Piedmont Friends Fellowship and Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting invite you to attend a joint meeting at New Garden Friends Meeting. Gather at 09:30 over coffee…
Family Camp is only a few weeks away! Join us at Quaker Lake Camp, 1503 NC-62, Climax, NC for this very special New Garden Friends…
New Garden Friends Meeting is searching for a Young Friends leader. This position is for a leader who will work with both Middle School and…
Friendship Community Partnership is planning the following events- please mark your calendar and plan to attend. Sunday, August 18, 3 p.m. The annual FCP picnic…
Please join us for a workday on Saturday, August 17 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. We need a lot of muscles and a hand-truck.…
New Garden Friends Meeting / We are excited to announce our first open forum called the Gathering on August 11, 2019 at 4 p.m. Our…
Please register now for the North Carolina Fellowship of Friends Annual Gathering at Quaker Lake on August 9-11. It’s free! (donations appreciated) and there will…
The annual Friendship Community Partnership picnic will be held at New Garden Friends Meeting on Sunday, August 18, starting at 3 p.m. Burgers and hot…
“Friendly 8” are groups of Friends from New Garden Friends Meeting who meet monthly for food and fellowship. They offer an opportunity to get to…
New Garden Friends Meeting Social Concerns Committee reviewed a revised resolution calling for City Council to set a goal of 100% clean renewable energy by…
Jamestown Friends Meeting, 509 Guilford Road, Jamestown, NC 27282 / Creating a Culture of Peace (an AVP Advanced Workshop) is sponsored by the North Carolina…
Please register now for the North Carolina Fellowship of Friends Annual Gathering at Quaker Lake on August 9-11. Contact: Kate Hood Seel (kateseel3@gmail.com). It’s free!…
Norvell Hall will be set up to receive donations for the Fall Flea Market beginning Monday, July 15.
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. / New Garden Friends Meeting / Dr. Kim R. Harris is a recording artist, teacher, composer and storyteller, traveling the…
Many thanks to the folks who volunteered at the New Garden Peace Booth at the Fun Fourth Festival. It was well received and lots of…
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. / Fellowship Hall / Chapter 8; “Let us See What Love Can Do” in practicing nonviolence, seeking equality for all,…
New Garden will be hosting a Peace Booth again this year at the 4th of July celebration on Elm Street in downtown Greensboro and we…
Is it time you wrote your life stories, or your life legacy letter? A few years ago when I led a Forum on aging, there…
The NCFF Yearly Meeting “New Beginnings” will take place August 9 – 11 at Quaker Lake Camp (1503 NC Highway 62, in Climax, NC). The…
The Diversity Task Force is bringing you a review this week by Kate Seel. We hope you enjoy reading this. Also, we have an exciting…
Pre-Gathering Events The 2019 Gathering “Peace in Our Hearts, Justice in the World” in Grinnell, Iowa is planned for June 30 – July 6, but…
This time we will be working with Starmount Presbyterian! We have not been assigned a particular family yet, so stay tuned for more details. If…
The Social Concerns Committee has organized the Diversity Task Force for the purpose of gathering information and insight which will expand the horizons of New…
5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. / on the lawn / Join us for a very special Fun Night. Friends are invited to bring a covered…
Please join us , 5- 7:30 p.m. for Summer Program 2019! We’ll enjoy delicious meals, making music, doing crafts, and learning more about the role…
Families with babies or young children are welcome to participate in this beautiful and welcoming tradition. Please email Karin Heller if you would like your…
Several New Gardeners join with other people from different faith communities for “Healing Tuesdays,” when we observe 4 minutes of silence followed by time for…
Worship Room / 7:00 p.m. / David’s songs have found their way to Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, several Chicken Soup for the Soul books,…
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…
In the New Garden Friends Meeting lawn, down by the playground area, there are three trunk sections of pecan, already cut to firewood length and…
The Red Cross will offer a CPR course and provide training in the use of our new defibrillator. The total training will take a little…
You can schedule your child’s dedication on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12 or Father’s Day, June 16. (You choose which day works best for your…
