Richmond (VA) Friends Meeting

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Meetinghouse from Kensington Avenue

Friends’ Decision-Making and Clerking: Participating in Meetings for Business with Joy and Confidence

by | Sep 10, 2023 | Current, Pendle Hill

This is an opportunity for both new and experienced clerks of Friends’ meetings and committees to meet and think about the role of presiding clerk in the spiritual practice of meeting for business.

The workshop will address racism in the context of Friends’ decision-making and clerking. We need to pay attention to racism because it affects (infects) nearly everything in this society. We will be lifting up decision-making processes that seek to liberate the Spirit among all participants.

There will be handouts to follow along during the program, exercises, and opportunities to share experiences, with most work being done in a whole group setting. It is expected that each person will leave the weekend with new energy and enthusiasm for being a clerk, feeling well grounded in both the theoretical and the practical.

This is a Pendle Hill program and will be held on campus Nov. 17-19th

Contact Pendlehill.org for more information Scholarships may be available.

Upcoming Education Programs at Pendle Hill

by | 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