FP

AngelinaI feel really lucky to be alive and in community with Quakers right now, because I can see the glimmers of a resurgence and growing vitality, particularly among young adult Friends. This is true of FGC — with the Youth Ministries Committee and flourishing AYF programs at Gathering — but also individual yearly meetings. My own yearly meeting, Philadelphia, has had a fairly active young adult Friend group for more than two years (admittedly reincarnated from a much longer history). The February conference at Burlington brought together a lot of young adult Friends who are doing similar work all over the country.

All of this growth and good work in mind, I want to put forward yet another way that I think young adult Friends can be (and in many cases already are) working to build sustainable community among ourselves and the greater community of Friends: by being involved, as young adult Friends, in high school Quaker communities as Friendly Presences (chaperones) and workshop leaders.