Centre Friends Meeting Quaker Men are sponsoring a golf tournament on May 18 to support Quaker Lake. They need not only golf players but also,…
We are considering having a group (or groups) at New Garden of persons interested in sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting, or other crafts. In the past…
Central Library / 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. / Ukestra will be performing at Greensboro Central Library to celebrate “Dia De Los Ninos” (Day of the…
Norvell Hall, 5 – 7:30 p.m. Mark your calendars for Spring Fun Night. Friends are encouraged to bring a game and join us for food,…
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…
Scuppernong Books / 7:00 p.m. / A forum “Green Drinks Greensboro” will be held on April 25, at 7 p.m. at Scuppernong Books in downtown…
6:30 p.m. in the living room at Friends Homes West / Come and learn about planned giving! If you are interested in how you can…
1,472 lbs. of food was collected on Friday, April 5 by soggy, but determined New Gardeners! Thanks go to Pat Adelberger, Nancy Walker, Danny Finnegan,…
A new family of 4 is coming to our community. They are related to several of the families we previously resettled, so it will be…
New Garden Friends Meeting is sponsoring one of the outside panels, or rounding boards, on a carousel that Greensboro Rotary is installing at the Country…
Americorps is recruiting 4 full-time and 23 part-time AmeriCorps members for agencies in the community which serve individuals currently experiencing homelessness or who are at-risk…
Parlor / 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / “How we can use the Quaker legacy of direct action campaigning to meet today’s turbulent America.”…
2:00 p.m. at Friends Homes Independent Living & 3:30 p.m. at Friends Homes Memory Care. Contact C. Holcombe for information on how to join the band…
Friends have the opportunity to participate in a revision of “The World We Seek: Statement of Legislative Policy.” This lengthy policy statement under-girds the lobbying…
Social Concerns Committee provides small grants to organizations for projects that address priority issues through the Meeting’s Broader Concerns budget. Priorities for 2019 include: • Peace…
Fellowship Hall / Covered Dish Dinner 5:30 p.m. / Dance Program from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m . The Friendly Folk Dancers is an international folk dance performance…
Thanks to all of you who have come to have your picture made for the new directory. Thanks, also, to those of you who have…
2:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 5th at Glenn McNairy Library / 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 28th at Friends Homes Independent Living / 3:30 p.m., Thursday, March 28th…
Fellowship Hall / 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. / We will have all five pastors from the FCP churches present, to help us discuss the…
7:00 p.m. / Carnegie Room, Hege Library, Guilford College, 5800 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27410. J. Drew Lanham, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology…
Norvell Hall, 5 – 7:30 p.m. Norvell Hall / 5-7:30 p.m. / Bring your favorite game or puzzle and a covered dish to share. We’ll…
As Caring Friends Coordinator, I regularly attend Ministry and Counsel Meetings. I must confess that I only had a vague idea of this Committee’s responsibilities…
Piedmont Friends Fellowship and Yearly Meeting Spring Retreat will be held at the Carolina Friends School, Durham, N.C. The theme will be “Work on Peace and…
Sundays from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. There is no “Quaker canon” (It would be tough for a pacifist group to have one!), but there…
It’s finally dry enough for tree work on our grounds, February 4-6. There will be Hickory and Oak available cut in firewood lengths. Stamey’s BBQ…
Members and attenders should expect to receive a telephone call from CP Photo and Video. They will be reminding you of your date and time…
Following approval by Monthly Meeting, a task force is being created to study racial diversity at New Garden Friends Meeting and eventually make recommendations on…
1:30 p.m. / New Garden Friends Meeting. 2019 is the 200th anniversary of the first known activity in North Carolina on what came to be…
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. / Guilford College – King Hall, 026 (ground floor). The “Alternatives to Violence” Workshop will be held on Saturday and…
3:00 pm / Raleigh’s Crossroads United Methodist Church, 715 Guilford College Road, Greensboro, NC 27419. You are invited to the Annual Collaborative Service of the…
