Bread of Life Mission, Vision, and Core Values
Mission
Bread of Life offers community and practices that support the intentional spiritual journey toward fullness of life and courageous offering of gifts to the world.
Vision
Transformed people living into their gifts and seeding a wisdom way in the world that honors the sacred in every person and all of creation.
What We Offer
Bread of Life offers spiritual direction, programs, and gatherings for those with a desire to discover the dimensions of a deeper life explicitly connected to “Something More.” We use an adult learning model that provides context and facilitates reflection on a topic’s relevance to one’s own life. Our hope is to offer a window into a generous and generative way of experiencing what it means to be fully human and beloved. We have a heart for “serving those who serve” in faith communities, non-profits, healthcare, public and social services. Those who come share a desire to explore with others their personal human story for meaning and purpose as part of a larger spiritual story in which the living Spirit of God is fully present.
How We Work
Our History
Bread of Life was founded in 1997, becoming an independent non-profit in 2006.
After 9 years under the umbrella of Davis Community Church we consolidated our Davis-based programs and joined our Spirit in the Arts Center into a single site in North Sacramento. After spinning off Spirit in the Arts into The Creative Edge in 2015, we recently moved to our new home at 1260 Fulton Avenue.
Our founders come from and practice in their own Christian traditions, a rooting which opens to and honors the weaving of the Spirit through diverse traditions. This foundation frees us to learn from, partner with and serve all who come.
We welcome everyone to join us from those who follow a specific religious tradition or path to those who question anything spiritual.
The only expressions not welcome are those which diminish another as we regard each person to have sacred worth and value.
Our Partners
Visit our partner, Franciscan Living, who now share physical space with us and many shared values.
““The energy of Bread of Life is generative. It is a refreshing antidote to the voices of ‘not enough’, ‘be afraid’, ‘be defensive.’ It invited us to live wholeheartedly, compassionately and authentically.””