Who We Are

Mission: To establish vibrant intentional communities of restoration; reflecting God’s love and grace.

intentional community: a group of people committed to journeying together

restoration: what comes about  when we let God in…to our selves our   lives, our relationships, our neighborhoods, our cities.

Values

Some of the things that are very important to us…

• Creativity
• Friendship
• Justice
• Sustainability
• Hospitality
• Wisdom
• Prayer

Good Books (you could even call them foundational)

• LIFE TOGETHER /Bonhoeffer
• THE IRRESISTIBLE REVOLUTION /Claiborne
• RED MOON RISING /Grieg
• PUNK MONK/Grieg & Freedman
• IN THE NAME OF JESUS /Nouwen
• THE BIBLE /the Trinity and lots of Jews

History

Our community was sparked from a number of people involved within a church that wanted to investigate further what being community meant and what living in the kingdom of God looks like in Los Angeles. A series of weekly talks began with the purpose of getting an idea of “what would this intentional community look like/be about?”

In May 2008 six of us moved in. We all relocated to live in Boyle Heights and to live in a single house together. As time went on, we developed a certain “rhythm” of things we did together including meal times, prayer, worship gatherings, and neighborhood involvement. And as even more time went on, we journeyed on the process of what we were about and what God was leading us towards in this place together.

We are now, in Spring 2011, a community of 12 with many other “friends of” the community. We live in 4 different households, all within a one mile radius of each other.   Feel free to reach out and connect with us to learn more about community living or just to visit and have some fun.

original members of RestoreLA: (top) Don, Justin, Matt, (bottom) Kristin, Adia (hiding), and Shirley