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David Roth Concert at New Garden Friends Meeting

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

David’s songs have found their way to Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, several Chicken Soup for the Soul books, the Kennedy Center, NASA’s Space Shuttle “Atlantis”, Peter, Paul, & Mary and Kingston Trio CDs (and 14 of his own) 5 Positive Music Awards, the Rise Up Singing and Rise Again songbooks, and countless venues in this and other countries (and now other WORLDS) for three decades. Poignant to improbable, holistic to hilarious, the Chicago native…

Event Series “Plain Living; A Quaker Path to Simplicity” / First Day Forum

“Plain Living; A Quaker Path to Simplicity” / First Day Forum

Fellowship Hall / 9:45 a.m. / Each Sunday in May, forums will focus on a study of “Plain Living: A Quaker Path to Simplicity” by Catherine Whitmire. We encourage participants to read ahead and share what the chapters meant for them. Karin has purchased several copies of the book, or they can be ordered or purchased from other booksellers. According to the Amazon description, “this book focuses on and provides direction to the gimmick-free spiritual…

Graveyard Tour and Book Launch

Max Carter will lead a (day called) Memorial Day cemetery tour at 10:00 a.m. on Fifth Month, 27. The tour will cover not only the usual themes of the day but also highlight the contributions of burial ground residents to  peace and justice work. Following the tour, the North Carolina Friends Historical Society will host a reception for the launch of Gertrude Beal's and Max Carter's book, "Stories from a Quaker Graveyard," published by the…

Real World English / Adult Forum

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

Barbara Levin will join us to share information about Real World English (RWE). RWE is a collaboration between UNCG and Allen Middle School. This free program has two major components: (1)Adult TESOL classes (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at four levels, and (2) STEAM activities (Science, Technology,Engineering, Art, Math) for children ages 2-14 while their parents attend English class. RWE instructors and facilitators include teachers and parent liaisons from Guilford County Schools, teacher educators…