Quaker Questions is an opportunity to gather in a small group to consider questions about Quakerism. Past sessions have included: How to Celebrate the Winter Holidays and When Do You Speak in Meeting for Worship? On May 26, we’d like to gather at a “Newcomers Table”...
Isabel Wilkerson discussed her book Caste in an interview with Krista Tippett in March 2023. “Our caste system is hurting all of us, the dominating caste and the subordinated castes. We changed the laws but we didn’t change ourselves. We in the U.S. are not...
Spring Retreat Committee invites Friends of all ages to join us for Richmond Friends Meeting’s Annual Spring Retreat, May 24-26 at The Clearing. Friends are welcome to come for all or part of the weekend. Camping and rustic accommodations are available. Meals will be...
The Clearing Building & Grounds Committee invites Richmond Friends to join us for a work day on Saturday, May 4, 9 am - 3 pm (rain date Sunday May 5) preparing the Clearing for the 2024 season and our annual RFM Spring Retreat (which will be entirely in person at...
ASE scholarships to The Gathering (June 30 - July 6 at Haverford College) are available to ALL. Early Registration closes on April 23rd and General Registration opens on May 1st. This nationwide annual conference of Friends is taking place this year close to Richmond!...
The Adult Spiritual Education committee will host a one-hour Reading Between the Lines on First Day—Sunday, May 5—from 9-10 am through Zoom. We will discuss John 15: 9-17: joy that becomes “complete”; learning a new way of loving; the difference between “servants” and...
Please mark your calendar for the first of three educational programs to be sponsored by the ad hoc Committee on Race and Racism as we move forward on developing an action/implementation plan for Richmond Friends Meeting. Ana Edwards, a public historian and faculty...
Quakerism 101, a four-session introduction to Quakerism, its history, writings, values, and beliefs held its first session on Sunday, April 28, at 9:30 am with more than 30 friends attending. This session addressed “The Light Within: What Quakers Believe" with a panel...
By Margaret Edds Bette Diebold Gilchrist, a plain-spoken Midwesterner by birth, an intellectually curious biologist by profession, and a lifelong seeker after truth, died on May 5, 2022, in Richmond, Virginia. A member of the Richmond Friends Meeting since January 20,...
(Final version, revised 28 January 2024) As Friends, our belief that there is “that of God” in everyone grounds our practice of upholding the worth of each human being. Each person is guided by an Inward Teacher toward truth; each has the capacity to experience and be...