... About Young Adult Quakers Here in Philadelphia

A lot of Quaker groups (and other communities) have found that it's a challenge to find a deep personal or spiritual experience in a large group. Since the Philadelphia Young Adult Friends group has so many people connected with it, it can be hard to figure out what's best for the community as a whole. Someone at FGC Gathering this past week said of that community of about 1500 people, that "my community is everywhere at the Gathering, so it winds up being nowhere" - it's easy to get lost in the crowd, even if the crowd is a lot smaller than 1500. One of the solutions that has worked for some people at FGC Gathering, and has been proposed for PYAF, is to have small groups, with maybe 4 to 8 people, that can meet to worship, provide social & emotional support, eat together, play together, read and discuss interesting quaker (or non quaker) writings, do worship-sharing, etc.