Midlothian friends consider themselves an extended family. We are a family of people living in the south Richmond VA area, but we are also part of the Quaker family, the American family, and the world family.

In the mid-1990s, Midlothian Friends drafted their ‘Vision of Community’, an attempt to define a spiritual vision of why we existed, and the aspects of Quaker belief that we wanted to highlight. This vision of community helps define who we are. It begins with the words “We envision Midlothian Friends Meeting as an extended family…”