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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Transit Rally
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T-Shirts: Ordering Soon for Current Members & Attenders
Sizes are for both men and women: S M L XL 2XL. (Women may request a V-neck.) Please choose one of the five sizes and click HERE to email your size to Ray J. Shirts will be available at the Meeting House in a few weeks.
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Fall Interim Business Meeting 2022, November 4th-5th
Join Friends from other Meetings and Worship Groups from around our region for Fall Executive Committee on Friday, November 4th, and Fall Interim Business Meeting on Saturday, November 5th, from 8:30 am to 4 pm. All sessions will be hybrid; we will gather in-person at the St. Petersburg Friends Meetinghouse, and online on Zoom.
Registration is required for both in-person and online attendance. Register Here
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Last Saturday's Retreat
After a brief but interesting telling of the history of Orlando Monthly Meeting, Friends engaged in meaningful worship sharing: first on what the meeting does well to care for and nurture members and attenders, then on positive ways the meeting may seek to improve in attending to the needs of members and attenders, and finally on the ways we as individuals can work toward building a more loving and caring community at OMM. (by Kasper R.)
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Suggestions for the
Social & Community Giving Committee
We shall have our autumn meeting soon, & wondered if Friends have any new suggestions. Click HERE to see the last lists of our recipients for the autumn 2021 and spring 2022 donations.
Do send new suggestions, and any factors that have moved you to make the suggestion, but please, no solicitations from the organisations being suggested. Send your suggestions to me, Pierre Ivory, at ivorypierre@verizon.net.
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SEYM Listening Project November 6
SEYM would like to hear how the Spirit fares at OMM, and how SEYM might best assist us with responding to the Spirit's leadings for our meeting.
Please join us after worship on 11/6/2022 at 11:45 to participate in this important discussion. This will be a hybrid meeting held both at the meeting house and via Zoom (using the same link and password as Meeting for Worship).
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Thanksgiving Day 2022 Schedule:
9:30 Meeting at the meetinghouse
11:00 Lunch at Buca di Beppo Restaurant,
1351 S Orlando Ave, Maitland (minutes from
Winter Park Theaters). Contact Mary Ellen
for reservations at mmeaghe@gmail.com.
Afternoon: movie (TBD)
Contact Jerry at almostluddite@gmail.com
for movie information.
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Quaker 101 - Online Course
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Friends Meeting of Cambridge MA invites everyone to attend Exploring the Quaker Way: a 3-part course, happening every other Sunday via Zoom, from Oct 16 – Nov 13, 2022. We'll meet from 7-8:30pm ET.
Exploring the Quaker Way (XQW) is a 3-part course intended to help participants connect with others while going deeper into explorations of Quaker faith, practice, and history.
XQW especially welcomes newcomers and new-ish-comers, as well as more experienced Friends who wish to examine fundamentals more closely. It is also an opportunity for newer Friends to meet longtime attenders and members
For these online sessions, facilitators will offer an interactive, participatory experience, with learning and fun!
//// LEARN MORE AND REGISTER /////
http://exploringthequakerway.eventbrite.com
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It's that time of year again!
Friends, it is the time for Meeting committees & representatives to start working on their budget requests for the next fiscal year, which is January to December 2023.
Clerks & convenors of committees please do hold meetings soon, so that your committee can work on the matter. I would be delighted if committees would get their figures back to me by Nov. 1.
Email them to me, Pierre Ivory, at treasurer@orlandoquakers.org.
Any questions, do phone me at (904) 540-9875
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SEYM Half Yearly Meeting 2022
December 16–19
Half Yearly meeting is an opportunity for families and Friends from all over our region to relax and have fun, surrounded by nature at Wekiwa Springs State Park!
Planned and unplanned activities include canoeing, nature walks, workshops, the Talent Show, music jams, games, art, and eco-centric programs for children of all ages.
Click HERE for more details.
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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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George Lakey: Lessons for Today from a Lifetime of Nonviolent Activism
Sunday, November 20 @ 3:15 PM
Via Zoom Please Register HERE.
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Hurricane Ian Assistance:
Local, State and Federal
Click HERE for lists of resources.
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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 5:30 to 7 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.
All are welcome!
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Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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.
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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