About A Place Apart

a teaching community where all types of people can come for a time

to break from the world and rediscover the new way of living

introduced by Jesus Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit.

A Place Apart is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Putney, Vermont.

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We are a group of Christ's followers

who are longing to feel alive again.

We envision a place apart,

where members of our Church of the Brethren and others

could come together in seeking to be deeply,

wondrously alive in Christ.

The mission of A Place Apart, then,

is to be a place where the new way of living,

the new way of being alive introduced

by Jesus Christ and empowered by the

Holy Spirit can be experienced and participated in.

The purpose of A Place Apart is to provide a place where men and women, young and old, married couples and singles, clergy and lay people, Christians, other faith traditions, and those without any religious affiliation can comfortably come to break with the frenzied pace, empty value systems, fakery, and pseudo-life of the world and develop a new relationship to God, to others, to themselves, and to the Earth. A Place Apart will be a place to regain hope and a place to receive direction and channel hope.

This purpose will be accomplished through the observance of daily practices - such as time spent outdoors, scripture reading, and corporate prayer - that will help us to make God a part of every aspect of life. We will welcome others to join us in this practice, with a special emphasis on reconnecting them and ourselves with God's created order.