Apply to Become a Host Community Member at Kinbrace Community Society
Kinbrace is seeking a family to commit to becoming volunteer Host Community Members, living on-site in East Vancouver. The Host Community is a dedicated group of neighbours who live life in the community with intention and commitment, providing a generous welcome to people seeking refugee protection.
You are seeking a creative and meaningful home life. Living life in a community as an engaged and attentive neighbour alongside newly arrived refugee claimants resonates with you.
As a Host Community Member you create and sustain a place of home and kinship to people seeking refugee protection, wholeheartedly aligning yourself with and living into Kinbrace’s core values:
- Welcome
- Trust
- Mutual Transformation
- Celebration
- Prayer
Amidst the regular rhythms of your life you will:
- Extend and receive spacious hospitality with Kinbrace residents; lead and participate in community building events and celebrations; and respond to after hour needs
- Attend and host community dinners 3x/month
- Offer your unique interests and talents to the community
- Tend the Kinbrace property and take on community chores
- Check in and share meals regularly with others in the Host Community
You:
- Thrive in a multicultural environment
- Are very flexible and adaptable
- Have time and capacity in your daily life for new relationships, community rhythms and responding to spontaneous invitations
- Have experience living communally
- Are prepared to commit to living at Kinbrace for a minimum of 1 year
Some highlights from past Host Community Members:
- “The most life-giving aspect of living at the Kinbrace for me was the relationships made; they were deeply meaningful. Over time, simply from being present in the same space day in and day out, trust grows. It is a gift to get to know people from all over the world in such a way.”
- “All of the celebrations, both spontaneous and planned: the weekly meals with many birthdays, positive determination parties, goodbye tributes, baby showers, New Years, etc. There is a vibrancy that happens when the fragility of life feels so close to home. “
- “My family grew tenfold in the time I lived at Kinbrace…I arrived empty-handed and left with at least 8 new sisters!”
Host Community Application Links:
- Host Community Responsibilities and Benefits Document
- Host Community Member Application Form (Google Form)
- Host Community Member Application Form (Microsoft Word Document)
Contact Julie at [email protected] or 604.250.2377 with your questions and/or wonderings.
Applications will be reviewed and considered as they come in.