2025 Juneteenth Celebration
On June 14th, DeLand Quakers again provided a book giveaway as part of the 2025 Juneteenth celebration held at the Sanborn Center in DeLand. We provided more than 600 books: books on African American history, culture, novels, children’s books, and some banned books. ...
Tuesday Night Zoom, April 15th
Jim Cain will outline and invite discussion of Marcus Borg’s understanding of Jesus as described in his book Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time.
Citizen George
We spent inspiring hour with George Lakey! Over many decades, George has trained thousands in nonviolence—including NP’s first team in Sri Lanka back in 2003. On February 27, we heard directly from George on his experience assisting movements for justice and peace,...
MLK Day 2025
Our latest book giveaway was held on 1/20/25 in Earl Brown Park as part of the MLK Day Celebration. The day was cold and breezy but clear. A number of people from the Meeting participated in the parade prior to the giveaway. Many people visited our booth and we...
Participation in DeLand’s Juneteenth Celebrations—Donations of Banned Books Needed!
On June 19, 1865, Union troops delivered the belated news to slaves working on plantations in Texas that they had been declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation issued two years earlier by President Lincoln. Since then, Black communities across America have...
Donations of Banned Books Needed
Once again, we are collecting (and saving!) books which have been banned by the state of Florida’s Anti-Woke Act. Check this link for banned titles and either order them through the Family Book Shop (1301 N Woodland Blvd, DeLand, FL 32720) in DeLand or search for them...
Who Knew Folding Paper Could Be Such Fun!
Each year during DeLand’s Fall Festival of the Arts, held the weekend prior to Thanksgiving, DeLand Quakers have a booth in the children’s area to teach the ancient art of origami - folding paper to make forms representing animals and flowers. Our favorite creation is...
Annual Empty Bowls Dinner
On November 14 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at DeLand High School (800 N Hill Ave, DeLand), we will be joining the community for the annual fundraising event for The Neighborhood Center, DeLand’s foremost agency for giving assistance to the unhoused. The food is good, the...
DeLand Quaker Meeting
Tuesday July 8
ZOOM 7:00: Sheryl Bell, Family Care Coordinator at the Chiles Academy, will describe the educational opportunities and support they offer to preteens and teens who are pregnant or who are parents. Discussion will follow.
Saturday July 12
6:00 Paul Lane will host a ‘Tables of Six’ event at his home. This is an opportunity to meet informally with your friends in the Meeting over a dinner provided by Paul. This is an inaugural event for this idea and, in the future, maybe be expanded to persons outside the meeting that we would like to know – or know better. Paul’s house is just south of DeLand at 2426 Oxford Lane. Please RSVP to delandquakers@gmail.com if you can attend.
Monday July 14
7:00 We’re invited to join UU DeLand for a viewing of the newly released Sacred Springs Stories presentation filmed at the Florida Springs Institute in High Springs. This will feature 7 different springs’ advocates who speak of their personal feelings of sacredness for Florida’s 1,000 springs. Central Florida is blessed with more springs than any other place on Earth! Come see why they are so special and in the months to follow, go see/paddle/swim at Blue, DeLeon, Gemini, Wekiva, etc. for yourself. Clean, pure water and light snacks will be provided. The program is just under 2 hours. More info: 321-243-0279
Tuesday July 15
ZOOM 7:00 Cindy has planned a Zoom featuring our musical interests and asks folks to contact her if they are interested in sharing a musical interest.
Saturday July 19
ZOOM: 10:00am-12noon EST: The Right Time to Change: Growing Our Hearts to Meet the Moment. In this lecture, Quaker artist and facilitator Dwight Dunston will share some ideas on the conditions that catalyze change and readying ourselves for change, how to be faithful to continuing revelation and lead participants through exercises, conversation, and embodied practices to strengthen our capacity to change. Hosted by the SEYM Worship & Ministry Committee and DeLand Quakers. Register at The Right Time to Change: Growing Our Hearts to Meet the Moment | Southeastern Yearly Meeting
Use this Zoom Meeting link for all DeLand Meeting presentations:
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Meeting ID: 844 6875 4730
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