Spiritual Study is one of the five pillars of a balanced Spiritual Practice. Explore our current classes, workshops, special events, and ongoing groups below .
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Grow your practice with our current course offerings.MANDALAS ON MONDAYS AUGUST 2026
4 SESSIONS on MONDAYS
AUGUST 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2026
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
FACILITATOR: Rev. Maureen Ross
Join us as we color Mandalas to bring beauty and peace into the world.
Experience the power of creativity as you color mandalas as a spiritual experience for greater Soul intimacy. This is an inclusive, interfaith, intergenerational offering. Draw peace and community into your life by joining Rev. Maureen Ross for this series of meditative drawing and coloring.
Supplies will be available for use, and you may bring your own as well.
IN-PERSON ONLY
INVESTMENT: $25 each session
Registration ends on the Sunday before the class at 11:59 PM, Pacific Time
IN PERSON EVENT
ON-SITE LOCATION
Center for Spiritual Living San José
Fellowship Hall
1195 Clark Street
San José, CA 95125
408-294-1828
MESSY/GENTLE ENDINGS: A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
Designed to support us individually and collectively in moving through the tender challenges of change.
There are many key components in the process of letting go of the old - of welcoming in the change
We are/our community is, poised for the opportunity of coming together to realize, witness and support each other, in learning to deepen our trust in the universal creative process. Spirit is ever calling us to open and expand our experience.
BEYOND LIMITS: A JOURNEY INTO SPIRITUAL LIVING
8 Thursdays, 6:00 – 8:30 PM PT
September 3 - October 8, 2026
Hybrid - In-Person and On-line
Investment: $195 (includes certificate fee)
Facilitated by Rev. Jennifer Bick/TA Julia Smith, RScP
Required Texts: How to Change Your Life by Ernest Holmes and Creative Ideas by Ernest Holmes
Ready to expand what's possible in your life?
This transformative eight-week course introduces the foundational teachings of Science of Mind and explores how spiritual principles can be applied to everyday living. Discover practical tools for creating greater joy, purpose, abundance, and inner peace while developing a deeper connection to the Creative Presence within and around you.
If you've ever sensed there's more to life than simply getting through the day, this class is an invitation to explore what lies beyond the limits you've inherited, accepted, or imagined. Whether you're discovering these teachings for the first time or returning to them with years of experience, Beyond Limits offers fresh insights, renewed inspiration, and practical wisdom to support your continued growth.
UNAPOLOGETICALLY ME! A WEEKEND WOMEN’S RETREAT
She’s coming back to spend a whole weekend! September 11th – the 12th, Are you ready for the KAREN DRUCKER experience? Funny lady with both a contemplative and spontaneous, rich and relevant - diverse musical talent, will be our Guest Speaker and Featured Artist on the Sunday, but first, for all of us Women who are still pointed toward giving ourselves permission ALL of the time, A Women’s Retreat, right here Friday night 7pm – 9pm and Saturday 9:30am – 4:30pm! Calling all sisters into the Circle of Permission to be Unapologetically Me!
Retreat registrations are open and come in at $125 for snacks, Saturday lunch and all retreat materials!
EVENTS
One-time gatherings and special occasions.FALL DONATION DRIVE TO RAFT
Fall Donation Drive to RAFT (Resource Area for Teaching https://raft.net) in San Jose. We will collect office and art supplies for teachers and parents to use in their classrooms.
These include:
Office supplies: 1” 3-ring binders, notebooks (spiral, composition, and college ruled), rubber bands, pens, #2 pencils, pencil sharpeners, erasers, pencil pouch, pocket folders, scissors, D20 and all sizes of dice, paper clips, 3” sticky notes, highlighters, staplers, staples and staple removers, small/medium binder clips, dry erase board markers, erasers and cleaner.
Art supplies: crayons, colored construction paper, glue sticks, glitter glue, stickers, sidewalk chalk.
RAFT would prefer new items, but they will also take gently used office and art supply items.
Bring your donations in on Sundays, between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM PT.
FACILITATOR: CSLSJ Outreach Team
For further information please contact: outreach@cslsj.org
MEMBERSHIP SUNDAY & POTLUCK
Community Potluck Sunday
Every 4th Sunday after service!
All are welcome!
SILICON VALLEY PRIDE 2026 VENDOR BOOTH
CSL San Jose will be at Silicon Valley Pride! Join your spiritual family in celebrating and supporting the South Bay’s LGBTQ+ community at this year’s festival in downtown San Jose - an unforgettable 2-day event featuring a colorful parade, live entertainment, local artists, food vendors, family-friendly activities, and opportunities to connect with local LGBTQ+ businesses and advocates. Help us make the Center a visible presence for Inclusion and Belonging. Come on out, wear your CSL T-shirt, and show your PRIDE!
PRACTITIONER INSTALLATION/CELEBRATION CAKE
Sunday, September 6, 2026
During Sunday service and directly after service
Recognizing the sacred circle of practitioners and their individual
commitment and devotion to the Center for Spiritual Living, San Jose.
Installation Ceremony celebrating our newly licensed practitioners,
along with our reinstated, transfer, and newly Emeritus practitioners!
