Kevin Buckingham-Hayes

My vision for New Thought Center for Spiritual Living is centered in the vision that the spiritual community is growing its spiritual roots deeper. I see this spiritual community demonstrating the principles that we believe in. I see congregants demonstrating through sharing their time, talent, and treasure with the community. I see more members attending community events, taking classes, and joining in group gatherings such as the Youth group, Men’s and Women’s group, and Silver Sages or special focus groups like the Environmental group. I see our members collectively working on building inclusivity in our church community and in the larger Portland community, while also joining in world wide efforts such as our environmental team. .

My own service work has been centered in the Greeter team. I have served on that team since the founding of our community and have had years of experience since the 1990’s at LEC. I have served as a Sunday facilitator taking responsibility for leading one Sunday a month. For almost two years, I have also served as one of two coordinators of the Greeter team working directly with Ministry to help train, schedule and guide the overall Greeter ministry. I greatly value my contact and connection with others.