The Arbor
Like those among the early church, the community called The Arbor shares time, space, belongings, finances, and life with one another. Individuals within The Arbor commit to living their lives guided by traditional practices of Christian faith such as hospitality, prayer, discernment, worship, fellowship, forgiveness, and simple living.
The Rule & Routine
As members of The Arbor, we covenant with God and one another to form our lives around the practices and virtues of traditional Christian faith. We discern the following virtues and practices to be important to our community:
- Loving our neighbors as ourselves
- Keeping the Sabbath
- Being peacemakers
- Depending upon one another
- Sharing meals around the table
- Faithfulness to God, others, and our community
- Care for creation
- Holding possessions in common
- Expression and worship
- Growing in wisdom through contemplative practices
- Welcoming others
- Love
We eat together as a community on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings at 5:30pm.
We share a meal with our neighbors every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month around 6:00pm. This is a potluck meal, and all are welcome.
We share a regular prayer time together on Monday mornings, Wednesday monrnings, Thursday evenings after dinner, and Friday mornings.
We hold Points Meetings every other Wednesday morning in conjunction with morning prayer. Points Meetings allow us space to discuss joys, concerns, issues, or areas for discernment within the community.
We practice spiritual guidance as a community with a spiritual guide that meets with us on a monthly basis.
On the first Thursday evening of each month, we host a Hyaets family gathering for all partners of Hyaets.
We practice Sabbath on Sundays
