The Meeting was founded in the 20's by individuals on a spiritual quest. I was an attender in the 1930's as a child and an active participant in the 1950's as an adult in the major Meeting House expansion to accommodate an overflowing First Day School. When our kids' generation grew up and left the meeting they were not replaced, and Meeting life settled into a minimalist period. This ended in the 1980's when the Meeting offered itself as a refugee sanctuary. There is a lesson here.
Organizations have the ability to influence their future positively.
In my experience Chestnut Hill Meeting's life has mirrored its decisions to engage actively in a spiritual journey, provide for the religious instruction of its children or to address social needs. When any of these motivations are quiet, so is its life.