As the Good Shepherd: Leading & Being Led as Friends

As the Good Shepherd: Leading & Being Led as Friends

The 2025 Michener Lecture with Adria (Gulizia) DiCapua.

What does being faithful in listening and following the leadership of the Spirit in our Quaker Meetings and communities look like? How can we prepare ourselves to have faith in God to lead us into the future? What could it look like to move forward in response to the Spirit’s leading, resisting the urge to trust in our own skills and capacities and instead resting in divine presence and power?

WIBM & Michener Lecture Weekend

WIBM & Michener Lecture Weekend

Friends met together in person and online for our Winter Interim Business Meeting on Saturday, January 25 and the Michener Lecture on Sunday, January 26. Orlando Monthly Meeting hosted the event, providing warm hospitality and great food throughout the weekend. Some highlights of Winter Interim Business Meeting include:

SEYM Welcomes DeLand Monthly Meeting

SEYM Welcomes DeLand Monthly Meeting

DeLand Worship Group became DeLand Monthly Meeting at a called Yearly Business Meeting held online on August 31st. Over 50 Friends were in attendance, and all present joyfully united in approving a minute recognizing DeLand Friends as a monthly meeting affiliated with SEYM, many voicing appreciation for all that they have done over the years, and for their activism in the wider community.

Meet our new Youth & Young Adult Coordinator

Meet our new Youth & Young Adult Coordinator

Rachel Dellinger has begun her tenure as our new SEYM Youth & Young Adult Coordinator (YYAC), as of August 1. She will be working with the Youth Committee and young adults to organize our youth program and events, as well as to provide support and resources for strengthening our community of younger friends and their families.

Summer Executive Committee Highlights

Summer Executive Committee Highlights

Friends gathered for a hybrid Summer Executive Committee Meeting on Saturday, June 22, at the Tampa meetinghouse and on Zoom. Tampa Friends provided warm hospitality and, as usual, really good food. Highlights included calling a special session of Yearly Business Meeting, to be held on August 31, and approving Rachel Dellinger as our new Youth and Young Adult Coordinator.