ministries: Community Outreach

The purpose of the Community Outreach Ministry is to support the mission and vision of the Oakland Center for Spiritual Living.  We do this within the City of Oakland in which our Spiritual Center calls home and in all communities both locally and globally. Today the Ministry is in the midst of “discovery”, identifying areas that allow our spiritual community to take the Global Heart to the streets! If this is something that calls to you, you are invited to join us to vision, pray, serve and build relationships that allow us to be the difference in the world that we wish to see.

All congregants are welcome to attend the Community Outreach visioning and meeting on the 4th Monday of the month at 1 pm in the Education Building

Community Outreach links

Blogsite of Mark Anthony Lord
Mark Anthony Lord is an internationally recognized spiritual leader, founder and spiritual director of the Chicago Center for Spiritual Living. He provides a link to register for Gay affirmations.

Odyssey Networks
An extremely interesting Faith-bases series of interviews from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, 2009.

United Religions Initiative (URI) Periodic Newsletter
July, 2009. Topics include: International Day of Peace, Distributing Food to Needy during Ramadan, Supporting Peace Builders

Afghans for Afghans
is a humanitarian and educational people-to-people project that sends hand-knit and crocheted blankets and sweaters, vests, hats, mittens, and socks to the beleaguered people of Afghanistan.

Sister Communities:
Center for Spiritual Living Santa Rosa
San Francisco Spiritual Enrichment Center
Golden Gate Center for Spritual Living
Center for Spiritual Living San Jose

Community Outreach Ministry includes:
Freedom Ministry (Formerly known as: Prison Ministry)
Holiday Angels
Season for Nonviolence

Veterans Connection - This is new and is being developed.