Communities Directory: Twelve Tribes Community in Rutland

Formed: 1993 Established: 1993

Twelve Tribes Community in Rutland

Rutland, Vermont,

United States

Here in Rutland we are a small community nestled in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Rutland is a city that’s just small enough to not lose touch with the natural beauty all around. Here in our community we have a café and juice bar called the “Back Home Again.” http://www.backhomeagaincafe.com

This restaurant is the setting for us to work together and share our life together with other interested people while at the same time we can provide good, health-giving food for our customers.

Upstairs we are opening a hostel to house hikers on the Appalachain Trail and Vermont’s Long Trail, as well as other weary travelers. In this way many people will be able to stay with us, by working in our café or paying a small fee.

Next door to the café we have a store to sell shoes and natural fiber clothing similar to some of our other communities'. We also have a bakery we have started through our cafe which sells spelt breads and focaccias made with our homegrown spelt flour from our own Basin Farm in Bellows Falls, Vermont. This bakery is focusing on sourdough, natural leavened products and products using primarily organic ingredients. The farmer's markets in Vermont have become our main selling places and we hope to do street vending in Burlington and Manchester, Vermont through the winter.

Across town we have three houses where we all live together in harmony and grow vegetables in the summer in our terraced garden. Our houses adjoin in the back giving us a very large backyard to gather together in and for our children to enjoy themselves in.

Feel free to visit us here in our “cluster” as we call it. Or come to our restaurant to see our community function together as a unit. The life we share is one of joy and purpose. As we see it, nothing else comes close. We would love to share our common life with you and tell you about the wonderful hope of a new start that we have found in Yahshua the Messiah. We are looking forward to meeting you!

Website: http://www.twelvetribes.com/whereweare/rutland.html

Contact:

134 Church St
Rutland, Vermont 05701-3137 United States
Phone: 802-773-3764, 802-775-9800 (our cafe)

Links:

Twelve Tribes: Information about all our communities

The Back Home Again Cafe: our business here in Downtown Rutland

Common Loaf Bakery: our new bakery

Former/Other Names: New Social Order in Messiah.

Last Updated:10/13/2006

Visitors Accepted

Visitor Process: Call us to work out the details.

Affiliations: Twelve Tribes Community in Galston

:: Twelve Tribes Community in Katoomba, Blue Mountains

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Twelve Tribes

Population Adult Members: 24 Child Members: 21 Open to new adults: Yes Open to new children: Yes Gender Balance: 50% M 50% F	Government Decision Making: By a group of elders or other leaders Identified Leader: No Leadership Core Group: Yes	Labor and Money Financial Style: 100% income sharing Labor Contribution: Expected (full time hours/month) Join Fee: No Regular Fees: No
Land and Buildings Urban Area: 3 acres (1.2 hectares) Land Owned By: Individual community member(s) Number of Residences: 3 Cohousing: No	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 6-20% Share Community Meals: Nearly all meals Dietary Choice or Restrictions: There are some dietary restrictions Dietary Practice: Omnivorous Alcohol Use: Prohibited Tobacco Use: Prohibited	Social Factors Shared Spiritual Path: Yes Which Spiritual Path(s): Other Educational Style(s): Home schooling

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