On October 31st, we’ll be closing on our newest community house! Thanks to everyone who supported our new house campaign with their donations and prayers. We were able to raise over $84,000 total. We were able to get the rest of the way to $117k sale price with the help our friends at MICAH , who will be co-owning the property with us as we look for ways to partner with each other in the future.

The house has seven bedrooms and may house the Gene Stoltzfus Center for Creative Peacemaking on the main floor. However, we may be renovating the lower level of the garage at Clare House to make that two story garage into the Center. We’ll keep folks posted as that process continues.

We are grateful for friends and family who have supported our community through this process. We are grateful to the seller who decided to sell the house to us, even though she had higher offers from folks interested in it as an investment property. Praise God!

Our plan is to move from Sattler House to Simone Weil House in December. We’ll be sad to see Sattler House (our first community house) close. But we’re excited for the season ahead.

As we move forward, we have a few needs we want to bring to your attention:

• We will need to install two new boilers in the house as soon as possible. We’re getting formal estimates soon. But so far, the general estimates we’ve received are between $10k-$15k total for removal and replacement of the old boilers. We’ve had folks offer to loan us the money for this project, but we’d be grateful to anyone who could make a donation to help. You can donate online here .
• We are in need of bed frames, mattresses, bedding, pillows, and sheets for three of the bedrooms.
• If you have any carpentry skills that you’d be willing to donate, please contact us. We have a few projects we’d like to begin working on and would be grateful for the help.