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
Bubbling Springs: The Life & Writings of Margaret Fell
Bubbling Springs: The Life & Writings of Margaret Fell
Margaret Fell is often called “the mother of Quakerism” because of her pivotal role in establishing the Religious Society of Friends. This series of four workshops will give Friends an opportunity to learn about Margaret, spend time with some of her writings, and re...
Seekers Book Club Resumes October 2nd
Seekers Book Club Resumes October 2nd
The Seekers Book Club will be starting a new book, "How Far Have You Traveled" by John Calvi, on Thursday, October 2nd, at 7 pm. We meet on Zoom on the first and third Thursday of every month, for about one hour, to talk about what the book brought up in each of us and ...
Fall Interim Business Meeting
Fall Interim Business Meeting
Join Friends in person or online for our Fall Interim Business Meeting. We will gather at the Sarasota Meetinghouse on Friday, October 3rd for Executive Committee; and then on Saturday, October 4th we will have committee meetings and a Meeting Forum in the morning and I...
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...
Latest News
2023 Gathering Photo Gallery
Eighty-eight adults and twenty 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 Walton...
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.On Thursday, we started out with an inter-generational zombie apocalypse workshop,...
2023 Epistle
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 business....
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?
