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Flourish House: An Intentional Community

Flourish House is a young adult intentional community located just beside ESG United Church in Toronto.
Residents are supported to move beyond a roommate model of living and towards one of abundant community in the home and beyond. Flourish House residents are encouraged to develop in their relationships with God, self, each other, the broader young adult community, ESG, and the surrounding neighbourhood. By cultivating deep hospitality and care for one another in their common space, Flourish House residents seek out opportunities to extend the fruits of this love in the community outside the home by offering events for young adults across Toronto, supporting ministries within ESG, and more.

FLOURISH HOUSE RULE OF LIFE
JAMIE GIBSON
I’m Jamie Gibson, a resident of Flourish House! I am a graduate student at Emmanuel College in Toronto. I have worked as an activist and as a spiritual care provider; a songwriter and performer; and a student-minister in the United Church of Canada. My interests include outreach to non-religious people and developing a message of justice and hope in the midst of the decline of the credibility of institutions and ecological conditions. I absolutely love cinema and cultural criticism from a spiritual and theological lens!
Magdalena

Magdalena is a graduate student at Trinity College and is in the postulancy process of the Diocese of Nova Scotia and PEI, working towards ordination in the

Anglican Church of Canada.They have lived and worked in five different countries as a high school teacher, youth worker, and choral singer. They spend loving time with a lot of things: trans issues, languages, nature/ecology education, decolonisation, literature, and theology. They are happiest in the forest or by the ocean.

CHRIS
I’m Chris and I’ve been at Flourish House since the beginning of April 2026! I’m a singer-songwriter, a sci-fi and fantasy geek and a lifelong sports enthusiast. Eclectic as they get I’ve spent my life working in churches, with folks who are unhoused and/or children in various capacities. In my spare time I write, play D&D and other similar games and contribute to local activist and peace initiatives. Shortly, I’m hoping to start a Masters in Social Justice Education.