OUR MINISTERS | ||
 | Rev. Dr. Nadene Rogers Interim Senior Minister & Spiritual Director 408-294-1828 revnadene@cslsj.org | Rev. Dr. Nadene Rogers received her first letter of call in 1998, was ordained in 2006, received her Honorary Doctorate in 2020 and was recipient of the Minister Meritorious Award in 2024. As founding senior minister of the Calgary JOY of Life Centre, she retired from her pulpit in 2016. She has served Centers for Spiritual Living as: Canadian Regional Youth Co-coordinator, trainer and curriculum writer, and chairing Canadian Winter Youth Seminars; Co-chair of the 2004 Ministers Conference in Austin Texas, as Music Director/workshop presenter for the 2005 Vancouver Ministers Conference; as a Presider, Power Talk and Workshop Presenter at Asilomar, our CSL summer conferences. Dr. Nadene has chaired both the RSI ‘Golden Works’ and ‘Phoenix Bridge’ Committees, during which time she served as an Ministers and Practitioners Licencing Committee Member where she performed Minister Exit, Affiliation Interviews. Having sat on many Ordination and Affiliation Panels she continues to serve in this way and assist the onboarding of ministers into CSL’s Interim Ministry Program. Dr. Nadene has served as Interim Minister in White Rock BC Canada in 2018 – 2019, Parker Colorado 2020 – 2021, Columbia Maryland 2021 – 2023, and in West Hawaii 2023 – 2024. Her passion is to play outside the walls of conformity, raising public awareness of both the Science of Mind teaching and the value of inclusion. She has developed and hosted an international radio show and continues to forge collaborations to establish projects such as: The Shoe-In: NEW shoes for at-risk youth, and the Teens of Distinction Awards for inner achievement. Something most folks would not know about Nadene is that she was a professional clown for 20 years and opened the first Clown School in Canada! Dr. Nadene is known as a creative visionary, having a deeply intuitive, compassionate heart with pioneer courage, and is eager to serve in this new capacity, as Interim Spiritual Leader with Center for Spiritual Living SAN JOSÉ |
 | Rev. Marcia Bencala Staff Minister 408-757-9995 marciabencala@cslsj.org | One ordinary day, long before I joined a spiritual community or became a minister, I walked down the hallway of my home and was suddenly overcome by a profound sense of Love—a Love beyond words. In that moment, I knew I was deeply cared for and supported by a Divine Presence greater than anything I could imagine. That realization—that God is Love and we are never separate from this Presence—became the foundation of my spiritual life. These principles have guided me through raising a family, caring for aging parents, building a career in high tech, and navigating many of life’s transitions. Today, as a minister, my greatest joy is helping others discover this same Truth and watching lives transform through the power of spiritual practice and Love in action! |
 | Rev. Maureen Ross Staff Minister 408-425-7457 maureenross@cslsj.org | Becoming as an RScP and, subsequently, a minister allowed Rev. Maureen to weave together a platform based on compassion, bereavement and end-of-life counseling, life changes, and spirituality for the whole of our lives. Ministry creates a beautiful connection within the community, she says, as we show up for each other in these very real lives, in this startling and sometimes heart-breaking world, heart to heart. She brings to ministry 15 years of experience as a marriage and family therapist specializing trauma, grief and loss, family growth, and tools and practice for respectful and genuine communication. In Compassionate Care she coordinates and officiates End-of-Life/ Celebrations of Life, Weddings, Child Blessings and Animal Blessings. She also teaches spiritual care and counseling at the local level to ministerial students, interns and students of psychology, and health care professionals. |
OUR STAFF | ||
 | Youth and Family jenniferbick@cslsj.org 408-221-6236 | Jenn was brought up with a unique mixture of spiritual practices, i.e., traditional Catholicism with psychic practices/beliefs sprinkled on the top. In 1989, “new thought” entered the picture, leading to her licensing as a Practitioner in 2011 and embracing her second stint as Youth Director. Jenn loves the growth and development of the Youth Program and is excited about the opportunities it is creating for her to be in service to the whole community. Although there are many aspects to the Youth & Family programs, she is most passionate about (1) sharing our spiritual practices with our youngest members and building relationships for our families through events and programs that serve and include them. |
 | Bookstore Manager Bookstore@CSLSJ.org | A native of San Jose, Janet is a retired occupational therapist who specialized in providing treatment for children and adults with a variety of developmental disabilities. Janet enjoys travel. Special trips have included visiting Spain and Portugal, and also Italy with her family. She loves to read, loves animals, gardening and cooking. Janet has attended CSL San Jose since 2014. Janet sees managing the Book Store as her ministry at CSL. She hopes that the Book Store is viewed as a peaceful, loving space for people to gather and find inspiration. She welcomes your ideas and would love to have you as a volunteer for the Book Store! |
OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES |
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 | Julie Moss Chair, Board of Trustees juliemoss@cslsj.org | |
 | Gus Tuomi Board of Trustees gustuomi@cslsj.org | |
 | David Field Board of Trustees davidfield@cslsj.org | David first attended the Center in 2012. He and his wife quickly feel in love with the community and been enthusiastic participants ever since! David was first appointed to the CSLSJ Board of Trustees in 2015 to fill a vacancy. He was then elected to two terms. He served as Board Chair 2019 – 2023 and led the successful Under One Roof campaign in 2020 to re-roof and re-paint our Center. He helped orchestrate the retirement of Rev. David Bruner in 2022 in parallel with the selection of new Sr. Minister Rev. Rasheryl McCreary. After an obligatory gap year, Rev. Rasheryl asked David to return to the board in 2024 and was elected to fill a vacant board seat whose term expires in 2025. A man of diverse talents, David has fused together work as restaurant manager, community college instructor, software marketing specialist, research analyst, and mediator into project management for the development team at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education, from which he retired in 2024. He enjoys gatherings with friends and family, woodworking, hiking, camping, volunteering, the view from mountain tops, reading, historical simulation games, and periodically exercising his mixology skills for the right occasion! |
 | Chris Diamond-Grayson Board of Trustees chrisgraysondiamond@cslsj.org | |