Taste of Iona House x's 5 - Deeply grateful

We always knew that developing Iona House would take a broad, generous, and deeply committed community. We are in awe of how God is putting together just this sort of community!

Over the past month we’ve been hosted for five different “Taste of Iona House” events in which a person / couple / handful of people puts together a gathering with a meal and an invitation for us to share the Iona House vision with a group of their friends. I guess technically speaking these are “fundraising” events. But truthfully they’ve felt more like community-building or movement-building events (and our invitation to financial partnership is quite gentle).

What happens at a Taste of Iona House event?

We hear from people in the room about their experience of following Christ / seeking spiritually in this particular moment of history and then we share our story of God giving us the vision of Iona House in the midst of serving at a church in SF. We connect dots for people about the ways that we believe Iona House will be significantly helpful to building up both individual faith as well as strengthening churches across our region and beyond. We end the time together with prayer (and sometimes singing). It has felt deeply joyful and highly connective.

The food has been delicious at each event! We’ve walked away thinking that we’ve met some of the most wonderful people. We’re deeply grateful for this expression of partnership displayed in the hosts of these gatherings. Many thanks to Andy Ku, Ben Chelf, Ivy Lau, Evan Schindewolf, Peter Sanford, Sophia Chao, Ben & Margaret Fisher, Will & Jenny Stegall, and Tom & Michele Ruby. You have blessed us and the work of Iona House so much.

If you would like to host a “Taste of Iona House” event for us to come and share at, let us know. It doesn’t have to be complicated or elaborate. Even an afternoon tea or a dessert is great. The best size seems to be a group of about 10-15 people (including hosts). Let us know if you’d like to partner in this way.

By the way, we’re in an exciting season of seeing some additional gifts come together for the Phase II capital campaign. Here’s where we’re at today.