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Circus McGurkis, Reborn & Reinvented

Circus McGurkis, Reborn & Reinvented

Circus McGurkis, “the People’s Fair,” was reinvented and reborn for 2017, becoming a deliberately smaller, simpler, community-centered event. Its theme was Circus McGurkis: The Next Generation. Organized by St. Petersburg Friends since 1971, this year’s fair was held on Nov.…

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Half Yearly Meeting 2017

Half Yearly Meeting 2017

The annual SEYM Half Yearly Meeting gathering, held over Thanksgiving weekend (November 23 -26), again was celebrated at the Youth Camp in Wekiwa Springs State Park. Thanksgiving Day itself was rainy and misty but the fog burned off by Friday with refreshing…

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Voting Rights Restoration Petition

Voting Rights Restoration Petition

  • October 21, 2017
  • News

The League of Women Voters has reached out to SEYM, asking our Peace & Social Concerns Committees to circulate a petition for the Voting Rights Restoration Amendment. Florida has the highest disenfranchisement rate in the country; the state permanently bars…

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Fall Interim Business Meeting Highlights

Fall Interim Business Meeting Highlights

Fall Interim Business Meeting, held on October 7 at the Sarasota meetinghouse was full of positive energy and lots of news. Thirty-three Friends attended, enjoying a delicious lunch prepared by Sarasota Friends, as well as some unseasonably hot and muggy…

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FWCC Traveling Ministry Corps

FWCC Traveling Ministry Corps

  • October 13, 2017
  • News

The SEYM Worship and Ministry Committee recommends that each Monthly Meeting consider taking advantage of a great resource available for them, the FWCC Traveling Ministry Corps. A program of the FWCC Section of the Americas, the Traveling Ministry Corps is…

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