Richmond Friends Meeting Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business Ninth Month 20, 2015 Meeting began with silence at 11:00 AM. Thirty-seven (37) members and attenders were present. Clarisse Harton was greeter. Frances Stewart from Ministry and Worship sat on the...
News and Activities
The Ancient Mystery of Powhatan Quakers
Few people alive today know that the Powhatan hamlet of Fine Creek was a center of Quaker life in what was once part of Goochland County; then a part of Cumberland County with its formation in 1749; and finally a part of Powhatan County with that county’s formation in...
Report from Keleti Station in Budapest
The following report was submitted by Tom Ilmensee, a member of Meeting, who now lives with his family in Budapest. It was written in the first week of September. Tonight my daughter Iris and I walked to Keleti station, the transport terminal in Budapest that is...
Thinking About Race
The Other Tennessee. “I never knew anybody who really got active because of guilt. Everybody white that I know that’s got involved in this struggle got into it because they glimpsed a different world to live in… Human beings have always been able to envision something...
Zatoun Olive Oil from Palestine & Peace and Social Concerns
In our exploration of the Israel Palestinian conflict we have learned of the destruction and theft of olive trees as part of the Israeli process of taking Palestinian land. We feel that one small way to help is to buy Extra Virgin Olive Oil that is produced by...
Adult Spiritual Education: The Spiritual Implications of Our Food Choices
Sunday, October 25th, 9:30 to 10:45 am in the Community Room. What are the spiritual implications of our food choices? How do our food choices connect us to the rest of the living world? How can we live in unity with that world? Our leader for this session will be...
Moral Injury Workshop
Saturday, October 24 from 10-12 noon. A presentation featuring Lynn and Steve Newsom, co-directors of Quaker House Military Counseling Center, Fayetteville, NC, home of Fort Bragg. MORAL INJURY, a relatively new term employed by the Veterans Administration,...
Dr. Alice Rothchild to speak on her recent and ongoing travels to Gaza
Sunday, October 18 at 1 pm. Dr. Alice Rothchild, Boston physician, human rights advocate and Jewish advocate for peace in Israel and Palestine, will present on her recent and ongoing travels to Gaza. This session is a kickoff to Dr. Rothchild's three day visit to...
Workshops on Conscientious Objection and the Peace Testimony
Sunday, October 4 at 9:30 and 11 am. With no draft and a Selective Service registration system often linked automatically to obtaining a state driver's license, the idea of Conscientious Objection is fading from the consciousness and relevance of Friends, monthly...
Business Meeting Minutes for Seventh Month 19, 2015
Meeting began with silence at 11:00 am. Fifty-one (51) members and attenders were present. Mary Graham Landau was greeter. Kat Sharp from Ministry and Worship sat on the facing bench to hold Meeting in the Light. Diane Penfield, Tyler Plante, Charles Teixeira, and...