| Partners for Sacred Places Introduction
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Welcome to the Capitol Drive Lutheran Church Sacred Places Action Team webpage. Through grants provided by the Siebert Foundation and the Bradley Foundation, our congregation is participating in a program entitled, “New Dollars / New Partners for your Sacred Place”. This training program is offered by Partners for Sacred Places which is the only national, non-sectarian, non-profit organization dedicated to the sound stewardship and active community use of America's older religious properties. Partners provides assistance to the people who care for sacred places while promoting a new understanding of how these places sustain communities.
Upon completion on this program, we will have produced a CASE STATEMENT and will have calculated the monetary PUBLIC VALUE of our church’s outreach ministries. Within the Case Statement, there will be a comprehensive historical review of the church, not only from the buildings and church perspective, but also from a mission and ministry outreach standpoint, along with a look at our community partners.
Contained on this Sacred Places webpage are the drafts of the Case Statement, historical document, and other features created for this project. These documents are a work in progress and are posted online for the purpose and ease of congregational participation. Since these documents are not finalized nor published yet, there will be mistakes in spelling, grammar, organization and order, and any other unforeseen issues as the documents are written and modified. Facts and figures may not be totally accurate until final verification and fact checking exercises are complete.
The congregation and other interested persons are welcome to comment, make suggestions, advise of corrections, and provide any input as you feel is necessary. Please email the Sacred Places Action Team with such items. Emails received will be evaluated by the action team and may or may not be incorporated into the final document. All suggestions are certainly welcome and we value all input from the congregation and community.
There will be at least two versions of the case statement. As this document is written, it will be a completely comprehensive document that will contain a good majority of the research that was conducted. After this comprehensive case statement is completed, it will then be utilized as necessary to create our "one to twelve" page document as outlined in our training material. Also, this comprehensive case statement can be adapted for grant applications, brochures, and other printed material.
All information contained on these pages is the property of and copyright 2009 by Capitol Drive Lutheran Church.
Welcome to the Capitol Drive Lutheran Church Sacred Places Action Team webpage. Through grants provided by the Siebert Foundation and the Bradley Foundation, our congregation is participating in a program entitled, “New Dollars / New Partners for your Sacred Place”. This training program is offered by Partners for Sacred Places which is the only national, non-sectarian, non-profit organization dedicated to the sound stewardship and active community use of America's older religious properties. Partners provides assistance to the people who care for sacred places while promoting a new understanding of how these places sustain communities.
Upon completion on this program, we will have produced a CASE STATEMENT and will have calculated the monetary PUBLIC VALUE of our church’s outreach ministries. Within the Case Statement, there will be a comprehensive historical review of the church, not only from the buildings and church perspective, but also from a mission and ministry outreach standpoint, along with a look at our community partners.
Contained on this Sacred Places webpage are the drafts of the Case Statement, historical document, and other features created for this project. These documents are a work in progress and are posted online for the purpose and ease of congregational participation. Since these documents are not finalized nor published yet, there will be mistakes in spelling, grammar, organization and order, and any other unforeseen issues as the documents are written and modified. Facts and figures may not be totally accurate until final verification and fact checking exercises are complete.
The congregation and other interested persons are welcome to comment, make suggestions, advise of corrections, and provide any input as you feel is necessary. Please email the Sacred Places Action Team with such items. Emails received will be evaluated by the action team and may or may not be incorporated into the final document. All suggestions are certainly welcome and we value all input from the congregation and community.
There will be at least two versions of the case statement. As this document is written, it will be a completely comprehensive document that will contain a good majority of the research that was conducted. After this comprehensive case statement is completed, it will then be utilized as necessary to create our "one to twelve" page document as outlined in our training material. Also, this comprehensive case statement can be adapted for grant applications, brochures, and other printed material.
All information contained on these pages is the property of and copyright 2009 by Capitol Drive Lutheran Church.
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| Sacred Places Statement of Purpose
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Sacred Places is an action team that is associated with the Strategic Planning initiatives that the church is currently undertaking. This statement of purpose is our way of stating what our action team is trying to accomplish in the big picture. If someone is interested in joining our church, this statement describes what Sacred Places is doing for them, the church, and the community.
WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE DO
This is the theme statement of Sacred Places. The Sacred Places Action Team is participating in a training program entitled, “New Partners, New Dollars” which has two overriding goals. The first goal is to show Capitol Drive Lutheran Church and the surrounding community the enormous value of our sacred place (buildings, etc.) as a community asset. The second goal is to use that understanding to attract new partners and resources to maintain our assets. Seeking new partners is more important than the new dollars.
There are a few tangible outcomes of utilizing this program from Partners for Sacred Places, which is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 to help Americans embrace, care for, and make good use of older and historic religious properties. We will be exploring our heritage to develop a timeline of major events and key themes. We will calculate a firm dollar amount what the actual public value is for all of the programs and services that take place within our buildings. We will assess our building and build an analysis of how we use our space. We will learn how to look at our community to find the most likely sources of partnerships and support. Finally, we will be telling our story by developing a “Case Statement” which will be used for multiple purposes including the web page, press releases, grant applications, and brochures.
Sacred Places is an action team that is associated with the Strategic Planning initiatives that the church is currently undertaking. This statement of purpose is our way of stating what our action team is trying to accomplish in the big picture. If someone is interested in joining our church, this statement describes what Sacred Places is doing for them, the church, and the community.
WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE DO
This is the theme statement of Sacred Places. The Sacred Places Action Team is participating in a training program entitled, “New Partners, New Dollars” which has two overriding goals. The first goal is to show Capitol Drive Lutheran Church and the surrounding community the enormous value of our sacred place (buildings, etc.) as a community asset. The second goal is to use that understanding to attract new partners and resources to maintain our assets. Seeking new partners is more important than the new dollars.
There are a few tangible outcomes of utilizing this program from Partners for Sacred Places, which is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 to help Americans embrace, care for, and make good use of older and historic religious properties. We will be exploring our heritage to develop a timeline of major events and key themes. We will calculate a firm dollar amount what the actual public value is for all of the programs and services that take place within our buildings. We will assess our building and build an analysis of how we use our space. We will learn how to look at our community to find the most likely sources of partnerships and support. Finally, we will be telling our story by developing a “Case Statement” which will be used for multiple purposes including the web page, press releases, grant applications, and brochures.
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I Introduction
II Who is Capitol Drive Lutheran Church - (Brief History)
III Our Sacred Church Buildings - (Overview of Church Building)
IV Ministry Outreach - (External Ministry)
V Strategic Planning - (Restoration and Renewal Campaign)
I Introduction
II Who is Capitol Drive Lutheran Church - (Brief History)
III Our Sacred Church Buildings - (Overview of Church Building)
IV Ministry Outreach - (External Ministry)
V Strategic Planning - (Restoration and Renewal Campaign)
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| Simmering Sundays Documents
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When compiled, this will list the various outreach ministries and the calculated 'Public Value'.
When compiled, this will list the various outreach ministries and the calculated 'Public Value'.
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| Sacred Places Architectural Inspection Report
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| Partners For Sacred Places Documents
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| Contact the Sacred Places Team
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The Sacred Places Action Team welcomes all comments from within and outside of the congregation. Please email the chair person of the Sacred Places Action team with any and all questions, comments, and/or concerns: sacredplaces@capitoldrivelutheran.org
The Sacred Places Action Team welcomes all comments from within and outside of the congregation. Please email the chair person of the Sacred Places Action team with any and all questions, comments, and/or concerns: sacredplaces@capitoldrivelutheran.org
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