The Campus Study is an intentional process to discern our campus spaces’ best uses as our needs and those around us are changing.
The purpose of the campus study:
- Continue St. Philip’s mission to be a church for all people through worship, love, and action – with a focus on using our real estate assets for love and action in our Durham community
- Provide for St. Philip’s physical needs
- Reinvest in our 35+ year partnership with Urban Ministries of Durham
Recently the vestry signed a memorandum of understanding supporting UMD’s discernment for a new multi-service homeless center. Now we’re gathering more info about what the project could look like and listening to parishioners’ opinions, concerns, and visions. Learn more
Campus Study news
November 2023
Read the Campus Study Phase 2 report for a summary of study recommendations
Fall 2023 Vestry Listening Sessions – Sundays at 10 a.m. in the library
Currently we’re gathering more information about what UMD’s proposed multi-service homeless center could look like. And we’re listening to parishioners’ opinions, concerns, and visions. Come to a vestry listening sessions most Sundays at 10 a.m. to share your thoughts and learn more. We’re eager to hear from you!
August 2023 Memorandum of Understanding
The vestry signed a memorandum of understanding with UMD and the other strategic partners. It states publicly that we commit to supporting UMD’s discernment for a new multi-service homeless center. While not binding on us, signing this memorandum of understanding (or MOU) shows we’re publicly committed to walking with UMD. Signing the MOU gives UMD a better chance of securing public funding for a feasibility study.
May 21, 2023, Sunday Forum
The Campus Study Committee provided an update and answered questions at the May 21, 2023, Sunday Forum.
In fall 2022, we held forums gathering congregational feedback on the draft master plan. That plan proposes developing a new facility for homeless services on our block. St. Philip’s and our partners have been envisioning how that facility could radically improve homeless care and create a smoother path to stable housing opportunities.
Watch to learn more!
Need to catch up? Check out the November 16 video or presentation PDF, below.
Campus Study committee
Since 2018, the Campus Study Committee has led the congregation’s discernment of how to use our real property resources to live our commitment to worship, love, and action.
Campus Study Committee Members: Bynum Walter, Newman Aguiar, Sasha Berghausen, Ginny Bowman, Ed Embree, Dedreana Freeman, Annette Montgomery, Terry Sanford, Emily Yeatts.
