Visiting
our community
We would love to have you visit us and look forward to
learning more about you. If you have any questions about
what to bring (or what you shouldn't bring), just ask. We
welcome all that love Jesus and follow him, although we
have certain expectations you should keep in mind while
among us.
We expect that our visitors will eat with us, attend our
meetings, and work with us wherever they are able. It is
the best way to get to know us.
Even though we may not have come to the same position on
everything, we will respect your convictions, and expect
you will do the same in return. We cannot welcome anyone
that stands in spiritual opposition to the brotherhood
here, that seeks to undermine it, or make proselytes from
among us.
We expect you to become acquainted with what we believe
before visiting here, or considering our community for your
future home. A number of articles on this web site will
help you understand us better.
We expect you to ask questions and will gladly answer what
you honestly wish to know. We may also have questions for
you, and look forward to learning from you as well.
At the same time, we have arrived at some working positions
as a group and we cannot change our way of doing things to
accommodate what every visitor might expect. We hope you
understand, and that our time together may be one of
peaceful growth in the Spirit of Jesus.
If it turns out otherwise, we may ask you to leave.
We expect you to care for your own children, while here.
Certainly, we will help where we can, and will gladly
incorporate them into our communal activities. But you, as
parents, will be responsible for them at all times.
If we meet one another with honest hearts, in humility, in
the Spirit of Jesus, we do not doubt our time together will
bring with it rich rewards. Praying, working, and eating
together resolves more issues than many words.