The Farm Poem
T.S. Elliot
In the vacant places
We will build with new bricks
There are hands and machines
And clay for new brick
And lime for new mortar
Where the bricks are fallen
We will build with new stone
Where the beams are rotten
We will build with new timbers
Where the word is unspoken
We will build with new speech
There is work together
A Church for all
And a job for each
Every man to his work.
Founders and Workers
Wade & Chryse Bradshaw
Wade and Chryse Bradshaw were workers for 10 years at the English branch of L’Abri Fellowship. Here they acquired their appreciation for the blessings of Christians living in intentional community.
Prior to England, they practiced veterinary medicine in Nepal. Here is where they acquired their admiration for the virtues of water buffalo.
For sixteen years, Wade was a pastor at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville. Here the Bradshaws began running retreats together as part of the spiritual formation of that congregation.
Wade and Chryse are currently part of the launch team of Church of the Good Shepherd, an Anglican Church of North America parish beginning in Charlottesville.
Our Board
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Jim Anderson
Businessman and Scholar
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Dr. Tuck Bartholomew
Canon Theologian for Church-planting, ACNA Dioceses of the Mid Atlantic
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April Murrie
Pastor for Formation, Church of the Good Shepherd
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Sean Rubin
Artist and Author
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Holly Vradenburgh
Local Litigator and Instructor at UVA Department of Politics