NEW GARDEN FRIENDS MEETING
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“Peace begins within ourselves. It is to be
implemented within the family, in our (Quaker) meetings, in our work and
leisure, in our own localities, and internationally. The task will never be
done. Peace is a process to engage in, not a goal to be reached.” Sydney
Bailey, 1993
Each item in the order of worship arises out of the silence that
encompasses the whole hour of meeting for worship. As Quakers, we value these
quiet moments in the presence of God and our gathered congregation.
WORSHIPFUL MUSIC
Meditation by
Jules Massenet
Chloe Lindeman, violin
Kelsey Lindeman, piano
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
HYMN NO. 304 “A Song
of Peace”
WE GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THE MEETING BUDGET WHICH CALLS FOR
OUR CONTINUED AND INCREASED SUPPORT EVEN DURING THESE HARD ECONOMIC TIMES.
Clair de lune by Claude Debussy
Chloe Lindeman, piano
MESSAGE PATRIOTISM, NATIONALISM, GOD, FREEDOM, ETC. David W. Bills
COMMUNION AFTER THE
MANNER OF FRIENDS
“True worship may be experienced at any
time; in any place - alone on the hills or in the busy daily life-we may find
God, in whom we live and move and have our being. But this individual
experience is not sufficient, and in a meeting held in the Spirit there is a giving
and receiving between its members, one helping another with or without words.
So there may come a wider vision and a deeper experience.”
GREETING AFTER THE
MANNER OF FRIENDS
Friends extend
the hand of fellowship in recognition that we are all the Children of God.
LOOKING AHEAD AT NEW GARDEN
FIRST DAY
SECOND DAY
THIRD DAY
FOURTH DAY
THE
BROTHERHOOD CLASS (
July 5:
Accepting Rules for Living
July 12:
Remembering and Celebrating
July 19: Commissioning
for Service
FIRST DAY FORUM (
July 5: Open Discussion
July 12: Open Discussion
MULTI-GENERATIONAL (
July 19: “What Happened at Summer Program?”
MONTHLY MEETING FOR BUSINESS AND THE
CARRY-IN MEAL beforehand
will take place on July 12. The Meal
will be at the rise of meeting and Monthly Meeting for Business will start at
TAKING
ACTION TO IMPROVE RACE RELATIONS – Copies of Vanessa Julye’s and Donna McDaniel’s book Fit for
Freedom, Not for Friendship will be available each Sunday through the
summer in the lobby outside the meeting room. Price: $25. Three copies will
also be available on loan from the New Garden Meeting Library.
This fall, there will be a book study
discussion of the book over six weeks, beginning Thursday evening, Sept 3 at 7:30
PM and continuing each Thursday through October 8. Each session will be led by individuals
from New Garden Meeting and from the
FLOWERS in the
meeting room today are given by the
THE SIGN-UP SHEET for flowers for the Meeting Room on First
Day mornings is in the foyer today. Please take this opportunity to sign up for
a Sunday on which you would like to honor someone, or recognize an event, or
just provide some beauty for the room. Thank you.
THANKS TO TODAY’S CHILDCARE
VOLUNTEERS:
Crib – Lisa
Underwood
3-year
olds & up –
THANKS TO THESE
VOLUNTEERS FOR JULY
Ushers: Ramona Flint,
Barbara Walker, Ken Marion, Hayes Ratledge, Hugh Jernigan, John White
Greeter:
Rachel Hollowell
Sound System:
THIS WEEK WE REMEMBER:
William
Coble, who died
If you
would like a loved one remembered in this way, contact the Meeting office,
292-5487 or newgardoff@aol.com.
WE ALSO REMEMBER Abigail Loren Blythe, who
was born on
OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY is with Mike Holden on the death of his
mother, Clarice Holden, on
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
July 5 John Farmer
6 George Bruns, Sam Coble, Betsy Farlow
9 Tom Edgerton, Carter Lawe, Paul Zopf
10 Robin Callahan, Jeff Pudlo, Evelyn Zopf
11 Sandy LaGrega,
HAVE SOME EXTRA summer time on your hands? Please
consider working with Summer Program this year! This is a wonderful way to get
to know the children in our Meeting! Contact Ellen, ngmek@aol.com.
TEACHERS
FOR THIS FALL'S FIRST DAY PROGRAM are needed
at the 1st - 3rd grade
level for fall and spring, and at the 4th & 5th grade level for spring. Let Ellen know if you
would like to take a turn. Lessons and material will be supplied. First Day
assistants are needed at all age levels through 5th grade. Thanks!!
SPECIAL NOTICE TO VISITORS We extend a sincere welcome to all
visitors. Come to some of the meals or small groups and get acquainted. You
will discover a warm, friendly and supportive community. WELCOME TO ALL!