Hameed and Habba Safi and family recently arrived from Afghanistan. Hameed was an interpreter for US forces in Afghanistan. The family escaped to this country under harrowing circumstances. Hameed has a masters degree in business and has held senior accounting positions for companies in Afghanistan. He is working as an interpreter for new arrivals and others. He has other good job prospects. He needs a car. If anyone has a car they would like to…
Help serve “Breakfast 4 Our Friends” to people experiencing homelessness every Saturday morning 7:45 – 8:30 a.m. at the Davie Street Parking Deck in Downtown Greensboro. Call Laura Baker at Tiny House Community Development if you are interested in volunteering, (336) 897-1001. Tiny House aims to reduce homelessness by building tiny home communities in Greensboro and High Point and by offering work skill training and stability to those who find themselves homeless.
Join American Friends Service Committee for a virtual gathering of Friends to discuss what we can do to build a vision of a renewed world. How can we overcome oppression, turn back from further climate injustice, and build a world that is more sustainable, just, and peaceful? Join us for a panel of Quaker climate activists, workshops on key peace and justice issues, and a keynote speech from Winona LaDuke as a part of AFSC’s…
NCFF Virtual Spring Meeting on Saturday, March 19. All New Gardeners are cordially invited to attend the virtual North Carolina Fellowship of Friends Spring Meeting on Saturday, March 19 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. If you are not on Clerk Richard Wilcox’s email list and would like a link to register, or simply have questions about the meeting, please contact Kate Seel. Hope to see many Friends there!
Cemetery Tour on the Day after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse Anniversary There will be a Cemetery Tour on the Day after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse Anniversary at the New Garden Friends graveyard at 11 a.m. on Fourth-day, the 16th, to commemorate the work of New Garden Friends on March 16, 1781 to care for the wounded and dead resulting from the Battle of New Garden (preceding the Battle of Guilford Courthouse) the day…
March 17, 2022, 7 – 8 p.m. / Help Greensboro Earth Quakers Plan Actions for 2022. This Thursday, Greensboro Earth Quakers hosts a virtual meeting to discuss direct action plans and possibilities for 2022. Come help plan for a meeting for worship outside the Guilford County Board of Education to hold board members in the Light . Walter Hjelt-Sullivan of Philadelphia-based Earth Quaker Action Team will tell how EQAT organizes its non-violent direct actions and…
Daily case positivity (the number of positive tests of all the test results reported not including in-home tests) for the state of NC has again decreased significantly in the last week to 2.6 %, about half of the previously used statewide goal. The 14-day average case positivity for Guilford County is now 3.5 %. The number of COVID hospitalizations has stabilized at a much lower number (854 in the state, 52 at Cone Hospital as of…
Of course we are all deeply distressed about the horrors taking place in Ukraine at the hands of Vladimir Putin. And wondering how our country and its allies can most effectively stop the death, destruction and severe trauma there. A friend of mine recently acknowledged this, and also boldly noted that white people have been acculturated to be more concerned, engaged and truly incensed about atrocities taking place against lighter skinned people such as Europeans…
Mark your Calendars for Movie Night ! Join us March 26, 5-7:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall for a movie and conversation. The movie is rated PG and should be appropriate for most children. Covid protocol will be followed. For more information, please contact Karin Heller. A Community Project! The Religious Education Committee has begun work on an exciting project and we want your input! We are creating a reusable calendar for New Garden families. Each…
Volunteers are needed to test out all platforms. Please join us either in the worship room, Friendship Hall, by Zoom or by Facebook Live this Wednesday to practice our much-anticipated semi-programmed meeting for worship hybrid format, to begin Sunday, March 20th. We need volunteers to participate on every platform and all locations. Our COVID guidance for safety remains in effect, and it is requested that for in-person attendance, all friends who are able to be…