[Tagging] 2 churches sharing one church?

[Jerry Clough]

I was going to say this is not uncommon. Years ago I spent a summer 
acting as warden of a Quaker meeting house. We had two other churches 
who rented part of the building for 2-3 hours. The Seventh Day 
Adventists on Saturday afternoon, and the Worldwide God on Sunday 
afternoon. Round here most churches without a permanent home seem to 
rent space in schools (often church schools), which short of attending a 
service are rather hard to locate accurately.

Other churches will meet in community centres (like the Beeston 
Quakers), and Oast House Quaker Meeting in Cambridge used to meet in an 
Oast House before it was bought by an architectural practice, and have 
met in various rooms in Pembroke College ever since. I'm a bit loathe to 
map these locations as they are not so different from any other meeting 
(e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous met weekly at the meeting room) also held in 
the same location, particularly if there are no visible signs outside 
(the school locations usually have a banner).

Another example of a slightly different kind: Nottingham Welsh Socety 
used to hold a monthly ecumenical service in Welsh at a United Reform 
church in the centre. The minister would have usually travelled some 
distance (from Wales or, more locally if they were Welsh-speaking).

Our primary tag place_of_worship implies a dedicated space, whereas many 
of these examples are meetings_for_worship, and perhaps ought to be 
distinguished if mapped (some kind of subtag would probably be fine).

Jerry

On 11/11/2021 00:42, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
>
> Thanks everybody!
>
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 at 15:02, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     How is it signposted? Is one more considered main, and the other
>     just sharing their space? Could have the lesser one as a node only
>     with the main one on a way.
>
>
> This.
>
> It's the Uniting Church Church, on the grounds of the Uniting Church, 
> with the Uniting Church Hall behind it, but the Seventh Day Adventist 
> congregation also use the Church on Saturdays for their services 
> (which is a far from uncommon situation in small country towns)
>
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 at 21:51, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com 
> <mailto:61sundowner at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Each congregation would then be a node with operator/denomination,
>     opening_times etc.
>
> I've gone with leaving Uniting on the building itself, plus a node 
> inside for Seventh Day Adventists, so I'll see how it comes out over 
> the next day or 2?
>
>     I think one of them would have over all control and that can be
>     mapped on the grounds, without a name?
>
> As above, it's a Uniting Church property.
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
>
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