New Arrivals Institute needs new or gently used blankets for their clients. The Peace and Social Concerns Committee will be holding a blanket drive beginning immediately through the middle of March. Collected blankets will be delivered each week so that those in need will not have to wait until the end of the drive to receive them. There will be a bin in the connector for your contribution. Thanks, in advance, for this warm welcome!
We had a great group of Friends come out for a very productive work day at the Parsonage this past weekend. Thank you to everyone for your hard work and donations. The home is almost ready for our first family. We are still in need of some items for the house. If you have any to donate or would be interested in picking these items up, we’d be grateful. The ReStore has proven a wonderful…
Saturday, January 7, from 9:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. will be a workday at the Parsonage! Our temporary refugee housing ministry is starting to take shape. Bring a lunch and a drink and join your Friends for a day of fellowship and service. We need able bodies to ride with a truck and move furniture and persons with some interior design sense to help arrange items in the parsonage rooms and kitchen. We will be…
On January 7th volunteers will be readying the parsonage for temporarily housing newly arrived refugee families. Thank you to all of you who have donated to this project. Below is a list of items that we still need and hope to collect by Saturday, January 7th. For large furniture donations, please contact Roger Seel at [email protected]. He’ll be doing furniture pick ups on Saturday. For all other items, please place them on the first two tables at…
Saturday, January 7, from 9:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. will be a workday at the Parsonage! Our temporary refugee housing ministry is starting to take shape. Bring a lunch and a drink and join your Friends for a day of fellowship and service. We need able bodies to ride with a truck and move furniture and persons with some interior design sense to help arrange items in the parsonage rooms and kitchen. We will be…
We are asking for people to stay after worship on Sunday, January 1st to help take down the Christmas ornaments and creches and take them downstairs. Please let Karin know if you would like to help ([email protected]).
We need volunteers to help set up for Christmas Eve. If you are willing to help set up chairs and luminaries, please let Karin know ([email protected]).
New Gardeners enjoyed fellowship at the Care Fair at the rise of meeting. Tables were staffed by volunteers explaining opportunities to care for each other organized through Caring Friends. Cookie give aways, fiddle music and a chance to enjoy each other’s company added to the fun! Thank you to all the volunteers who made the fair possible and to all the New Gardeners who signed up to become a Caring Friend. If you were unable to attend,…
Do you want to have an indoor tree this year? We need volunteers! We are looking for people to help bring up the ornaments and creches up from downstairs after meeting on Sunday. If you can stay after meeting to help, please tell Karin Heller ([email protected]).
Would you like to find a way to deepen your connection to the New Garden Friends Meeting community? Would you like to be part of a group that grows community through showing care to one another? Becoming a Caring Friend might be for you! Find out more at the Care Fair. When: November 20th, 12:00 at the rise of meeting Where: outside the meeting room or on the front porch, weather permitting. Opportunities to learn…