Peter and Anneke Geel will be leaving the Mustard Seed House in August. Peter has been accepted into the doctoral program at Georgetown University and for some reason they aren’t very keen on commuting to Washington DC each week. We are looking for a couple who are interested in joining our small community here in Seattle and moving into our 1 bedroom basement apartment. We are looking for people who can make at least a two year commitment.
The Mustard Seed House is an intentional, intergenerational Christian community with 3 families, 2 dogs, numerous bird feeders and a worm bin. We are little like a large extended family – kids and dogs are full participants in all our activities. We are keen organic gardeners, and are particularly concerned about creation care, sustainable lifestyles and spiritual rhythms for life. Our present shared practices include a 1+ weekly dinner and check in time, weekly prayer, and a 1+ monthly garden day. As a community we offer generous hospitality to people from around the world and provide an opportunity for visitors to explore a regular rhythm of prayer and worship as well as other aspects of kingdom living being modelled by the community.
The Mustard Seed House is part of Mustard Seed Associates though not everyone in the community works for MSA. The community often hosts MSA gatherings and provides a central place to gather to discuss issues facing us now and in the future and to develop creative models that reflect something of God’s kingdom values. We are in the process of developing a rule of life that will provide guidelines for shared practices not just for those in the Mustard Seed House but for others associated with MSA as well.
If this doesn’t sound too scary and you are still interested we would love to hear from you.
For more info contact mustardseedhouse@gmail.com
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I am a Mennonite pastor and my husband, Peter is a writer/lecturer/photographer centering upon issues of global justice and peace. We are currently residing in Seattle, along with our two children, Sophia who is 3 1/2 and Brendan, 14 months. The work of Mustard Seed Associates, as well as the community of the Mustard Seed House, caught our attention as we too, have interest with the emerging monastic and mosaic movements as they relate to the furthering of God’s Kingdom. We are also intrigued with MHS’s focus upon Celtic spirituality– we are contemplating whether the upcoming retreat in August might be a possibility for our family to attend. We would welcome the opportunity to talk with and/or visit MSA and the MSH. Perhaps you could offer some thoughts about how we might best proceed with arranging a meeting. Thank you for your work and vision.
Meg,
Good to hear from you. We have actually just returned from the Mennonite People’s Summit in Winnipeg Manitoba. It would be great if you can attend the retreat. It is very definitely kid friendly – we usually have 5 – 8 young children there. If not lets work out a time to meet together.
Blessings
Christine