Bring food to enjoy with Friends on the lawn at the rise of Meeting 9/11/2022. For the first carry-out let’s make it as simple as possible. We need help setting up and breaking down folding tables, chairs, and trash cans outside where we used to hold worship. We will be asking for volunteers at the rise of meeting. Please contact Valerie in the office if you are able to provide lemonade and/or iced tea. Let’s…
A bit of history from AMERICAN ABOLITIONISTS KNOWLEDGE CARDS, created by the New York Historical Society: “. . . Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This law, which extended a 1793 statute, endowed slave owners with extensive rights to reclaim escaped slaves and established punishments for any who interfered. Citizens who assisted fugitives could be imprisoned for 6 months and fined $1000; federal officials who failed to arrest alleged runaways faced the same…
Monthly Meeting on September 11th at 1:00 p.m. will be in-person and on Zoom. As is true for Meeting For Worship, there will not be a video projection of the Zoom meeting in the Meeting Room. In-person participants will hear the contributions of Zoom participants, but will not be able to see them. While printed copies of documents to be discussed will be available to in-person attenders, there will not be screen sharing of those…
The Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Friendship Friends Meeting asks your help in spreading the word about the grant for student groups working on peace and justice issues that we are again offering. The Friendship Friends Meeting Grant is for up to $500 to groups of college students in Guilford County to organize and work on peace and justice issues. The deadline to apply is September 23rd. All information is on the Friendship website…
Friends will gather at Mendenhall Homeplace 603 W. Main Street, Jamestown, NC 27282 for fellowship and a bring-your-own picnic lunch. In the afternoon, Friends will be able to tour the historic Quaker homeplace, which was an active location of the Underground Railroad. A flyer will be coming soon with more details and registration information. In the meantime, please let Friends know to save the date! Thank you, Piedmont Friends Clerking Committee, Marian Beane, Sally Freeman,…
Please encourage any and all Quaker Men of all ages to attend and participate in the NC Quaker Men Fall Dinner to be held at Centre Friends Meeting, 325 NC Hwy 62 East, Greensboro, NC 27406 on Monday night, September 19 at 5:59 p.m. We hope musically gifted men will gather before the dinner and rehearse for a Men’s Chorus to sing during the program! Josh Brown, pastor at Springfield Friends Meeting, will be our…
11 Grandparents Day 15 Hispanic Heritage Month (thru Oct. 15) 15 International Day of Democracy 21 International Day of Peace 23 World Sign Language Day
Join others in our community in supporting Guilford County Public School staff, teachers, administrators, and our Board of Ed members during this difficult time in education. Show your support at the first Board of Ed. meeting Sept. 13 at 712 N. Eugene St. Starting at 5pm, we’ll cheer on public educators and celebrate them as they begin another year! Can’t make it? Send an email to the Board of Ed members in support and encourage…
I am excited to announce that we are hiring for three full time positions. Please share this email with anyone you think would be a good fit. All positions are fully remote. An eligible candidate must have legal authorization to work in the U.S. The full job descriptions are hyperlinked below. The Associate Secretary of Operations is a senior leadership position responsible for organizational operations including accounting, bookkeeping, budgeting, and financial and legal transactions that…
At Monthly Meeting on 8/21, Janie Foy presented a report from New Garden’s COVID medical advisors (below). Friends in attendance weighed COVID risks against the need for our community to rebuild social and spiritual connections. They agreed to the action steps reported in the NGFM newsletter last week. The COVID medical advisory group will be meeting on Tuesday, 8/30, at 1:00 to answer questions posed by MM about relaxation of COVID guidelines. Those with questions…