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R. Arnold Ricks III Obituary
R. Arnold Ricks III, 94, on February 24, 2018, at home in Bennington, Vt. Arnold was born on August 23, 1923, in Richmond, Va., to Anne Elizabeth Ryland and James Hoge Ricks. His father, a member of Richmond (Va.) Meeting, was from a long-established Quaker family and...
Circles VA
The mission of Circles RVA is to “offer a relationship-based model to empower individuals and families to permanently move out of poverty and thrive by engaging the strengths, goodwill and existing resources of the community and focus on the collaborative ownership of...
Ninth Month 2019 Queries
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Queries on Peace (2013 Resource for Faith & Practice) How does my life reflect “the virtue of that life and power which takes away the occasion for war”? Where there are hatred, division, and strife, how are we instruments of...
Richmond Vegetarian Festival 9/14/2019 (Photos)
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Spiritual Books
Book Exchange Table
Join a Friendly 8s in September
Richmond Friends’ tradition of forming Friendly Eights in the fall will continue this September. Friendly Eights are groups of eight or so individuals who meet from October to May (or longer!) each year to share a common interest or activity. The groups are a way for...
New Hearing Assistance System
The meeting room at Richmond Friends Meeting has a new hearing assistance system for use during meeting for worship. The system picks up vocal messages and sends amplified audio signals to individual listeners using one of three methods: 1. FM Receivers: A new FM...
Early Registration is ends June 24th!
Early Registration is ends June 24th! Annual Session 2019 Early Registration Rates expire on June 24! View online. Early Registration Rates for Annual Session 2019 end next Monday on June 24! Don’t be left sitting alone! Registration for Annual Session 2019 at...
Become a Member of RFM!
BECOME A MEMBER OF RFM! As Quakers, we have no creed to recite, no confession of confess, no rituals to undergo that will reliably bring us into the fullness of membership. But we do have a rich and inspiring tradition; we each other; and we have the Spirit. . ....
Detention Visitation Network Orientation
Midlothian Friends are hosting at their meetinghouse an orientation session with the DC Detention Visitation Network (DCDVN)on Saturday, June 29 from 2:00 to 4:00. Other Quakers from Charlottesville Friends Meeting and Richmond...
Scholarships for Conflict Resolution Workshop
The Richmond Peace Education Center is holding a two-day conflict resolution training at Richmond Friends Meeting August 20-21, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.You can learn more about it here.This is exactly the kind of program that the Adult Spiritual Education...
Richmond Stands United Against Gun Violence Unity Vigil
We call on people of good will from all over the Richmond region, and across the Commonwealth, to join us on Tuesday, July 9, 9 a.m.-10 a.m., at the Bell Tower on the Virginia State Capitol grounds, for a unity vigil to demand action to stop gun violence. Following...
Quaker House in Fayetteville
Quaker House in Fayetteville Our new 50th Anniversary t-shirts are debuting at North Carolina Yearly Meeting – Conservative in McNeil 1028 (UNC-Wilmington)! They will be available on our website on Tuesday, July 16 (ie, when I get back to Quaker House). The countdown...
Abbie’s year in Sanctuary
We mark Abbies commitment with a day of worship and resistance.Join us for: Fighting for Home: 24Hours of Resistance June 20-21. Events begin with a march at Blvd Bridge Thursday, June 20th 5:30. . (NB this is a correction of...
Clearing Workday 3/30
The Clearing Building & Grounds Committee is having a Clearing Workday on Saturday, March 30. Everyone is invited to join us out at The Clearing starting at 9:30 am. Bring a lunch, work gloves, clothes appropriate for working outdoors, sunblock, bug repellent, a...
Clearing Workday
The Clearing Building & Grounds Committee is having a Clearing Workday on Saturday, March 30. Everyone is invited to join us out at The Clearing starting at 9:30 am. Bring a lunch, work gloves, clothes appropriate for working outdoors, sunblock, bug repellent, a...
Aging in Community Support Group – March Educational Program
Open to all - on March 27 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm a presentation on: Friends House – retirement living – “community through caring”. Join the Aging Group as Barbara Brubeck the Friends House Residential Living Director shares information about the community, services,...
Peace & Social Concerns Community Partnership Lunch
On March 17, our fundraiser lunch after business meeting will benefit GraceInside, a privately-funded prison chaplaincy program. Please join us for a delicious lunch after Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business. For more information about GraceInside go to...
Hot Chocolate and Poetry
Join us on March 10, at 9:30 am, when we will share poems and hot chocolate together. ASE will supply the hot chocolate and you will bring a poems to share.
Occupation of the American Mind
Richmonders for Peace in Israel and Palestine Showing the Film "Occupation of the American Mind"On March 10that 1 pm,in the Community Room, Richmonders for Peace in Israel and Palestine will be showing the film "Occupation of the American Mind". Richmonders for Peace...
Bible Workbench
The Adult Spiritual Education committee will host a one-hour Bible Workbench on Sunday, March 3, starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Community Room. We will discuss Luke 9: 28-36, 37-43: times of preparation, confirmation, commitment and (again) confirmation. Liminal spaces....
Thrifty Quaker Donations
Thrifty Quaker will donate March sales to the Richmond Peace Education Center. If you have new or gently used items and can take them to the store, please do so. If you cannot get there and wish to bring them to Friends Meeting, we will get them to Thrifty Quaker for...
The Body and the Lyric
Please join us on Sunday morning, February 24th at 9:30 for the next ASE session focused on writing: The Body and the Lyric.How does reading a poem out loud deepen and extend our understanding of it? What happens if we "speak" the poem as if we had "written" it--or as...
