Bible Study will meet in one of the upstairs classrooms on the following dates/times. Schedule for 2015 (through June): January 4 9:45 am -10:45 am February 22 9:45 am - 10:45 am March 22 9:45 am - 10:45 am April 26 9:45 am - 10:45 am May 24 9:45 am - 10:45 am...
News and Activities
BYM Faith & Practice review: ad hoc Committee report to RFM
Editor’s Note: The following report was accepted at business meeting on 16 November, 2014. Following 2013 Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) annual session, Richmond Friends Meeting (RFM) learned that the BYM Faith & Practice draft was not approved and the committee...
ASE presentation on Humans in the Natural World – January 11th
Humans in the Natural World will be the subject of a presentation by Dr. Harry Wistrand, Professor of Biology, Emeritus, Agnes Scott College on January 11 at 9:30-10:45. The talk/discussion is part of the environmental series being sponsored by Adult Spiritual...
Scholarship Funds 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...
RFM Winter Retreat at The Clearing: Writing Your Spirituality
The committees of Ministry and Worship and Adult Spiritual Education invite you to.... ....Save the date! Saturday, February 28th 2015......for a Winter Retreat day at The Clearing! Lynn Domina, poet and teacher, will lead us in a day of finding spiritual and creative...
Child Safety Policies (approved in 12th Month, 2014, Meeting for Business)
Child Safety Policy—Approved Final Policies Ad hoc committee members: Trustees: Ada Hammer, Gordon Davies, Sanford Hostetter Nursery: Janet Thoroman RE: Catherine Roseberry, Diane Bowden, Barb Adams Advising: Steve Bricker Background The RE committee and Nursery...
Invitation to a Fall Men’s Retreat at The Clearing
Several men in our Meeting have expressed an interest in having another Men's Retreat at The Clearing this fall. The retreats are held under the broad oversight of Ministry and Worship. A small committee plans and facilitates the retreat. This is an invitation to all...
An Invitation to Remember Jean Jones Andersen
Jean Jones Andersen was a lifelong student of the Bible, world religions and spirituality. In her later years, she initiated and facilitated many spirit-led groups in her home which she called “Questers Lodge”, including dream work, Jungian studies, Islamic studies,...
Peace and Social Concerns announcements (September 2014)
Announcements from Peace & Social Concerns Committee A climate change summit is being held at the United Nations in New York City on Saturday and Sunday September 20-21. The organizers of a rally planned for Sunday are hoping to have massive, record-breaking...
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
WHITE PRIVILEGE: UNPACKING THE INVISIBLE KNAPSACK by PEGGY McINTOSH (Introduced by Marilyn Gilmore) (Edited by Pat Schenck) Peggy McIntosh, a White feminist scholar, identified a long list of societal privileges that she received simply because she was White. She did...
