Our Vision To lovingly support, assist and be a gentle presence to CLF congregants (and their families) who are experiencing life challenges.
Our Mission The Congregant Care Ministry, under the direction of Dr. Mitzi Lynton, provides the following services:
Hospital/hospice/home visits.
Distributes blessed Prayer Bears.
Initiates & participates in specially organized prayer circles.
Maintains ongoing phone/email follow-up.
Provides support for congregants and their families before, during and after transitions.
Contacts congregants who have been absent from CLF for a while.
Sends cards by email and/or regular mail.
Posts messages of support on specially created Caring Bridge sites.
Researches agency resources available to congregants on an as needed basis.
Offers additional support on an as needed, and able to fulfill, individual request basis.
How You Can Become Involved The Congregant Care Ministry is always open to new members who wish to open their hearts and hands to others. A prerequisite for becoming a team member is successful completion of the Foundations class. If you know of a congregant who could benefit from the services of the Congregant Care Ministry, please contact our Congregant Care Minister.
Congregant Care Contact Information Congregant Care Minister - Rev. Dr. Mitzi Lynton 602-769-5939 Email:
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ARK Ministry – Animals Receiving Kindness
Our Vision To raise awareness about our sacred connection with all life by supporting peace for all animals through education, compassion, and love.
Our Mission The ARK Ministry fulfills its vision through organizing activities throughout the year to promote kindness to animals. Activities include, but not limited to: animal blessings and adoptions of rescued animals, micro-chipping, food drives, blanket drives, prayer support, animal resource table, behavioral and educational workshops, spay and neuter education/support, feral cat education, bereavement support, prayer for all world’s animals and special events to strengthen our awareness of oneness with all creatures.
How You Can Become Involved The ARK Ministry is always open to new members of our team (Ark Angels) to participate in planning and organizing our service efforts. When bringing a new animal into your families adopt from a shelter or rescue group and save a life. Always remember to spay or neuter your animals. You are also invited to share generously whenever we have a drive to collect food, blankets, and supplies. We plan monthly meetings and you are welcome to join us anytime!
ARK Ministry Contact Information Co-Chairs: Tracy & Jennifer Rothstein 480 659-1562 Email:
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Community Outreach Ministry
Our Vision To be a positive force for change in the community and to inspire our congregants to achieve their highest good from a shared vision of giving and receiving through service to the community.
Our Mission The Community Outreach Ministry fulfills its Vision through organizing activities throughout the year to support the greater Phoenix community. Among those activities are back-to-school drives, holiday gift drives and food drives. Recipients of our efforts have included Sand Dollar Discovery House, Habitat for Humanity, Aunt Rita’s Foundation, Maricopa County Pediatric and Neonatal Units, and Homeward Bound just to name a few. Also through this ministry, CLF is a collection center for donation items for the Sand Dollar Thrift Store.
How You Can Become Involved The Community Outreach Ministry is always open to new members of the team to be a part of identifying, planning and organizing our service efforts. You are also invited to share generously whenever we have a drive to collect food, gifts, clothing, school supplies, etc. and to bring your gently used items to the church at any time to be donated to the Sand Dollar Thrift Store.
Community Outreach Contact Information Chair: Lou Ann Kane 602-931-1227 Email:
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Members Connect Ministry
Our Vision To support an ever expanding CLF community, lovingly connected and actively engaged in the welcoming and integration of new members and to be a part of the net that serves and connects the CLF community.
Our Mission The Members Connect Ministry is guided by the Principles of Love, Compassion, Divine Wisdom, Openness, Expansion and Open Communication. Living from those Principles, it supports the deeper connections of CLF congregants as they move into a new relationship with the CLF as members. This is done by supporting the New Member Orientation, by administering the New Member Mentor Program and by other activities to acknowledge, support and guide new members.
How You Can Be Involved There are opportunities to be served by this ministry and to serve. New members to CLF are offered the opportunity to receive a mentor for three months which we believe will help with assimilation into our church community. And for those who have been members for a time and who have met a few other requirements, the opportunity to serve as a mentor is available. Or we invite you to join the team, share your ideas and become a part of this net of connection.
Members Connect Ministry Contact Information Awilda Crespo, R.Sc.P., Chair 602-540-8820 Mary McNabb, R.Sc.P., Ministry Support 619-392-7900 Email:
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Music Ministry
Our Vision To uplift, enlighten and open hearts through music.
Our Mission The Music Ministry provides music for Sunday morning services, holiday services and a variety of special services and events. We are grateful for the talented New Thought vocalists, songwriters and instrumentalist, as well as our musical ensemble The Voices of Joy and our One Voice of Love Choir, who so generously share their gifts and talents with us. Their contributions allow this Ministry to fully embrace and live its vision.
How You Can Be Involved We are always open to discovering new talent. Opportunities are available for featured artist positions on an audition basis. There are also opportunities for people interested in running the sound board (training provided), song leading and being a part of The One Voice of Love Choir.
Music Ministry Contact Information Music Director: Dr. Mark Broder, R.Sc.P. 602-466-1773 Email:
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New Thought Theatre Ministry
Our Vision To illuminate and bless our community using New Thought Principles to express our talents with joy, laughter and connection through the performing arts.
Our Mission The New Thought Theatre Ministry will produce two to four productions a year. These productions will be for our Church Community and for the community at large.
How You Can Become Involved We are always open to discovering new talent in our congregation. We are looking for people who want to perform and/or work behind the scenes. Please come with you talents to share as well as a desire to learn a new craft. Actors, writers, directors, costumers, make-up artists, tech people, stage managers, dancers come one come all. We need you.
New Thought Theatre Ministry Contact Information Chair: John Halliburton, R.Sc.P. 602-788-7252 Email:
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Youth & Family Ministry
Our Vision Our vision is to support and facilitate the spiritual growth of each child in a safe, loving and nurturing environment and in accordance with Science of Mind principles.
Our Mission In addition to providing Sunday nursery and youth services for ages 6 through 17, our Youth Ministry regularly has special events, some geared specifically for our teens and preteens, such as basketball, hiking and x-treme Frisbee, and others for our children of all ages. We annually host a Family Treasure Hunt and Game Day the Saturday before Easter as well as a Fall Festival around Halloween and a Parents’ Day Out in early December. In addition, the Ministry has held Science of Mind Day Camps in the summer.
How You Can Become Involved We have ongoing opportunities for you to share your love with our children. Those opportunities include: serving as a teacher one or more Sundays per month; serving as a teacher’s aide; being in rotation to provide child care at special events; being a “Special Gifts Sharer” by sharing your special talents, gifts, or passions with our children on the last Sunday of the month; or assisting with the Summer Day Camp. With the exception of Special Gift Sharers, any individual wishing to serve in our Youth Ministry in any capacity must be at least 18 years of age and must have completed an Application and Pledge of Service, and those desiring to teach must have taken the Foundations of Practical Spirituality class.
Youth and Family Ministry Contact Information Director: Catherine Hamling 623-815-9606 Email:
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