About 40 Friends gathered in person and online for our 2023 Fall Interim Business Meeting, held at the Sarasota meetinghouse on Saturday, October 14th. Sarasota Friends provided warm hospitality and a truly delicious breakfast and lunch. The Meeting and Worship…
Welcome As You Are: Seekers, Finders, Sharing The Journey The 2023 Michener Lecture presented by Joel Cook Whoever you are, however you are, you are invited to and welcomed at the Divine banquet table! In this 2023 SEYM Michener Lecture,…
Wonder & Welcome: Holding Our Family of Friends in the Light The 2022 Walton Lecture presented by Windy Cooler & Melinda Wenner Bradley We want a vibrant multigenerational community, but what stands in the way? What lights the way? What…
Deepening at the Root: Tending the Source of Our Worship & Witness The 2023 Walton Lecture presented by Christopher Sammond The problems facing us today, climate disruption, resource depletion, species extinction, white supremacy and endemic racism, to name but a…
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…
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…