About Tampa Friends
All are welcome to join in our Meetings for Worship. As an unprogrammed meeting, we worship in silence. We welcome children into our Sunday school (First Day school).
For an introduction to Friends, we suggest you read "Silent Worship and Quaker Values" by Marsha D. Holliday.
Tampa Monthly Meeting is a part of the Southeastern Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (SEYM) and Friends General Conference (FGC). If you are new to Quakerism, you may want to visit their web sites to learn more about us.
Meeting for Worship
We welcome you to join us at the Meetinghouse or virtually via Zoom at 10am each Sunday (First Day). For instructions for Zoom, please subscribe to our email list. Zoom meetings do not connect with the Meetinghouse on the third Sunday of each month. Please join us at the meetinghouse on those days for worship and a potluck lunch.
We are an unprogrammed meeting, so we sit in silence until the spirit moves us to speak. Members, attenders, and visitors rise to speak as the spirit leads them. Friends should leave a brief time between speakers and not use spoken worship for discussion or responses to the speakers.
At about 11am the clerk will end the Meeting for Worship and attendees in the Meetinghouse exchange greetings and handshakes. The Meeting then continues in silent worship while attendees announce any joys, sorrows, concerns, or prayer requests. As in the earlier Meeting for Worship, Friends should leave space between each speaker. The clerk will indicate an end to this section of the Meeting by asking Friends to introduce themselves.
Sunday School (First Day School) for young friends
Children attend First Day school during the adult meeting. Please let us know if you are bringing children so that we can be sure to be prepared for them. Special lessons have been planned for our wee ones and youth who attend First Day school. The children usually enter into our worship space and sit with the adults until about 10 minutes into the meeting when the children leave for their own special service. We welcome all children to attend First Day school.
Adult First Day Program
We periodically hold Adult First Day programs either before or after Meeting for Worship on certain Sundays. Check the event calendar for specifics. These sessions are usually centered around a reading and include thoughtful discussion and silent worship. All are welcome to join us for our Adult First Day program.
Meeting for Worship With a Concern for Business
Our business meetings are conducted in the spirit of worship on the second Sunday in March, June, September, and December. Members and attenders of Meeting for Business consider and make decisions by discerning a sense of the meeting. All are welcome to attend our Meetings With a Concern for Business.
Committee of the Whole
Potluck
On the third Sunday (First Day) of each month we join together in fellowship around a potluck meal. Don't worry if you didn't bring anything ... there is always enough and visitors are always welcome at our table.
All are welcome to join in our Meetings for Worship. As an unprogrammed meeting, we worship in silence. We welcome children into our Sunday school (First Day school).
For an introduction to Friends, we suggest you read "Silent Worship and Quaker Values" by Marsha D. Holliday.
Tampa Monthly Meeting is a part of the Southeastern Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (SEYM) and Friends General Conference (FGC). If you are new to Quakerism, you may want to visit their web sites to learn more about us.
Meeting for Worship
We welcome you to join us at the Meetinghouse or virtually via Zoom at 10am each Sunday (First Day). For instructions for Zoom, please subscribe to our email list. Zoom meetings do not connect with the Meetinghouse on the third Sunday of each month. Please join us at the meetinghouse on those days for worship and a potluck lunch.
We are an unprogrammed meeting, so we sit in silence until the spirit moves us to speak. Members, attenders, and visitors rise to speak as the spirit leads them. Friends should leave a brief time between speakers and not use spoken worship for discussion or responses to the speakers.
At about 11am the clerk will end the Meeting for Worship and attendees in the Meetinghouse exchange greetings and handshakes. The Meeting then continues in silent worship while attendees announce any joys, sorrows, concerns, or prayer requests. As in the earlier Meeting for Worship, Friends should leave space between each speaker. The clerk will indicate an end to this section of the Meeting by asking Friends to introduce themselves.
Sunday School (First Day School) for young friends
Children attend First Day school during the adult meeting. Please let us know if you are bringing children so that we can be sure to be prepared for them. Special lessons have been planned for our wee ones and youth who attend First Day school. The children usually enter into our worship space and sit with the adults until about 10 minutes into the meeting when the children leave for their own special service. We welcome all children to attend First Day school.
Adult First Day Program
We periodically hold Adult First Day programs either before or after Meeting for Worship on certain Sundays. Check the event calendar for specifics. These sessions are usually centered around a reading and include thoughtful discussion and silent worship. All are welcome to join us for our Adult First Day program.
Meeting for Worship With a Concern for Business
Our business meetings are conducted in the spirit of worship on the second Sunday in March, June, September, and December. Members and attenders of Meeting for Business consider and make decisions by discerning a sense of the meeting. All are welcome to attend our Meetings With a Concern for Business.
Committee of the Whole
Potluck
On the third Sunday (First Day) of each month we join together in fellowship around a potluck meal. Don't worry if you didn't bring anything ... there is always enough and visitors are always welcome at our table.