A memorial Meeting for Worship commemorating the life of Bette Gilchrist will be held Friday, June 10, at 7 p.m. at the Meetinghouse. A longtime member of Richmond Friends Meeting, Bette died May 5 due to complications arising from a fall.
Our dear friend Bette Gilchrist died last night at Westminster Canterbury. Bette’s daughter-in-law, Julie, and her grandson, Charlie, were holding her hands when she left us. Bette had fallen earlier in the week and sustained a brain injury. We will miss her sweet...
Please join us for the annual Richmond Friends Meeting Spring Retreat on Memorial Day Weekend, May 27 – 29, 2022! Our theme this year is Enlighten Up! In last month’s announcement, we told you a little about how Barb Adams and Mary Fran Hughes...
Maury River Friends invites you to help us celebrate Homecoming, 2 ½ years since the pandemic.We are still here and growing, at 34 Waterloo Road, Lexington, VA, 24450 July 24, 2022Meet for worship at 10 am, followed by Fellowship at 11...
From Peace and Social Concerns – Organizations to Help UkraineThe War in Ukraine weights heavy on our hearts. There are different ways to attend to the issues and needs.You may also wish to attend an International Meeting for Worship for Ukraine, Monday through...
“Your country? How came it yours? Before the Pilgrims landed we were here. Here we have brought our three gifts and mingled them with yours: a gift of story and song—soft, stirring melody in an ill-harmonized and unmelodious land; the gift of sweat and brawn to beat...
Quaker’s involvement in the Boarding Schools for Indigenous Children was extensive. Now is the time to look at this history honestly, then decide how we can best make reparations for the negative impact we had. In preparation for consideration of the Minute on these...
Scholarship funds are available through the committee for attending The Gathering of Friends General Conference and Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) Annual Session. Families who wish to attend FGC or BYM for the first time have money available through the Mary Hulburt...
A Celebration of Life for Martha Leland Walker Owings (Lee Owings) will be held at Westminster Canterbury Retirement Community on May 6 at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary. Those wishing to attend should inquire about parking with the guard at the front gate. Lee Owings was...
In December 2021 Business Meeting, we decided to look to the Virginia Department of Health framework when considering our own COVID precautions. In recent weeks, VDH has changed the way they talk about COVID risk and precautions in ways that my allow loosening...