QUAKER MEN BREAKFAST is THIS Sunday at 8:13am. All men of the Meeting are welcome!

SALAD BAR LUNCH—The Missions Committee will have a salad bar lunch THIS SUNDAY after worship in the fellowship hall! 

COST is by donation. Proceeds go to Missions Committee Projects!! You do not want to miss this delicious summer meal!!

 NO CHOIR PRACTICE THIS COMING WEEK. Choir members are encouraged to go to Bethel Friends Meeting for revival on Wednesday. If you would like to sing in the choir at Bethel that night, practice begins at 6:00pm.

 SOUTHERN QUARTER REVIVAL will be this coming week (Sunday-Wednesday) at Bethel Friends Meeting in Asheboro at 7:00pm nightly. All are welcome!! Speakers will be: John Voncannon, David Millikan, Ricky Sessoms, and Micheal Fulp Jr. Archdale (USFW) and Bethel Friends will serve refreshments after the service on Wednesday.  

Address: 2519 Bethel Friends Road, Asheboro, NC 27205

SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE

Bethel Friends USFW is collecting school supplies for the Swannanoa area schools throughout the month of July. Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting continues to be affected from Hurricane Helene damages. Any donated items may be placed in Shelley’s office by THIS SUNDAY to be delivered to Bethel by Shandel and Bonnie on Wednesday. Items needed are: wide rule spiral notebooks, college rule spiral notebooks, No. 2 pencils, small pencil sharpeners, blue and black ink pens, pencil erasers, and copy paper.  

USFW QUAKER WOMEN

USFW Quaker Women will be having lunch at Giannos on Monday, July 21 at 12:00. Please RSVP to Shandel by Thursday, July 17 if you plan to attend.

NEIGHBORHOOD CAFE

We will be serving the meal for Neighborhood Cafe on July 31 at Trinity Methodist. Please let the church office know if you can provide a dessert or help serve.

C.O.A.T. FOOD COLLECTION CHANGE

Community Outreach of Archdale Trinity has informed us that they are well stocked with peanut butter and jelly currently so they are asking that we switch to canned fruit for our focus item. As usual, we will collect food the first Sunday of each month and our next collection will be August 3.

 BLOOD DRIVE at ARCHDALE METHODIST CHURCH

Our neighboring church, Archdale Methodist, will have a blood drive on Saturday, August 9 from 9:30am to 2:00pm. If you would like to schedule an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter sponsor code: Archdale Methodist

 TEACHER BREAKFAST—Friday, August 22

The Teacher Breakfast will be here at Archdale Friends (Fellowship Hall) on Friday, August 22 at 8am!

HOW CAN YOU HELP? We will be providing breakfast casseroles (sausage/egg) 9x13in. size. There are usually about 300 community school staff members who come to the breakfast so we need 30 casseroles donated.

NOTE: There will be some vegetarians so we need a few meatless casseroles. If you can prepare a casserole or 2 or 3, please let us know (336-431-2918) OR there’s a sign up sheet on the large picture bulletin board (outside the office). 

Delivery: Please bring casseroles to fellowship hall by 7:30am ready to serve.

Thanks to Allred Realty for coordinating this event!

2025 - FCNC Annual Sessions

When: August 8 & 9, 2025 @ Quaker Lake Camp

To register, go to: https://www.friendschurchnc.org/fcnc-annual-sessions

FEMAP UPDATES

The quarterly business meeting will be held on July 16 at 10:30 in the Springfield Friends Meeting Fellowship Hall. The speaker will be Patricia Carroll from Baptist Children’s Home in Thomasville. 

Items needed for kits: baby socks, baby shampoo, and deodorant. Also, wide ruled, spiral bound notebooks for the school kits. Donated items can be placed in the basket at the office entrance here at Archdale Friends Meeting. Ruth Hughes for FEMAP

 KIDS' MINISTRY—VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The kids ministry sign up sheet is posted outside Rodney's office.

We have openings for Sunday School and Children’s church volunteers.

You can volunteer for Sunday School or Children’s Church OR both!

SAVE THE DATE! 

VBS July 28-31 at AFM 

Time: 5:30-8:30pm – Dinner served nightly

Ages: 4 years old – rising 5^th graders

Register online today!

ONLINE GIVING AVAILABLE

-Here is the link which takes you to the AFM website where donations can be made. This is a convenient way to give for many.  Thank you!