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5879 Nikolai Road, Finland, MN 55603
a part of the Quaker Intentional Village Project
QIVP Website

E-mail Contact: Community Mail

Round River Community is currently being born. Wes and Lori Seele have been living with us for the last year and two other individuals are planning to move to the community and train to start up the Community Supported Agriculture in the coming summers. The community is looking to take on a "Paddle for the Planet" trip down the Mississippi and many plans and activities are in discussion. We do not know if the QIVP will be our template for the community building process, but it will be the seed in which we grow from. Interested in the community, follow along and add your insights along the way.

Community Statement of Intention
In common with other Quaker Intentional Villages, we believe community can be a means to advance the following six objectives:

1. To increase the mindfulness, spiritual focus and God-centeredness of our lives by finding and living near others who share these goals and thus will reinforce, on a daily basis, our desire to live in worship.

2. To strengthen our family life both by creating a "village" setting in which to raise our and others' children, and by caring for our elders. This includes an emphasis on leaving behind cultural obstacles that interfere with providing the time and energy that healthy family life requires.

3. To examine carefully our participation in the national/international consumer economy and begin to build the critical mass necessary for viable business networks and sources of goods and services more appropriate to our Quaker testimonies.

4. To focus on a lifestyle that is environmentally sound and that attempts to give back to our planet as much as is taken from it.

5. To include a good measure of joy, fun, outreach, and service in our lives as we strive to meet the first four objectives.

Community Charactors
Learn about the charactors that make up this community. Click here and see the bios...

Join the Community down the mississippi
This is a trip of a lifetime. Come join us on our adventure and see what the greatest river in North America has to teach us. Click and check out this page...

Community Bios .... Round River Main Page .... Mississippi Trip Order Form