Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation / March 22, 2023

Community, News, Social Concerns

Spring Lobby Day in Raleigh / March 22 Please join us for the 2023 FCNCL Lobby Day in Raleigh, Wednesday, March 22 and an advance training session by Zoom on March 15. • Meet your legislators for the 2023-24 Legislative Sessions • Help get Medicaid Expansion across the finish line • Get to know other Quakers around the state working with FCNCL. Hospitality for FCNCL Lobby Day Participants Friends traveling from western North Carolina for…

Notes from Pastor Ashley / February 15, 2023

News

Dear Friends, What does it mean to be prophetic? This is a question that I am wondering about in my class for Guilford and my series of messages on prophetesses in the Bible. As we see in these stories about prophetesses, there is no one answer! The prophets and prophets in the Bible come from many different backgrounds and they are prophetic in a variety of ways. Some sing, some speak, some use their bodies…

Help Earthquake Victims in Turkey & Syria / March 5, 2023

Environment, News, Social Concerns, Volunteer

Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have created a huge humanitarian crisis with over 35,000 fatalities to date, and many thousands more displaced from their homes and livelihoods. You can help victims of these earthquakes and enjoy a good meal provided by the Divan Center of Greensboro in New Garden Friends Meeting Fellowship Hall on March 5, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. This benefit will take the place of our normal First Day meal before meeting for…

Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting Spring Gathering / April 1, 2023

Community, News, Quaker Relations

Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting is holding a spring gathering, Sat. April 1, 10:30am-3:00pm / High Point City Lake, 601 W. Main St., High Point, and Mendenhall Homeplace, 603 W. Main St., High Point, NC. Friends will gather by HIgh Point City lake. Bring your own picnic. At 1:30pm, Friends will make their way to the Mendenhall Homeplace for a tour of the historic Quaker homeplace. Register here – https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/emf/PiedmontFriends/SpringGathering  

A Unique Black History Month Event This Saturday / February 18, 2023

Art, Community, News, Social Concerns

Saturday, 18 February , 1 PM ET over Zoom Webinar / The Prep School Negro (2012): African American in Quakers Schools. This Saturday, the 2023 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum continues with our second event, examining the challenges of African Americans in Quaker schools and honoring lifelong Quaker-educator Joan Countryman. On Saturday, 18 February, we will screen the 2012 documentary, The Prep School Negro, directed by trailblazing filmmaker André Robert Lee, and…

Challenging Racism / February 15, 2023

Community, News, Social Concerns

At our February monthly business meeting Friends paused to consider the wording on the new signage for our Little Free Library. Several Friends have expressed concern that the term “Antiracist” implies that we are against people who are racist, and that some people just bristle at the word. The word “Antiracism” was suggested as a softer alternative that could not be mistaken for animosity toward people. At the risk of muddying the waters instead of…

Quaker Changemaker Event / February 23, 2023

Community, News, Quaker Relations

When we talk about migration, too often, the conversation overlooks the humanity and experiences of the people impacted. Popular rhetoric about the “border crisis” and political stunts like the busing of migrants only makes this worse. FCNL’s February Quaker Changemaker Event will feature a conversation about faith and community work on the border and across the nation. Register to join our conversation on Thursday Feb. 23 at 8:00 p.m. EST. Register here. Learn More. This…

Religious Education / February 15, 2023

Adult Forum, News, Religious Education

Dear Friends, Maybe it’s because my oldest just turned 15. Or maybe it’s because we are all starting to settle into our “new normal” after years of online programming and physical isolation. Perhaps it’s the recent loss of dear Friends and pillars of our community. Whatever it is, I’ve spent a lot of time considering the passage of time, and how it relates to my ministry and relationship with New Garden Friends Meeting. These days,…

Volunteers Needed for Carry-In Meal / February 2023

Fellowship, News, Worship

Hi Friends! We are gathering for monthly carry in meals again! Who does not look forward to those Sundays of sharing fellowship with friends while eating a potluck meal? For sure we will have baked chicken, salad, warm veggie dishes, bread, cakes and pies! Who will bring mac and cheese? bean soup? brownies? Maybe Max will bring hot dogs? If you are smiling and nodding your head you also know that it takes hospitality volunteers…

Robin Wall Kimmerer to speak at Guilford College, March 1, 2023

Community, News

Recent MacArthur Fellow Robin Wall Kimmerer will be giving a public lecture at Guilford on Wednesday, March 1 at 4:00 p.m. in Dana Auditorium. Kimmerer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass, has been the College’s common read this year for first-year students, and we are very excited to have the opportunity to bring this amazing plant ecologist and writer to Guilford. Kimmerer’s writing, teaching, and research blends traditional ecological knowledge from her Native American heritage with contemporary science.…