The New Garden Friend Newsletter of New Garden Friends Meeting December 23, 2014 CALENDAR - regular schedule Wednesday 12-24 6:30 p.m. Monday 12-29 7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve Candle Service Meditation Parlor You are invited to join us December 24 for ... New Garden’s Annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. The music will start at 6:30 p.m. and the service will be followed by a bonfire, caroling, cookies and cider. New Garden Quarter Quarterly Meeting will meet Sunday, January 11 at 3:00 p.m. at New Garden Friends Meeting. Allie Corcoran will do a presentation on her Quaker Pilgrimage to Bolivia and Peru last summer. A light meal will be served about 4:30 p.m. Please come and support both Allie and the Quarter. BIRTHDAYS 23 23 25 26 28 30 Cindy Knul Jonathan Raper Jean Campbell Stephen Lassiter Charlie White Gertrude Beal 23 24 25 28 29 30 Phyllis Ott Anna Gilbert Vickie Topkins Merryn Kepchar Sarah Cothern Carol Fountain Food Collection for Greensboro Urban Ministry (GUM) The Social Concerns Committee will collect food for the GUM food pantry during the holiday season. Please bring your filled bags to the connector in the meetinghouse by Christmas Eve. Greensboro is ranked number two for food insecurity in the nation and hunger is a daily reality for some of our fellow residents. Socks for Children Spending the Holidays in the Guilford County Detention Center New and clean, gently used socks are needed to help children (14-17 years old) know they are remembered during the holidays. Currently there are 17 males and four females. Two of the males wear size 14 shoes. Other juveniles wear standard adult size socks sizes 9 - 12. Please leave socks in the Kicks for Kids bin in the NGFM foyer. Thank you, Barbara Leland 1