Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Richmond, VA

Richmond Friends Meeting

Richmond Friends Meeting

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Richmond, VA

Fall Workday at Kensington, October 25

by | Oct 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

It’s time for Fall Workday at the Meetinghouse! It’s your chance to show your love for our building and grounds by helping clean, tidy, plant, and preserve. Plan to be with the Buildings and Grounds committee on Saturday, October 25 from 9-noon (rain date is Nov. 1). Bring gloves and garden tools if you want to work outside. All ages and abilities welcome for as much or as little time as you can give.

Advices on Meeting for Worship

by | Sep 30, 2025 | Ministry and Worship

Meeting for Worship is grounded in silent waiting on the Spirit. From the silence, someone may be led to offer a message.

  • Taking time for spiritual nourishment during the week helps open our hearts to meeting for worship with others.
  • Worship begins when the first person sits down. 
  • We enter quietly and settle into waiting worship.
  • We minimize distractions and interruptions; for example, we silence electronics and avoid entering or leaving while someone is speaking. 
  • We are open to Spirit’s guidance during worship, neither delivering a pre-planned message nor rejecting one entrusted to us. 
  • We weigh messages before we stand to speak: Is this Spirit-led? Is this message meant just for me or for everyone? Is it harmonious with our values?
  • We speak once. We allow space for reflection between messages. We avoid dialogue or direct response to another’s message. 
  • We accept messages graciously and tenderly. 
  • Because messages arise from Spirit, we do not state our names before speaking. 
  • We welcome people of all ages in Meeting for Worship. The movements and sounds of babies and children are welcome and appreciated. 
  • Each of us is growing into the experience of worship, children and adults alike, as we are all deepening our spiritual practice. 

Interested in Working for Peace?

by | Sep 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

Did you know you could help Quaker House without committing to being a board member? We accept people to serve on specific committees and work on certain projects. For example, a person who couldn’t commit to meetings edited a book as it was being revised to reflect these times.

If you have experience, or interest in expanding our relationship-focused strategy for long-term financial health, please consider serving on the Quaker House Development Committee.

Quaker House is not struggling fiscally, but we are here for the long haul, as the need for our services keeps growing. Learn more about how we manifest the Peace Testimony as we help military veterans and enlisted people navigate their conscience based struggles at QuakerHouse.org.

If you feel led to know more, please reach out to Patricia Stansbury.  We can talk and need be, I’ll connect you with the Membership Committee.

New Books in Our Library

by | Sep 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon's Search for Salvation, by Daniel Silliman

  • A biography considering Nixon’s spiritual life after he was brought up as a Quaker

Short Journey Home: Awakening to Freedom with Thich Nhat Hanh, by Richard Brady

  • An account of lay mindfulness practitioner Brady’s following in the footsteps of the world-renowned Zen master  

Thirty-three  Ways Seven Faiths Agree with the Quakers, by Thomas Wolfe and others

  • How  several world religions’ holy writings harmonize with Quaker thought

Zen at the End of Religion: An Introduction for the Curious, the Skeptical, and the Spiritual But Not Religious, by James Ishmael Ford

  • Thoughts from a retired Unitarian Universalist minister and Zen Buddhist priest Â