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  • How one Toronto church is beating the odds

    February 03, 2020 |

    TVO |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Facing closure and financial ruin, the Toronto Roncesvalles United Church found a new source of income: their own physical space. The church began renting or donating rooms for flea markets, yoga classes, shiatsu, children's theater, and more. The church says that they are "redefining how [they] do God," and that their mission is about serving the people in the community rather than remaining exclusively secular. As a result, the church topped $200,000 for the first time in its history in 2019.

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  • An Atlanta Church and a Theater Nonprofit Find Sanctuary Together

    January 29, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, College Park, Georgia

    Collaborations can breathe new life into community churches. In College Park, Georgia, the College Park First United Methodist Church entered into a partnership with PushPush, a theater nonprofit formerly located in the metro Atlanta area. The partnership came about with the help of Good Spaces, a socially-minded real estate development organization.

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  • Fix It and They Will Come

    December 01, 2019 |

    The Progressive |

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    Response Location: United States, Orange, New Jersey

    Around the United States, small-town institutions are shuttering and communal ties are weakening, all less than positive signs for the fate of democracy. But in Orange, New Jersey, Mindy Fullilove and other congregants at the First Unitarian Universalist Church used a crowdfunding platform called ioby and asset-based community development to keep the doors of their church open and their community flourishing.

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  • How four dioceses are actually doing something about the climate crisis

    November 08, 2019 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States

    Some Catholic churches and dioceses are turning green and are making strides to be environmentally friendly. This article gives examples of churches and dioceses across the country that have done a number of things to be more eco friendly, from converting solar, to planting over 200 trees, to conducting energy audits. Some are doing more theological work, like connecting the environment to Catholic values. "We are beginning to see a change."

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  • In Ecuador, one woman has given shelter to over 8,500 Venezuelans

    September 30, 2019 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Ecuador, Juncal

    Carmen Carcelen lives in northern Ecuador with her husband, eight children, and hundreds of Venezuelan migrants who are fleeing poverty, violence, and hyperinflation at home. Carcelen has been providing food and shelter (and even foot rubs) to over 8,500 migrants for two years now. Carcelen says that she is spurred to action by her Christian faith, but welcomes any donations because it is currently financed on her husband's small income.

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  • Growing community: How Colorado religious leaders are farming food — and a new variety of faithful

    September 25, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    As congregations are struggling to engage younger people in faith communities, many are turning to food to energize young people. These "food-based ministries" span Jewish and Christian communities alike to connect with faithful followers.

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  • How church volunteers are preparing for the next natural disaster

    August 27, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Decatur, Alabama

    Rather than wait for disaster to strike, a network of churches across the Southern United States brings volunteers together to pack buckets with the essentials to prepare for families whose homes have been damaged by tornadoes or hurricanes. Though often the supplies run thin in the aftermath of a storm like Hurricane Florence, the church communities manage to get buckets out to those in need much quicker than other networks, who struggle to gather supplies after the storm has hit.

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  • Overcoming the stigma of divorce at a church

    August 16, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    For many experiencing divorce, a safe place to deal with frustrations and stigma is important. In Chattanooga, Tennessee, religious institutions are stepping in to provide support groups and classes like DivorceCare, which can focus on children, single parenting education, and grief sharing.

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  • How Chattanooga churches are making changes to go green

    July 22, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    Churches in Chattanooga, TN are taking steps to make their spaces more environmentally -friendly and -conscious. Places like St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Grace Episcopal Church are taking on initiatives like motion-detected lighting systems, upgrading faucets to curb usage, and creating raised beds for community gardening. While they’ve made great strides, they’ve also reckoned with the challenge of creating making such unique spaces, with its high ceilings and stained-glass windows, more green.

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  • Finding refuge in north Flint: This sanctuary for women is building futures by mending spirits

    July 17, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    In Flint, Michigan, the N.E.W. in St. Luke’s N.E.W. Life Center provides education, employment training, and emotional support to women and some men who live in the "throw away zone," a term coined to describe the impoverished areas of Flint’s north and east sides and beyond the city limits into Beecher.

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