Allelon House- Intentional Christian Community
The Allelon House consists of a group of students who live with one another in intentional Christian community and live under a common rule of life. They spend time sharing meals, serving and praying together, encouraging and challenging one anther, and just having fun together.
A rule of life is a covenant that guides how students will live with one another and engage one another. It includes, but is not limited to, how often students will pray and eat together, how they will deal with conflict, a commitment to service and hospitality, and a commitment to building up one another in prayer, work, and common life, as a witness to God's glory and in submission to Christ's body.
Students within the Allelon House share food, space, and some financial matters. They also take a 1.5 hour CVOC (306) class about community and Christian life which is arranged around the schedules of the community members.
Rule of life:
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our prayer
- we commit to attend chapel prayer as a community once per week, and to attend chapel prayer as individuals as often as possible
- we commit to attend taizé as often as possible
- we commit to take seriously our commitments to our local congregations, and to be interested in the congregations of one another
- we commit to pray together weekly as a community in our community space
- we commit to pray, as individuals, for one another, the community, and other needs
our work
- we commit, as individuals and as a community, to take seriously our vocations as students, encouraging one another in class attendance and assignment completion
- we commit to work hard when we need to work, but to strive always for balance in our work, prayer and common life
- we commit, as a community, to partner in ongoing service to our neighbors
our common life
- we commit to an environment that creates silence for one another whenever possible
- we commit to maintaining a clean, comfortable and inviting space by picking up after ourselves and one another
- we commit to welcome strangers, neighbors and friends, not only into our space but into the cares and concerns of our life together
- we commit to caring for one another's belongings
- we commit to a pattern of conflict resolution consistent with the teachings of jesus; first, one-on-one, and if no reconciliation results, with the director of the community
- we commit not to gossip about one another, with one another, or with others
- we commit to listen when others are speaking
- we commit to a common meal every week
- we commit to full participation in our intentional community's vocation exploration class
- we commit to responsible financial management, including the common funds we will share
- we commit to reserving spaces and times for fellowship with one another, both planned and spontaneous
we commit to building one another up in our prayer, work and common life, as a witness to God's glory and in submission to Christ's body
