“Quakers and the Earth”
Young Adult Friends Fall Retreat 2026
October 23 – 25 | 5:00 p.m. Friday – 12:30 p.m Sunday
Camp Onas | 609 Giegle Hill Rd, Ottsville PA 18942
Cost | $40
Join us for a weekend at Camp Onas! We’ll be sleeping over on Friday and Saturday night, so don’t forget to pack your sleeping bags, pillows, clothes, necessary bathroom items, medications, and anything else you might need. A note on sleeping accommodations, there will be actual beds (!) in shared rooms.
If you are not able to stay overnight, we invite you to join us instead on Saturday! It is also okay if you are only able to come on Friday or Sunday. Please let us know in the registration that you will be staying for only part of the retreat.
You can expect opportunities to be outside, participate in worship sharing and lots of time to simply be together. We will be partaking in a workshop, a nature walk, and small groups to explore the ways we steward and care for the Earth. There will worshipful time throughout the weekend, and our time will conclude with our own Meeting For Worship on Sunday (hopefully outside).
Things to Know:
The cost of your registration goes towards the costs of food, activities, and the honoraria for the facilitators.
There is scholarship money available for those in need.
This will be a mask optional event.
Please email ckinnel@pym.org if you have any questions or accommodation needs.
Community Expectations:
The Young Adult F/friends community is a collaborative community where we share responsibility and work together to support each of our gatherings. This means, each F/friend is expected to support making and setting up meals, cleaning up dishes and shared areas, collecting and disposing of trash, organizing spaces and activities to their original layout, and other such responsibilities. We welcome each F/friend contributing to the collective work of the Young Adult community in ways that feel comfortable and accessible. We share responsibility to align with our Quaker values of community and service, and to ensure that the task of tending to our community is distributed fairly among F/friends.
Registration closes Monday, October 19th, 2026.
