We shape our physical environments and they in turn shape us – particularly our views of each other and the Holy. The Musicant Group has developed a “Theology of Place,” which recognizes that our spiritual places can and should be designed and programmed to bring us together and recognize our common holiness – regardless of our beliefs or faith traditions.

​Through the process of placemaking, we will help organizations transform mere “spaces” into “places” that facilitate authentic interaction and fellowship.

​A Place-Based Approach to Achieving Your Mission:

A space can be anywhere. A place is somewhere with emotional and spiritual resonance. The Musicant Group works with your community and partners to create:

• Places that Communicate: Clarify the welcoming spirit of your faith through your physical house of worship, both inside and out.
• Places that Facilitate Your Mission: Create places for the type of fellowship and community that you are trying to build.
• Places that Germinate Ideas: Collaborate into the future with your faith community to craft spiritual places that truly meet them where they are.​​

The Musicant Group “Creates Great Places for People,” helping you and your members create both engaging, people-centered places for fellowship and inviting, holy places for worship.

We work to further the ability of communities of any faith who desire to offer a genuine welcome to all people, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, social status, politics, or other categories of difference.

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Concordia University of St. Paul - CSP Ministry's "Gap Space"

Concordia CSP Ministry engaged The Musicant Group to lead a process to:

• Assist CSP Ministry members to discern a process around what it means to create a welcoming space physically and theologically
• Build capacity amongst CSP Ministry staff and students, as well as the broader University community around the concept of placemaking
• Transform a well located, but underused space into a gateway for students into the CSP Ministry
• Use the transformation and activation of the space and associated process as a pilot project on how to more fully engage with the student body (from all faiths and belief systems) and create welcoming, vibrant, and nurturing physical and spiritual spaces.

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Westminster Presbyterian Church: Piazza on the Mall

The Musicant Group partnered with Westminster Presbyterian Church to transform a long dormant plaza into a space that invited the community in and brought the church and its members out to the community. 

As part of this initiative, over a 3 month period more than a hundred free and open-to-the-public events were held in the plaza, including:

• Weekly concerts
• Weekly yoga classes
• Outdoor dance lessons
• Social Jam Sessions (drum circles)
• Free, public, and mobile sauna
• Holiday Haut House winter event

These were complimented by large events tailored to church members, which brought them outside and connected them to their immediate surroundings like never before:

• All Church Picnic (500+ attendees)
• Cocoa and Carols (200+ attendees)
• Summer day camp activities
• Periodic post-service coffee hours and BBQs

Check out the event photo album here.

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Grace Trinity Church of Uptown

The Musicant Group advised the neighborhood church on re-imagining the grounds surrounding their building with the goal of creating a warm, inviting, and dynamic space open to all.