A letter from Bren, our director "This time last year, my students and I had just learned of Koinonia by chance, and I was reading every book I could find by and about Clarence Jordan and Koinonia Farm. We had never heard of Koinonia — we couldn’t even pronounce it — but 'Grandma Jackie' at Habitat for Humanity International gave us a quick pronunciation lesson and persuaded us to follow her there. We visited for less than an hour, but there was something special and sacred about the place, and we needed to know more." Read the rest online

Briars in the Cottonpatch, the documentary of Koinonia, has recently received a CINE Golden Eagle award. The one-hour documentary tells the powerful story of the Koinonia Farm commune and its struggle against a white society deeply rooted in the ideals of Southern culture in 1950s Georgia. Read more on our website.

Record-breaking watermelon! Weighing in at 52 pounds, it's Koinonia's largest yet. Too big to be true? Take a look at our photographic evidence, straight from the organic garden. Our gardener says the secret to such a yield is love. We are thankful for this abundant harvest.

Congratulations to Koinonia volunteer Jimmy Maddox! After over two years of devoted and spirit-filled service, Jimmy left Koinonia to marry Miss Dorothy Haynes on July 31st at the Clarence Jordan Center in Americus, GA. His gospel singing was a blessing at our celebrations and devotions (and at his wedding, too). We still carry Jimmy's CDs and tapes and hope that he returns often to visit.. and to sing!

New around the farm: Nashua has fitted the doorways with beautiful and mosquito-proof screen doors; all of us are pitching in extra time to renovate volunteer and guest housing; and the office now displays a guest book where visitors may leave a note and help us to remember each traveler who stops by. Read more about our renovations here

Cafe Campesino, another Koinonia Partner Café Campesino is fair trade, organic coffee, grown by family farmers in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Colombia and Sumatra. Koinonia sells this fair trade coffee, freshly roasted to order here in Americus, Georgia. The farmers receive a fair price for their beans, so coffee drinkers can help eliminate poverty around the world. Be sure to inquire about wholesale pricing if your church or organization is ready to switch to fair trade coffee.

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Mark your calendars! Koinonia's annual Homecoming celebration, held the weekend of Clarence Jordan's birthday, will be October 29-31 this year.

 

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