The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, the Poverty Law Center, and the Community Foundation are cosponsoring a book talk with Matthew Desmond, author of Poverty by America. The event will be at the Richmond Public Library on Franklin St at 7pm on May 4.You...
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Prayer Group for Healing at RFM
There is a Prayer for Healing Group at RFM, and its purpose is to support our community with intentional prayers, especially in times of need and loss. We are about fifteen members sending out prayers every two weeks to those who have requested them. The prayer group...
New Friendly Eight: Tai Chi
Roni Kingsley will offer Sun Style Tai Chi for Beginners starting May 22nd at the Meeting House. This is a set of movements put together that are safe and modifiable for people with arthritis. Therefore, Dr Paul Lam, who designed these movements, gave it the name Tai...
A Quaker Wedding at The Clearing: All are invited!
Cameron Wooddy and Maddie Dalzell would like to extend their warmest wishes for your attendance at their marriage under the care of Richmond Friends Meeting on Saturday, May 20th, 2023 at 4:30pm at The Clearing. The ceremony will be followed by a potluck dinner,...
Scholarships for Quaker gatherings
Adult Spiritual Education (ASE) has funds available to those attending Quaker gatherings. If you plan to attend Friends General Conference (FGC) Gathering and/or Baltimore Yearly Meeting Annual Session and you require financial aid, contact a member of ASE (Beth...
Spring Retreat 2023 Invitation to Register
Friends are invited to register for the 2023 Spring Retreat at The Clearing: Rooted in Community. This year we celebrate 40 years of stewardship of the retreat property in Amelia County. Join us over Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-28, for...
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Upcoming Education Programs at Pendle Hill
April First Monday Lecture: The River of Life: We Are What Have Been Becoming - Online: Apr 3 Loving, Listening, Learning, Discerning: A Couple Enrichment Retreat - On Campus: Apr 14-16 Café Darkness: An In-Person Writing Workshop for People of Color - On Campus: Apr...
Thinking About Race – (April 2023) – Claudia Rankine’s Citizen
Although this item is dated April, it is going out in March, Women’s History Month, and thus features a piece by a woman writer, Claudia Rankine: Citizen -- An American Lyric, 2014.“A woman you do not know wants to join you for lunch. You are visiting her campus. In...
What is the Fund for Sufferings?
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...