Category: Building Management
Managing public buildings, owned by faith communities and balancing those groups needs and wants can be tricky. These articles might help.
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Why have a Meeting House?
This is a question often asked when I say “I manage a Meeting House”, or talk about making profits and covering costs. Why do we maintain places of worship? 1) Primarily a meeting house exists to enable Quaker worship to happen at a set time and place. Any premises will need some maintenance, investment and,
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On Being a Quaker Warden: Wardenship as a Spiritual Matter
I’m often asked why I chose to become a Quaker warden. As well as “what IS a Warden?”. Quaker Life have a page that gives the current understanding, plus supplies questions and answers to anyone looking at appointing or managing wardens with Britain Yearly Meeting. Wardens are mentioned several times in Quaker Faith & Practice:
