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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

Discuss Quaker Questions at Potluck

Quaker Questions is an opportunity to gather in a small group to consider questions about Quakerism. Past sessions have included: How to Celebrate the Winter Holidays and When Do You Speak in Meeting for Worship? On May 26, we’d like to gather at a “Newcomers Table”...

Thinking About Race (May 2024) – “We all need one another.”

Isabel Wilkerson discussed her book Caste in an interview with Krista Tippett in March 2023. “Our caste system is hurting all of us, the dominating caste and the subordinated castes. We changed the laws but we didn’t change ourselves. We in the U.S. are not...

RFM Spring Retreat 2024 at The Clearing

Spring Retreat Committee invites Friends of all ages to join us for Richmond Friends Meeting’s Annual Spring Retreat, May 24-26 at The Clearing. Friends are welcome to come for all or part of the weekend. Camping and rustic accommodations are available. Meals will be...

Scholarships to FGC’s The Gathering

ASE scholarships to The Gathering (June 30 - July 6 at Haverford College) are available to ALL. Early Registration closes on April 23rd and General Registration opens on May 1st. This nationwide annual conference of Friends is taking place this year close to Richmond!...

“Progress and Pushback: The Challenges of Changing a Race-Based Society”

Please mark your calendar for the first of three educational programs to be sponsored by the ad hoc Committee on Race and Racism as we move forward on developing an action/implementation plan for Richmond Friends Meeting. Ana Edwards, a public historian and faculty...

Quakerism 101

Quakerism 101, a four-session introduction to Quakerism, its history, writings, values, and beliefs held its first session on Sunday, April 28, at 9:30 am with more than 30 friends attending. This session addressed “The Light Within: What Quakers Believe" with a panel...

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...

AFSC Offers Meeting for Worship with Attention to Peace in Palestine-Israel

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) offers an online meeting for worship withattention to peace in Palestine-Israel every Thursday at 5:30 pm ET. To receive a Zoom link, signup here:...

Hearing Assistance during Worship

Ministry & Worship Committee wants to let you know that if you have trouble hearing messages during Meeting for Worship, you are welcome to pick up a hearing assistance device at the front door. They are easy to use. The Greeter can help you put it on.

Assistance with Transportation to Meeting For Worship

DO YOU NEED HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION TO MEETING FOR WORSHIP? Care & Counsel is offering a trial program to reimburse you for the cost of one Uber or Lyft ride to or from Meeting for Worship once a month. You simply forward the receipt from your Uber/Lyft ride to...

Scholarships for BYM Annual Session

Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) Annuals Session is fast approaching. Adult Spiritual Education (ASE) has scholarships, up to $500. If receiving this scholarship facilitates your attendance, please apply by sending a written request with your name, the name of the...

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...

Quaker Social Justice Organizations

There is so much happening in the realm of social justice, environment, and world emergencies.How to keep informed and act according to our Quaker values? The following organizations can help you take timely steps to address various issues. Subscribe to get their...