The garden center provides a place to reengage the earth, cultivate life, and live in a closer relationship to creation. It is a place where we are reminded of our first vocation as gardeners, grateful for the goodness that grows around us. The garden center is a sacred place.

The library is a place to read, rest, learn, and grow. Within the library you learn more about yourself and your world. It is a place of wisdom and wonder. The public library is a sacred place.

The local art store provides the tools to craft something, the materials to make something. We are invited to create and reflect the Creator. The art store is a sacred place.

The park is the place where we reconnect with Creation and community. The park provides a place to play and pray.

The grocery, market, or deli is the place of life where food is provided locally and personally. Eugene Peterson described his father’s occupation at the local butcher, “We were sacrificing animals all the time, so I thought of my dad as a priest. He acted like a priest and lived like one. He knew everyone’s name.” The grocery is a sacred place.