Friends Church of North Carolina

09/14/2026

When in doubt, open your Bible. How blessed we are that God show us the answer(s) we need through His Word!

God’s Word doesn’t just tell us what’s true—it helps us live it out.

2 Timothy 3:16 NLT

09/13/2026

Happy Grandparents day!
What a blessing a Grandparent is! ❤️

09/11/2026

Hello Friends!
A few Annual Session announcements:
1. Online registration is live for ALL age groups.
• Adult & Jr YM info: https://www.friendschurchnc.org/fcnc-annual-sessions
• YFAC info: https://www.friendschurchnc.org/young-friends

2. FCNC Ministry & Counsel will meet at Centre Friends on Saturday, October 24 at 10am.
• This purpose of this meeting will be to consider items from the Training and Recording Committee and other items as necessary before Annual Sessions.

3. Western Quarter will be arranging our Memorial Service at FCNC Annual Sessions on Saturday, 11/7/2026.
• To help them in preparations for that service, Meetings are asked to please send the names, birth and death dates of those who have died since our 2025 Annual Sessions to: David K Hobson via email between now and 10/10/2026.

Additional FCNC friendly reminders:
Budget Day will be on Saturday, September 26th at 10am at Cedar Square Friends.
Quaker Men Banquet will be on Monday, September 28th at 5:58pm at Marlboro Friends.
• Any and all Quaker Men (and Boys) are invited to attend! The ladies of Marlboro Friends will serve a delicious meal with chicken pie, green beans, slaw, veggie, dessert, and beverage for $15 per person at the door of their Family Life Center.
• We'll move into the Meeting Room for our program with current reports from Quaker Lake and NC Friends Disaster Service, receiving an offering for NC Quaker Men Projects, special music by Annette Battle, and a challenging message by Alvin Battle, pastor at South Plainfield Friends Meeting.

Other upcoming Meeting Celebrations/Events:
9/13:
Goldsboro Friends Homecoming
• Worship at 11am with catered meal to follow
Cedar Square Friends Right Hand of Fellowship
• Worship at 11am followed by Potato & Salad Bar benefit to cover shipping cost for Christmas Shoebox Ministry

9/18:
Concord Friends Annual Golf Tournament

9/20:
Liberty Friends Homecoming

I hope everyone has a happy and blessed weekend!

09/11/2026

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🕊️ Remembering & Praying Together

Today marks the 25th anniversary of Patriot Day. As we pause to remember the lives lost and the incredible bravery of the first responders on September 11, 2001, we find our strength in community and faith.

In moments of reflection, we are reminded of Psalm 46:1: "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

"Let’s wrap our community, our nation, and our world in prayer today. We pray for comfort for grieving families, strength for our frontline workers, and a deep, lasting peace in our hearts.

👇 Leave a prayer or a message of peace in the comments below. Let's lift each other up.

09/09/2026

09/08/2026

Remember that God can use us in ALL the different seasons of life. Big things, little things, sad things, happy things....
What has He been laying on your heart?

Anything we place in the hands of our God will never, ever truly be gone. We can feel afraid of loss and grief and sacrifice and disappointment and getting our hearts broken and trusting Him when it makes no sense to us at all. But we don’t have to stay afraid.

There’s a verse I love to bring to mind when I think about placing things in God’s hands: “‘Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?’ declares the Lᴏʀᴅ. ‘These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word’” (Isaiah 66:2).

How powerful God’s hands are. His hands restore and wipe tears and hold His people with love and care.

He can turn loss into purpose. He can turn grief into healing. He can turn sacrifice into gifts we are delighted to give up. He can take our disappointments and turn them into peaceful perspectives. He can turn broken hearts into a deeper sense of being loved by God Himself. He gives such favor to those who humbly trust Him because they are so moved by His Word.

And I want to be that girl.

- Lysa TerKeurst

Is there anything God has been nudging you to do that you keep hesitating to follow through on?

09/04/2026

We all have had disagreements. Most of us have been in meetings and churches when disagreements seem to take over.

How can we face conflict and maintain community? What might we do or say differently if we are in the community only for a season? Does it matter whether or not we are called into the community to participate in resolving the conflict?

We’ll look at these and related questions together, including with Friends who have embraced a call to public ministry.

09/03/2026

Who else can agree with Matthew West on this song? We don't deserve His love, but He STILL loves us because He's so good ❤

09/02/2026

September's Newsletter is now available!

https://www.friendschurchnc.org/newsletter

08/29/2026

Join the NC USFW Women Annual Gathering. Today (Aug. 29, 2026) they are located at Bethel Friends Meeting. We start at 10:00 am.

Theme - “Flourishing in Faith, Love and Peace” Join us at 10:00 am.