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More about
Rivendell...
Rivendell’s professed members (called
“Companions”—those who break bread and share the journey together) include
women and men, lay and ordained, married and single.
Some live together in residential community, while the majority live in
private homes, coming together for worship, prayer, conversation, study, and
active ministry.
All follow a common Rule, or pattern of life and prayer, which sustains
and nourishes us to live active lives of service in our particular and diverse
ministries. Click to
Meet Companions of Rivendell.
The work of the Rivendell Community is focused
on prayer and hospitality: the
constant offering of prayer and worship on behalf of the Church and the world,
and hospitality both physical and spiritual.
Through its life and work, the Community seeks to foster the
contemplative dimension of Christian faith—not as self-seeking spirituality
but as self-giving availability to the transformative power of the Gospel, and
loving obedience to the purposes of God.
Rivendell is a recognized Christian Community
of the Episcopal Church. (For more information, visit
NAECC, the National
Association of Episcopal Christian Communities.) While professed
Companions are Episcopalians, Associates and friends represent other Christian traditions, both Roman Catholic and
Protestant.
Some
of
Rivendell's ministries and projects include...
Rivendell
Motherhouse, Dunnegan, Missouri
· Facilities and hospitality for
personal and
small group retreats
· Several thematic
retreats and conferences each
year
· Theological education and spiritual formation
(including hosting the George Herbert Institute for Pastoral Studies)
· Pastoral leadership for congregations in the region: St. Alban's, Bolivar; Shepherd of the Hills, Branson; Trinity, Lebanon; St. Mark's, Kimberling City
· Spiritual direction
· Stewardship of Creation, including wildlife habitat development
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Emmaus
Chapter, Memphis, Tennessee
· Saturday night meal/discussion/worship
· Social justice ministries
· Parish spiritual/liturgical life (Daily
office, quiet days, seasonal celebrations)
· Medical practice for under-served areas
· Nursing care at Church Health Center
· Chaplaincy for inner city independent elementary school
· Campus ministry
· News, communication, commentary on Episcopal and Anglican affairs
· Secondary school teaching in religion
· Youth ministry