by WebPost | Mar 25, 2023 | Announcement, 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 16-20
- The Truth Is, We’re in Conflict!: Exploring Our Relationship to Conflict Alongside the Testimony of Integrity - On Campus: Apr 16 (Registration coming soon!)
- Pendle Hill Quaker Institute: Beloved Community as Prophetic Witness - On Campus: Apr 28-May 1
- Pendle Hill Nature Walk - On Campus: May 7
- The Work that Reconnects - On Campus: May 12-14
- Pendle Hill's Reading Group - Online: May 17
- Continuing Revolution: Nurturing Experiments in Spiritually Grounded Abolition - Hybrid: June 2-6
- Kairos: A Spiritual Journey - On Campus: Jun 15-18
- Mediating Trauma Through Creative Expression - On Campus: Jun 23-25 Aiming for Freedom: Race, Reparations, and Right Paths - On Campus: Aug 7-11
by WebPost | Mar 25, 2023 | Announcement, Baltimore Yearly Meeting
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 the café you both order the Caesar salad. This overlap is not the beginning of anything because she immediately points out that she, her father, her grandfather, and you, all attended the same college. She wanted her son to go there as well, but because of affirmative action or minority something – she is not sure what they are calling it these days and weren’t they supposed to get rid of it? – her son wasn’t accepted. You are not sure if you are meant to apologize for this failure of your alma mater’s legacy program; instead you ask where he ended up. The prestigious school she mentions doesn’t seem to assuage her irritation. This exchange, in effect, ends your lunch. The salads arrive.”
“Thinking About Race” is prepared by the BYM Working Group on Racism (WGR) and sent to the designated liaison at each local Meeting. The BYM WGR meets most months on the first Saturday, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, currently via Zoom. If you would like to attend, contact the clerk at david.etheridge@verizon.net.
by WebPost | Mar 23, 2023 | Announcement
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 financial need. A major distinction between this fund and the Meeting's annual operating budget for Care and Counsel is that Friends may contribute directly to the Fund for Sufferings by sending a check earmarked for that purpose to the RFM Assistant Treasurer. Applicants for Fund for Sufferings assistance submit a request in writing to the clerk of Care and Counsel. The process allows confidentiality for both donors and recipients.
The 2023 co-clerks of Care and Counsel are Sylvia Shurcliff and Denna Joy. (They are in the RFM Directory.) Reach out to them should you have need for guidance about or support from the Fund for Sufferings.
by WebPost | Mar 23, 2023 | Announcement
In order for Friends to have an idea of the new books the Library Committee is adding to our library, from time to time we will publish a few of the titles in our monthly newsletter.
We now have Margaret Edds' most recently published What the Eyes Can't See.
This book can be found in the Social Concerns section; however, for a while, it may be on
display in the library.
Another new book is Understanding the Bible, 5th Edition, by Stephen L. Harris. This book can be found in the Bibles & Commentary section.
For the children and young friends, we have obtained A Place Inside of Me, by Zetta Elliott, and Preaching to the Chickens, The Story of Young John Lewis, by Jabari Asim. Both of these books can be found in the Children/Young Friends section.
by WebPost | Mar 23, 2023 | Announcement
Worship at The Clearing is held outdoors the first Sunday of the month (11:00) in the spring, summer, and fall (March through November). Bring a lawn chair and dress for the weather. We will be down near the Pavilion, under the trees. Bring a bag lunch to eat with others after worship.
by WebPost | Mar 10, 2023 | Announcement
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon
July 2-8, 2023
What is the Gathering of Friends? Around 1000 Quakers on a college campus! A week of deepening relationships. A week of renewed spirituality. A week of play. A week of focused exploration. Some call it Quaker Summer Camp for all ages. Some say it’s like a family reunion.
Richmond Friends Meeting can help with expenses, especially for first time attenders. Adult Spiritual Education has funds and encourages people to attend.
The Gathering warmly invites all Friends to come. Seasoned Friends. Brand new Friends. Not quite yet Friends. Young Friends. Older Friends. Friends coming with family. Friends coming with children and youth. Friends coming alone.
If you’ve been to the Gathering before, plan to come. Plan toencourage Friends in your community to join you.
If you have never been to the Gathering before, know that you are especially welcome. Come give it a try!
Find more information at FGCgathering.org
You can ask questions of
Christy Wooddy, christywooddy@richmondfriendsmeeting.org
Or Ada Hammer, hammer.a@gmail.com
