In a city where houses of worship are vanishing, Sacred Spaces Conservancy works with congregations to find collaborative solutions to preserve these vital spaces of neighborhood life for generations to come.
Sacred Spaces Conservancy partners with established congregations and partner organizations to provide key resources and capacity-building opportunities in an increasingly changing city. We accomplish this by providing
Established Congregations
Technical Assistance Panels (TAPS) of industry experts
Stewardship Curriculum to systematically consider the long-term good stewardship of property
Space Matching to form life-giving, mutually-beneficial relationships
Best Practices & Referrals
General Consulting
Partner Organizations
Cultivating partnerships with Neighborhood-serving organizations
“Counting the Cost” curriculum to help partner organizations consider their long-term presence in the city
Space Matching to form life-giving, mutually-beneficial relationships
General Consulting support
At Sacred Spaces, we champion creative options, rich relationships, thriving spiritual life, gathering spaces for all and a future informed by our past. This means learning about- and talking regularly about- the faithful service of religious congregations throughout the history of our city. These acts of faithfulness are fundamentally important to the understanding, engagement and honoring of the current and future communities in our neighborhoods. We do this by:
Engaging the general public in dialogue
Telling the story, both past and present, of the impact of DC’s sacred spaces in the lives of its people and neighborhoods
Quantifying the loss of sacred spaces and the impact of this loss