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Partnerships between urban and suburban congregations have the potential of matching resources with needs and creating opportunities for interaction among people of diverse backgrounds.  This segment will explore three local examples of urban-suburban partnerships and how these congregations were formed and sustained.  We’ll look at the factors that give rise to these partnerships, what factors sustain or threaten them, and how congregations tend to move from an abstract discussion of partnership to an on-site collaboration.  Every partnership is different, and this segment will emphasize the importance of creating a model that is right for particular partners, not simply transferring a model from somewhere else.