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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

Dine, Chat, and Rescue the Fan Free Clinic (now Health Brigade)

Next first day, June 8th, Peace & Social Concerns is hosting a fundraising luncheon at rise of meeting. Have lunch, have fund, and help out the Health Brigade (formerly Fan Free Clinic) which just had its budget slashed by 1/3 due to cuts at HHS and the state....

Financial Stewardship Threshing Sessions

The Financial Stewardship Committee invites all members and attenders to attend one of the upcoming Threshing Sessions to voice your opinions on how best to disburse and/or invest the remaining Contingency Fund surplus of $25,600 and $20,000, respectively. There will...

Add your Pronouns to your Nametag

If you would like your pronouns listed on your nametag, pronoun stickers are now available on the table in the entry.Also, here are a few helpful links for understanding the use of pronouns:  From Friends General Conference-...

RE Announcements for May/June

Willow Working Group During the May Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business, the Religious Education committee presented an idea that came forth from one of our children, Margaret Garrett, about a new working group. The Willow Working Group was enthusiastically...

Immigration Justice–Resources from the VICPP Working Group

To assist with immigration guidance and updates, here are two resources. There are more, but these two are referenced by other sites on immigration justice, and provide help on this non-static concern. These sites are the National Immigration Law Center...

Special Dates for Meeting for Worship at The Clearing in May & June

For the months of May and June, we will have meeting for worship at The Clearing on the second Sunday of the month. These dates are May 11 and June 8. On July 6, the regular worship schedule of first Sundays will resume through October.

Judge Blocks ICE Enforcement In Houses of Worship

February 24, 2025 Judge Theodore Chuang has blocked the Department of Homeland Security from conducting enforcement actions (raids, arrests) "in or near any place of worship" associated with our lawsuit. This is a temporary block and is specific to the places of...

Friends General Conference Joins over Two Dozen Religious Groups in New Immigration Lawsuit

by Sharlee DiMenichi, Friends Journal Opposing immigration enforcement in houses of worship, Friends General Conference (FGC) joined an interfaith lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and two of its enforcement agencies, the Customs and...

Ad Hoc Committee on Race & Racism Final Report

Summary of Recommended Actions for Richmond Friends Meeting 2025 and 2026 Form a three-person Race and Racial Justice Team, whose members will serve two-year terms, under the care of the Clerk of Meeting. Reparations to Indigenous peoples – Form a short-term ad hoc...

Richmond Friends Meeting Joins Democracy Forward Lawsuit Against Department of Homeland Security

Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting and two BYM monthly meetings- Adelphi and Richmond - filed a lawsuit on January 27, 2025 against the Department of Homeland Security. The lawsuit challenges the Department’s rescission...

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...