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 Meeting
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 formation in...
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...
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...
