Imago Dei in Portland, where Rick McKinley is pastor, has started something called Sacred Space. From the Sacred Space website...
sacred space is an urban renewal project spearheaded by Imago Dei Community.
Last fall, nearly two hundred people got together on a sunny September day with a vision. The team descended upon St. Francis Park in SE Portland to serve in an amazing renovation project with over $5,000 in resources raised. The park was transformed from a blighted area into sacred space.
After a year of dreaming, praying, and planning, our vision has grown.
And it’s still growing.
On August 12, we expect one thousand people will come together to bring restoration, resurrection, and renewal to about fifty spots around Portland, Oregon.
With shovels and rakes, hammers and nails, hard work, healing, and laughter.
We’d love for you to be a part of it. Look for signup information soon.
the idea
Sacred Space is about recalling our duty to preserve creation by reclaiming harmony with God’s Kingdom: the way things should be. We are committed to a missional journey of actively repairing the broken places all around us, partnering with God to restore our divinely-created habitat.
We want to engage the city in this process of regeneration, planting seeds of hope and nurturing the faith that we can make life better together. We believe that God invites people from all beliefs into this progressive movement. As we combine our talents we experience authentic community rich in meaning, truth, beauty and worship.