Among Friends Newsletter March 2019
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Peace and Social Concerns Fundraiser
The Peace & Social Concerns Committee's Community-Partner Fundraiser Lunch this month will support BOYS TO MEN: mentoring at-risk teenage boys. Please join us for lunch on Feb. 17th after Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
Spiritual State of the Meeting Invitation
Each February, the Ministry and Worship Committee of Richmond Friends Meeting writes a Spiritual State of the Meeting report for the previous calendar year. Most years, we hold a worship sharing session on a Saturday morning to reflect and share our experiences of the...
New Member Welcome
Please join us this Sunday, Feb 3 at rise of meeting for the New Member Welcoming. We will welcome two new members to Richmond Friends Meeting.
Among Friends Second Month 2019
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Richmond Friends Meeting, First Month 20, 2019
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business Richmond Friends Meeting, First Month 20, 2019 Edited Draft Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business (MWB) began in silence at 11:00 am with 46 in...
We Face The Dawn
Join us at 9:30 am on February 10th for a discussion of the book, We Face the Dawn with the author, Margaret Edds.
Institutional Assessment on Systemic Racism within Friends General Conference as Reported October 2018
IASR full reportCC2018
More Information about Proposed Digital Outreach Training
The Ad hoc Communications Committee reported at the May meeting with attention to business with an update on the meeting Facebook page, halfway through the six-month experiment begun in February. The report included an announcement that the committee is considering...
Ad hoc Sanctuary Committee Report
1. Transportation needs have increased significantly. In addition to transporting to Northern VA for ICE court hearings, transportation to Midlothian ICE office is needed biweekly for people recently out of detention who wear ankle bracelets. If anyone is...
Report from the Aging in Community Support Group
Our mission statement is: It is our goal to be a source of practical, emotional, and spiritual support to help each other as we age in community. Membership: Membership is open to retirement age members and attenders of Richmond Friends Meeting and to non-Quaker...
Spring Retreat 2018 Report
Spring retreat this year was full of friends rooting deeply into old traditions and branching into new experiences. We sat on the big front porch and enjoyed each other's stories and laughter. Friday night’s movie "Intelligent Trees" was foundational to Joe Murray's...
Workcamp Committee Helps a Homeowner
The Workcamp committee installed plantings for new homeowner, Sandra, at her home in southside Richmond, on June 2. The mission of this committee is: The Workcamp Committee at Richmond Friends Meeting seeks to act on the Quaker belief that there is that of God in...
Changes to Queries and Voices in the Newsletter
For at least the past eight years, the RFM newsletter editors, Diane Bowden and Don Miller, have used the 2013 draft of Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) Faith and Practice as the source for queries and voices at the top of each newsletter. These queries and voices are...
Information and Guidance for Committee Clerks from Nominating Committee
Old Clerks/New Clerks Meeting February 4, 2018 2018 Nominating Committee Members liaison responsibilities: Chris Olson-Vickers (See RFM Directory for contact information) Buildings & Grounds, Adult Spiritual Education, Clearing Oversight, Child Care...
Minutes for First Month (January) Meeting for Business
Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business First Month 21, 2018 Draft Minutes Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business (WMB) began with silence at 11:00 am with 56 in attendance. Sylvia and Arthur Shurcliff and Cameron and Victoria (did not catch last name)...
The Origins and History of Midlothian Friends Meeting
Midlothian Friends Meeting was established in 1986 as an ‘indulged’ meeting by the Ministry and Worship committee of Richmond Friends Meeting. The article below describes more about the history of Midlothian Friends Meeting. Midlothian Friends Meeting
Slideshow – History of Friends in Richmond, Virginia
At the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of Richmond Friends Meeting meeting at our current location on Kensington Avenue, a slideshow was shown of the history of Friends in Richmond, Virginia. Meeting Historian Betsy Brinson collected the material. Dan Shaw and...
Special Invitation to Children to the Carol Sing
TO ALL OF YOU- Grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, friends, and parents, please bring children of all ages to the Pot Luck Breakfast and Carol Song at the meetinghouse...Sunday, December 3, 9am-10:30am. Let's begin the holiday season with the wonderful energy of...
Newsletter for Tenth Month (October 2017)
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New Opt-out Policy for Photos and Videos on the Website
From the Website Committee: To better promote the life of our meeting on the website, the website committee has established an opt-out policy for photos and videos. Any Friend who does not want pictures or videos of themselves or their children on the meeting...
ASE Schedule Change
The ASE session, How Quakers Talk About God, previously announced for October 22nd is being rescheduled to be a part of the Living the Quaker Life Series beginning in February.
Adult Spiritual Education Programs for the Fall of 2017
The Adult Spiritual Education Committee has planned a series of sessions for the Fall that will allow members of our community to share their spiritual journeys, interests, and gifts. Mark your calendars and plan on attending as many as you can. The sessions will be...
RFM Booth at VA PrideFest 2017
As part of Richmond Friends Meeting’s support and welcome for people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions, the Visibility Coordinators, in collaboration with the Ministry and Worship Committee, have registered for a booth at VA...
Friendly 8s (with something NEW!)
Maybe you’re wondering how to get to know people better at Meeting. The Answer: Join a Friendly 8. Friendly 8s are self-governing groups of eight people (more or less) who come together, typically once a month for a few months, somewhere other than our meetinghouse....
Newsletter for Ninth Month (September) 2017
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