We’re a multi-generational Friends village dedicated to the Quaker SPICES (S implicity, P eace, I ntegrity, C ommunity, E quality, and S sustainability or S tewardship). We’re in the very beginning stages of four new mission areas: affordable housing, the creative and performing arts, organic agriculture, and war tax resistance.
“SPICES” is our acronym. The six letters stand for: Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship/Sustainability.
Simplicity means “it’s a gift to be simple, it’s a gift to be free.” Peace is not merely the absence of war. Peace is the absence of the need for war, as Gil Scott-Heron reminds us. Integrity is a call to say what we mean and mean what we say. “Let your Yes mean yes and your No mean no” (Mt. 5:37). Community is the reason we exist. We’re convinced we’re better together (though it doesn’t always feel like it). Equality means that if we live in the Light, we’re “neither Jew nor Gentile, slave nor free, male nor female, for we are all one” (Gal 3:28). Stewardship/Sustainability reminds us that we have a planet to heal.
Membership process individual to each inquirer
Call or email us. You need to have your own tent, camper, RV, etc. Let us know if there’s congruity and interdependence between your mission and ours. Leave a phone number if you’d like a callback. Quaker worship is most Sundays at 11:00 am in the Meeting House.
Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Yes (20 hrs/week)
We’re passionately involved in all the pressing issues of a planet in need of healing: solidarity with immigrants, preserving our groundwater, a non-toxic food system, resilient local communities, dismantling the carceral state, resisting US imperialism, and more. We’re not living in the world and going to church. We’re living in the embrace of the worldwide Quaker communion and going to the world.
Common House, Library, Workshop, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Fire pit
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
Private homes with shared common facilities, designed for neighborly
interaction while maintaining independence.
Shared living spaces with private bedrooms/bathrooms and communal
kitchens, dining, and social areas.
Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.
Geographically close groups of independently-owned homes whose residents actively cultivate community relationships and shared values.
Residential communities focused on providing space for meditation, spiritual practice, and personal growth retreats.
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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