Screening of “Black America Is…”: Exploring Diverse Black Stories

Screening of “Black America Is…”: Exploring Diverse Black Stories

Richmond Hill is pleased to screen the documentary, “Black America Is…” on June 18, 2024 at 6:30pm. The film has been recognized with the Best Feature Documentary award at the Virginia Black Film Festival and the Baltimore International Black Film Festival, affirming its resonance and impact.

The screening is free but we ask you to RSVP to reserve your spot on our website, www.richmondhillva.org/juneteenth

Rituals of Remembrance: Commemorating Juneteenth 2024

Rituals of Remembrance: Commemorating Juneteenth 2024

Each year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) selects a theme to that’s explores the black experience.  The national theme for 2024 is African Americans and the Arts. At Richmond Hill we are commemorating Juneteenth throughout the month with a variety of rituals of remembrance as we lift up African…

5th Tuesday Panel Discussion:  Community Movers and Makers – Jan 30, 2024

5th Tuesday Panel Discussion:  Community Movers and Makers – Jan 30, 2024

YOU ARE INVITED… Join us on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 during our worship service at 5:30 p.m. We will hear from advocates, allies, and activists in the field who are working to address societal inequities. Our first discussion will focus on housing in the metro area.  Our speakers are Kelly King Horne, executive director of Homeward; Vevlyn…

Apply now for the 2023-24 Koinonia School!

Apply now for the 2023-24 Koinonia School!

The school is designed to equip people in three ways: to engage in transformative and self-reflective work around race; to engage in constructive dialogue regarding issues of race and justice; and to engage in the larger community to promote social justice. Applicants must be willing to explore and reevaluate their beliefs about racial and social…

Jesus and Social Justice — April 6, 2023

Jesus and Social Justice — April 6, 2023

Offered in person on Thursday, April 6, 2023 | 9 am – 4 pm  According to the United Nations, “Social justice is the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights, and opportunities. Please join Co-Pastor, Dr. Lisa Johnson for our Lenten Retreat as she facilitates a challenging conversation around Jesus and the social justice order of…

Womanist Food for the Soul: Dinner and Dialogue – July 28, 2022

Womanist Food for the Soul: Dinner and Dialogue – July 28, 2022

The Koinonia School of Race & Justice invites you to join us for an evening of soul food, where we will have dinner & dialogue around the Womanist approach to theology.   We will continue building on the foundations of our womanist work ensuring the necessary grounding to, in the words of Alice Walker, “do the work your soul must have.”

Juneteenth Week of Events 2022

Juneteenth Week of Events 2022

“TRANSCENDING WALLS”  Creative visioning with Hamilton Glass  THURSDAY, JUNE 16 | IN-PERSON | 10 AM-Noon “UNEARTHING BURIED STORIES”: THE EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION / New Date! TUESDAY, JUNE 28 | IN-PERSON | 7:00 PM “THE WARMTH” WRITING PRESENTATION   SATURDAY, JUNE 18 | VIA ZOOM | 10 AM “HEALING THE TRAUMATIZED SPIRIT”  FATHER’S DAY & REPARATIONS SUNDAY JUNE 19 | IN-PERSON | Noon…