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The Magazine of Partners for Sacred Places
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Transitioning Sacred Places : The Current Climate
National Fund Profile : Our Lady of Victory
FEATURE ARTICLE
Transitions Roundtable
An Interview with Historic Seattle ’ s Eugenia Woo
An Architect ’ s Perspective : An Interview with Lee Quill
Professional Alliance Directory
Partners for Sacred Places is the only national , nonsectarian , nonprofit organization dedicated to the sound stewardship and active community use of America ’ s older religious properties .
Partners builds the capability of congregational leadership for building care , shared use , and capital fundraising through training programs , fundraising assistance , and organizational and facility assessments . In the process , Partners becomes a trusted resource and guide as congregations examine and weigh opportunities .
Partners engages with congregations to focus on critical areas such as :
• Asset-mapping and community engagement — assisting congregations to develop new relationships with neighbors and potential community partners .
• Strategic partnerships and space sharing — brokering agreements between sacred places and arts , food justice , health , education , and social service programs .
• Planning for capital campaigns to support repairs and renovations that preserve significant historic features and make spaces usable for new community programs .
• Collaborative initiatives among unrelated congregations in a neighborhood to encourage coordinated outreach , space usage , joint marketing and interpretive events , and coordinated work with public agencies for lighting , signage , and streetscape improvements .
Members of Buckhorn Lake Area Presbyterian Church in Buckhorn , KY , offer a tour of their church to visitors . The congregation hosted Partners for Sacred Places recently for a Central Appalachia Program training .
Cover Photograph :
Seattleites enjoy a concert at Town Hall , a community and events space that was formerly the Fourth Church of Christ , Scientist . Benjamin Benschneider
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