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Tiny Home Neighbors
Kim and Jamal are intentional neighbors at Settled’s first Sacred Settlement at Mosaic Christian Community in St. Paul. We asked them to share their story of becoming intentional neighbors and what that looks like in practice. Read More
Sacred Settlements Bill Passes!
Sacred Settlements are now recognized as a legal form of permanent housing! Read More
Vessels Service Project
Vessels is a group of people from 18 to 30s working on building intentional community together at Woodland Hills. Recently, the community held a service night to build shelving units and clean areas of the recently-completed tiny home warehouse. Read More
Sacred Settlement Grand Opening
In 2018, we began a partnership with Settled, an organization addressing long-term homelessness by creating tiny home communities called Sacred Settlements. And now, cue the champagne, because Settled has officially opened the first Sacred Settlement! Read More
Settled’s Purposeful Workshops
Our partner organization, Settled, offers a unique approach to ending long-term homelessness: tiny homes. But their vision is about more than just a place to live. One of Settled’s values is creating purposeful work. Read More
Tiny Homes Make Their Move
It’s possible that last weekend, someone driving down the road in St. Paul glanced out their car window and was startled to see a pickup truck hauling a beautiful tiny home. Yep, Settled has moved five tiny homes out of the Woodland Hills parking lot and on to the Sacred Settlement at Mosaic Christian Community. Read More
First Sacred Settlement Gets the Go Ahead
In 2018, Woodland began our partnership with Settled, an organization taking a unique approach to homelessness through the creation of tiny home communities called Sacred Settlements. Read More
Tiny Home Update: Common House
It’s been a minute since we gave you an update on Settled and the tiny home project, so here’s the latest! (If you need to get caught up on what this partnership is all about, you can do so here.) Read More
Tiny Homes Progress Update
Drive by Woodland and you’ll notice five houses circled together in the parking lot. You’ll also notice that these houses are a little different: they’re tiny and … they’re on wheels! Read More
Come and See: Sacred Settlement Tours!
For years we’ve followed the work of our partner organization, Settled, and their creative vision for addressing chronic homelessness with small communities of tiny homes. Now, in Woodland’s back parking lot, there’s something brand new to see: the nation’s very first Sacred Settlement model, a collection of five tiny homes. Read More
"We have been podrishioners for several months. Our daughter, son-in-law and grandkids moved back to California after living in MN for 10 years. They attended Woodland Hills for about a year before they moved. Now we all go to the beach together on Thursdays, come home and have dinner together, then we watch last Sunday’s sermon together. It is a special day for our family."
– Dale and Patricia, from California