Friends are invited to register for the 2023 Spring Retreat at The Clearing: Rooted in Community. This year we celebrate 40 years of stewardship of the retreat property in Amelia County. Join us over Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-28, for...
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Upcoming Education Programs at Pendle Hill
April First Monday Lecture: The River of Life: We Are What Have Been Becoming - Online: Apr 3 Loving, Listening, Learning, Discerning: A Couple Enrichment Retreat - On Campus: Apr 14-16 Café Darkness: An In-Person Writing Workshop for People of Color - On Campus: Apr...
Thinking About Race – (April 2023) – Claudia Rankine’s Citizen
Although this item is dated April, it is going out in March, Women’s History Month, and thus features a piece by a woman writer, Claudia Rankine: Citizen -- An American Lyric, 2014.“A woman you do not know wants to join you for lunch. You are visiting her campus. In...
What is the Fund for Sufferings?
Born of long-term Quaker tradition and originally established to help those suffering economic hardship due to acts of conscience, the Fund for Sufferings was reinstated at Richmond Friends Meeting in 2009 to be used for short-term help for members and attenders in...
Report from the Library Committee
In order for Friends to have an idea of the new books the Library Committee is adding to our library, from time to time we will publish a few of the titles in our monthly newsletter.We now have Margaret Edds' most recently published What the Eyes Can't See.This book...
Meeting for Worship at The Clearing
Worship at The Clearing is held outdoors the first Sunday of the month (11:00) in the spring, summer, and fall (March through November). Bring a lawn chair and dress for the weather. We will be down near the Pavilion, under the trees. Bring a bag lunch to eat with...
Gathering of Friends
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon July 2-8, 2023 What is the Gathering of Friends? Around 1000 Quakers on a college campus! A week of deepening relationships. A week of renewed spirituality. A week of play. A week of...
Masks Optional is Back!
Since the transmission level for Richmond and the surrounding area is now at low levels, per CDC guidelines, mask wearing is now optional. We will still crack the windows to allow for proper ventilation and the air purifiers will be running.
RFM Directory Update
In the first week of March, I will send an updated, 2023 RFM Directory to the printer. A copy of the current, electronic version will be attached to a Newslist message so you can check your information. If your information needs to be revised, or if you aren't...