Koinonia invites you to share your skills and talents with our community. We are accepting applications for individuals able to commit to a one-, two-, or three-month term. Participants receive room and partial board in exchange for their work, and Koinonia waives all hospitality fees for those accepted into the program.
Here is a general list of work assignments:
Year-Round
- Archives (previous experience required)
- Bakery
- Caring for the animals (availability varies)
- Cleaning
- Construction projects (availability varies)
- Cooking
- Garden, orchards, vineyards (availability varies)
- General maintenance
- Library
- Off-farm ministries
January and February
- Pruning and mulching grapevines and blueberry bushes
March through October
- Landscaping
- Mowing
- Weed eating
June
- Harvest blueberries
September
- Harvest grapes
September through December
- Bakery (busiest time of year)
- Shipping (busiest time of year)
October through November (varies depending on the pecans)
- Pecan harvest: orchards, sizing, and cracking plants
October through April (varies depending on the size of the harvest)
- Sorting pecans