Appendix C
Appendix C
Acknowledgments
Partners would like to thank the Lilly Endowment , Inc . for its generous support for this study . Additional funding was provided by The David and Carol Myers Foundation , and the Robert R . McCormick Foundation .
This special issue of Sacred Places was designed and laid out by Owen T . Robbins . The Halo logo and all infographics were created by Rachel Greene . We thank them for their skill and creativity . Special thanks also go to Alison Hernandez , Laura Schuetz , and Rachel Hildebrandt for the case studies included here .
Our research partner was Dr . Ram Cnaan , Professor and Program Director for the Program for Religion and Social Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania , School of Social Policy and Practice . Dr . Cnaan was invaluable in guiding the research conception and execution and in analyzing the data and provided the initial written summary of our findings . He was ably assisted by Seongho An , and by Rachel Hildebrandt and Tuomi Forrest .
Many people helped to conduct the field research . We especially want to thank Suzanne Yowell and Rachel Hildebrandt for their significant contributions to the field work and analysis .
Finally we would like to thank all of the congregations that participated in the study . Their clergy , staff , and lay leaders generously gave of their time and energy for the field interviews and related data collection efforts . In the end , this project was designed to serve them , and all those in our communities who benefit from the larger Halo value of our sacred places .
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