DeLand Quakers gave away almost 500 books at the rescheduled Juneteenth event held July 29 at the Sanborn Center in Earl Brown Park. Throughout the day, hundreds of men, women, and children stopped at the booth to browse through boxes…
The SEYM Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP) training, which lasts about an hour, teaches best practices in caring for different youth age groups. It is designed to give Friends the tools they need to create a positive program environment, prevent…
Southeastern Yearly Meeting Youth Epistle 2023 Dear friends, We want to share our experiences at the SEYM yearly gathering of 2023. This year, the theme for the youth and young adult program was the Natural World That We Live In.…
Loving Greetings to Friends Everywhere, Southeastern Yearly Meeting gathered for its 59th sessions from Forth Month 5th through 9th Days. The meeting sessions were hybrid, allowing Friends at a distance to join with those in person to conduct Yearly Meeting…
88 adults and 20 youth gathered at the Dayspring Camp and Conference Center in Parrish, Florida over Easter week, April 5-9, 2023. We had a rejuvenating 5 days of community: worship, worship sharing, workshops, the All Ages Community Night, the…
Over the weekend of January 13 - 15, over 60 Friends gathered at the Orlando Meetinghouse --- with many more joining in on Zoom --- for our first post-pandemic in-person Winter Interim Business Meeting and Michener Lecture. Orlando Friends provided…
As Kody Hersh completes his tenure as our Youth and Young Adult Coordinator this August, plans are in place to continue offering Youth and Young Adult programs and events with energy and enthusiasm. Though SEYM will not be hiring one…
Southeastern Yearly Meeting held our first in-person Annual Gathering since 2019, returning to the United Methodist Conference Center in Fruitland Park, Florida over Easter Week, April 13 – 17. It was just amazing to be together again! Attendance was over…
Greetings Friends, The theme of this year’s SEYM yearly meeting is Welcome As You Are. We started off welcoming Friends on Thursday afternoon by playing Apples to Apples along with other ice-breakers. We started Friday off with worship sharing where…
Loving Greetings to Friends Everywhere, The Southeastern Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends met for our Annual Gathering at Warren Willis Conference Center, Fruitland Park, Florida, Fourth Month, 13th through 17th, 2022. Our SEYM theme, “Welcome as You…