Young Friends, it’s been a while! Hope to see you all on zoom, October 25, for pumpkin carving. We will be using GroupMe this year to communicate. Please share and sign up with these links below to stay in the loop. Reach out to karin@ngfm.org should there be technical difficulties. Excited to be reunited, and…
Young Friends will officially launch programming on Sunday, October 25 with a Virtual Pumpkin Carving Extravaganza! Information and updates on Young Friends programming will be sent out on Wednesday of each week, beginning this week. If Friends would like more information about Young Friends programming at New Garden Friends Meeting, or are interested in receiving…
New Garden Friends Meeting is searching for a Young Friends leader for the 2020-2021 academic year. This position is for a leader who will work with both Middle School and High School students. The leader will collaborate with another Young Friends leader as well as the New Garden Friends Meeting Religious Education Coordinator. At present,…
We recognize the great value (and necessity!) of interpersonal connections during the pandemic. Therefore, while following the recommendations of our COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group not to sponsor in-person activities, we will continue our efforts to enhance connections in other ways: virtual meetings for worship; virtual committee meetings and Religious Education activities; and virtual ministry with…
Many of you are already aware that two of our Young Friends Leaders are moving on to new adventures. Accordingly, the Religious Education Committee is seeking to hire an additional Young Friends Leader for the 2020-2021 academic year. The official job posting will be provided soon but please contact Judy Haughee-Bartlett or Nikki Baker for more…
Hi! I’m Anya Lawe, a Senior at the Early College at Guilford. My robotics team is running a virtual summer camp for students ages 6-13 to teach coding (students at any level are welcome). There is no tuition for the camp; however, we are asking for donations to support COVID-19 relief. We hope to see…
11:00 a.m. / Sunday, May 17 is Recognition Sunday. Karin Heller will pre-record the programmed message, and it will be uploaded to the New Garden Friends Meeting Facebook page by 11:00 a.m.. We look forward to recognizing our graduating high school seniors, and dedicated First Day School teachers. Books will be delivered to our teachers…
We realize that many families may have scheduled special dinners or family Zoom calls in celebration of Mother’s Day, so Young Friends will not meet this week.
If you would like to receive updates and information about Religious Education programming, please contact Karin Heller at (karin@ngfm.org) to be added to the email list. These updates will include information about programming, as well as links to join Zoom meetings.
Our current social distancing policy has put the work of this weeks committees on hold. Both committees support the social gathering activities of our Meeting on First Days. The committees are Coffee Fellowship and Ushers, Greeters & Sound System. Coffee Fellowship Committee facilitates our 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. fellowship time each First Day (Sunday) in…