by WebPost | Sep 21, 2022 | Announcement
reminder that Friendly Eights sign ups continue through October 2. Allen Lee is posting a sign up sheet for this new group announced today.
The Historical Jesus Study Group
The study group will meet via Zoom to discuss books about the historical Jesus authored by the biblical scholar Bart Ehrman. Each meeting will cover one book. Sample book titles are ‘Misquoting Jesus,’ ‘Jesus Before the Gospels,’ and ‘How Jesus Became God.’ The study group will decide together how often to meet and discussions may explore the difference that concepts of the historical Jesus make to one’s own spirituality.
Convenor:
Allen Lee, allenslee@alum.mit.edu, 804-991-0722
by WebPost | Aug 5, 2022 | Announcement
After a long illness, our F/friend Martha Menk died on Wednesday, August 3. Details about a memorial service will come later. Please hold Gary, Isaac, and their extended family in the Light.
by WebPost | Jul 25, 2022 | Announcement
Jules Arginteanu is home from the hospital and has hospice care. Please continue to hold Ellen, Jules, and their families in the Light. Care + Counsel invites the RFM community to provide Jules and Ellen with practical, comforting support, by volunteering to deliver a simple evening meal through this Meal Train link. Thank you in advance for supporting Jules and Ellen.
by WebPost | Jul 18, 2022 | Announcement
From Care & Counsel: Friend David Hines passed away at 6:23 am today, July 18, from brain cancer. His wife Liza Bruce was with him. David and Liza were married under the care of Richmond Friends Meeting eighteen years ago.
Details about a Memorial Meeting for Worship will be shared in a later message. Please continue to hold Liza in the Light, with tender love.
by WebPost | Jun 21, 2022 | Announcement
Richmond Friends Meeting is a diverse community of seekers. We welcome all who wish to explore Quaker principles, testimonies and way of worship.
If you wish to consider membership after attending Meeting and participating in our community, this may be helpful as you continue your quest:
We suggest that you attend Meeting for Worship on a regular basis, become involved in committee work, and participate in Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business in order to fully understand the meaning of the commitment to become a member. Members of the Committee on Care & Counsel will be happy to suggest books and other readings that may illuminate your path.
If you are led to seek membership, begin by submitting a letter to the clerk of Meeting with a personal statement of why you wish to request membership in the Religious Society of Friends. If you wish, describe the journey that led you to this point.
Next, the clerk will submit the letter to the Care & Counsel Committee. A few RFM members will become your Clearness Committee. They will meet with you at your convenience to discuss your letter and your readiness for membership. Based on the report of the Clearness Committee, the Care & Counsel Committee
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may discern that you are ready for membership or members may suggest additional steps that will help you prepare for membership.
After the committee approves the membership request, the recommendation will be brought to the next Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business. There, it will be held over for a month so that Friends who may not know you will have an opportunity to become acquainted. At the following Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business, the application will be brought to the entire community for final approval.
We seek to make this a loving and welcoming process. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask any member of Care and Counsel, or Lynda Perry, clerk of meeting, for further guidance.
