Philadelphia Organ Festival Draws Community into Sacred Places
By Jay Fluellen and John Walthausen The first-ever Philadelphia Organ Festival highlighted incredible instruments, pres [...]
Match Made in Heaven: Space-Sharing in Chicago Sacred Places
By Rev. Sarah Lyn Jones, Director of Community Engagement The South Side of Chicago has a long association with artists [...]
Preserving an Oasis: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fort Myers in Transition
By Emilie Haertsch In September 2024, Partners spoke with the Rev. Sue Gabrielson and Bill Petrarca of the Unitarian Un [...]
Highlights from the National Fund for Sacred Places
By Lily Hamilton, Associate Director of National Fund for Sacred Places The National Fund for Sacred Places is a progra [...]
Preserving Church and Community in Reading, Pennsylvania
By Emily Smedley, Environment and Energy Program Officer at Berks County Community Foundation, and Heidi Williamson, Pr [...]
Essential Graces: Artcinia Brings Music to Philadelphia’s Neighborhoods
by Ann Kendall In 2021 silence and loneliness had taken hold of neighborhoods and homes across Philadelphia and the wor [...]
Community Event: Tour Violet Oakley’s Murals at First Presbyterian
Many sacred places contain fine art and extraordinary craftsmanship, but First Presbyterian Church in the Germantown ne [...]
A Dying Church’s Gift Inspires a Young Congregation to Help People Experiencing Homelessness
The Rev. Sara Wolbrecht speaks before a baptism at Salt House church in Kirkland, Washington. John Lok By Julia Duin, [...]
Creating a Place of Pilgrimage
There is a core belief in a "manda," or pledge, to Our Lady of Guadalupe within the Latin American Catholic community. [...]
An Interview with The Rev. Dr. Donna Shaper
Spending time with The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper, one of the founders of Bricks and Mortals in New York City, is always ti [...]