We are rooted in the understanding that Christ is love.

We look to the life and teachings of Jesus as a living example of how love moves in the world. Feeding people, protecting children, tending the sick, welcoming the outcast, and restoring dignity were not symbolic acts. They were the work.

For us, Christ is a North Star, not a weapon, an institution, or a set of enforced beliefs. We ask a simple question in everything we do: Is it loving?
If it is not loving, it is not aligned with Christ, no matter what language or authority is used to justify it.

Our church exists to practice Christianity as lived love through service, care, and responsibility to one another. This means our faith is expressed through how people are treated, how children are protected, how bodies are respected, and how communities are nourished.

You do not need to identify as Christian or hold specific beliefs to participate here. What matters is shared commitment to love made visible through action.

Jesus guides our work as an example of how love moves in practice.

We look to the way Jesus lived, not as something to perform or believe correctly, but as a model of care in action. His attention to the poor, the sick, the excluded, and especially to children shapes how we organize our priorities.

For us, Jesus is not a boundary that separates people. He is a reference point that coninually asks: Are we protecting the vulnerable? Are we acting with compassion? Are we restoring dignity rather than taking it away?

When the answer is yes, we trust we are moving in alignment.

For us, spiritual balancing is both spiritual and practical.

We live in a universe of duality. Night and day. Rest and action. Giving and receiving. Mother and Father. Life emerges through the relationship between these forces.

Source = Mother + Father

The Mother brings care, embodiment, nourishment, and protection. The Father brings structure, boundary, responsibility, and direction. When these forces are in right relationship, life flourishes.

Spiritual balancing happens when one is elevated at the expense of the other. Care without structure becomes unstable. Structure withoutu care becomes harmful. Spritiaul balacing is the practice of restoring right relationship so life can grow safely.

This is not abstract belief. It guides how we make decisions, protect children, honor bodies, build programs, and create places of peace and safety.

If it supports life, love, and care, it belongs. If it does not, we honor it and let it go.

When we speak of “the Mother,” we are naming the life-giving, protective, and sustaining force through which love becomes embodied and lived.

The Mother is expressed through women, caregivers, elders, the Earth, an the body itself. She is present wherever care, nourishment, regulation are prioritized. This is not about excluding men or elevating one gender over another. It is about restoring balance in a world that has often undervalued care, embodiment, and protection.

Centering the Mother means we organize around what keeps life safe and supported. It means children come first. Bodies are respected. Pace matters. Rest matters. Food matters. Boudnaries matter. Healing is not rushed and people are not used to build systems that harm them.

For us, honoring the Mother is practical. It shows up in how we design programs, how we build spaces, how we treat families, and how we measure success. If something undermines safety, dignity, or care, it does not belong here.

We understand ancestry and lineage as the ongoing relationship between past, present, and future.

We inherit more than names or genetics. We inherit stories, siurvival stratedgies, wounds, widsom, and resilience shaped long before us. Trauma and healing both move through generations, and what we choose to tend in the present matters.

For us, honoring ancestry means acknowledging what came before, healing what was left unresolved, and making decisions with responsibility across time. Our work is guided by the understanding that what we do today affects seven generations behind and seven generations in front of us.

This is not about ritual or belief. It is about care, accountability, and continuity.

Participation varies.

Some people attend programs. Some receive practical care support. Some volunteer. Some simply read, learn, or observe. There is no required level of involvement.

Participation here is always by choice. You are welcome to observe, engage quietly, participate actively, or step away at any time. There is no expectation to share personal experiences, commit long-term, or maintain a specific level of involvement.

People move through seasons. We honor autonomy, pacing, and self-trust, and we believe healing happens best when participation remains voluntary and responsive to individual needs.

Children are at the heart of why this church exists.

Rainbow Bridge Church is a sancturay for children. We believe children deserve safety, nourishment, dignity, and environments where their nervous systems can rest and grow.

Every decision we make is guided by the question: Is this safe, and supportive for the children now and in the future?

We design our programs, spaces, and pace of growth with children’s wellbeing as the top priority. That means we do not rush programming, we do not pace children into unprepared environments, and we hold clear boundaries around care, consent, and responsibility.

When children are safe and supported, families stabilize, communities heal, and peace becomes possible across generations. This work exists for the children, both those living now and those yet to come.

We center families by designing everything around safety, stability, and care for children and caregivers.

Families do not need more pressure, performance, or ideology. They need food, rest, regulation, trustworthy relationship, and environments where children can be children and adutls can exhale. Our work begins here.

Centering families means:

• Prioritizing children’s safety, wellbeing, and nervous system health

• Supporting parents and caregivers without judgment or unrealistic expectations

• Building programs that fit real lives, not idealized schedules

• Moving at a pace that protects families from burnout or harm

We understand that when families are supported, communities stabilize. When children are safe and nourished, the future becomes more peaceful. This church exists to strengthen families by meeting practical needs first and creating places where care is shared rather than carried alone.

Rainbow Bridge Church is based in Fort Bragg, California, where our first physical location and in-person community work are rooted.

This work takes place on the ancestral lands of the Pomo people, whose relationship to this land long predates modern settlement. We acknowledge this with respect and humility, and we understand ourselves as guests and stewards rather than owners. Honoring the land means caring for it, caring for the people on it and acting with responsibility across generations.

We believe healing happens in real places, through real relationships, and our local work relets that commitment. At the same time, we offer online education and healing programming that can be accessed worldwide, allowing people beyond our local area to learn and participate without needing to be physically present.

We are rooted locally and connected globally. Both matter.

Programs evolve as capacity allows, Current offering focus on:

• food gardens and nourishment

• nervous system education

• community care and service

For what’s active now, see Current Work.

Some offering are free, others are supported through partnerships, donations, or sliding scale models. We aim to be transparent about cost and access.

Not at this time.

We are transparentn about our status so people can give with clarity and consent.

Through a combination of donations, partnerships, and practical work. We aim to build sustainable, non-extractive models of support.

We do not:

• Provide therapy or medical care

• Require belief or participation

• Pressure people spiritually or emotionally

• Rush programs before they are safe and ready

This may not be the right space for those seeking rigid doctrine, hierarchical authority, or fast-paced spiritual intensity.

Our work is slow, grounded, and relational.

We approach harm and conflict with care, accountability, and a commitment to protection, especially for children and vulnerable people.

We understand that harm often happens when people feel unseen, unsafe, or unheard. Our first priority is to restore safety, not to defend institutions reputations, or authority. This means listening carefully, taking concerns seriously, and responding without dismissal, retaliation, or spiritual justification.

We believe truth matters, and so does how it is handled. We practice truth without harm, which means we seek honesty while protecting dignity and wellbeing. When repair is possible, we work toward it with responsibility and care. When boundaries are needed, we honor them clearly.

No one is required to stay silent, endure harm, or remain in situations that do not feel safe. Protection, especially of children, always comes before preservation of structure.

That’s okay.

You don’t need to be certain to belong here.

If you’d like to ask something not covered, you’re welcome to contact us, or you can return to Start Here for orientation.