Doing Justice
In
1993 the Community Church adopted a Vision Statement that
reads in part:
Building community within our church and beyond our church,
we are challenged to create:
Hope where there is despair,
Justice where there is oppression,
Wisdom where there is ignorance,
Purpose where there is aimlessness,
Human concern where there is indifference.
 The
Raconteur
In June 2008 the fourth issue of the Raconteur was
published with the help of a grant from the Marin Community
Foundation, the contributions of the residents of The Redwoods
Retirement Center, and the work our volunteer of the year,
Editor Linda Xiques. The current issue is on the theme “spirituality
and social action.”
 Outreach
Task Force
• Sponsors a lunch on the first Thursday of
each month at Westminster Presbyterian Church for people who
are homeless and hungry. Church members and friends have prepared
and served these monthly lunches since 1999.
• Works closely with the Marin Organizing Committee,
a long-term consensus-building organization of faith communities
and non-profit organizations dedicated to helping institutions
in Marin County speak and act for the common good of our local
community.
 Kiyija
Keneth Task Force
Provides care and tuition assistance for Kiyija
Keneth in Uganda. Kiyija is in his second year at Makarere
University in Kampala and is the founder of Hope for African
Children Ministries dedicated to helping children who have
lost one or both parents to AIDS. Kiyija himself suffers from
a serious heart defect. The task force is currently involved
in the challenging process of obtaining corrective surgery
for him here in the USA which would enable Kiyija to lead
a normal life.
 Mental
Health Task Force
New in 2008 is a Task Force dedicated to identifying
and addressing the needs for mental health care in Marin County
from hospital care to services in our schools and our jail
to the needs of prisoners at San Quentin to the special problems
of seniors. Convener Rose Taylor writes: “California
once had the best mental health services in the United States
under Nathan Sloate in the 50’s and 60’s. Needs
are much greater now than they were then . . . One finger
in the dyke can help stem the tide, and we need to begin somewhere.”
 Prison
Ministry
Dora Ford, our Parish Associate of Mission, specializes
in prison ministry and works at a halfway house in San Francisco
where she focuses on making God’s love visible. She
serves as a bridge between communities of faith and men and
women caught up in state or federal correctional systems.
Her areas of specialization are recovery and reconciliation.
At Christmas each year the church puts together gifts of socks,
toiletries and homemade cookies for each of the residents
at the halfway house.
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