Please join us for the annual Richmond Friends Meeting Spring Retreat on Memorial Day Weekend, May 27 – 29, 2022!  Our theme this year is Enlighten Up!  Here is a little about our program for the weekend, which is being put together by our own Barb Adams and Mary Fran Hughes McIntyre:

We often hear that one of the reasons the climate crisis and other forms of degradation of the planet have advanced so far, so fast, is that the human species has been able to distance ourselves from the natural world as if we are separate from it – and feeling effects and impact less, or not at all.  Some early ecologists, in a book called Think Like a Mountain, designed and initiated experiences to help humans shift perspectives and revive our deepest connections with the natural world by seeing the world through another being.  Councils of All Beings have been crafted as brief as a one hour or up to a week-long experience, but always with a format of sharing perceptions and then “seeing” what needs to be done. 

At this year’s Spring Retreat, we would like to engage humans of all ages in a simple version of a Council and experience together the world through a different “lens” and see how we can help shift our awareness and as Friends follow the leadings that come from it.

After two years of virtual retreats, Spring Retreat will be back, in person, at The Clearing this year!  This means we will be planning for food preparation as well as programming.  It will be especially important for Friends to register so that we can plan for your participation.  There will be no fee to attend this year’s retreat, although donations are welcome.  Please use this link to fill out our very brief registration form: https://bit.ly/RFMRetreat2022.  We look forward to seeing you there!