Cases of COVID and hospitalizations continued to significantly increase in the last week, with the far more infectious Delta variant driving this outbreak. There has been a nine fold increase of cases of COVID in NC since July 1. The state’s positivity rate of COVID tests performed has inched up to 10.6%. Hospitalizations are increased more than threefold since July 1. Vaccination rates inched up with 47% of the NC’s total population and 48% of…
Summer Program will run on three Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 19, July 10 and August 28. Summer Program has always been a cooperative program. However this year, due to Covid guidelines (and also because it’s more fun this way!) adults/caregivers must stay for the entirety of the program. We will spend our time together outdoors (in the shade), masked, and 6 feet apart. Our theme will be “Welcome and…
Join area F/friends in efforts to engage Rep. Manning and Sen. Tillis & Burr in ongoing advocacy efforts. Quakers in the Piedmont area are forming an FCNL Advocacy team! We will be joining several other state-wide teams over the coming year to push for additional efforts to end the endless wars — join us!! There is power in numbers. Join an interactive virtual workshop with FCNL staff & area Friends on Wednesday, August 25, 6…
Several Quaker organizations – including the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Friends Council on Education, Friends General Conference, and Pendle Hill – have formed a coalition to accelerate the work to end white supremacy among and beyond Friends. The organizations plan to host a community of practice (a group of folks learning and experimenting together) of 80 or so people from throughout the Religious Society of Friends, seeking racial parity and with substantial representation from…
An adult play date for NGFM playground is this coming Saturday, August 7th from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m Donuts, popsicles, and pizza will be provided! Recent discussions on Grounds, House, RE, MM and MM&C have identified the need to fix groundhog holes, fences and gates, dismantle unsafe structures, remove trash, fill sandbox, restore mulch ground cover, prune low branches, wash toys, relocate wasp nest, etc. Any and all material and labor contributions are welcome. Materials…
The Annual meeting for North Carolina Fellowship of Friends is August 21, at Quaker Lake. All New Gardeners are welcome and encouraged to attend. Worship sharing and workshops will be included, in addition to a business session. >>>>>> New Info as of August Due to the rise in Covid cases, NCFF will again be held virtually. If you would like to participate, please register at: https://www.ncfriends.org and a Zoom link will be sent to you.…
Monthly Meeting in June approved the creation of an ad hoc committee, Gifts Planning committee, to determine how the Meeting might manage the annual Sampson gifts between now and 2028, with the understanding that these important gifts will end after 2028. This ad hoc committee may also consider the impact of other large gifts. The Finance & Stewardship committee and Investments committee will be represented on the Gifts Planning committee, but we hope to involve…
New Garden Friends Meeting is welcoming Deborah Suess as interim pastoral minister while Margaret Webb is on maternity leave. Margaret’s leave will likely begin sometime in early August. Deborah Suess can be reached at: ([email protected]) or 336-338-1986 (cell) or 336-292-5487 (office). Communications sent to Margaret Webb (to her email address or by phone or text) will be answered by Deborah Suess until Margaret returns from her leave.
New Garden recently received a request from African Services Coalition to help with a Rohingya family being resettled in Greensboro. We do not have the family’s info nor arrival date yet. We will need a group of New Gardeners to love and support them as they begin their new lives in the United States. They would need to have friends who could help them feel welcome in their new home. They would need guidance as…
Due to thunderstorms and rain this morning (8/1), we will not have in-person, outdoor worship at 10 a.m. Semi-programmed Meeting for Worship will be held on Zoom/Facebook Live at 10 a.m. Monthly Meeting for Business will be held, as planned, on Zoom at 1 p.m. We hope everyone is able to stay safe and dry this morning!