by WebPost | Sep 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Did you know you could help Quaker House without committing to being a board member? We accept people to serve on specific committees and work on certain projects. For example, a person who couldn’t commit to meetings edited a book as it was being revised to reflect these times.
If you have experience, or interest in expanding our relationship-focused strategy for long-term financial health, please consider serving on the Quaker House Development Committee.
Quaker House is not struggling fiscally, but we are here for the long haul, as the need for our services keeps growing. Learn more about how we manifest the Peace Testimony as we help military veterans and enlisted people navigate their conscience based struggles at QuakerHouse.org.
If you feel led to know more, please reach out to Patricia Stansbury. We can talk and need be, I’ll connect you with the Membership Committee.
by WebPost | Sep 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon's Search for Salvation, by Daniel Silliman
- A biography considering Nixon’s spiritual life after he was brought up as a Quaker
Short Journey Home: Awakening to Freedom with Thich Nhat Hanh, by Richard Brady
- An account of lay mindfulness practitioner Brady’s following in the footsteps of the world-renowned Zen master
Thirty-three Ways Seven Faiths Agree with the Quakers, by Thomas Wolfe and others
- How several world religions’ holy writings harmonize with Quaker thought
Zen at the End of Religion: An Introduction for the Curious, the Skeptical, and the Spiritual But Not Religious, by James Ishmael Ford
- Thoughts from a retired Unitarian Universalist minister and Zen Buddhist priest
by WebPost | Sep 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
This November, Virginians will elect a governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and all members of the House of Delegates. This election, as every election does, will shape the course of our Commonwealth for the next four years.
In our August business meeting, RFM agreed to become one of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy’s (VICPP’s) 100% Voting Congregations, which means we pledge to educate ourselves about the candidates, register to vote if we’re eligible, and exercise our right to vote come election day. To that end, the VICPP Working Group is working on a number of activities to educate our Meeting about the voting process in Virginia and about the candidates (we will not be endorsing a particular candidate).
In September, the Working Group posted and distributed a flier with information about Virginia’s voting process and where to get information about registering to vote, finding your polling place, early voting, etc. as well as set up two sessions after Meeting to help people register to vote, find information about candidates, etc.
More information about October events will be forthcoming. Check the RFM Newslist to learn more.
by WebPost | Sep 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Adult Spiritual Education Committee will hold a one-hour Reading Between the Lines (formerly known as Bible Workbench) through Zoom on First Day, Sunday, October 5, from 9-10 a.m. We will discuss 2 Timothy 1: 1-14: what it can mean to “worship with a clear conscience,” to help “rekindle” spirit within each other, to “guard the good treasure given you” (“with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us”) —which is not a “spirit of cowardice” but “a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.” The facilitator will send the Zoom link through the Newslist a few days before our meeting.
by WebPost | Aug 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Are you looking for a way to give back to our community, while working towards a more racially just society? Do you have one or two hours a week to share with a student? We’d love to have you join our team of volunteer mentors at Redd Elementary School this fall. Please let Lynda Perry know by email if you plan to attend the orientation at RFM.
Redd’s student population — primarily African American and Hispanic, with an extremely high percentage from low-income families — faces stark educational disparities. Our volunteers build relationships with students that can help them build their social/emotional skills and support their academic development. Some of us meet with one student at a time; others meet with a small group of students once a week, often during the students’ lunch breaks.
Volunteers are required to complete a one-hour orientation and an annual background check. Orientations have already started. Join us in the Community Room for an in-person orientation on Thursday, September 4 at 11 am. OR sign up for an Eventbrite orientation session today! Our partner Communities in Schools handles the orientations and the background checks required of all Richmond Public School volunteers who work regularly with students.
If you can’t commit weekly, we’ll let the RFM community know when special one-time volunteer opportunities arise for events like read-alouds and festivals (no orientation or background check needed for these).
Please contact Lynda Perry at if you have questions and/or to let us know if you sign up for an orientation at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-orientation-rps-and-communities-in-schools-of-richmond-tickets-686968540397?aff=oddtdtcreator !