by Diane Bowden | Aug 22, 2017 | Announcement, Committees
Maybe you’re wondering how to get to know people better at Meeting.
The Answer: Join a Friendly 8. Friendly 8s are self-governing groups of eight people (more or less) who come together, typically once a month for a few months, somewhere other than our meetinghouse.
You can sign up to join a Friendly 8 on forms in the back foyer. Anyone can suggest a topic/activity. That person agrees to convene the group for its first meet-up. The group decides how to proceed from there.
Past groups have included: movie going, birdwatching, book or theme discussions, biking, vegetarian cooking. A favorite is “Old Friends/New Friends Pot Luck”. Friendly 8s is a great way to find others who share your hobby or interest.
NEW for this fall—-The sign up forms ask whether or not this group has “Open Enrollment” which means the group agrees to accept new participants anytime throughout the fall and winter, allowing new or old attenders to jump in and become more friendly ie. More involved in the life of Richmond Friends Meeting. Care and Counsel Committee will continue to post and publicize these open groups.
Contact Monica Shaw of Care and Counsel with questions or comments.
by Diane Bowden | Aug 2, 2017 | Announcement
Betsy Brinson, longtime member and current Historian of Richmond Friends Meeting, has collaborated with photographer Kathy Yost Benham to create an exhibit titled The Modern Plague: Voices and Images of the Early Aids Epidemic that will open at the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library (101 E. Franklin) this Friday, August 4: 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm.
More information is available here.
by Diane Bowden | Jul 31, 2017 | Adult Spiritual Education, Announcement, Baltimore Yearly Meeting
Registration is open!
The Baltimore Yearly Meeting Spiritual Formation Program invites its participants into a deeper spiritual experience through retreats, spiritual community, reading spiritual classics, and individual spiritual practices. The opening BYM retreat is September 8-10 (Friday evening through Sunday lunch) at Priest Field Center in West Virginia; car pools will be organized. If you would like to learn more about the Spiritual Formation Program or register for the opening retreat, visit the BYM site: https://www.bym-rsf.org/events/spiritform/
The Spiritual Formation Program at the local RFM level includes a monthly large-group meeting that includes everyone. In addition to the large group meeting, most people join a small spiritual friendship group of 4 to 6 members who meet once a month to share spiritual journeys and daily spiritual practices.
Our first large group meeting will be held on Sunday, October 1, from 5-7 PM.
Our series focus will be “How has a Weighty Friend in each century of Quakerism found spiritual nurture? How do this Friend’s writings and stories speak (or not) to my condition?” We will focus on one Friend each month. The main text is Quaker Spirituality, edited by Douglas Steere, 1984 edition (or the briefer 2005 edition by HarperCollins Spiritual Classics). We will also read the Pendle Hill Pamphlets Margaret Fell Speaking by Hugh Barbour, and Reclaiming the Transcendent: God in Process by Thomas Gates. (See attached Calendar.)
From October through May, the monthly large group Spiritual Formation meetings will be on the 1st Sunday of the month from 5-7 PM beginning with a shared potluck.
If you wish to explore the possibility of joining Spiritual Formation at Richmond Friends Meeting, you are encouraged to contact Mary Fran Hughes-McIntyre or Ellen Arginteanu.
Please complete the form and submit electronically, or print out your form and return to meeting’s Adult Spiritual Education mailbox, by September 22, 2017. In addition, paper copies are available at the meetinghouse.
Link to online registration form: Click here.
Calendar: RFM S F Calendar 2017-18
Registration form to print: RFM SF Reg Form-2017-18 To Print