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. / New Garden Friends Meeting. This year’s Seekers Classes are set to start February 17th and will run for four Sundays…
Responses to December Wailing Wall Query on Peace, “How do you work actively to prevent war and other conflicts?” 1. Befriend someone with a different…
4:00 p.m. / Shady Hill Baptist Church, 1500 Old Durham Road, Roxboro. There will be a memorial service honoring the only documented victim of lynching in Roxboro.…
3:00 pm / Raleigh’s Crossroads United Methodist Church, 715 Guilford College Road, Greensboro, NC 27419. You are invited to the Annual Collaborative Service of the…
Sunday, January 27 is the next Piedmont Friends Fellowship Representative Body. The event consists of worship, lunch with the host meeting Salem Creek Friends Meeting,…
Some good things happened in the 115th Congress (which adjourned in December). Several pieces of legislation that Friends Committee on National Legislation staff and Friends/…
1:30 p.m. / New Garden Friends Meeting. 2019 is the 200th anniversary of the first known activity in North Carolina on what came to be…
New Gardeners are encouraged to go downtown together to view or march in the Martin Luther King Parade at 11 a.m. on Monday, January 21.…
12:15 – 2:00 p.m. / Brotherhood Room / Families and all are invited to bring your lunch to Brotherhood room to watch four short animated…
Oh no!!! I haven’t signed up for the New Garden Pictorial Directory!!! What do I do??? The first two days (February 6 and 9) are…
The recent holidays were such wonderful days for getting into the spirit of giving, generosity,and joy. Throughout the sale of the Honor Cards, New Garden…
I am filled with gratitude for the generosity of New Garden Friends Meeting. For the 4th year, I have gone to Walmart to anonymously pay…
A New Pictorial Directory is Coming Soon! Who can forget the time a few years back when a young man was making an announcement and…
Please join American Friends Service Committee General Secretary, Joyce Ajlouny on Saturday, January 12 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. / New Garden Friends Meeting. Learn about the…
5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / In the Woods Behind New Garden Friends Meeting
Music at 6:30 p.m. / Worship Service at 7:00 p.m. Please join us in the spirit of giving; fill a box with non-perishable food items…
It’s been a long time – the last directory was 2011, so we really need a new one. Gertrude Beal and Carol Cothern have graciously…
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / Friendship Hall / Due to the snow and ice, New Garden Friends Meeting annual cookie bake and exchange has…
Due to snow and winter weather advisories, 9:00 a.m. Unprogrammed Worship has been cancelled. 11:00 a.m. Meeting for Worship will be unprogrammed, All other activities…
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. / Fellowship Hall. Share in the longstanding New Garden Friends Meeting tradition of crafting hand-made holiday gifts. As always, both…
The main focus of the Peace & Love Ukestra, led by C.H. Holcombe, is to visit nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and memory care units…
The sale of the Christmas Honor Cards in support of local non-profits will take place each First Day, through Sunday December 16 (the day of…
9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. / Friendship Hall. We invite refugees and non-profits to display their valuable work and offer us ways to give to…
4:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. / Meet at Fellowship Hall at 4:45 p.m. / Walk to Friends Home to share holiday melodies with Friends. After caroling,…
Quaker House wants you to save this date: Saturday, September 21, 2019. We are working on exciting projects that will capture and share our unique…
Friends Committee on National Legislation will be holding its Annual Public Policy Institute and Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., November 28 to December 2. It…
The Friendship Community Partnership is organizing a group to attend the comedy Dot which is about a family whose mother has Alzheimer’s. The play will be…
We have currently received one bid on extensive tree work but we are hopeful that the past (preferred) tree person we used will soon place…
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. / Join members of five churches in the Friendship Community Partnership at New Garden for a great time! We’ll have lunch,…
9:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. / Embassy Suites, 460N. Cherry Street, Winston-Salem, NC / Explore the effects of gentrification across the Triad through a fair…
