by WebPost | May 18, 2024 | Activity, Adult Spiritual Education, Announcement, History - Quaker, History - RFM
Adult Spiritual Education invites all members and attenders, those new to Quakerism as well as seasoned Friends, to learn more about our history. Mark your calendars and plan on joining us on Saturday, June 22 at 9:30. Our topic will be Quaker History: Evolution and...
by WebPost | Sep 15, 2019 | History - Quaker, History - RFM
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...
by WebPost | Dec 2, 2017 | Announcement, History - RFM
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...
by WebPost | Dec 2, 2017 | Announcement, History - RFM
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...
by WebPost | Sep 26, 2015 | History - Quaker, History - RFM
Few people alive today know that the Powhatan hamlet of Fine Creek was a center of Quaker life in what was once part of Goochland County; then a part of Cumberland County with its formation in 1749; and finally a part of Powhatan County with that county’s...
by WebPost | Apr 24, 2015 | History - Quaker, History - RFM, Peace and Social Concerns
There have been several celebrations and ceremonies marking the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and the freeing of slaves in the south. These events note an important milestone as a step toward greater racial equality, and Virginia Friends were allies in...
