In order to ensure our future we are preserving our past. The north wall of Emmanuel Church, pictured in the banner above, has sheltered 150 years of social action.  By undertaking its preservation and other projects and by constantly repairing and maintaining our facilities, our Building Commission and Vestry are working to strengthen our mission home for another 150 years.

We thank the City of Boston’s Community Preservation Commission for its generous funding of restoration of our entrances and Newbury St. Facade.  Thanks also to the Massachusetts Historical Commission for a $50K matching grant from its Preservation Projects Fund for repairs to our alley wall, part of which has been standing since 1861.  Thanks to consulting architect Lynne Spencer, former Senior Warden Penny Lane, co-chairs of the Together Now campaign Gail Abbey and Jim Bradley, chair of our Building Commission Michael Scanlon, and all who helped submit the grant, which will allow us to keep the roof over the heads of so many worthy groups who call Emmanuel home.

We were also recipients of a Green Improvement Grant from our diocese’s Together Now funds. $7.5K  was used to insulate heating pipes in the basement,  complete fabrication of interior storm windows, and replace toilets with water-saving, dual-flush models. For a record of other grants, please see Timeline of Our Building History.