CDC Community Level is High in Guilford County Wear a mask indoors in public Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines Get tested if you have symptoms Additional precautions may be needed for people at high risk for severe illness People may choose to mask at any time. People with symptoms, a positive test, or exposure to someone with COVID-19 should wear a mask. If you are immunocompromised, learn more about how to protect yourself.…
It is time to sign up to participate in the Fall Greensboro Urban Ministries’ food drive. New Garden is assigned to the Harris Teeter at 701 Francis King Street, across the street from our meeting house. Please consider signing up for one of the 2-hour time slots. You will be paired with at least one other New Gardener. This event is a major source for replenishing the food pantry, and GUM is counting on us!…
Go to the website www.shepctrg.org Click on Adventures in Learning Click on Read more (ignore the date.) Clink on class descriptions and links to resister . This will give you all the information you need to register.
Adult Forum / September 4 There will be open fellowship and discussion this week. Adult Forum remains on Zoom for the time-being. Email Karin Heller if you would like to receive Religious Education Updates and/or Zoom links. Children are Welcome at Meeting for Worship All children are invited and encouraged to join us for Meeting for Worship. Crayons and activity packets are available in the foyer outside the Worship room. Childcare is available for children…
As a subscriber to QuakerSpeak, I have noticed that several of the newer videos feature Black Quakers. This is encouraging to me! But in the most recent one Sabrina McCarthy, a “Quaker Adjacent,” offers an interesting perspective on what she appreciates about Quakerism and why she has not sought membership. – Kate Hood Seel
As we continue our celebration in 2022 of 350 years of Friends in North Carolina, we have easy access to a timeline on the Underground Railroad Tree at Guilford College website, which gives us a glimpse of how Friends dealt with slavery. A few entries of interest: • [1754 – New Garden Meeting was established.] • 1770 – New Garden Meeting urges Friends not to be involved with slavery. • 1776 – Slave ownership becomes…
The Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director Prior to the 2020 elections, a representative from the Carter Center’s Conflict Resolution team reached out to the North Carolina Council of Churches. For the first time in its 40-year history of resolving international conflicts, their research showed the conflicts might come home. North Carolina, along with a few of other states, showed a high probability for election related violence. While N.C. did have a few minor skirmishes…
August 2022 08 International Day of World’s Indigenous People 21 Nat Turner Slave Revolt (1831) 26 Women’s Equality Day
There will be a donation box for Backpack Beginnings on the porch this week through Sunday. Friends are invited to bring contributions. Please find a list of needed items below. Greatest need items are in italics. FOOD PROGRAM: (please check expiration dates) Pop Top Spaghettios, Canned Chicken, Squeeze Jelly, Plastic PB Jars, Individual Cereals, Individual Oatmeal packets, Individual sized proteins (Chef Boyardee microwaveable meals), fruit cups, cereal and nut-free individually wrapped snacks, Especially need Chicken…
Are you a student worried about the Climate Crisis? Are you a teacher in Guilford County Schools who knows students concerned for the environment, for the planet? Are you a parent or grandparent who shares these concerns with students in your family? Greensboro EarthQuakers and their Solar Power Now allies are pushing the Guilford County Board of Education to commit to a goal of 100% clean, renewable energy. We are asking the School Board to…