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.
Worship with us on Sunday. All are welcome!
Upcoming Events
Deland Quakers Host Regional Gathering
Deland Quakers Host Regional Gathering
Deland Quakers invite all SEYM Friends to join them for a Regional Gathering for worship, a potluck picnic lunch, and fellowship. Friends will meet at 10 am at the picnic pavilion on the South Alabama side of Earl Brown Park, 750 South Alabama Avenue, Deland, FL. Worshi...
Half Yearly Meeting 2025
Half Yearly Meeting 2025
Half Yearly Meeting is a family-friendly 4 days over Thanksgiving weekend when we get together for canoeing, hiking, workshops, games, a Talent Show, fellowship, and more. There's no business — it's just a time to unplug and get away from it all, out in nature, with g...
Latest News
A Call to End Conflict in Israel-Palestine
At our 2024 Yearly Meeting sessions, Southeastern Yearly Meeting adopted this statement on the Israeli-Palestine conflict. We are heartbroken by the terror, violence, and devastation in Israel and Palestine. War is never the answer. War does not address the root...
Tallahassee Meeting Minute on War in Israel-Palestine
Tallahassee Friends Meeting approved a Statement on Conflict in Israel-Palestine, below, at their January 2024 meeting for business. In February, they approved taking out a quarter page ad with the statement in a good location in the Tallahassee Democrat.
WIBM & Michener Lecture Highlights
About 100 people gathered in person and online for Winter Interim Business Meeting on Saturday, January 20th and the Michener Lecture on Sunday, January 21st. Orlando Friends, as they do every year, hosted these events, providing delicious breakfasts and lunches.
Queries for the Journey
What gives me strength to stay in the Light when so much tries to pull me from it?
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 – 9th Month (September) 2025
1st week:
What does being faithful mean to me as a Friend? Are there ways in which I know I am being faithful?
2nd week:
In what ways have I experienced Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business as worship?
3rd week:
How does having a spiritual foundation for activism work for me? How have I seen it present in my meeting or worship group? In my yearly meeting or other Friends’ organizations?
4th week:
What are my daily spiritual practices that renew my hope?
