by WebPost | Jan 19, 2020 | Announcement, Archive, Committees, Peace and Social Concerns
Love casts out fear and is a potent alternative to hate. Faith communities will gather to offer opportunities to strengthen our resolve to love.  White Supremacists gather in our town with the intent of spreading fear and hate. We need to be as committed to peace and justice as they are to their creeds.
 Richmond Friends Meeting will hold a vigil
at 7:00 on Sunday and Monday evenings at our Meeting House, in the Meeting Room.
There will be other vigils during the day on Monday. We will post details as they are announced.
by WebPost | Jan 12, 2020 | Announcement, Archive, Peace and Social Concerns
Monacan Chief Kenneth Branham spoke at the Meeting House
on November 22nd as part of a Native American educational event. He has asked that we support the Monacan people in protecting their ancestral lands by signing onto a
letter to Governor Northam and Commander Patrick Kinsman of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The letter asks the Army Corps of Engineers not to allow the James River Water Authority to proceed with constructing a pump station and pipeline project at Point of Fork. If permitted in its current form, this project would destroy the historic Monacan capital of Rassewek in addition to several other significant historical and archaeological sites.
The Peace and Social Concerns Committee has signed on to the letter as a committee; we hope that other Friends who are concerned about this issue will feel called to sign the letter as individuals. More details about this issue are provided in the letter itself; just click on the link below to see it.
Thank You!
by WebPost | Dec 11, 2019 | Adult Spiritual Education, Announcement
Are you being led to set aside a time of retreat in the new year?
Catherine Cox (RFM Fall Retreat leader) and Rita Willett will be leading a small Quaker contemplative retreat at Holy Cross Abbey in Berryville VA on February 7 to 9.
This retreat is a program of the School of the Spirit Ministry. Information and registration at http://www.schoolofthespirit.org/virginia-retreat/
<http://www.schoolofthespirit.org/virginia-retreat/>
Quakers and non-Quakers are welcome – feel free to pass this information along or come with a friend.
The brochure and flyer are attached.
Note: This contemplative retreat was inadvertently scheduled the same weekend as BYM Women’s Retreat – some Friends are already committed that weekend.
If you are not attending the BYM retreat, consider this opportunity to enjoy a quiet weekend of reflection in the Abbey’s retreat house.
by WebPost | Dec 4, 2019 | Announcement, Baltimore Yearly Meeting
February days lurk cloudy and cold, but warm friendship, lusty singing, good food, and sweet silence will prevail at the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Women’s Retreat,
February 7-9. It will be held at Pearlstone Retreat Center in Reisterstown, MD, north of Baltimore. Registration is openÂ
https://www.bym-rsf.org/events/ymevents/women20.html. You need to make a $100 deposit to reserve a spot. The full cost varies from $240 to $300 depending on housing choice; scholarship help is available from our Meeting (Adult Spiritual Education Committee) and from BYM. Young Friends (14-17) are welcome, with a sponsor. Maybe this Retreat could be on the top of your Christmas wish list . . . .
Go to the web address above for lots of information. Please contact Barbara Myers (
[email protected]) if you have questions.