The next North Carolina Fellowship of Friends meeting will be held at Springfield Friends Meeting, 555 East Springfield Road, High Point, NC 27263. Schedule:10:00 a.m. –…
8:00 p.m. / New Garden Friends Meeting Graveyard. New Garden Friends Meeting’s annual Hallowe’en lantern tour of its historic graveyard is led by retired professor…
A good amount of firewood will soon be available from trees that have fallen or are being taken down on the Meeting property. Contact: Linda…
The NC A&T State Theatre Arts Program 2018-2019 Season begins with “Ruined” October 18-21 and 25-28, 2018 Thursday – Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. / Sundays…
If Starbucks is offering pumpkin spice flavorings, it’s time to start thinking about the (day called) Hallowe’en graveyard tour! Last year more than a dozen…
Parlor / 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. The League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad will give a presentation outlining our current state of healthcare, followed by…
Years ago, a bridge was installed across the drainage ditch that cuts across the yard between the Meeting House and the intersection of College Road…
Brotherhood Room / 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. The Lunch-and-Learn program will feature Life in the Sacrifice Zone, a documentary on health problems related to Duke…
Family Camp is this weekend! We are scheduled to arrive at 5 p.m. on Friday and enjoy a “pitch-in” meal together. The rest of the…
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Learn more about Quakerism and get to know other New Gardeners! Come and enjoy dinner with Friends, learn some basics about…
New Garden Friends Meeting Social Concerns Committee provides small grants to organizations for projects addressing priority issues through our Broader Concerns budget. Priorities for 2018,…
Want to Do Something about Hunger in Greensboro? Volunteers are needed for a food drive on October 6. You can help end hunger in a…
There are several upcoming opportunities to attend a two-day Racial Equity Workshop in Greensboro on September 24-25, 2018, and October 8-9, 2018. Workshops are designed to build…
The Religious Education Committee is thrilled to invite you to join us for Family Camp 2018! Family Camp is such a fun and special NGFM…
The New Garden Office will be closed on Friday, September 14, 2018. Saturday, September 15 – Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary for American Friends Service Committee…
Brotherhood Room / 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. This coming Sunday, the Lunch&Learn series will continue with a film directed by James Redford, “Happening-a Clean Energy…
The Flea Market needs your help! It’s time to clean out your closets & attics and bring clean, gently used items to Norvell Hall. Volunteers…
7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church / “When it comes to race, I’m colorblind. I try to be kind to everyone. Isn’t that enough?” Debby Irving.…
Piedmont Friends Fellowship will hold their annual Fall Retreat the weekend of September 7-9 at Seven Springs Lodge and Retreat, 118 Alder Ln, Mocksville, NC…
Join Friends Committee on National Legislation and Annual Meeting & Quaker Public Policy Institute in Washington, DC this November 28 – December 2. Learn. Lobby.…
We are so excited to welcome Juana Tobar Ortega, who is in sanctuary at St. Barnabas Church, and Lori Fernald Khamala from American Friends Service…
Brotherhood Room / 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. Lunch & Learn will feature ‘Santuario’, a documentary film telling the story of Juana Tobar Ortega, an asylum…
6:00 p.m. / Friendship Hall It’s that time of year again, when New Gardeners show their potluck super powers to feed the young adult Friends…
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. / Piedmont Friends Fellowship (PFF) and Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting (PFYM) will have a joint meeting at New Garden Friends…
North Carolina Fellowship of Friends (https://ncfriends.org/) will be holding its Annual Gathering at Quaker Lake Camp on August 18. All members and attenders at New…
5:00 – 8:00 p.m. / Friends are invited to bring a covered dish, your favorite outdoor game, a blanket or lawn chairs, and join us on…
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Hopefully, Ukestra will be joined by some new students over 55 from Smith Center, who will have just completed Catherine Holcombe’s…
Friendship Community Partnership invites you to the annual cookout and talent show at Collins Grove United Methodist Church, Sunday, July 29 at 2 p.m.
