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 –...
News and Activities
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,...
Thinking About Race (Summer 2024) – Begin to Make Reparations
“… Quakers could begin to make reparations by funding Indigenous language schools. [As suggested by a member of Twin Cities Meeting] “An important step Friends can take, both individually and collectively to address the deep harms caused by boarding schools is to...
Reading Between the Lines, July 7
The Adult Spiritual Education committee will host a one-hour Reading Between the Lines, through Zoom, starting at 9 a.m. on First Day, July 7. We will discuss Mark 6:1-13: how one is received/perceived in one’s “hometown” (as different from how one is able to act and...
Playground Closed
The RFM playground is closed effectively immediately and until further notice. Our sump pump, which is located underneath the playground, has stopped working and needs repair. Currently there is a big hole and 2 piles of gravel on the playground, which isn’t safe for...
Peace & Social Concerns Art Sale, November 10
After a successful art sale last year, the Peace and Social Concerns Committee will hold another art sale on November 10th at the rise of Meeting in the fellowship room. We are collecting art donations until November 1st. The art created by Richmond Friends sold the...
Minute Against Violence in the Region of Gaza, Israel, and the West Bank
We, the members of the Richmond (VA) Friends Meeting are heartbroken and stricken with horror and grief at the recent renewed eruption of violence in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank. We call for an immediate ceasefire by both Israel and Hamas, the prompt release...
Thinking about Race (June 2024)–Learning for Justice
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Learning for Justice program recently released a new publication to help teach high school-age students about Black Americans’ struggle for equality and civil rights. The Teaching the Civil Rights Movement framework offers five...
Reading Between the Lines
Reading Between the Lines will not meet in June. We'll resume on July 7.
PSC Fundraiser Lunch, June 9
The Peace and Social Concerns (PSC) Committee will host an info/fundraiser/lunch on June 9th, at rise of meeting, for Coming Together Virginia (comingtogetherva.org) A group that brings together people of different races and background totally and, in so doing,...