About
Taborspace is your neighborhood gathering place.
Everyone is welcome — in our 36,000 square foot historic church building. Social entrepreneurs dream and develop, parents socialize over coffee while their children play, students study, professionals work, holistic healers make well, musicians practice and perform, creatives make and teach. Everyone can find their niche at our DIY neighborhood event venue. We give you access to the space and the community to help you find the connections you need.
We are a nonprofit committed to cultivating connected community, a program of Mt Tabor Presbyterian Church in Portland, Oregon.
The mission of the Taborspace Program is to cultivate connected community, by providing a welcoming and nurturing gathering place, as a collaboration between the church and the neighborhood.
Taborspace Hours
Office: Monday–Friday 9am–4pm
Events: Monday–Saturday 8:30am–9pm & Sunday 1:00–8:00pm
Taborspace Phone
(503) 954-2610
The coffee shop is open daily 7am -3pm
Safer Space Agreement: As a community space, we are shaping a culture that encourages the well-being of all people from every race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, faith/religion, ability, age, access to resources, and life situation.
History
Taborspace is located within Mt Tabor Presbyterian Church’s 110 year old building and dedicated to community. We welcome all! We host over 3000 guests every week. People come to enjoy a warm cup of quality coffee, to sit and study, visit, work, or just rest in the inviting stained glass light of the Copeland Commons; to attend a class, gathering, or appointment in one of our 12 affordable event spaces; or to meditate, light a candle, or silently pray in the solace of our intricately beautiful Sanctuary.
All of this is the result of a conversation that began in 2008. Pastor Carley of Mt Tabor Presbyterian Church was reading about how 19th century monasteries were the neighborhood gathering place of their day and wondered why that couldn’t be done today. With the devoted and outstanding work of Lauren Moomaw, the conversation between neighborhood and church began to make manifest along with a vast number of individuals who value connectedness, inclusion, and safety within community and has now grown into a vibrant and diverse active community gathering place. The conversation is still going!
The bell tower doors on the NE corner of 55th and Belmont were opened in June of 2009 to welcome Taborspace’s new coffee house. The original chapel was transformed into a large inviting common space, the historic wings of the church building were quickly filled with creative, educational, and healing activities.
Taborspace has come a long way and we are still committed to the original concept of cultivating a collaborative community space. We are deeply grateful for the community that has formed and is still forming in the midst of this conversation. We believe that life is better together and we are extremely fortunate to see this being lived out every day.