by WebPost | Apr 21, 2022 | Announcement, Peace and Social Concerns
“Your country? How came it yours? Before the Pilgrims landed we were here. Here we have brought our three gifts and mingled them with yours: a gift of story and song—soft, stirring melody in an ill-harmonized and unmelodious land; the gift of sweat and brawn to beat...
by WebPost | Apr 21, 2022 | Announcement
Quaker’s involvement in the Boarding Schools for Indigenous Children was extensive. Now is the time to look at this history honestly, then decide how we can best make reparations for the negative impact we had. In preparation for consideration of the Minute on these...
by WebPost | Apr 21, 2022 | Adult Spiritual Education, Announcement
Scholarship funds are available through the committee for attending The Gathering of Friends General Conference and Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) Annual Session. Families who wish to attend FGC or BYM for the first time have money available through the Mary Hulburt...
by WebPost | Apr 15, 2022 | Announcement, Care and Counsel
A Celebration of Life for Martha Leland Walker Owings (Lee Owings) will be held at Westminster Canterbury Retirement Community on May 6 at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary. Those wishing to attend should inquire about parking with the guard at the front gate. Lee Owings was...
by WebPost | Apr 13, 2022 | Announcement, Ministry and Worship
In December 2021 Business Meeting, we decided to look to the Virginia Department of Health framework when considering our own COVID precautions. In recent weeks, VDH has changed the way they talk about COVID risk and precautions in ways that my allow loosening...
by WebPost | Apr 12, 2022 | Announcement, Care and Counsel
With sadness, we record the death of Martha Leland Walker Owings on Friday, April 8, at Westminster Canterbury in Richmond. Lee Owings was raised in the Quaker faith and attended Richmond Friends Meeting after she and her husband relocated to the area a dozen or so...
