Center for Spiritual Living

Sunday Celebration

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

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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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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.

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.

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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. 10^th 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.

For online registration: https://ggcsl.breezechms.com/form/DrWLyon2024

Shop quality arts and crafts on Sunday, December 15th after our Sunday Celebration service.

If you are a local artisan or crafter and wouldlike to participate as a seller, email Sophie Fleming at
sophoto10@gmail.com or catch her after Sunday service. Vendors are encouraged to donate 10% of
all sales to GGCSL at the end of the fair.

Please let Sophie know by Sunday, December 8th so we know how many tables to set up.

This year, Rev. Mary is going to do a special Thanksgiving Eve service on Wednesday, Nov. 27^th at 7:15 pm, instead of her usual Wednesday evening meditation service. This Celebration will be held at on Zoom and will be about an hour in length.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84023902214?pwd=R05VNjJTMmJlOWhCS3J2cmFsczZSZz09

Although you’ll be at home, you’ll be asked to prepare your space with a few sacred objects.

These are the things you’ll need to have with you for the service to create a welcoming and to be aware of the gifts you’ve received and what you want to invite into your life in 2025:

• a lit candle
• a rattle, bell or drum
• an object that represents something wonderful you received/experienced this year, and
• an object that represents something you want to invite and welcome into your life during 2025

You’ll place these in front of you where you can see and reach them.

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 January 14th  from noon to 2 pm.

This commitment is just two hours. Provide Ellen with your choice of date and 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 by September 10th to sign up: text her at 415.720.0225 or email at ellennicosia@gmail.com

A group of our experienced teachers who are also licensed prayer practitioners at Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living (GGCSL) meet regularly with Rev. Mary to plan classes, review those that have completed, discuss class policies, and consider new curricula and offerings. These two-hour team meetings  happen on alternate months and are specifically for this team.