About a month ago Juneteenth was first celebrated as a federal holiday. This commemorates June 19, 1865, when word finally reached ALL enslaved persons that President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 had set them free. At a celebration of this momentous day in history in downtown Greensboro, it was a real joy to watch a sea of happy faces, feeling pride in the day, and welcome in our city. There was food, music and dancing.…
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. The planning group asks that you register for this at: https://www.ncfriends.org/ which includes registration and a brief agenda. Contact: Kate Seel ([email protected]) Additional Info / FEMAP (Friends Emergency Material Assistance Program) volunteers would like the support of N.C. Fellowship…
The Baby Shower for the Webbs was rescheduled for this coming Sunday, July 25. Please join us from 12 to 1 p.m. for an outdoor in-person gathering to shower the Webb family with love and blessings as we eagerly await the arrival of Baby Webb! This event will be open to the entire New Garden community (all ages) and will be informal/unprogrammed (ie. no party games or gift opening). In acknowledgement of the challenge of…
Sunday, August 1, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (during Adult Forum) please join us for a Young Friends families interest meeting. If you have, or know a youth in grades 5-12 who might be interested in attending Young Friends in the fall, we’d love to have you join us!
Interfaith Power and Light and faith leaders around the country are calling on Congress to keep climate justice in the forefront as they draft infrastructure legislation to vote on this summer. Susannah Tuttle of North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light has asked constituents to call on Representative Kathy Manning to push for clean energy, modernizing the electric grid, electrified transportation, and clean water investments. New Gardeners will deliver a letter to Rep. Manning’s office,100 South…
As a community of faith, we have come to realize that our commitment to anti-racism requires the proverbial “thinking outside the box” and creating new habits. Thanks to Traci Claywell for providing information in previous newsletters on Black owned businesses! Recently I was looking for a hairdresser and remembered not to simply consult one of my White friends for a recommendation, which would have been my usual approach. Using one of the aforementioned websites, I…
Greensboro First Friends Meeting, an established Quaker meeting is seeking candidates for the position of full time Pastoral Minister. Applicants should be deeply rooted in the historic faith and practice of Quakerism, while also being open and sensitive to current leadings of the Spirit in our midst. Please submit resume with a cover letter and/or inquiries to: ([email protected]). Some info is available at www.FirstFriendsMeeting.org. Resumes and/or inquiries will be reviewed as received. The discernment process…
Dear Members of Congress, More than 3,400 faith leaders across the United States recently sent a letter to Congress calling for a bold economic recovery and infrastructure package that creates family and community sustaining jobs while caring for our climate and our neighbors. They called on Congress to use this opportunity to invest in the clean energy future while addressing the injustices of the past through: Expanding clean, renewable energy and modernizing our electric grid…
Hello- My name is Megan Scales, I am Program Director for AmeriCorps, Partnership to End Homelessness. AmeriCorps brings out the best in America by working directly with nonprofits to take on our nation’s most pressing challenges. Our programs focus is to interrupt and alleviate homelessness and hunger. AmeriCorps, Partnership to End Homelessness is recruiting members who are passionate about service. We are recruiting 6 full-time and 23 part-time AmeriCorps members for one year of service at agencies…
Friends Committee on National Legislation is calling on Friends and others to encourage Congress to pass JUST recovery legislation with an emphasis on Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, which could cut child poverty in the U.S. in half. Without congressional action, these tax credits which were included in earlier recovery legislation will expire on December 31. Go to the FCNL web sight, www.fcnl.org; click UPDATES and RESOURCES, click ACT, Take Action; scan…