Mindfulness Meditation in the tradition of Peacemaker Thich Nhat Hanh has returned to Wednesday evenings at New Garden! Please join us from 7-8:30 pm for mindful sitting, mindful walking, and mindful sharing. For more information contact Susan Poulos ([email protected]). Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome.
Hello Friends — New Garden is in an unusual, but not unfamiliar time of functioning as an un-pastored meeting; we have been in a similar place many years ago, when David Bills, our long-time pastoral minister, took a sabbatical. That means that we have work to do to care for one another. The Meeting on Ministry and Counsel continues to organize speakers for Semi-programmed Meeting for Worship. If you think that you have a message…
Last Saturday 23 of us – Friends, along with members of the Friendship Community Partnership, were led by James Shields on the trail to the Underground Railroad Tree in the Guilford Woods. One of the spirituals he sang briefly was, “Walk Together, Children; Don’t You Get Weary!” He often sings that on the trail with children, he said, and reminds them that a journey on the Underground Railroad involved great discomfort and led to pure…
Weekly metrics by the CDC are still updated every Thursday by 8 pm ET at CDC.gov or (800-CDC-INFO). Helpfully, they have a quarantine calculator at the same site to help people determine how long to isolate if they have a positive Covid test or are exposed to someone who has Covid. In Guilford County, community level risk of Covid transmission is back to Low with cases reported to the NC HHS slightly decreased /stable , hospitalizations and early warning indicators ( like wastewater viral particle…
There will be a Called Meeting for Business on Sunday, June 26 at 1 p.m. to discuss hiring. A Zoom invite will be sent Thursday.
Sunday, June 26, 2022 / 2 p.m. / Anna Sykes will be giving a recital in the New Garden Friends Meeting Room to fulfill her requirements for graduation from ECU.
Earlham College has an endowed scholarship in honor of New Garden Friends Meeting member, Elizabeth Riggs. Read the Earlham announcement of the scholarship in the attached Elizabeth Riggs Letter/ Charles Cameron
New Garden Meeting, as part of the celebration of 350 years of Quakers in North Carolina, invites nearby Friends to experience a special Underground Railroad Tour in the Guilford Woods, led by James Shields. James is a graduate of Guilford College, former Director of the Bonner Center at Guilford and a longtime actor and singer in theatre productions at Snow Camp, most notably Pathway to Freedom. He is well-versed in African American as well as…
From the Black Quaker Project, on June 17, 2022: “The Black Quaker Project is happy to celebrate Juneteenth. . . commemorating the end of slavery in the USA. Although the Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) outlawed slavery in seceding states during the Civil War and the 13th Amendment (1/31/1865) officially ended the practice of chattel slavery across the country, its abolition could not be enforced until after the war’s end. Texas, like all Southern states, refused to…
Summer Program Summer Program is next week, June 27 – July 1, 2022 / 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Join us for a fun week of time travel through 350 years of Quakers in North Carolina! We’ll make our own time machines, learn about important people and events, visit the Mendenhall Home Place, and explore the grounds of Guilford College. And of course, Summer Program would be incomplete without Water Day on Friday! *All Covid protocol, including…