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News - January/February 2008
Sacred Lands Officially Tax Exempt! - January 13st, 2008
Sacred Lands has finally (after years of toil and piles of paperwork) received tax exempt status as a nonprofit organization.
The Sacred Lands Discussion Group - October 1st, 2007
Sacred Lands is now hosting a monthly discussion group in Lewiston, Maine. See below for details.
Still Looking for Land - September 27th, 2007
The search for land is still a long and difficult one, and it continues to offer us the greatest opportunity to learn the lesson of patience. That being said, we are determined that this year we will buy the land we need to build our community. At this time, we are focusing our attention in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, though of course we are open to any possibilities that might reveal themselves. Anyone out there who has any information about a large amount of inexpensive land in the north eastern United States should contact us immediately.
Old News - 2007
We have our new Employer ID Number - January 31st, 2007
The first step in solidifying our tax exempt status is complete. Now we just need to send in form 1023, and we are good to go. Actually, we're good to go now, but filing the form will help us to avoid any annoying entanglements.
Sacred Lands is now a church! - January 1st, 2007
Yes, after much debate and consideration, Sacred Lands is now officially a church. Specifically, we are a congregation of the Universal Life Church, and are therefore tax exempt under the law. We came to this decision first and foremost because at our core, we have always been a very spiritual organization, and after exploring the pros and cons, we realized that as a church, our work could be accomplished more effectively.
We will post more details about the organization as we have time.
The Sacred Lands website is updated?! - January 1st, 2007
Yes, this is also true. After a year of focusing on other projects, we have begun to update and reorganize our website -- largely because of our change in status from an educational non-profit to a church. In addition to re-writing some of our content, we will be posting our new church articles and related public information as soon as it becomes available.
We have a new discussion forum. - January 1st, 2007
For some time we have operated a mail-based discussion list, but it has not done so well over the past year, so we have created a new online forum that will (hopefully) take care of many of the difficulties we were experiencing with the old system. You can check it out HERE. Please join in the discussions and let us know what you think.
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