It's time to move toward our Meeting's goal of 100% participation in the November 7, 2023, polling.Here's a link to a site where you can:-- Confirm your registration--- Register (if you haven't already!)-- Request a mailed ballot.-- Ask to vote by mail in this...
News and Activities
Upcoming Adult Spiritual Education Events
Adult Spiritual Education will be holding two sessions on the Pendle Hill pamphlet, "Reclaiming the Transcendent. God in Process" by Thomas Gates. Both sessions will be held on Saturdays from 9:30 to 11:00 and will be hybrid: available on Zoom and in person in the...
Friendly Eight Groups Are Forming
So far there are 11 friendly eights groups to choose from. Sign-up sheets remain posted until October 1st. (Even after that date, please feel free to contact the conveners if you are interested.) Groups begin in October. Contact the convener directly for information...
RFM Committees and Positions
ichmond Friends Meeting has no pastor and no paid staff. The work of operating the meeting is done by its members and attenders. Service in a particular position or on a committee is rewarding and is one of the ways that one becomes integrated into the Meeting...
From the Clerk of Meeting: Unity in Diversity Event
Midlothian Friends has invited us to join them in an exciting community-wide event on September 30, which unfortunately takes place on the same day as our fall retreat, September 30. Even if we can’t be there in person, there is another way to help this year – and...
An Update from the Wayne Taylor Bequest Ad Hoc Committee
On April 30 (in person at RFM) and September 14 (via Zoom), we held "listen and learn" sessions during which we shared our research and discovery process over the past two years and what it has revealed about Wayne Taylor's life, his values, and compelling community...
FGC 2024 Gathering Workshops Proposals due by September 20th
Hi Friends, I'm serving on the Workshops Committee for the 2024 FGC Gathering, and I'm hoping some of you Richmond Friends might be willing to consider offering a workshop. We are a Meeting overflowing with members and attenders who have wonderful gifts that the...
“Gathering Our Pieces of Truth: Quakers, the Peace Testimony, and the War in Ukraine”
Adult Fall Retreat, September 30 at the Clearing, 9:30.
led by Alicia McBride, Senior Director for Quaker Leadership at FCNL.
Quakers have witnessed for peace for more than 350 years. And yet, our faith calls us not to rest on the words and actions of others, but to keep listening for how Spirit leads us today. In this retreat, we will explore how Friends have and are living a testimony for...
BYM Antiracism Organizing and Training
The Race and Racism Ad Hoc Committee would like to share the following training provided by BYM: The BYM Working Group on Racism has arranged for Crossroads Antiracism Organizing and Training to provide training via Zoom for BYM Friends doing antiracism work in...
Annie Salter
Annie Salter is recovering from gallbladder surgery. She would appreciate cards.