Fwd: 🍇 August at Koinonia Farm

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From: Sarah Cool <cools...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Subject: 🍇 August at Koinonia Farm
To: Catholic Worker <catholicw...@gmail.com>

Are there any communities looking for land in Arizona? Friends at Koinonia Farm are looking to sell 80 acres!

Also, the rest of their monthly newsletter is pretty interesting!

Did anyone know that Dorothy actually visited Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia for two weeks in 1957? It’s true! Another claim to fame is that it’s the birthplace of Habitat for Humanity. It’s a pretty amazing intentional community that’s been in operation for over 80 years! 

Also, I’ve applied and been accepted as an Intern on the farm from Feb to May of next year. Come visit me if you’d like to! 

Check out options to visit the farm here: https://koinoniafarm.org/visit-koinonia/

Sarah Cool

404.449.7893



View this email in your browser Koinonia Briefly Monthly News from Koinonia Farm August 2025 TO OUR FRIENDS IN ARIZONA -  AND BEYOND Koinonia has been gifted 80 acres in Dateland, Arizona, and we need to find a buyer. The property includes multiple buildings, two wells, partial solar power, and even a swimming pool. If you, or someone you know, might be interested, please reach out to Jim Dubay at j...@koinoniafarm.org. Grapes, Grapes, & More Grapes! It is Grape Time at Koinonia! August is muscadine and scuppernong time at Koinonia Farm. Friends from Concrete Jungle picked 440 pounds of grapes for the Harvest of Hope food pantry in Americus. We also held our annual Great Grape Get-Together with games, grape-picking, and a picnic. There's still plenty out there in the vineyard - come out for U-Pick or stop by our Welcome Center for grapes already packaged and waiting!   More About Grapes Here My Life Flows On In Endless Song At Koinonia, we do a lot of singing: in morning chapel, at lunch-time devotions, at Gathered Worship on Sundays, even in the shower!   Listen to the Music   Justice Is Important, But Supper Is Essential In addition to singing, we do a lot of eating at Koinonia. Sue gets ready to enjoy some yummy chili served by the men from St. John's Anglican Church.   Meet Some of Our Cooks Join Us For Lunch Remembering Jan Not all our news is joyful. Jan Jordan Zehr, younger daughter of Clarence and Florence Jordan, died on August 10. Another of the Koinonia Kids has passed away. She's pictured here with other children, second from right. Read Our Blog Remembering Jan Come, Stay Awhile & Serve We've said hello and good-bye again. See updates about CSASers on our blog, including a video from the Johnsson Family in Sweden who were with us in October 2024. Paul Beich, on left, joined us in August, just in time to help with the grape harvest. He's pictured here helping out at the Harvest of Hope Food Pantry.   Catch Up With CSAS News Apply for a CSAS Term LIVE & SERVE AT KOINONIA - BUILDING & FACILITIES MANAGER Would you like to live at Koinonia and help care for this place we love? We're seeking someone, possibly retired, who knows maintenance inside and out, keeps excellent records, maintains a neat and organized work space, communicates well with subcontractors, loves community, and works well with volunteers. Interested? Contact Elizabeth Dede at elizabeth@koinoniafarm.org. Whether you join us for grapes, song, supper, or service, you are part of the Koinonia story. Click through and stay connected.   Brief Thoughts from Bren If we move our feet toward the table, we’ll learn we share more in common than not. Conversations can move from the small to the common good. Compromise after much listening is not defeat. And maybe, just maybe, enough smalls will add up to something big. Read the Rest of Brief Thoughts from Bren   A Word from Clarence   The final showdown is whenever Christians confront the forces and powers of this world. The end of the world is the beginning of the kingdom, just as the end of darkness is the beginning of light. Wherever light and darkness come in conflict, that's the showdown. . . When the [first] Christians were talking about Jesus coming and ushering in the end of the world, they weren't talking about the cataclysmic windup of this physical world. They were talking about the coming of light, a dawn that's coming in the hearts of men [and women].--Clarence Jordan, "The Sermon on the Mount: The Distinct Identity"   Learn More about Clarence Jordan Follow Clarence Jordan on Facebook Help If You Can! Yes, making ends meet is getting harder for many households--and that's painfully true at Koinonia during these bewildering times.  Your support matters. Whether through a one-time donation, or as a monthly donor, you help keep Koinonia serving. Whether you subscribe to our products, or shop from time to time, every purchase makes a difference.                              Learn More About Making a Donation Visit Our Online Store We are grateful for all who came before us and for all who will come after us. We pray that others hear and respond to the call to join our community, continuing the work of serving God and God's people at and through this place called Koinonia. If you feel called to discern membership, we invite you to reach out: vi...@koinoniafarm.org Copyright © 2025 Koinonia Farm, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Koinonia Farm 1324 GA Highway 49 S Americus, GA 31719-9508 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.