See our Facing Climate Change page for useful information about positive climate actions individuals can take.
Human Impacts of Climate Change
Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
We work at the multilateral level to promote urgent, healthy, equitable, and available-at-scale climate action and environmental protection. We address climate change and related environmental crises as a symptom of a greater challenge: how to live sustainably and justly on earth.
QUNO places consistent emphasis on the need to transform the root causes of climate change embedded in our political, economic and social systems. Our work is grounded in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change climate science findings for effective and equitable climate action to protect people and nature from the unprecedented levels of suffering and loss of life predicted with higher temperature rises.
On this basis, we work across multiple fora: through international negotiations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with climate science at the IPCC, at the Human Rights Council (HRC), and with the wider diplomatic community in Geneva.
Learn more: https://quno.org/areas-of-work/human-impacts-climate-change
Quakers Confront Climate Change
We Can Face Hard Truths and Help Those Who Are Fearful Confront Their Fears
We are called to live in right relationship with all Creation, recognizing that the entire world is interconnected and is a manifestation of God.
-Quaker Earthcare Witness
Perhaps the best thing we can do today is practice hope. And help those who are fearful confront their fears. To teach them to practice hope.
-Quinn Norton
You Are Welcome Here
Come Worship with Us
A welcoming unprogrammed Quaker Meeting, we gather every Sunday at 9:45am, in-person and on Zoom, at Clearwater Garden Club on North Fort Harrison Ave at Seminole St., settling into silent worship at 10:00am.
We are deeply committed to respecting and honoring all individuals,
regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
Upcoming Events
Sat December 14
Extended Meeting for Worship
1:00-4:00pm
Venue: Zoom including small groups in-person/Zoom
SEYM Worship & Ministry Committee
Extended Meeting for Worship
Sat, Dec 14, 1-4pm ET/12-3pm CT, online
Join SEYM's Worship & Ministry Committee
Saturday, December 14, 1- 4pm ET / 12-3pm CT
for an Extended Meeting for 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 your worship experience? Come and see!
Consider creating a “hub.” That is, invite others to meet in person at your local meetinghouse or in someone’s home. Then, using their computer and Zoom connection, join the online Extended Meeting for Worship from there. You can enjoy being physically present with one another while also joining with others online.
We will sit primarily in silence, speaking out of the silence as each person feels led. Where will an hour-and-a-half, two hours, three hours take you . . . if you let it?
Sun December 15
Clearwater Friends Meeting for Worship (hybrid)
9:45am
Venue: Clearwater Garden Club; 405 Seminole St, Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting in-person at Clearwater Garden Club and via Zoom. The Clearwater Garden Club is north of downtown Clearwater on N. Fort Harrison Ave. at Seminole Street (405 Seminole St, Clearwater, FL 33755).
Sun December 22
Clearwater Friends Meeting for Worship (hybrid)
9:45am
Venue: Clearwater Garden Club; 405 Seminole St, Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting in-person at Clearwater Garden Club and via Zoom. The Clearwater Garden Club is north of downtown Clearwater on N. Fort Harrison Ave. at Seminole Street (405 Seminole St, Clearwater, FL 33755).
See our Calendar of Events page for more Clearwater Friends activities and some other events of interest.
SEYM Welcome to Newcomers
"You are welcome at any of our Meetings and Worship Groups! We are a mix of newcomers and longtime members, with people of various faith backgrounds, gender identities and orientations.
We gather for unprogrammed worship and spiritual renewal, and advocate for peace, social justice, and the earth.
At the heart of the Quaker faith is the experience of an inner source of spiritual connection, renewal, and guidance that is present in all people, regardless of religion or culture. We have no dogma or statements of belief. Learn more>
https://seymquakers.org/welcome/for-newcomers/#videos
-Southeast Yearly Meeting
Read and Share the Clearwater Friends Meeting Statement
on the Israel-Palestine Conflict
https://clearwaterfriends.org/israel-palestine-statement/
You can find us at:
NOT OUR MAILING ADDRESS-, Meeting at Clearwater Garden Club, 405 Seminole St., Clearwater, FL 33755
Our what3words address is:
We meet:
Every Sunday at 10:00am
Hybrid meeting on Zoom. Contact us in advance for Zoom link.