For additional information please contact us. Please also view our website.
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* Masks are not required at this time *
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Cancellation
SEYM Fall Interim Business Meeting and Executive Council Meeting have been postponed. A new date has not been announced yet.
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Conversation to Explore October 2nd
Reuniting with the Earth
through Natural Burial
This will be a hybrid Conversation on Sunday, October 2 at 11:30. Guest speaker: Carlos Gonzalez from the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery. For a preview, click HERE.
BRING YOUR QUESTIONS!
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It's that exciting time of year again!
Friends, it is that time of year again. No, not the time for a certain Starbucks sugar bomb, no, not 24-hour football, but the time for Meeting committees & representatives to start working on their budget requests for the next fiscal year, which is January to December 2023.
The Finance Committee & I want them in as early as possible.
Email them to me. Pierre Ivory, at treasurer@orlandoquakers.org.
Any questions, do phone me at (904) 540-9875
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SEYM Extended Meeting for Worship
On Saturday, October 15th, from 1 pm to 4 pm, Extended Meeting for Worship will be offered online.
Early Friends often sat for hours at a time in worship. In limiting our worship time to an hour or less, has the power of the experience been diminished for today’s Friends? What might we discover by sitting in worship for an extended period of time? Come and see!
Click HERE for details and registration.
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Invitation to a Seekers Book Club
Cheryl Demers-Holton, of Deland Worship Group, is facilitating the Seekers Book Club, beginning October 20th, at 7:00 PM. Practicing Peace: a devotional walk through the Quaker tradition, by Catherine Whitmire, will be our first focus. Click HERE for more information.
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OMM Retreat Survey
On Saturday October 22, 2022 Orlando Monthly Meeting will be hosting a retreat. The retreat will last about 4 hours and the Meeting will provide a meal. To get this a bit better organized, it would be helpful if anyone interested would complete a short survey by clicking HERE .
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Would You Like to Volunteer?
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Volunteers for
Conversation to Explore
Volunteers are needed for Conversation to Explore on the first Sunday of each month. To volunteer, let Minerva G. know about a topic you are interested in facilitating. You can speak to her in person at Sunday worship or email her HERE for details.
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SEYM Half Yearly Meeting Postponed
New Date: December 16-19
SEYM was unable to lease the Youth Camp at Wekiwa Springs State Park for the Thanksgiving weekend. We were able to secure it for the weekend of December 16 to 19, so we are postponing Half Yearly Meeting until then. More information coming soon.
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Young Friends Group
(First Day School)
Young Friends Group is a weekly religious education program for youth from birth to age 18. Youth attend 10am Worship for a few minutes, then follow adult youth leaders to the Cottage for guided activities. Youth rejoin their families at 11am.
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Deepening Friendship
with Chocolate and Limericks
1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Please join us. Click HERE to receive the Zoom link by email. What we do:
Check in with each other, Share our interests and stories, Deepen our f/Friendships, and Take turns presenting topics and limericks.
Conveners: Liz J. and Chris L.
All are welcome!
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Our actions entrench the power of the light on this planet. Every positive thought we pass between us makes room for more light.
~ John Lewis
Items from readers for REFLECTIONS are welcome. Click HERE to submit.
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Our Current Quaker Worship Opportunities
Orlando Meeting: The Meetinghouse is open for worship, Young Friends (First Day School) and fellowship on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Wearing masks is currently required except during Fellowship Hour.
Zoom Worship: The best way to access Zoom Worship with Orlando Monthly Meeting is to go to the Meeting website Home | Quakers of Orlando (orlandoquakers.org). On the homepage of the website, you can click on the word "HERE" to open the Zoom link on your device. Details for OMM and two associated Worship Groups are below and also at orlandoquakers.org.
St. Augustine Worship Group: Wednesday evening, 7:00 pm. Two Ways to Join: In-person Meeting for Worship at The United Church, 5880 U.S. 1, in St. Augustine; or join us on Zoom. Contact Richelle at (610) 368-2908 or rogle415@gmail.com for information, including the Zoom link.
DeLand Worship Group: Friends meet Sunday mornings at 10:00 A.M. for fellowship and doughnuts, and at 10:30 AM for Meeting for Worship at the Collective facility in the Dreka Theater, 112 E. New York Ave, DeLand. Meeting for worship is followed by discussion. All are welcome. Call 386-337-5204 or email delandquakers@gmail.com.
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Supporting Gifts
Supporting Gifts to the Orlando Monthly Meeting are very important. They provide the basis for our financial support and for our continued existence as a Quaker Meeting. While it is true our community has the great benefit of a financial legacy provided to us from the generous and wise Friends of the past, we nevertheless have a duty to protect the legacy for the future. Your support gifts, of any size, will add to the effort to preserve our legacy and enable the Orlando Monthly Meeting of The Religious Society of Friends to continue serving Friends now and beyond our time.
Gifts may be made in person at the Meeting House or by mail. To use credit cards, debit cards or Paypal, simply click on the DONATE image below, or go to orlandoquakers.org where any menu page, such as "About Us," will have a DONATE button for making a single or recurring contribution. If you choose to use mail instead of PayPal for your donations to OMM, please send checks (payable to “Orlando Monthly Meeting”) directly to the Meeting House: Orlando Monthly Meeting, 316 E. Marks St, Orlando FL, 32803.
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Online Quaker Resources
Click HERE for a comprehensive list with links.
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