COME AS YOU ARE PAGAN CONGREGATION

Come As You Are (CAYA) Pagan Congregation is a nonprofit 501(c)3 matriarchal, eclectic, interfaith, open, drop-in congregation with local chapters in the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland, OR. Our mission is to create safe, loving, magic(k)al space for those who wish to participate in our community rituals, public service initiatives, and social events. Our Congregation community is based on mutual respect, personal responsibility, integrity, and honor for all spiritual paths. Our Clergy gathers around the mysteries of our core Traditions, and our Congregants gather around a shared commitment to Earth-centered and polytheistic spiritualities. We hold for the highest possible good in all that we do: for ourselves, for our community, and for the world.We sustain a shared vision of a society that provides for the spiritual and practical needs of all of its members, is free from harm, is safe and consensual, is specifically feminist, is inclusive, and is environmentally-conscious. Our Congregation is governed by three sacred tenets:We honor one another's unique spiritual practices, and seek to enrich our sense of community through diversity.We accept one another's divinity as inherent and non-negotiable.We believe that we are each qualified to determine our own personal path, and share our experiences and thoughts in a spirit of generosity, without presumption.