The second round of project applications is open. There is $5295.00 remaining to be allocated. The submission deadline is June 21, 2021. The completion deadline will be October 31, 2022. To review the application please go to...
News and Activities
UPDATE from RE ( children’s religious education program)
Since the meetinghouse closed down due to the pandemic, we've been offering virtual classes for our children over Zoom. Kelly Kennedy has led sing-alongs for all ages every second Sunday. Every fourth Sunday of the month, religious...
Correction: Date for Senior Recognition
ALERT!! In the current newsletter RE said that our Graduating Senior Recognition will be June 27 at rise of Meeting at the Clearing. We have changed to Sunday, May 23 at the rise of meeting. During meeting on May 23 the children will participate in a scavenger hunt....
Help Open BYM Camps
Sign up for a work day! Invite friends and family!Let’s be clear. It is OUR job to do the physical work to open camp. Tasks are available for all abilities and skill levels. Sign up and invite others! Announcements will go out in newsletters, but personal invitations...
Request From Religious Education Committee
When we return to the building, some RE classes will be making collages. The teachers are asking all of you tokeep magazines with pictures of people, nature, multi-cultural images, food, etc. Please put the magazines asidenow and we'll pick them up later or you'll be...
Quaker House Update
Quaker House UpdateQuaker House (https://quakerhouse.org/) is in a time of a strategic planning. We hope to continue to nurture current programs and grow into new opportunities for programs that serve the organization's missionPossibilities include: working with...
New Policy for using the Meetinghouse
At Fourth Month business meeting, the ad hoc COVID-19 Committee brought a new policy for use of the meetinghouse which was accepted.Consistent with the latest CDC guidelines: Rooms in the Meetinghouse will be open for meeting-related gatherings of small groups (25...
2021 (Mostly) Virtual Spring Retreat for Memorial Day Weekend
Richmond Friends Meeting’s Spring Retreat Committee is pleased to announce we will be having an intergenerational retreat over Memorial Day weekend! Most of the retreat will be held virtually via Zoom, but we will have an in-person, safely distanced component as...
BYM Camp Work Days
Please Help Us Open Camp Sign up for a workday! Invite friends and family! Let’s be clear. It is OUR job to do the physical work to open our BYM camps. Work is available for all abilities and skill levels. Sign up and invite others! Announcements will go out in...
Donna Knicely Bequest Mini-Grants; Round 2
Donna Knicely Bequest Mini-GrantsRound 2 New application submissions are from March 21- June 21, 2021 Requests should be guided by the Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality and stewardship of the environment. Funds may be requested...