Volunteering at the Marin Food Bank is a fun way to connect with others from Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living (GGCSL) and give back to our greater Marin community. We have a shift coming up on February 11th from noon to 2 pm.
This commitment is just two hours. Provide Ellen with your name, email and phone number. (The Food Bank requires notification of our team members from Ellen one week before the scheduled service.)
Location: 2550 Kerner Blvd. San Rafael, CA 94901
Please contact Ellen Nicosia to sign up: text her at 415.720.0225 or email at ellennicosia@gmail.com
This month there is a fifth Wednesday, which only occurs quarterly throughout the year. The meditations for these evenings will be chosen by the meditation leader for that week and may be one of the four used regularly each month, or something completely different. It’s a surprise!
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We’re not “your usual church.” We’re a welcoming place for anyone wanting to connect with Spirit/Higher Power/Universal Love/Infinite Intelligence without control, dogma, judgment, guilt, or fear.
We celebrate and teach ancient spiritual principles and wisdom, even though the message and music are contemporary and down-to-earth. Relax, enjoy and explore. Chances are you’ll find people here who are a lot like you.
Visioning is a powerful meditation practice designed to open our minds and hearts to the guidance of Spirit. Join us on Zoom at 7:15 pm tomorrow evening with paper and pen. All are welcome, and no previous Visioning experience is necessary. Click here at 7:15 pm Pacific tomorrow evening to join the Meditation:
Foundations of The Science of Mind Thursday Evenings • 6:00-9:00 pm January 16-March 20, 2025 (10 Weeks)
Plus One Saturday afternoon, February 15, 10:00-1:30 pm
Online via Zoom with Rev. Mary Murray Shelton and Karen Frost, RScP
Foundations is a dynamic introduction to the practice of universal principles that have been taught to initiates throughout the ages in timeless mystical teachings. Ernest Holmes did not claim to have any special revelation or discovery related to these. He simply discovered them through his persistent study and put them to use. Spiritual MindTreatment, our form of prayer, is the only thing unique to Ernest Holmes’ philosophy, but how he put all the principles he had learned to practice together into one clear teaching of Truth makes them very accessible to us for application in our every day lives.
If you enjoy the Sunday Celebration services and Rev. Mary’s talks and have been interested in going deeper, this is the place to start!
Type: Certificated class Prerequisite: None Tuition: Tuition: $310 or special pricing of $260 with a non-refundable $50 deposit or payment in full received by January 2nd (balance of tuition must be paid in full by class 2).
Textbook: The Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes IMPORTANT: Be sure to get the Tarcher, Penguin or Putnam edition of this book or your page numbers will not match the assignments. Pre-class reading assignment: The Science of Mind, “The Thing Itself,” p. 25-3
Early Bird registration discount will be available.
10:00 am Sundays. Welcome!Please join us in person for our Sunday Celebrations at the Corte Madera Community Center: 498 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera, CA 94925 To view the Sunday Celebration livestream on YouTube go to our Home Page on this website and click on the big purple button that says WATCH LIVE near the top of the page, OR go to the YouTube Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living Channel
Our Taize Service brings in the ancient traditions of Taizé–meditation, chanting and prayer–and combines these with New Thought, contemporary, and Ancient Wisdom teachings and readings. It’s an hour devoted to turning within to listen to Spirit. We let the music and chanting fill our souls so the words become a prayer of our hearts that reverberates later in the silence when we’re alone. Taize is about entering a consciousness of praying without ceasing.
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Join Lesley Gianetti, RScP, and members of our community for faith sharing over a cup of coffee every second Wednesday at 10 am at Cafe Aroma located at 1122 4th Street in San Rafael. It’s a chance to connect on a personal level,build friendships, and strengthen our community.
Ukraine Knitters To Be Welcomed Sunday, January 5th
A team, including some of our own GGCSL crafters, has been creating knitted and crocheted blankets and hats for Ukraine. These are being delivered to teachers and classes all over the country for warmth, comfort, and caring support. Withstanding multiple years of war, some of these children and teachers will receive these hand-made gifts, letting them know they are cared about and not forgotten. The dear souls who have created these lovely items deserve our thanks and acknowledgement.
We will celebrate them as our guests at our Sunday Celebration on January 5th. Plan to attend and join us in thanking them!
You are invited to the Walkers’ home in Tiburon on December 29th from 12:30 to 3:00 pm for Sunday Brunch. You only need to bring a dish if you have specific dietary preferences.
Carpooling is a must! Sign up at the Activities table.
Sunday Celebration at the Corte Madera Best Western Inn
Welcome!Please join us in person for our Sunday Celebrations at the Corte Madera Best Western Inn: 56 Madera Blvd, Corte Madera, CA 94925
The Corte Madera Community Center will be closed the last week of the year, GGCSL will be holding our last 2024 Sunday Celebration at the Corte Madera Best Western Inn.
Just walk straight through the lobby and enter the last room on the left before the patio windows.
Christmas approaches, and holiday times can be the loneliest and hungriest for food insecure neighbors. GGCSLers volunteer two hours each month at the San Rafael warehouse of the SF-Marin Food Bank. This is one way we help make the world a better place for our neighbors. The food packed during our service times will be delivered to local distributions centers closer to the homes of people needing it. You can participate! If you’d like to help, provide your name, email and phone number by email or text to Ellen Nicosia before December 3rd: ellennicosia@gmail.com or (415) 720-0225 to help on Tuesday, Dec. 10th from Noon–2 pm.
This is a great way to begin your Christmas Season!
This workshop by Dr. Wendy Lyon will be Sunday, December 8 from 1:00–3:30 pm at our Learning Center/Office, and will include a snacks break.
Dr. Wendy offered a well-received workshop for GGCSL previously and is delighted to return. This workshop will be educational, interactive and fun! Learn the skills needed to cultivate friendships—both old and new—in the third act of life. Close friendships make life richer for everyone involved, increasing health, happiness and longevity. $25 admission in advance. Registration will begin in November on our website. Sign up to indicate your intention to register at the Activity Table on Sundays.
