We are family!

The definition of Family expands in several ways at teen camp. We have Center families, Cabin families, Camp families and today we have an Empower-Me families. We are also beyond the mid point of the week and it feels like it's all going a bit faster. We are supporting each other in love in beautiful surroundings. This year our Santa Rosa crew includes a teen from Dallas Texas and an Advisor from Long Beach (All of us are pictured below) We took our annual group picture, as well as our goofy one yesterday. All of us are having a great experience. We are so grateful for the love and support of our community, both here and at home. Sending Love to ALL remembering - We are all Family!












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CSL Teen Camp

Each year, for one glorious week in July, the CSL Teen Camp takes place on the beautiful ground of Buckhorn Camp in Idyllwild, Ca.
This is that week. Our camp theme is Your God is Showing, and so far it's been Amazing!!!
We have a film crew on site that will be creating a documentary about all the wonderful things we do. In the meantime, here are a few photos of our first few days. More to come...














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Peaceful Yoga

We started the month of June exploring our perfect patterns and wrapped it up with some Yoga. All designed to remind us of ways we can choose to free ourselves from upset and discord. Shout out of Gratitude to Kai Harris for gently leading us through the moves and giving us new tools to reset our mind, spirt and body. Ahhhhh.


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Patterns of Perfection

Throughout the month of June our youth and teens are learning ways to recognize their Divine nature as a way of practicing freedom from Discord. Each week we gather together and have discussions that are in harmony with the topic being discussed in the adult services. In this way, we are creating an opportunity for families to carry forward the discussion with each other and at home. Each of us contribute in our own way to this glorious thing called Life. We all contribute our unique pattern of perfection.

Answering the Call to Serve in our Youth and Family Ministry

There are many ways in which we each answer the call to lend support to our spiritual community. Every day I am at the Center I meet and greet volunteers who are in service, supporting our community in the way in which they were guided to say yes. For me personally the call was loud and clear to support our youth. And answering that call has led me to becoming the Director of this amazing Ministry.

Recently we put out a call to the community for new volunteer teachers and assistants to serve the needs of our youth ages 4-12 and the applications are flowing in. It is such a beautiful thing to be on the receiving end of so much love and support.

So far this month we have welcomed Tamarya Hulme and Nikki Buckstead to our volunteer team. Tamarya will begin teaching in our 8-12 classrooms in February and brings with her a wealth of experience and spiritual practice. Nikki has already begun assisting in the classrooms and will also be lending some administrative support to our Ministry sharing her many talents of organization and program development. We are grateful to each of them for answering the call to service and look forward to growing together.

If you have felt the nudge to be in service, yet haven't acted on it, the door is wide open. Listen to your inner calling and find your Yes. You'll be so glad you did!

New Year Intentions in Youth and Family Ministry at the Center

Nothing says fun like a crazy party hat. At least that's where we started in the preparation for setting our New Year Intentions in Youth Ministry. After a year long practice of… Practice, we are excited to step into our Power in 2014.

One of our Intentions for 2014 is to attract new Teachers and Volunteers who love our teaching and would like to share in the journey of spiritual growth with a youthful perspective. While it's true we do like to have fun, we also like to learn and we have lots of room to grow and learn together. If you are interested in joining us on our journey of spiritual growth, contact Susan Robinson, RScP at Susan@cslsr.org for more info.

In the meantime we wish you all a Happy, Healthy and wildly Prosperous New Year!

Creative Expressions in Youth and Family Ministry at the Center

Creative Inspiration is always flowing through the youth at our Center and this month it is being amplified as our spiritual practice for the month of October.

Through out the month, as an opening activity, the youth are invited to color and create unique designs using a process called Rangoli which uses a dot background or grid as a basis for forming the finished design.

Last Sunday the youth were also invited to create a Divinity Collage using pictures or words that describe or represent their idea of Spirit. Pictured above is Sofia who used words that lead to another word in a piece she titled "The path to Enlightenment" (she's 8).

Week after week I am filled up to overflowing with joy and wonder as I witness the natural brilliance of these amazing youth. All of the planning and preparation for teaching them, doesn't come close to the things they teach me!

Life is indeed GOOD.

Susan Robinson, RScP