Our podcast’s first panel features Jerusalem Farm founders in a discussion on the formation of the community and each of their journeys to JFarm. Sunny and Jessie were speakers when a Jerusalem Farm panel joined us at Avila in November of 2017, where they spoke about Laudauto Si.
David Armstrong has served as the Director of Mission Effectiveness and Campus Ministries at Avila University for the past 18 years. His personal experiences at Nazareth Farm in West Virginia and his relentless enthusiasm lead him to dream of an urban farm in KC.
Jessie Schiele is the Executive Director at Jerusalem Farm, which involves a lot of paperwork—her favorite of which is handmade & upcycled thank you notes. She and her husband Jordan currently have 5 children and spend their weekends electric biking around KCMO.
Sunny Hamrick has lived at Jerusalem Farm for six years and serves as the farm manager, coordinating the gardens and orchard. He is also a worksite leader (and JFarm’s best finisher—putting amazing detail into bathroom and kitchen remodels for low-income families). Sunny leaves time for rock climbing, music making, and fighting the broken systems as an anti-war activist.
Jerusalem Farm is a Catholic intentional community located in the Historic Northeast Neighborhood of Kansas City MO. Built on the four cornerstones of Prayer, Community, Service, and Simplicity, we strive to transform our lives and the lives of those around us through service retreat experiences, sustainable living, and home repair.
