rise of meeting, please find us at a table in the entryway by the kitchen We hope to expand our outreach in two ways this year: we’ll offer more days of the sale of the cards (for those of you who actually do get…

Alternative Christmas Rescheduled / December 16

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns

9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. / Friendship Hall. We invite refugees and non-profits to display their valuable work and offer us ways to give to friends and family by buying gifts and honor cards. This then helps refugees support themselves and organizations to help others. Lunch and treats will also be available for purchase. Those participating include; Taste The World, Ten Thousand Villages, Nana’s Treats, Biz Kids, Gate City Quilt Guild, Quaker House,Turkish Crafts, Urban Ministry,…