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…
Southeastern Yearly Meeting, gathered at our annual sessions, minuted our opposition to four recently enacted Florida laws that cause harm to LGBTQ people and people of color; and are a serious setback to building a just and compassionate society: ‘Parental…
Dear Friends, Tampa Friends ask Friends in Florida to begin an immediate phone campaign to Florida state Representatives, Senators, and to Governor DeSantis regarding specific draft legislation currently under consideration by the legislature that targets LGBTQ people. Please see the…
The SEYM Publications Committee is pleased to offer this video of the 2022 Dwight & Ardis Michener Lecture, presented by Nancy Fennell on January 16, 2022. About 100 Friends gathered online to hear the lecture, which was sponsored by the…
Join Hayley Hathaway, of Quaker Earthcare Witness, for Exploring Ecospirituality: Old & New Ways to Imagine & Transform, a workshop for young adults (ages 18-40). The workshop will be held online, Thursday, February 17, 7:30 – 9 pm Eastern Time.…