(The following policy was approved in Seventh Month meeting for business.) Our Richmond Friends Meeting banners are approved for display at demonstrations and marches, with the following stipulations: 1. Our banners are used in gatherings that...
The EarthCare Working Group is hosting three Quaker Community Hikes this fall, hoping to continue them in the Spring and beyond. Saturday, October 11, Yike! Hike 8:30 pm (after dark) at Larus Park- Looking for luminescent fungi and critters...
Please contact any member of Nominating Committee for information or interest in these positions: Margaret Edds, Anna Marie Bolin, Diane Bowden, Don Miller, Carolyn Moul, and Catherine Roseberry. Religious Education Needs Religious Education’s (RE) greatest need right...
A recent court decision now allows religious bodies to endorse political candidates and take part in partisan politics without the threat of losing their tax-exempt status. This ruling does not change meeting's long-standing practice of eschewing partisan politics...
The Adult Spiritual Education committee will host a one-hour Reading Between the Lines (formerly Bible Workbench) on First Day, August 3, from 9-10 am on Zoom. We will discuss Luke 10: 25-37: receiving help when one is hurt, sometimes from unlikely sources. We will...
A Religious Education Sponsored Workshop for Everyone Richmond Friends Meeting acknowledges that anti-racism is a needed part of all we do in our Meetings. The RE committee strives to support our children as they seek to understand their own spiritual life. This...
Here is the schedule of Religious Education classes for the remainder of the summer: Aug 24 - Buildings and Grounds Committee Aug 31 - Hospitality Committee
Saturday, July 12, is our (summer) monthly Meeting for Weeding and it’s your chance to show some love to our grounds by clearing away all the weeds that take moisture and nutrients from the native plantings and pollinators we are nurturing. We’re meeting from 8-10 am...
Albert Lester Simmons was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, and grew up in Bluefield, West Virginia and graduated from Bluefield College. Al worked most of his career as a preschool teacher and child-care director. Children loved his invented games and silliness and...
Farid Alan Schintzius, a native of Buffalo, NY, died shortly after midnight on December 5, 2024. He was 76. Alan was a family man, a carpenter, a tireless activist, and a member of Richmond Friends Meeting. He became a foundational force in Richmond, helping to...