What we’re about

We’re all told we ought to strive to be the “good soil” that receives the Word and allows the spiritual crop to grow. But in nature, as in our souls, not all ground is “fertile.” Think of examples you see every day: a garden plot in the corner of a neglected backyard, a protected forest next to an apartment complex, a family farm along a roadside, or a small pot on a cement porch; they are are grounds dedicated to the purpose of growth, set aside or against harsh and barren ground.

For us, the physical “plot” looks a bit different — a church, a basement, a cafe, a park (which may or may not involve sitting in the dirt) — but each meeting place is a new ground for the Word to land, and we, as the community of young people, make up the soil. In Genesis, God Himself breathes life into clay that becomes human (literally meaning “dirt”). 

Soil itself is made by the decomposition of what came before, and active care for it to stay rich. As young adults, we have, by now, been through several phases of life. Maybe one is adrift after losing the structure of school, one struggles with or for work, another is feeling increasingly lonely and isolated from their faith and those they used to be close to… all might feel “broken down” by the trials of life. 

We invite you to come as you are: your dry, rocky, and thorny soil; mingle it with our new ground, all the while the Sower tills with gentle hands to bear good fruit.