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235 Hill Street, Santa Monica
Thank you to the Volunteers of
Communitas 2026!
Thank you, to the many volunteers listed below for their dedicated teamwork in making the 2026 Communitas Awards such a warm, entertaining and lovely evening of friendship and community.
2026 Communitas Volunteers
Chaplain Joseph Hepburn, Fran Lyness, Bonnie Johnstone, Darya Jones, Craig Ali, Nate Clukey, Joanne Berlin, Susan Loughmiller, Susan Millmann, Stephen Clare, Curtis Raynor, Michelle Weiner, Tara Barauskas, Larry Dilg, Belynda Fields, Lorraine Holzgreen, Donna Brown, Barbara Olinger, Chris Chandler, Jerry Rubin, Wendy Winston, Jean Gasca, Gina Frazier, Mario Fonda-Bonardi, Susan McCorry.
From the 2026 Communitas Steering Committee: Joseph Gerda, Louise Dobbs, Sylvia Gentile, Bob Gordh, Patricia Hoffman, Barbara Inatsugu, Susan Loughmiller, Janet Gollery McKeithen, Dale Newman, Fred Whitlock
How the Church Has Been Powering Justice Through the Years:
Celebrating the Solstice at The Church in Ocean Park with Dave Morrison and friends!
(and amazing Chili!)
Poetry Sunday 2025
Phoebe McAdams
Matt Sedillo
A Post Oscars Song Circle!
On Sunday evening's Academy Awards event, our very own Camille and her husband Clément Ducol won the Oscar for their original song, for the film Emilia Perez!
On Monday, March 3, Camille led a song circle at the Church in Ocean Park. Louise Dobbs and Dr. Kim Harris gathered about 15 church community members to sing with some of Camille and Clement's friends. It was a stunning hour of layered, harmonious and profoundly musical improvisation.
Merci beaucoup, Camille et Clément!
The conversation between Dr. Kim Harris and Bob Gordh on Sunday morning , February 2, took its point of departure from an essay by Bob Gordh wrote, which you can read here:
Moment from the Week:
Yoga Practice Honoring Jasmine Lieb
from June 9th
Students of the late Jasmine Lieb gathered at Church in Ocean Park in Santa Monica on Sunday, June 9th. They were guided by her voice on tape through a spine-elongating slow gentle practice. Jasmine was an original teacher at Yoga Works and studied with Indra Devi. Jasmine was honored with the CIOP Communitas award.
Moments from the Week
Graduation Sunday
Right photo, from L to R: Rev. Janet G. McKeithen, Darya Jones, TJ Robinson, Jeremiah Gordon
Photos courtesy of Craig Hamilton
Moments from the Week
A Look at Peace Camp
The Peacecamp kids have had a blast learning, touching, playing and immersing themselves in play and fun while learning about our Los Angeles water source, where it begins, how it forms, gets treated and relates to our living world
Our Annual Seder Dinner, April 24th!
Thank you Barry Goldstein, for your leadership, Fred Whitlock for coordinating the food, and Louise Dobbs, Music Director, and Dr. Kim Harris and all who attended!
Photos courtesy of Fran Lyness and Fred Whitlock