{"id":19549,"date":"2020-04-22T12:06:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T12:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testsite.richmondfriendsmeeting.org\/?page_id=19549"},"modified":"2026-04-04T16:50:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:50:45","slug":"virtual-meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/richmondfriendsmeeting.org\/dev\/virtual-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Blended Meeting for Worship Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section preset--module--divi-section--default\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/richmondfriendsmeeting.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/rfmzoom1a.png\" title=\"rfmzoom1a\" width=\"1410\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richmondfriendsmeeting.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/rfmzoom1a.png 1410w, https:\/\/richmondfriendsmeeting.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/rfmzoom1a-1280x720.png 1280w, https:\/\/richmondfriendsmeeting.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/rfmzoom1a-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/richmondfriendsmeeting.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/rfmzoom1a-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1410px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-21098\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Blended Meeting for Worship<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_1 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">We welcome everyone to join us for worship<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>To provide maximum accessibility, the 11 a.m. service is \u201cblended\u201d in that attendance can be either in-person or virtual. Special meeting activities such as weddings and memorial services may also be available in the blended format or exclusively as virtual events (such as Adult Spiritual Education).<\/p>\n<p>Our weekly Worship schedule is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Early Worship on Sundays, weekly at 9:30 a.m.: in-person<\/li>\n<li>Worship each Sunday at 11 a.m.: in-person and virtual (Blended Meeting).<\/li>\n<li>Worship sharing each Wednesday at 7 p.m.: virtual only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Special meeting activities such as weddings and memorial services may also be available in the blended format or exclusively as virtual events (such as Adult Spiritual Education).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\" href=\"https:\/\/testsite.richmondfriends.org\/request-virtual-meeting-link\/\">Request Access to Online Meetings<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_2 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">What to expect during Meeting for Worship<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>We sit in silence, awaiting an ever deepening awareness of the spirit.\u00a0 As the silence grows, our shared focus on the Light within nurtures gathered souls.\u00a0 Then, at times, may come thoughts and feelings so strong and clear that we are stirred into becoming aware that the inspired message is to be spoken aloud. If you have a message that you would like to share with everyone, we ask that you stand and speak . For on-line participants, click on the microphone icon in order to unmute your microphone and speak your message simply and briefly and then please click the microphone icon again in order to re-mute it. Silence is allowed to expand after a message to foster full appreciation.\u00a0 We speak not to one another\u2019s messages, but from individual leadings, yet themes often emerge.\u00a0 We value silent meetings as fully as those receiving vocal ministry. The sense of a gathered, satisfying meeting rests on the chosen spiritual joining of persons seeking the light within.<\/p>\n<p>At each meeting for worship, there will be a member of Ministry and Worship and a technical host. There Ministry and Worship member will provide a few brief remarks about the process when the meeting starts and will close the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact us using the link above and we will send you the on-line access information.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_accordion_0 et_pb_accordion et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-accordion--default\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_accordion_1 et_pb_accordion et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-accordion--default\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_accordion_item_0 et_pb_accordion_item et_pb_toggle et_pb_module et_pb_toggle_open et_flex_module preset--module--divi-accordion-item--default\"><h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Guidelines for Online Worship (using Zoom)<\/h5><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content et_flex_module\"><p><strong>Instructions for online meeting:<\/strong><br \/>1. You will receive an invitation e-mail (from the RFM Newslist) to join a Zoom-based virtual meeting for worship First Days, at 11 a.m. That e-mail will contain a link. If you are already a Zoom user, then simply click on the link on First Day at 11 a.m. If you are new to Zoom, please<br \/>click on the link BEFORE the First Day meeting for worship, and this will lead you to some steps to install Zoom on your computer so that you will be ready to click on the link again on First Day, Sunday, at 11 a.m.<br \/>2. If you click on the link on First Day before 11 a.m., you see a message, \u201cPlease wait for host\u201d -- that means you are connected to the meeting, but it is not yet open. The meeting will open at 11 a.m.<br \/>3. At the beginning of the virtual meeting for worship, all microphones will be muted by our Zoom host. Check the microphone icon on the bottom left of your Zoom window. It will have a red line through it and should say muted. If you have a message that you would like to share with everyone, click on the microphone icon in order to unmute your microphone. After you have spoken, please click the microphone icon again in order to re-mute it.<br \/>4. If you wish, you may click the video camera off so that you can hear but not be seen.<br \/>5. At each meeting for worship, there will be a member of Ministry and Worship and a Zoom host. There will be a few brief remarks from Ministry and Worship about the process once the meeting starts. Meeting for worship will be closed by Ministry and Worship .<br \/>6. The Zoom host will close the Zoom meeting when we have finished. If you leave before the meeting has finished, please click on the words \u201cleave meeting\u201d in the bottom right-hand corner of the Zoom window.<br \/>7. Inevitably, there will be some glitches when we try to do initial virtual meetings for worship. 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