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The Church at the Heart of El Segundo Barrio Faith on the Avenue
FEATURE ARTICLE
Building a Mishkan: A Synagogue’ s Recovery After the LA Wildfires
Decoration as Vocation
Faith & Form: The 2026 Religious Architecture & Art Awards
Professional Alliance Directory
THE MAGAZINE OF PARTNERS FOR SACRED PLACES
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.
A community tai chi class at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill on Germantown Ave in Philadelphia. Daniel Kontz
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In Seattle, WA, the exterior of St. James Cathedral Portico, a 2026 Faith & Form Honor Award winner. Kevin Scott
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