There are 15 groups (so far) that will be offered for 2024-2025 (with conveners). Please sign up for your choice(s) pronto! New groups: Friendly Singers (Danni Kong and Diane Bowden) Personal Finance Advice Conversation (Seth Jason Leslie) Hiking (Mary Beth Martin) ...
News and Activities
RE Dates for September, 2024
We on the Religious Education Committee are grateful to each of the RFM committees that have led our children in engaging lessons all summer. Our fantastic teachers, assistants, and support volunteers are excited about all we have planned for the upcoming school...
Reading Between the Lines for Sept. 1, 2024
The Adult Spiritual Education Committee will host a one-hour Reading Between the Lines(formerly known as Bible Workshop) on First Day, Sept. 1, from 9-10 am, through Zoom. Wewill discuss Mark 7:18, 14-15, 21-23: the danger of “teaching human precepts as doctrine.”...
Spiritual Journey Program Opening Session, October 6
Mary Fran Hughes-McIntyre invited F/friends to participate in the 2024-25 Spiritual Journey program, which will begin with a large-group opening session and potluck at 6:30 pm on October 6 at the meetinghouse. Small groups will meet throughout the year until May. For...
No August Meeting for Business
There is no Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business on August 18, 2024. It is our practice to not hold Eighth Month Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business as there is generally not much business. .
Quakerism 101: “Getting It Done,” September 22
Join us on Sunday, September 22, in person from 9:15-10:30 am in the Community room. In this session we'll be exploring Quaker Process. Friends make decisions about how to tend to Spirit, how to care for each other, how to nourish ourselves and our families, how to...
New Member Welcome, September 8
Richmond Friends Meeting is growing. On September 8, at rise of meeting, we are having a welcome reception for nine new members and three babies. Our new members are: Anna-Marie Bolin, Mary Burrus, Maxwell Cloe, Shannon Garrett, Kendra Harvey, Lori Kvam, Paul Kvam,...
The History of Richmond Friends Meeting Concerning Race and Racism, the 17th to 21st Centuries, August 24
The Ad Hoc Committee on Race and Racism has been researching the history of our meeting through a racial lens. We will present our findings on Saturday, August 24, in the community room at the Meetinghouse. Coffee beginning at 9:30; program from 10:00 to 11:30. This...
Fall Retreat at The Clearing, October 5
Please join the ad hoc Committee on Race and Racism, the Committee on Ministry and Worship, and the Adult Spiritual Education Committee for this year’s fall retreat. Michelle Cassandra Johnson – author, social worker, yoga teacher, and Dismantling Racism trainer –...
Reading Between the Lines (Bible Workbench) on August 4
The Adult Spiritual Education committee will host a one-hour Reading Between the Lines (Bible Workbench) from 9-10 am on First Day, August 4, through Zoom. We will discuss John 6:24-25. People, after the feeding of the 5000, look for Jesus and when they find him, ask,...