On Sunday, April 12, at 9:30 in the Community Room, Adult Spiritual Education and Peace and Social Concerns will hold a Worship Sharing Circle on "Spirit and the Environment" using Joanna Macy's essay "The Greening of the Self" (found in the anthology Spiritual...
News and Activities
Spring Equinox Bible Workbench
The Adult Spiritual Education committee will hold a one-hour Spring Equinox Bible Workbench, on Sunday, March 22, at 9:30 in the Community Room. We will discuss Jeremiah 31: 31-34. You don't need to read the scripture in advance, or be Christian or knowledgeable about...
March is Quaker House Month at the Thrifty Quaker
March is the month that Thrifty Quaker will donate sale proceeds to Quaker House. You can drop off items yourself at Thrifty Quaker in early March. Or you can bring them to meeting on Sunday, March 1 and Sunday, March 8 and we will deliver them to the store for you....
Food Drive for the Fan Free Clinic in March
Employment numbers are up. Gas prices are down. Stock market is up. It seems like the hard times are over… for me maybe, or you. But, in Richmond, where 26.3 % of its residents live below the poverty line, many go to bed hungry and many children go to school...
Meeting for Business Minutes for February 2015
Meeting began with silence at 11:00 am. Forty-four (44) members and attenders were present. Barbara Myers was greeter. Mary Julia Street from Ministry and Worship sat on the facing bench to hold Meeting in the Light. Doug Reed, Shea Allen Moore, Laura Wead, Kaylee...
Legislative Update from Peace & Social Concerns regarding Virginia General Assembly Bills being tracked by Virginia Interfaith Center (VICPP), Environmental Groups and CURE
There were 14+ Quakers at the VICPP Day for All People on January 20th from 7 different Monthly Meetings in Virginia - Alexandria, Herndon, Hopewell Centre-Winchester, Maury River - Lexington, Midlothian, Richmond, and Virginia Beach. The following attended from...
Due to The Thrifty Quaker and Friend$hare, local Quakers are:
Creating a public “information center” about Quakers; a public outreach by Quakers to seekers Providing our locality a Quaker place for community service and volunteering Encouraging recycling by providing donated thrift items at very low prices Helping provide food...
Scholarship Funds and Guidelines for Adult Spiritual Education
Jean Jones Andersen's passion for spiritual education led her to leave our community funds to support adults in taking classes, retreats, workshops, etc. to further their spiritual education. If you have an idea, vision, or leading towards some kind of spiritual...
Upcoming events sponsored by Peace and Social Concerns Committee
From P&SC, Upcoming Events 1. On Sunday February 22nd the same co sponsorship will present the film Five Broken Cameras at RFM. Refreshments will be available at 5:30 and the film will follow at 6PM. 2. On Sunday February 1st at 9:30, P&SC will present a PVS...
Meeting for Business Minutes January 2015
MWB Minutes, January 2015
