Youth and Young Adult Programs

June 1 is the deadline to register for the Pre-Gathering Retreat. It’s also the deadline to register children and youth for Gathering.

Cai Quirk, FGC’s Youth and eRetreats Coordinator, describes their first experience at the Gathering as a young queer person just starting to come out. The deadline to register youth for the 2026 Gathering is June 1, 2026.

This is a sample of what a young person might share with their meeting if they are applying to be a Conscientious Objector.

Read this evoking poem from Trayce Peterson, one of the co-clerks of the Young Adult and Youth Gathering.

The 2025 Young Adult and Youth Gathering ended on a sweet note. See a few photo highlights here, and learn about the program itself.

Registration is open for this summer’s Young Adult and Youth (YAY) Gathering! This intergenerational event centers younger generations.

Tips from FGC to help make the 2024 Gathering more financially accessible.

Friends General Conference and Pendle Hill cosponsor an intergenerational LGBTQ+ retreat space.

Shifting social, financial, ecological, spiritual, and public health realities call us to experiment with new practices in how we gathering together as Friends.

Friends General Conference warmly welcomes Kody Hersh to the role of Young Adult & Youth Coordinator.

FGC’s Junior Gathering, High School, and Adult Young Friend Committees are excited to team up for a new adventure this summer.

Each year, FGC is nurtures the spiritual gifts of young Quaker leaders through its Clerks Training for Adult Young Friends and High Schoolers.