This Thanksgiving, consider joining Native peoples in gratitude by remembering the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address. At Patapsco Friends Meeting, the address was read together one year – each person read a section of this powerful offering of thanks to the natural...
Come join Friends this winter for an inclusive, joyful, enlivening Online Gathering! The theme is A Spring Whose Waters Never Fail. When we feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and break every yoke of oppression, then our faith will become like a well watered garden –...
On October 27th, many children came to Meeting dressed in their costumes and what fun it was for everyone! The children collected $227.75 for UNICEF. On December 1st, the children are invited to participate in a Celebration of Bodhi Day, the Buddhist Day of...
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RFM’s Fall Workday, led by the Buildings and Grounds Committee, was a tremendous success! We accomplished everything on our long to-do list—both inside and outside the building. From removing overgrown bushes and trees (see the picture of our brush pile below), to...
Help World Central Kitchen by adding to your art collection. Attend Peace & Social Concerns Silent Auction and Luncheon Sunday, November 10th at rise of Meeting. Items made by or from the homes of Friends will be available for purchase. Quake & Bake Friends...
On October 27, children are invited to come to Meeting in Halloween costumes and will be collecting cash & coins to support UNICEF at the rise of meeting. If you are able, please bring cash and coins to donate… the more coins the merrier! November 3 – We welcome...
The Adult Spiritual Education Committee will host a one-hour Reading Between the Lines (formerly known as Bible Workbench) on First Day, Nov. 3, from 9-10 am on Zoom. We’ll discuss Mark 12: 38-44: the distance between taking an action—to “come near”—and being told you...
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...
Thank you to all the weeders who did an outstanding job getting rid of a plethora of weeds in the Meetinghouse gardens during July and August. Our Meeting grounds look so much better—and our neighbors are happy about it too!!!