Bedford House
a catalyst for social, economic, and spiritual innovations.
Founding Question
How might a small, under-resourced, group of people, from a variety of faith streams – and none, make a significant difference in our community?
Mission
Bedford House Community Ministry is a catalyst for social, economic, and spiritual innovations.
Vision
To create spaces where people of all faiths – and none – might engage in “sacred conversations” and experiments – to co-create a community that is ecologically sustainable, socially equitable, and spiritually fulfilling.
Our Story
Lynn’s story is at the root of Bedford House’s origins.
Enough Already
Enough already Our local economy, our local watershed, is our household. In our household there are some with more than enough. In our household there are some with less than enough. In a consumer culture we can forget how to depend on one another. How might we...
Precarity
Winter 2023, draft for Bedford House Annual Report Here we are again at the end of another amazing year of grassroots relationship-growing. Lots of lessons learned. The challenges of being “guided by the voices of under-resourced catalysts” while trying to meet the...
if the voices of marginalized peoples
I came across the Alliance model for change on a visit to Calgary last spring. Lead organizer Ryan Anderson gave me a thumbnail of how ordinary citizens have been Changing the Conversations in Calgary’s municipal politics.
Get in touch with us
737 Donwood Drive, Peterborough
737 Donwood Drive
Peterborough, ON,
K9L 1G6
Call us: (705) 957-2391