Iona House is built on a semi-monastic / monastic-inspired model echoing the ancient Celtic monasterium. The ongoing communal life at Iona House is made possible by the presence of residents, who inhabit the daily rhythms, offer care and stewardship to the campus, and serve as the lay staff of Iona House. These residents at Iona House are not life-long vowed monks. They are ordinary lay people who desire to spend a season of their lives living into a communal rule of life alongside others.

It depends on the Residency Cohort. There can be as few as two and as many as twelve. The number of residents is determined by the number of qualified applicants and the concerns of putting together a healthy, functional cohort experience.

Residents must be 18 years or older. We are looking for committed Christians; in some cases we might consider a person who is seriously seeking Christian faith (but still a seeker). To be considered, a person must be in good enough health to engage the physical work aspect of the residency and must be emotionally capable of handling life together with other residents. Residents must have the financial capacity to sustain themselves during the Residency without a paying job.

Residents must be willing to submit themselves to living according to a biblical lifestyle echoing Great Tradition of Christianity.

Like everything at Iona House, we offer this Residency as a gift, meaning there is no fee. Iona House is a community operating within an economy of generosity and gift giving. As such, we gift the cost of housing (rent, utilities, home insurance, and even some meals, etc.) to Residents. The invitation of Residents is to invest themselves in the mission Iona House.

Residents are expected take financial responsibility for their own food, health insurance, and incidentals. We are working on trying to secure a grant to add additional financial support to this Residency Program allowing those with financial constraints the opportunity to experience the Residency Program. Stay tuned and pray with us for this to become a reality.

The Iona House Residency is a full time experience. To be considered for the residency program each candidate must be committed to being present and engaged during the full duration of the residency. This means that a person cannot be working, in school, or have other commitments that will intrude on the residency experience. The residents are a vital part of the ongoing life of Iona House.

Each week the Residents are given a personal day (on Monday) in which they are able to take care of personal needs, visit friends / family, and be free from responsibilities at Iona House. In addition to the personal day, Residents have limited-responsibilities (animal feedings, guest check-in) on Sundays.

We welcome all Residents to participate in the life of All Saints Church (allsaintsplacerville.org), which is the community in which many of our staff, leaders, and volunteers worship (and led by Ryan & Elizabeth Jones). It is not a requirement that you worship with All Saints Church, but it is an expectation that residents would participate in the life of some local church including weekly worship.

Please complete the written application in the link below.  You will receive confirmation that your application has been received and we will then review your application and be in touch to discuss next steps.  Because there is much sensitivity involved in running a resident program, the decision of who to invite to experience the residency is a prayerful matter discerned by the cofounders / directors of Iona House. Not everyone who applies is able to be accepted into this program.