Here's a summary of how community members are practicing our Community Value of SERVICE:



• by finding ways to assist others like bringing in neighbors trash cans and other different ways.

• by carrying love in my heart and emanating that out around me, and that helps with the whole feeling of my life.

• by singing here and to put out positivity and love and light on my Facebook page and to everybody in general and I try to help out as many people as I possibly can.

• by taking responsibility for the "impact wave" of my behavior and practicing forgiveness for those who are unaware of how they impact others.

• by staying in awareness, so that when opportunities arise to be present with someone or to do something presents, I'm ready.

• by saying yes to things that are really mine to do even thought I don't want to do them. I practice service to shift my mental focus from I have to do something to I get to do something.

• by doing random acts of service where there's no way for me to get credit for it... practicing self-less service.

• by surprising the neighbors with new gravel on their driveway.

The weekly study guide is an additional spiritual practice tool. Click on the green button below to access this week's guide.

If you're unable to access the study guides in a way that works for you, send an email to info@columbiacsl.com requesting which weeks you want and they will be emailed to you as Word Doc and PDF attachments.

A few points of clarification.

• We ask everyone to renew their membership and giving pledge so:
• you have an opportunity to recommit, and
• we know you're choosing to continue as a member of the Columbia CSL Community.
• If you already have a recurring giving set up in Breeze and you're choosing to continue it into 2025, you only need to complete the 2025 Pledge Form.
• If you have ANY additional questions, please reach out to me directly.

Much love,

Rev. Rafe

Choosing Humility ~ Pt. 1

July 6, 2025

Choosing Humility ~ Pt. 2

July 13, 2025

Life Is Self-Supporting ~ Pt. 1

July 20, 2025

Life Is Self-Supporting ~ Pt. 2

July 27, 2025

Quote of the Week

“On the banks of this river, I surrender to the boundaries that land is teaching.

Yes, I surrender to the demands of my dream for you and for myself. Which is love. Which is abundant rest. Which is a visionary world that looks so much like a dream, but when you close one eye, it opens. ... If I can learn to sleep it is because my dreams are yours and for you and of us. It is because ​​​​​​my love is an ocean, but my path is a river shaped by and that will heal us if we let it.”  

― Alexis Pauline Gumbs, "Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons

From Marine Mammals," page 90