Glide Memorial Church – San Francisco

Glide Memorial Church is a United Methodist Church in San Francisco, California that opened in 1929. “Our mission is to create a radically inclusive, just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization.” Since the 1960s, Glide Church has provided various services for the poor and disenfranchised. Glide serves three meals daily, amounting to over 750000 free meals a year. The church also provides HIV testing, mental and primary health care, women’s programs, crisis intervention, an after-school program, creative arts and mentoring for youth, literacy classes, computer training, job skills training, drug and alcohol recovery programs, free legal services for the homeless, housing with case management, and much more. Visitors from all over the world attend Sunday celebrations, of which music is a prominent part. The Glide Ensemble and Change Band have become an integral part of the Sunday celebration. If you haven’t been there yet, you should go and experience it yourself, you won’t regret it! (Sorry for the poor quality, the video snippets were shot with an iPhone 3GS from the back and are completely unedited/uncut) More information at www.glide.org
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Please visit the official website www.yogaintheshadows.com to learn more about the project and to support the films efforts. Yoga in the Shadows examines the role that Yoga is playing in the recovery of individuals whose personal stories and perhaps tragedies have led them to jails and prisons, low-income and homeless shelters, teen centers, domestic violence shelters and drug and alcohol recovery centers. Some individuals live incarcerated in literal prisons doing time for past deeds committed, while others live in figurative prisons created by addiction and abuse. Tools exist with which individuals may regain a measure of self-control over their lives and bodies. One such tool is yoga.
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