Building community is at the core of our mission at the Spiritual Center. The above painting represents a vision of community that is diverse and alive, and beautifully interconnected.

In 2024, our community has grown to 330 members, and we are seeing the community continue to grow as 2025 begins. The community has more than doubled in the past few years. The Spiritual Center is becoming a place where people find friendships and community, as well as collaborators and co-creators in their creative, spiritual, charity, and social change endeavors.

We are so excited about continuing to grow our community in a way that members experience belonging, care, connection, and inspiring engagement. Towards this end, we are seeking members to join a few vital teams that we believe will help our community become stronger and more resilient.

If you are interested, please read the descriptions below and fill out the interest form if you’d like to join either the membership team, the fundraising team, or the volunteer engagement team. We will be in touch with everyone who expresses interest! Thank you so much!

CSSC MEMBERSHIP TEAM DESCRIPTION:

The membership team seeks to grow the community of Common Street Spiritual Center, both quantitatively and qualitatively. They welcome in new members and help them find a sense of belonging and engagement in the community. They reach out to inactive members to welcome them back, and also invite friends of the community to become members. They run an annual membership drive and in general maintain our membership list and membership directory. They also have an eye to promoting a culture of acceptance, mutual support, and collaboration.

CSSC FUNDRAISING TEAM DESCRIPTION:

The fundraising team seeks to raise funds that are vital to the growth of our community, both for maintaining and improving the physical space that we share, staffing the center adequately so we can continue to grow our level of activity and impact, and providing resources for creative endeavors that expand the scale and scope of our community’s impact for the lives of our members and for the greater good of our wider community and world.

The fundraising team is responsible for increasing member engagement in monthly giving, organizing and supporting fundraising events throughout the year, making appeals for one-time giving from members and friends of the community (at year end, for example, or at appropriate times like giving Tuesday), and also seeking larger gifts and grants from individuals and organizations to support our mission.

We are seeking team members who have fundraising experience or are willing to learn about fundraising, and who have an enthusiasm for this type of volunteer work.

CSSC VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT DESCRIPTION:

Members of the Spiritual Center community are often looking for constructive ways to share their skills and talents with the community through volunteering. The volunteer engagement team seeks to structure and provide opportunities for members to volunteer in diverse and engaging ways, whether through service projects, hosting and supporting programs and events at the center, providing hospitality and care to other members (for example, checking in and supporting members when they are sick), doing projects to maintain and/or improve our shared physical space, and helping out in other ways that we dream up.

We are seeking team members who have a passion for volunteer work and are also comfortable and excited about organizing, training, and collaborating with members and friends of the community who are willing to volunteer. This is thoughtful and joyful work that can provide an expansive context for members to make new friendships, strengthen or develop their skills, and experience the joy of making positive contributions to the life of our community.

Another vital function of the volunteer engagement team is recognizing and celebrating those who volunteer. We want to make sure that everyone who is helping to advance our vision and mission as a community feels the gratitude of the community.

PLEASE EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST IN JOINING ONE OR MORE OF THESE VITAL VOLUNTEER TEAMS

BY FILLING OUT THE FORM BELOW 🙂