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Meeting For Worship

Community

Quakerism is an experiential faith. We come together to learn how to put into daily practice our tenets of:

    • simplicity & stewardship
    • peacefulness
    • integrity
    • community
    • equality

Each person’s path may be different but the shared journey deepens and enriches our lives. We welcome everyone to our fellowship.

We provide opportunities for both children and adults for religious education and spiritual growth including:

    • Sunday classes and forums
    • Bible Study
    • in-depth exploration of spiritual paths

We also offer service activities, a meditative retreat center in Amelia County, shared meals, and opportunities for friendship and community building.

Social Action

Quakers have been on the leading edge of peacemaking and human rights issues for hundreds of years. Our roots in prison reform, anti-slavery, women’s suffrage, and peacemaking undergird today’s missions, among them:

    • reforming criminal justice
    • finding alternatives to violence
    • caring for the earth
    • working toward equity in our own neighborhood and around the world

We seek not only to understand the issues but also to take considered, concrete action to bring about change.

Some of our organizations putting Quaker Values to work:

Recent News and Announcements

Ramallah Friends School – P&SC Fundraiser on January 12

For more than 150 years, Ramallah Friends School (RFS) has stood as a testament to the power of education and the unwavering pursuit of peace.  This beacon of hope in the heart of Palestine has nurtured generations of students, providing them with a rigorous academic...

Reading Between the Lines on break in January, 2025

Reading Between the Lines will not be meeting in January. We'll resume our discussions on the first First Day in February.

Last program of Quakerism 101: Quakers in the Wider World

On Sunday, January 26, at 9:30 am in the Community Room, ASE offers the final program in this round of Quakerism 101: Quakers in the Wider World. Members and attenders of Richmond Friends Meeting not only provide ministry, pastoral care, education, and service for our...

BYM Camping Presentation, January 5

On January 5th, camp-aged young friends (ages 9-17) will attend a presentation on the BYM Camping Program (bymcamps.org) facilitated by Anna Best in an upstairs classroom at 11:15 am.  This is a great opportunity to learn about the camping program and to hear about...

RE December Announcements

December 22nd: At the start of Meeting for Worship, Pearl Ball will lead all children in a story sharing experience in the center of the Meeting room. They will sing songs and invite the entire Meeting to join them. Following this special event, children will continue...

Old Clerks/New Clerks Gathering, February 9

Save the date! For both outgoing and incoming committee clerks, please join Nominating Committee for the annual clerking overview with coffee, tea, and bagels at 9 am, February 9, in the Community room. The meeting starts at 9:15 am. Subjects covered include: Who is...

Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship

Worship on Christmas Eve will be as the twilight fades and we are surrounded by candlelight, 5 - 6 pm. Worship is preceded by singing carols from 4:30 to 5 pm. This will be a blended meeting. If you are joining by Zoom, please sit in candlelight.

FGC Online Gathering, February 1-9, 2025

Come join Friends this winter for an inclusive, joyful, enlivening Online Gathering! The theme is A Spring Whose Waters Never Fail. When we feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and break every yoke of oppression, then our faith will become like a well watered garden –...

Minute Against Violence in the Region of Gaza, Israel, and the West Bank

We, the members of the Richmond (VA) Friends Meeting are heartbroken and stricken with horror and grief at the recent renewed eruption of violence in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank.  We call for an immediate ceasefire by both Israel and Hamas, the prompt release...

RFM Minute on Race and Racism

(Final version, revised 28 January 2024) As Friends, our belief that there is “that of God” in everyone grounds our practice of upholding the worth of each human being. Each person is guided by an Inward Teacher toward truth; each has the capacity to experience and be...

Prayer Group for Healing at RFM

There is a Prayer for Healing Group at RFM, and its purpose is to support our community with intentional prayers, especially in times of need and loss. We are about fifteen members sending out prayers every two weeks to those who have requested them. The prayer group...