Jean Jones Andersen’s passion for spiritual education led her to leave our community funds to support adults in taking classes, retreats, workshops, etc. to further their spiritual education. If you have an idea, vision, or leading towards some kind of spiritual growth opportunity—spiritual formation retreat, classes, etc.–and you need funds to make it happen, the members of the Adult Spiritual Education Committee—clerk Howard Garner, Mary Fran Hughes-McIntyre, Betsy Brinson, Monica Shaw, and Leslie Shiel–invite you to submit your request–a letter to our committee–explaining the project and asking for what you need.

You may leave your letter in the ASE mailbox at meeting house, mail it to Richmond Friends Meeting, 4500 Kensington Avenue, VA 23221-2301 (c/o Adult Spiritual Education Committee), or email one of the committee members.

Guidelines and Application Process for

Adult Spiritual Education Scholarships

From the Jean Jones Andersen Bequest

2015

Richmond Friends Meeting

1. Scholarships of up to $400 are available to Members and active Attenders of Richmond Friends Meeting who wish to participate in adult spiritual education activities, especially those sponsored by the wider Religious Society of Friends.
2. The scholarships are not intended to cover the full cost of these activities but to supplement personal resources and other scholarships that may be available through the sponsoring organizations.
3. In order to be considered, Members and Attenders need to have been actively involved in the life of Richmond Friends Meeting during the preceding year.
4. An individual may receive only one scholarship in a twelve-month period.
5. Scholarship recipients are asked to write a one-page note documenting the experience for Meeting’s archives.
6. In order to apply, an individual should write a letter to the Adult Spiritual Education Committee that includes the following:

• The activity and the sponsoring organization.
• The possible significance of this activity for the individual’s spiritual journey.
• How this experience might be shared with the broader Richmond Friends community when the individual returns from the activity.
• The amount of money being requested (up to $400).
• Other scholarship sources one might pursue.

Application letters should be submitted to the Adult Spiritual Education Committee three months prior to the activity is scheduled to begin.