New Garden Friends Meeting volunteers spread the testimony of peace at the Fun Fourth Festival, downtown Greensboro.
7 p.m. at New Garden Friends Meeting. Diane Randall, Executive Secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, will speak on “Gracious Calling, Ordered Lives:…
New Garden Friends Meeting has secured a booth at the Fun Fourth Festival, downtown Greensboro, on July 4. We would like to have you join…
Margaret Fell, a 17th-century follower of George Fox who eventually became his spouse, made a guest appearance Monday evening at New Garden. Coincidentally, Summer Program’s…
Summer Program is underway with a joyful sound. Marc Alley, a.k.a. “The Music Man,” leads young Friends in song during the religious education Summer Program at…
5 p.m. – 8 p.m. / Friendship Hall Join us for fun in the sun this summer at New Garden Friends Meeting! We’ll enjoy delicious…
Children and babies may be dedicated during worship on any Sunday of the year, but many families choose to dedicate children on the days observed…
Brotherhood Room / 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. The Social Concerns committee invites adults to bring a bag lunch and join us monthly – every third…
6:00 p.m. Friendship Friends Meeting, 1103 New Garden Road, Greensboro, NC 27410. A pot luck dinner will be followed by a presentation and discussion with…
Max Carter will lead a tour of New Garden Cemetery at 10 a.m. on May 28 (Memorial Day). Max knows the life stories of many…
Parlor Forum / 9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Is it possible to move from the Second Amendment being used as a “trump card” that shuts…
The Friends General Conference (FGC) gathering will be in Toledo, Ohio, July 1-7, 2018. Registration opened April 2. Register online at www.FGCgathering.org. Questions? Go…
6 p.m. / Collins Grove United Methodist Church, 210 Collins Grove Church Rd, Greensboro, NC 27410. We’ll be planning our annual summer cookout, Harvest Festival, and…
We are hosting a blood drive with the Community Blood Center of the Carolinas at New Garden Friends Meeting on May 22 from 3:30-6:30 pm. …
Children and babies may be dedicated during worship on any Sunday of the year, but many families choose to dedicate children on the days observed…
NGFM’s very own, Anna Sykes, will be soloing with the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra on Sunday, May 13 at 4 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on…
6 p.m. in the Huggins Performance Center of the Odell Building, UNCG College campus. You and your friends are invited to a free screening and discussion…
7 – 8:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 2105 West Market Street, Greensboro, NC. You are invited to a monthly series of workshops using…
The Peace and Love Ukestra will be playing in the memory care unit of Brighton Gardens of Greensboro on Thursday, April 26 at 3 p.m.
The Young Friends Committee is in the process of hiring a Young Friends Coordinator and Young Friends Leaders for the fall of 2018. Those interested…
Norvell Hall, 5 – 8 p.m. Mark your calendars for Spring Fun Night. Friends are encouraged to bring a game and join us for food,…
7 – 8:30 p.m. at New Garden Friends Meeting. Addressing Racial Inequity Head-On Towards Organizing for Justice; You are invited to a monthly series of…
Quaker House wants you to make your voice heard before April 19, 2018. The United States government wants the opinion of the American people about…
The Friendship Community Partnership includes 5 churches; Collins Grove UMC, New Garden Friends, Persimmon Grove AME, Raleigh’s Cross Roads UMC and St. Barnabas Episcopal. We…
Volunteers from New Garden Friends will collect food for the Greensboro Urban Ministry food pantry on Friday, April 13. The location is Harris Teeter on…
After 11 a.m. worship on Easter Sunday, preschool and elementary age children are invited to join in for a joyful Easter egg hunt behind the…
On Easter Sunday (April 1) we will gather as a community to celebrate life and resurrection, hope and new possibilities. Many vases will be set…