Living into Wholeness eRetreat / March 15 – April 10

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns

Offered on-line from March 15 – April 10, 2020 Many of us know that the Beloved Community is not yet realized, largely because the trauma of white supremacy and free-market colonialism plays itself out across the globe. But can we co-create and Live Into Wholeness together? Friends General Conference’s Living into Wholeness eRetreat invites us to explore and practice what it means to live into Beloved Community, the ways we are called to recognize patterns…

Lunch & Learn / February 16

Community, Fellowship, First Day, News, Social Concerns

At 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 16, the Peace and Social Concerns Committee will present the film “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”. This documentary chronicles social unrest in the West African Republic of Liberia, where civil war has torn the nation apart. The film reconstructs the way this tragedy galvanized a coalition of Christian and Muslim women to rise up and, through non-violent tactics, put pressure on their government to pursue peace talks. Director…

Changing Systems, Changing Ourselves / February 25

Community, News, Social Concerns

8:00 pm – 9:30 p.m. / Online / Are You Interested in Exploring Anti-racism and Confronting Racist Systems? American Friends Service Committee is offering a five-session monthly online course, “Changing Systems, Changing Ourselves” starting January 28 and ending March 24, with interactive sessions running from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. each night. January 28, Intro session on anti-racist praxis in caucuses; February 25, Criminalization and immigration detention; March 24, Anti-Blackness and immigrant justice; April 28, Accompaniment…

Bolivia Quaker Education Fund Two Week Tour / July 9 – 22

Fellowship, News, Social Concerns

Bolivia Quaker Education Fund is sponsoring a two-week tour of Bolivia and its rich culture and astounding natural beauty, July 9-22, 2020. This year there will be an added emphasis on studying climate change and its impact. The tour will be led by Dr. Stanley Blanco, the founder of a nonprofit to improve Bolivian children’s health who is also a bilingual tour leader and international aid manager, assisted by Alicia Lucasi of BQEF and Guido…

Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade / January 20

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns

New Gardeners are invited again to watch or walk in the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. parade, a one-mile route, from Benbow Professional Plaza (on MLK Drive) to the railroad tracks where MLK meets downtown. We will join other walkers from Friendship Community Partnership at 10 a.m. to line up in our assigned spot, and 11 a.m. to start the celebration. Bring a sign honoring Dr. King, or just bring yourself. Just to have white…

Brotherhood Forum / January 19

Fellowship, First Day, News, Social Concerns

9:45-10:45 a.m/ Parlor / David Fraccaro will lead Brotherhood Forum this Sunday. David is the Executive Director of FaithAction International House and is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary (Masters of Divinity) and Columbia University (Masters of Human Rights). He will be working loosely from the Illuminate Friends Bible Study, discussing the lesson “Freedom from the Law”, Romans 7:1-6, 14-25.

Adult Forum / “Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance” with Wes Daniels / January 5

Community, Fellowship, First Day, News, Social Concerns

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor /  “Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance” is about the book of Revelation in the New Testament, the one so often used to predict terror, the end of the world, and wild conspiracy theories. It offers a different way into understanding what Revelation is about. If you’re someone who has avoided this book, had it used against you, or are interested in a liberation theology reading…

Building Bipartisan Support in Washington for a Livable Climate / January 12

Community, News, Social Concerns

On January 12, at West Market Street United Methodist Church, 302 W Market St, Greensboro Environmental Stewardship Greensboro kicks off the new year from 3:00 – 4:45 p.m. by welcoming Ellen Van Velsor, NC State Coordinator for Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) and Emily Wirzba, Legislative Manager for Sustainable Energy & Environment at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, for a presentation and discussion on the status of Climate Legislation and bipartisan efforts to address the…

Friends United Meeting “Living Letters” Service Learning Trip to Palestine and Israel / Summer 2020

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns, Volunteer

Jane and Max Carter will lead the 2020 summer Friends United Meeting “Living Letters” trip to Palestine and Israel, with special programming related to Max’s 50th anniversary of first going to Palestine to teach at the Ramallah Friends School. Tentatively scheduled for June 10 – 30, the program will include voluntary service at the Friends School, visits to religious and historical sites throughout the region, worship with Ramallah Friends, frequent speakers representing the spectrum of…