Daily Life Membership Application

Welcome!

We would like to invite you to begin the process of mutual discernment of Daily Life Membership with L’Arche GWDC.

Community members come to L’Arche at many different places in life and are welcomed as they are. A welcome into Daily Life Membership is part of your journey with yourself, God, and the other community members. At L’Arche GWDC many of our practices are from the Christian tradition.

We hope that through this application, we can begin to uncover if daily life membership at L’Arche is a place for growth to which you are being called. Our community will be praying for you throughout the process.

We hope you will be able to visit another L’Arche community or us during your discernment of membership. Experiencing community is great preparation. We ask that you also prepare by:
1) Speaking with someone at L’Arche GWDC,
2) Completing 4 short-answer essay questions (below).

The next steps are to meet with people from the community and learn more about the practical aspects of living Daily Life Membership. It is through your honest and intentional preparation and sharing that we will truly come to know one another. We commit to getting to know you and to sharing our community’s expectations of Daily Life Members.

We look forward to hearing more from you and meeting you!

Luke Smith
Community Leader | Executive Director

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Reflection Questions

Your answers should be honest and genuine. L’Arche GWDC hopes to get to know YOU! Your answers should each be between 1-3 paragraphs in length.

What attracts you to community life at L’Arche?(Required)

How have you taken responsibility for your personal growth; i.e. emotional, psychological, spiritual, and physical health? What challenges have you faced in this area?(Required)

"Spirituality and the search for meaning are fundamental to the fullness of life. L’Arche is originally rooted in the Christian Gospel and continues to take root in and be shaped by different traditions, philosophies, and practices. By sharing this journey together and opening ourselves to welcome such diversity, we deepen our own inner life." -The Charter of the Communities of L'Arche

What is your practice of faith? If none, how do you believe you will experience faith at L’Arche?(Required)

What has been your experience of belonging? Where and when have you felt that you belonged to a group?