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Community October 2024

Sunrise Ranch includes those of us who live here
and form the core of this community

Kids play and fly a kite on Labor Day.
We love getting together for a barbecue and enjoying games, drumming, and good conversation, as we did on September 2.

We are an intentional spiritual community, passionately committed to our conscious evolution. We are also committed to each other and what we are bringing to the world together. Most of all, we are devoted to the spirit of Universal Love that brought us together and inspires us every day. Sunrise Ranch was founded in 1945, and we are one of the oldest intentional communities in America. We welcome anyone who visits here and anyone who connects with us in virtual space—on our website, on Facebook, or on our mailing list. To us, you are all part of our community. We see ourselves as part of the broader community of awakening human beings all around the world.

Shannon paints outside on the campus grounds August 31.
The Rocky Mountain Raptor program asked if Sunrise Ranch would be interested in helping four common barn owls that were rescued from a grain silo. They needed a new home and our valley is the perfect habitat. Barn owls hunt rodents including field mice, rats, and voles. Here is Sarah releasing one of the owls on September 10.

We find we are entering a new paradigm for how people relate to each other. In a world where neighbors in housing developments and apartment buildings often never meet, we are finding new ways to connect with people of all ages and from many diverse backgrounds.

We know that when people come to Sunrise Ranch, they feel the surround of love substance in this valley. This spiritual atmosphere has formed out of all the loving service from people down through the decades and from the communion with nature and the land itself.

Cattle find a little shade in the pasture by the reservoir on September 12. September has been a hot month!

As the Sunrise Ranch community of today, we feel responsible for this atmosphere and for our contribution to it. It is the atmosphere of true home. Our everyday spiritual practice includes a deep commitment to personal transformation, so that we become a living expression of Universal Love. That means that we commit ourselves to an unconditional expression of that Love. That’s where the rubber meets the road. We transform as we express Universal Love in the face of whatever happens and whatever may arise in our own thoughts and emotions. 

We meet regularly as a community to share our vision and insight and to support each other in our transformational process. And we find a deeper Attunement with the source of life and inspiration within us.

We welcome you to join us in person or online at one of our weekly Attunement Services.

Every once in a while, we get a call to come help with a “hot spot,” when beds need to be changed and bathrooms and refrigerators cleaned and stocked. Many hands make light work. Here’s Leia stocking a refrigerator, Ruthie dancing with pillows, Keahi cleaning a shower, Gary making a bed, and A.J. cleaning a bathroom in Accommodations. We love to make our home sparkle. 

Opportunities

Community living is not for everyone, but it delivers a dimension of connection that most people inherently desire. Imagine knowing people in your life on a more intimate level through sharing an intention and living it through your work and home life.

People come to Sunrise Ranch to learn principles of universal truth and personal responsibility for the life they have created, to transform their daily living, meaningful work and interpersonal relationships, and to renew their sense of joy and connection with others. They become a loving presence of influence in their world.

There are many spots around Eden Valley that offer peaceful vistas and sweet places to pause and relax.

Being a full-time community as well as resort and conference center, we also offer skilled openings—job positions that require specific or specialized skills. We are seeking talented people to join our spiritual community as full-time residents and members of our staff. As a resident, you can participate in the spiritual life of the community and help us continue to strengthen Sunrise Ranch as a teaching and demonstration site for thriving community. Pay is negotiable. Please visit the Job Opportunities Page for current position listings.

To learn more about living and working at Sunrise Ranch, contact the Registrar office at recruiting@sunriseranch.org or feel free to call us at (970) 679-4251.

We asked our community members to share their experience of what it is like to live here at Sunrise Ranch.
Here is what they had to say about the joys of living in community!

 

David Karchere is the Spiritual Director for Sunrise Ranch. He works closely with Dr. Jane Anetrini, a minister at the Ranch, and with the Trustees of Emissaries of Divine Light. Children and seniors play a vital role in the life of Sunrise Ranch. We are also joined by non-residential staff who assist us with some of the essential functions of the Ranch. Interns also assist with the work of the Ranch and are an integral part of our community.

There are members of our community who have lived at Sunrise Ranch for more than 50 years, and there is usually at least one person living here who has arrived within the past month. Typically, people who join the core staff at Sunrise Ranch come first as a visitor or as a participant in our Internship Program.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

— Margaret Mead