100TH ANNIVERSARY PLANNING TEAM will meet THIS SUNDAY after worship in the fellowship hall.

QUAKER MEN GOLF COMMITTEE will meet on Wednesday at 6:00pm in the fellowship hall.

CHOIR will PRACTICE on Wednesday at 6:30pm.

FEMAP (Friends Emergency Material Assistance Program)

FEMAP is in need of Spiral 70 Sheet, wide ruled composition books. Two of these are included in the School Kits. Watch for school sales coming up and help them out. There is a box for FEMAP collections on the pew outside the church office.

*****IT’S ALMOST HERE*****

100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Next weekend~July 27 & 28

Please join us to celebrate! 

Saturday ~ 10am to 2pm will be Community Day – History display, food (hot dog meal), games, fun and fellowship!

Sunday ~ 11am will be Sunday morning Anniversary Service with Kelly

Kellum, General Secretary of Friends United Meeting, Carry-In Meal to follow

COMMUNITY DAY NEEDS for Saturday, July 27th

The committee is in need of corn hole board(s) that you don’t mind being used outside on Saturday, and any beach checker sets for games area. Thank you for helping make this a great day of fun and fellowship.

ANNIVERSARY LUNCH: Following morning worship next Sunday, there will be a carry in meal in the family life center. Bring a well filled basket & drink to share.

QUAKER MEN ACTIVITIES

Men - Plenty of opportunities to be involved!!

July 26—5pm-Set up tables and cover with tablecloths for Sunday’s lunch

July 27—10:30am-1:30pm—Hot Dog Lunch for Anniversary Community Day

August 6—5:00-8:00pm—National Night Out—Archdale City Event

            Set up tables and hand out popcorn and lemonade

September 14—10:00am-1:00pm—NCUSFW Fall Conference (ladies’ event)— Helping with food buffet, etc.

September 19—All Day—Quaker Men Golf Tournament @ Oak Hollow

FCNC 7th Annual Sessions—August 9 & 10 @ Quaker Lake Camp

Guest Speaker:  Samuel Vasquez—Clerk of Mexico Yearly Meeting

Visit FCNC website:  https://www.friendschurchnc.org/ for more info &

Registration Forms.  Also, there are a few packets on the info table outside our church office here at AFM. Registration deadline is July 29. 

NC USFW FALL CONFERENCE

NCUSFW Fall Conference will be here at Archdale Friends on Saturday, September 14.  Registration forms are now available on the information table outside the church office.  Everyone participating needs to fill out a registration form and give it to Becky Coltrane. Thank you! 

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

An UPDATED sign-up sheet for Nursery and children’s Sunday school/children’s church is posted outside of Rodney’s office.  The rooms used are in the family life center (no steps to climb).  Please reach out to Hollis Andrews or the church office if you have any questions.

PICTORIAL DIRECTORY

If you would like to be in the new pictorial directory of our church members and attenders, please submit your photo to Wendy Lawrence or the church office as soon as possible. Wendy’s email is wenlaw425@yahoo.com

UPPER ROOMS AVAILABLE

The July/August Upper Rooms are available in the foyer and on the information table by the office.  Feel free to pick one up today!

ANNIVERSARY TUMBLERS for SALE

Exciting NEWS!! As a keepsake of our Meeting’s anniversary, we now have 24 ounce tumblers (cups) for sale.  The cups have a lamppost and are imprinted with:

ARCHDALE FRIENDS MEETING

1924-2024

100 YEARS

They are $10 each and if you would like to purchase one, contact Herb Andrews.  Make checks out to AFM.

ARCHDALE FRIENDS MEETING

100 Year Anniversary Notes

AFM 50th Anniversary

On Sunday July 28th, 1974, members of Archdale Friends Meeting gathered together and celebrated their Fiftieth Anniversary with a special worship service.  According to Monthly Meeting minutes, 394 members and guests were present.  After the Call to Worship and opening hymn, former pastor Clifton Pearson shared a devotion and the choir performed “I Believe in Miracles.”

Sara Haworth, Ethel Newton and Hazel Hancock reflected on the past and living charter members were recognized by Choir Director Joe Gamble.  Robert Blair presented a “Glimpse of the Present” of Archdale Friends Meeting and pastor Isaac Harris spoke on “Hope For The Future.”

Quoting from that special day’s bulletin, “The concerned Friends who established a monthly meeting in Archdale Fifty years ago were in the will of God.  Across these years this Meeting has been a source of inspiration, encouragement and redemption to many who have come and gone.”