Activities in the Community Life Service Group:
Other groups comprising community life may find a home in the CLSG. The benefits are communication and support as needed from among all the KCC Service Groups.
Service Group Coordinator:
Debra Elisa Wohrmann
Sangha members nurture supportive connections through community social events. Recent events include poetry nights, dharma movie nights, and Dharma, Sangha, Sing!
Anyone in the KCC sangha is invited to propose an activity they would like to share. The Community Life Service Group will support your event with advertising, organizing, scheduling, and lending a hand.
Email to propose a social event for the sangha,
Watch KCC Happenings and the events calendar for Community Life Events. Come, relax, and enjoy being sangha!
Use KCC Survey Data as a Practice Community of Care
Use Meal Train for coordinating help with meals.
Meal support is available to sangha members due to illness, surgeries, or other life disruptions. Through KCC’s Meal Train Plus account, we also schedule rides and care support at home. For support, email:
Upon request, sangha members who cook for each other may be reimbursed for up to $9 for meals or rides they provide through KCC’s Meal Train Plus.
Refer to the Portland Area Support Services list
Promote awareness of Villages.
Keep our resources current and share support and learning in community.
The mission of the Engaged Buddhism Group is to support social causes to reduce suffering and to develop Bodhicitta both on and off the cushion. Past activities includes writing letters for Vote Forward to get out the vote, volunteering time and donating money to non-profits in Portland, and building awareness of Climate Change, its disproportionate effects, and how we may respond as Buddhists. Many of us are engaging in the wider world in myriad ways, and all are welcome to join. Email:
Click here for more information.
Engaged Buddhism – 14 Precepts – Mandala of Socially Engaged Buddhism
What distinguishes Buddhist activism from any other kind of activism?
–Excerpted and reworked from The Intersection Point: Buddhist Activism at the WTO by Diana Winston, Turning Wheel, Spring 2000 www.bpf.org
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So much of what unfolds at KCC is supported by an often unseen circle of dedicated practitioners whose steady presence, genuine care, and sincere effort help hold the community. Now it’s time to thank three of them together! Kathy Gillis, Craig B, and Judatha Kline.
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From volunteers and longtime members to first‑time visitors, your support and presence helped create a warm, welcoming celebration of our shared path.
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Robin was the tea and shine tender for First Sunday’s half-day sit for several years at KCC. (every other first Sunday is Chenrezi practice and instruction). Robin says: “If you’re thinking about volunteering at KCC you’ll enjoy it and it will bring you closer to the community!”
