Southeastern Yearly Meeting
Quakers in Florida, Coastal Georgia & South CarolinaYou Are Welcome
We gather for spiritual renewal and friendship, and advocate for peace, social justice, and care for the earth.
Find Quakers
You are welcome at any of our Meetings and Worship Groups! We are a mix of newcomers and longtime members, with people of various religious backgrounds, gender identities and orientations.
Our Worship
Quaker worship is grounded in silence, where we listen deeply for what is in our hearts, for inner guidance, and a sense of connection. There is no program or sermon.
Our Faith
The heart of our faith is the experience of the inner source of spiritual connection, renewal, and guidance that is present in everyone. We have no creedal beliefs; faith is a way of life.
What we do
Southeastern Yearly Meeting brings together Friends from Meetings and Worship Groups in our region to share resources, deepen our faith, and work together to advocate for peace, social justice, and sustainability. We hold events in person and online, gathering for spiritual renewal, collaboration, friendship, and fun. We connect Friends to the wider Quaker community, and write and publish the SEYM Faith & Practice.
Upcoming Events
Extended Worship
Extended Worship
Early Friends often sat for hours at a time in worship. In limiting our worship time to an hour or less, is the power of the experience diminished for today’s Friends? Could sitting in worship for an extended period of time deepen our worship experience? Come and see!
Winter Executive Committee Meeting
Winter Executive Committee Meeting
Join us in person or online at Orlando Friends Meetinghouse on Friday, January 24th for Winter Executive Committee Meeting (WEC). We will have fellowship at 6:30 p.m. and meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome.
Winter Interim Business Meeting 2025
Winter Interim Business Meeting 2025
Join us in person or online at Orlando Friends Meetinghouse on Saturday, January 25th for Winter Interim Business Meeting (WIBM). We will have committee meetings and a Meeting Forum in the morning, and business meeting in the afternoon. All are welcome.
Michener Lecture 2025
Michener Lecture 2025
Adria DiCapua will present the 2025 Michener Lecture, “As the Good Shepherd: Leading and Being Led as Friends.” 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 leadin...
Latest News
SEYM Community Preparedness
Part of climate resilience is being prepared for disasters. SEYM Friends have met online to discuss how individuals, families, Meetings, Worship Groups, and our wider communities can respond when facing extreme events such as hurricanes, storms, rising temperatures, or other hardships.
Climate Change Theatre Action: A Means of Discernment
Since 2017, John Heimburg and I have collaborated with Climate Change Theatre Action, performing as the Bohn Jeverly Theatre Troupe. Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA) is a worldwide festival of short plays about the climate crisis presented every two years to coincide with the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) meetings of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
2024 Youth Epistle
Dear Friends,
We want to share our experiences at the SEYM yearly gathering in 2024. This year’s youth and young adult program theme was “The Friends We Are Becoming.”
Queries for the Journey
The Worship and Ministry Committee offers “Queries for the Journey,” weekly queries to help Friends center in their daily journey through quiet, contemplative reflection. New queries will be posted monthly.
Queries for the Journey – 12th Month (December) 2024
1st week:
What helps me prepare during the week to bring a quiet spirit to Meeting for Worship? Am I willing to do the work to find the deep stillness to share, rather than rushing, or being restless and unsettled?
2nd week:
How might my work, interactions, connections be affected if “love is the first motion”? How do I understand my responsibility as a Friend to bring the message of love to others through my words and deeds?
3rd week:
To what extent do I live Friends’ Testimonies so that my every act is intentional? How do I nourish this practice within myself?
4th week:
Where do I see Spirit at work in the world around me? How can I bring attention to this divine presence to others?
5th week:
Is my meeting a place of spiritual ground? How do Friends seek together a way to speak truth to power, stand firm against oppression, raise awareness of those in the margins?
