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Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice

Guilford College 5800 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, North Carolina

5:30 p.m. / Guilford College Founders Hall, West Gallery / Join the Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice for a reception and presentation by Amr Abdalla, PhD. Dr. Amr Abdalla’s presentation on Transformative Responses to Conflict and Violence: Islamic Perspectives continues the Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice. Amr Abdalla’s presentation will explore peaceful approaches to conflict and violence by incorporating peace and conflict resolution frameworks grounded in Islam’s…

NCFF and PFYM Meeting at NGFM

New Garden Friends Meeting 801 New Garden Road, Greensboro, North Carolina

On Saturday, November 9 the two yearly meetings to which we belong will share fellowship and worship. We start at 9 a.m. with a joint coffee time in Friendship Hall, then each YM will adjourn to do their own work. At noon all will convene in Friendship Hall for lunch (Bring Your Own Sandwich) and YM information. We will worship together at 1:00 p.m. and then conclude the day with separate business sessions. All are…

Adult Forum / Wanda Osborne Foil

New Garden Friends Meeting 801 New Garden Road, Greensboro, North Carolina

Join us for a special Adult Forum/performance by Wanda Osborne Foil. Wanda is a communication consultant, motivational speaker, singer, and actress from Salisbury, N.C. Wanda and our own Nancy Walker have performed at New Garden Friends Meeting on several occasions, and now we have the opportunity to see Wanda perform her monologue on the life of Corrie Ten Boom based on the book "The Hiding Place." Corrie was a survivor of the holocaust when many…

Opportunity to Support Quaker House

Quaker House will be participating in the Giving Tuesday Donation Campaign again this year. One avenue for giving to this campaign is through Facebook. As a registered nonprofit, Facebook never charges any processing fees for donations made to Quaker House through Facebook. In addition, specifically for Giving Tuesday, Facebook is matching the first $7 million in donations. There is a catch though! It is first come, first served and "doors open" at 8 a.m. EST…

Parents’ Day Out

New Garden Friends Meeting 801 New Garden Road, Greensboro, North Carolina

Childcare Room / Volunteers from the Religious Education committee will host children in the childcare room downstairs where they will have time to play and complete a craft project while their parents shop or work on other holiday chores. Suggested donation: $20.00. Children should bring a packed lunch. At the end of the event, volunteers from the RE committee will wrap gifts. Holiday shoppers (and crafters) can bring gifts to be wrapped Saturday afternoon, and…

Calling All Crafters

New Garden Friends Meeting 801 New Garden Road, Greensboro, North Carolina

7:00 p.m. / Parlor / Are you interested in doing small projects with other crafters at New Garden? A small group has met a couple of times and we are planning to meet on Monday, December 9 at 7 p.m. in the parlor. We are going to be making some blankets for dogs and cats in the local shelters. We will be using fleece and/or cotton fabrics that are machine washable and dry-able. If you…

Cookie Bake

The Parsons Circle is hosting the annual Cookie Bake in the kitchen and Fellowship Hall - bring your prepared cookie dough and bake with your friends.

Caroling at Friends Home Guilford

New Garden Friends Meeting 801 New Garden Road, Greensboro, North Carolina

The carolers will meet at New Garden Meeting at 4:45 p.m, walk over to Friends Home Guilford and begin caroling at 5 p.m. They will return to the meetinghouse for pizza following the caroling.

Christmas Eve Worship Service

New Garden Friends Meeting 801 New Garden Road, Greensboro, North Carolina

Music will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the program will start at 7 p .m. Apple Cider and cookies will be served in Fellowship Hall after the service.