Location
The Grovestead Farm
Northfield, MN
Date/Time
Date(s) - Friday, July 18, 2025 - Sunday, July 20, 2025
6:30 pm - 12:00 pm
Join us as we host a mini-conference on intentional community at our farm this summer. We have asked Homestead Heritage, a 4th-generation craft- and agrarian-based intentional community, based in Texas, to come and teach what they have learned over 50 years of building sustainable, generational community.
Read Rory’s letter: Is Deeper Community Possible in Minnesota?
Topics include:
- Why community? A biblical and practical answer to modernity.
- True and false community: What is authentic Christian community, and how is it different than what we have now?
- What does agriculture have to do with community?
- Self-sufficiency or community sufficiency?
- The cost of community: Why most intentional communities fail.
- What is the process of starting a new community?
- City on a Hill: Community and evangelism.
- Q&A throughout
Schedule:
Friday, July 18:
- 6:30PM – Opening Session
Saturday, July 19:
- 10am – Morning Session
- noon-3pm – Picnic lunch, fellowship, Q&A
- 3pm – Afternoon Session
- 5pm – Potluck dinner (bring a dish to share)
- 6pm – Evening Session
Sunday, July 20:
- 10am – Worship Service
PLEASE NOTE: There will be no children’s programming for this event. Parents will need to supervise their own children or make other arrangements.
Registration is free, but seating is limited. A free-will offering will be taken to help offset the costs of hosting and travel expenses.
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