Seven in all!
PET REMEMBRANCE GATHERING
Sunday, September 13, 2026
12:30-1:30pm
Facilitated By: Debbie Belmessieri and Rev. Maureen Ross
The Pet Remembrance Gathering is a time for healing, loving, and celebrating the unconditional love we cherish so much with our animal companions. We will be remembering and honoring our animal companions who have gone over the Rainbow Bridge, but who always remain in our hearts. Participants can bring photos of their pets for a special blessing.
This is an in-person event. It will be comforting and informal.
Participants will have a chance to speak about their pets who have transitioned.
We will take time to honor the love we have for our animals.
CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING WORLD SERVICE DAY
World Service Day (WSD) is a global CSL community outreach project, and this year we will combine our donation project with our hands-on project on WSD. RAFT is a free resource for Bay Area teachers, and we will be helping them to build STEAM science project kits. The Silicon Valley is the heart of innovation, and these kits will help children in the area be introduced to science in fun, creative ways, at no extra cost to the teachers or students.
WALK THE LABYRINTH: CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING SAN JOSE - EQUINOX AND SOLSTICE 2026
Each change of Season in 2026:
Meet to learn or to remember the path of the Labyrinth.
Walking to the center on days of sacred seasonal change,
open and confident that the path is made clear.
WALK THE LABYRINTH: CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING SAN JOSE - EQUINOX AND SOLSTICE 2026
Each change of Season in 2026:
Meet to learn or to remember the path of the Labyrinth.
Walking to the center on days of sacred seasonal change,
open and confident that the path is made clear.
ONGOING GROUPS
Drop in any time — everyone is welcome.ANIMAL CONNECTIONS
The Animal Connections Group provides high watch for all of God’s creations in animal form. Whether domesticated or wild, the well-being of all animals is vital to the wholeness for the consciousness of the Global Heart.
Find out about the many different ways to become part of the Animal Connections team.
AnimalConnections@cslsj.org | 408-439-8428
CAREGIVERS SUPPORT CIRCLE
Caregivers Support Circle
2nd Sundays
Starting August 11, 2024
12:00 – 1:30PM PT
In Person Only
Join us in this new community for caregivers.
In this group, you will:
- Share your own experience in a safe and confidential place
- Gain insight into your own journey through the experience of others
- Have a place to be heard and feel the safety to be yourself
Facilitated by Rev. Marcia Bencala & Mary Jo Garrett, MA, LMFT
In Person Only
Investment: No cost!
MONTHLY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
This monthly Board of Trustees meeting is open to members! Join us every first Wednesday to know what is in the works behind the scenes at CSLSJ.
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SPARKLE BINGO NIGHTS!
Every 2nd Tuesday - 6:30 - 8:30 PM PT
IN-PERSON ONLY
4 Bingo Cards for $10
We will have snacks, beverages, and fun game prizes! And just wait until you get a load of our bingo caller...
A monthly fun-filled community event!
IN-PERSON ONLY
4 Bingo Cards for $10
Loads of free parking
ON-SITE LOCATION:
CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING, SAN JOSE
1195 Clark Street
San José, CA 95125
408 - 294 - 1828
SPIRITUAL PARENTING DISCUSSION GROUP
Gathering for parents of youth of all ages to develop and share spiritual parenting experiences an understandings. The focus topic of the first sessions will be based on the book: 10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting by Mimi Doe & Dr Marsha Walch (need not read to participate). All discussion materials will be provided.
Childcare cost is $10/family. Must RSVP in advance to guarantee childcare availability.
TOWN HALL MEETING
Town Hall Meeting
Every 2 months on the 4th Sunday
After Service: 12:00 PM PT
Hybrid: In Person & Online
Join us to discuss where we are as a community, the vision for our center, and beyond.
Hybrid: Sanctuary + Online
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TRANSFORMATIVE TUESDAY – A WEEKLY MEDITATION GATHERING
Transformative Tuesday – A Weekly Meditation Gathering
Facilitated by Elizabeth Jade and Marti Hunter
Tuesdays 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm
ZOOM ONLY
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Join Us for Transformative Tuesday – A Weekly Meditation Gathering
We’re excited to introduce Transformative Tuesday, a weekly 30-minute meditation designed to cultivate peace, presence, and connection. Each session includes a brief
gratitude practice, a Metta (loving-kindness) meditation to nurture compassion and
goodwill, followed by twenty minutes of silent reflection.
Led by CSL Practitioner Elizabeth Jade and Marti Hunter, Transformative Tuesday offers a sacred pause—a time to reflect, recharge, and unite in spiritual practice.
No registration is required—just show up, breathe, and be.
Save the link and join us.
Just 30 minutes, once a week. A simple practice. A powerful shift.
WEEKLY MEDITATION
This is a weekly gathering for meditation. Creating an environment to go inward and sit in silence to promote a sense of calm and peacefulness for the upcoming week. We will offer different modes of meditation—lead through music, silence, chanting and spiritual readings.
Facilitated by Janet Souza Cervantes & Lillian Schmidt