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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

We welcome all to worship with us

Damos la bienvenida a todos para adorar con nosotros en la Reunión de Amigos (Los Cuáqueros) de Richmond. You are welcome here.

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.

Reading Between the Lines, May 4

The Adult Spiritual Education Committee will host a one-hour Reading Between the Lines (formerly known as Bible Workbench) on May 4, 2025, from 9-10 am through Zoom. We will discuss John 19: 1-14: moorings during mourning; eventual recognitions of new forms; casting...

Announcements from RE

Welcome, new families! Please complete a registration for each child if you have not already done so. This allows us to keep your child safe here at Meeting and send monthly updates about what’s happening in our Religious Education program. Forms can be found on the...

Kids Need Camp!

The Spark newsletter to the BYM Camp families contains the following: A Letter to CampersThe directors of our camps have a letter written directly to your children.  Here’s what they want to make all campers hear from them before camp starts: To all our fabulous...

Work Day at the Kensington Meetinghouse, Saturday, May 3

Join f/Friends to spruce up the meetinghouse on Saturday, May 3, 9-12. There's a task for every age and ability! Contact Ada Hammer with any questions.

Work Day at The Clearing, Saturday, May 10

The Clearing Building & Grounds Committee invites Richmond Meeting members and attenders to join us at The Clearing to prepare for the 2023 season and for our annual RFM Spring Retreat (which will be at The Clearing).  This is a great opportunity to...

Register for Spring Retreat at The Clearing

Friends of all ages are invited to our Spring Retreat on May 23 – 25 at The Clearing.  Friends are welcome to come for all or part of the weekend. Camping and rustic accommodations are available. Meals are provided that accommodate a variety of dietary needs and...

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...