by WebPost | Dec 17, 2014 | Adult Spiritual Education, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Minuted Decisions, Worship
Editor’s Note: The following report was accepted at business meeting on 16 November, 2014. Following 2013 Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) annual session, Richmond Friends Meeting (RFM) learned that the BYM Faith & Practice draft was not approved and the committee...
by WebPost | Dec 17, 2014 | Children and Religious Education, Minuted Decisions
Child Safety Policy—Approved Final Policies Ad hoc committee members: Trustees: Ada Hammer, Gordon Davies, Sanford Hostetter Nursery: Janet Thoroman RE: Catherine Roseberry, Diane Bowden, Barb Adams Advising: Steve Bricker Background The RE committee and Nursery...
by WebPost | Jun 20, 2014 | Children and Religious Education, Minuted Decisions
Child Safety Policy: Criminal Background Checks Adopted by Richmond Friends Meeting on June 15, 2015 The purpose of this policy is to ensure child safety. BYM encouraged such a policy and the insurance company required it. One aspect of a child safety policy is...
by WebPost | Mar 27, 2014 | Minuted Decisions
The following marriage equity minute was approved in Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business on 3/16/2014: In keeping with our Quaker testimonies of integrity and equality, Richmond Friends Meeting offers the same marriage under the care of Meeting to all...
by WebPost | Nov 4, 2011 | Minuted Decisions, Peace and Social Concerns
For a number of years, groups of mostly RFM members and attenders have spent one-week in the spring working at sites affected by natural disasters, including the gulf coast (Hurricane Katrina), Ider, Alabama (tornadoes), and Crisfield, Maryland (Hurricane Sandy). The...
by WebPost | Jun 3, 2011 | Adult Spiritual Education, History - RFM, Minuted Decisions
In her will, Jean Jones Anderson offered a bequest to Meeting, with the stipulation that it be used for adult spiritual education. After much consideration, in November 2011, Meeting approved the following policy governing the use of the bequest. Recommendations from...
