The CWS team is so grateful for your continuous support, and we wanted to carve out a space to celebrate you and connect you with other community partners and team members you may not know! We’d love to have you join us on Friday April 21st, anytime between 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., at Oden Brewing Company. Have a drink (whether a cold beer or a coke!) and a small bite to eat on us.…
“If you are tired of hearing about racism, Imagine how tired people are of experiencing it.” –– Jon Stewart
Dear Friends, I hope you all had a lovely, albeit chilly, Easter. Ours was a bit of a mess in the Honeycutt/Heller household with a cold making its rounds. But we are grateful to be a part of a faith tradition that acknowledges the equal holiness of all of our days. That took some of the pressure off. Looking ahead, I am feeling excited for our upcoming story sharing series during. Beginning in May, we…
The sign that had been removed because we had been told it violated zoning ordinances is now back in place. Upon review, we found that our sign was not, in fact, in violation.
Recently High Point Friends School experienced the unexpected passing of their much beloved colleague and friend, Diane Osterholt. Here is a message from Interim Head of School, Heather Hayton; “We have set up a gofundme page for Diane’s family; please contribute if you can. Kelsey Cates, a parent of 3 children at HPFS, continues in the front-office position through the end of the academic year. If all goes well, we will offer her the position…
Greensboro Urban Ministries is having another food drive at the Harris Teeter at 701 Francis King St. across from the meetinghouse. All New Garden volunteer sign-up slots are currently filled. Reminder; if you are shopping Saturday, April 22, stop by Harris Teeter to help fight hunger in our community.
The Friends Historical Association is pleased to offer funding to support contributions to the field of Quaker history. There are three grant opportunities: project support, publication subventions, and research funds. All opportunities run on the same cycle, and applications are due April 15, 2023. Details about each opportunity and application instruction are provided below. Friends Historical Association Project Grant Guidelines The Friends Historical Association (FHA) administers a program for funding projects that help shift the…
On First Day, April 16th, the Peace and Social Concerns Committee will host a letter writing event in the Fellowship Hall from 1:00 – 4:00. You may drop in for a while, or spend the whole afternoon. Choose a topic of your own leading or choose one or more of the topics for which we are providing sample letters and talking points provided by Friends Committee on National Legislation: Fair Treatment for Immigrants, Gun Violence,…
Dear Friends, As I write this from my office in the meeting, I can see the new leaves on the trees outside my window. These signs of spring are so hopeful, even as the weather continues to go from warm to cold again. It is a time of year for new life and new beginnings, which we see in the Easter story and in the changing of the seasons. I am also grateful for the…
As has become a New Garden tradition, friends are welcomed and encouraged to bring flowers to the meeting room to celebrate the renewal that Easter signifies. Tables with vases of water will be set up in the front of the meeting room, so plan to bring flowers- they can be simple, from your garden, the farmers market, the roadside, your neighbor’s yard, wherever. Flowers can be taken home with you at the rise of meeting.