An Intentional Community

Hidden Hill Friends Center is the home of Chena Ridge Friends Meeting and the Hidden Hill residential community. The mission of Hidden Hill Friends Center is to support and develop awareness of Quaker practice and testimonies by providing space for Meeting and its activities and by providing a place to practice these testimonies.

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Living at Hidden Hill…

The residential community at Hidden Hill Friends Center supports the work of Chena Ridge Friends Meeting, by demonstrating, modeling, and supporting Quaker principles and testimonies on a day-to-day basis. The community models diversity in that residents come from different backgrounds and experiences. Residents may or may not be Quakers or familiar with the Society of Friends, but should be comfortable with basic Quaker testimonies and beliefs. Residents often act as hosts to Friends visiting from other places in Alaska and from far away.     

  • The community uses a “guided consensus process” (as modeled in Friends’ Business Meetings) for decision making and conflict resolution.

  • The residential community provides support and welcome to our Friend(s) in Residence, who become part of the resident community during their residency year.

  • The community models simple living so that the impact of the community on the earth is mindful.

  • The housing provided is modest and many resources are shared between residents; Residents pay a modest rent, and in exchange, they assume certain responsibilities which support the residential community and the Meeting.