Temple Beth Israel (TBI) is a reform Jewish congregation. Our community members come from Fresno Clovis Selma Fowler Coarsegold Madera Modesto Sanger and the surrounding areas. Come by Friday night for services and spend Shabbat in Yosemite Sequoia or Kings Canyon National Park. TBI is a center for Jewish life in the Central Valley. We provide numerous opportunities for Jewish connection through our four Pathways to Jewish Living: Ritual Torah Community and Tikkun Olam.

Each of us has worth and dignity and that worth includes our gender and our sexuality. As Unitarian Universalists (UUs) we not only open our doors to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities we value diversity of sexuality and gender and see it as a spiritual gift. We are an inclusive religious community and work for LGBTQ+ justice and equity as a core part of who we are. All of who you are is sacred. All of who you are is welcome nWe are a Welcoming Congregation recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Association. This means we affirm and include people who are lesbian gay bisexual transgender non-binary and queer at every level of congregational life’in worship in program and in social occasions’welcoming them as whole people nWe also recognize that there’s always something more to learn and we remain open to deepening our understanding about the lives of lesbian gay bisexual transgender non-binary and queer people.

Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! We want to welcome you to Our Saviour’s. We are a church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church ELCA and a founding member of Faith in Community FIC which is part of People Improving Community through Organizing PICO. We are also a Reconciling in Christ Congregation RIC a designation given to Lutheran Churches that affirm and welcome the LGBTQ community. Whether LGBTQ or Straight we believe that God created all of us to be who we are and not what societies religious institutions or churches believe we should be nThe “DNA” of Our Saviour’s is best summed up in the words of Francis of Assisi “At all times proclaim the Gospel if necessary use words.” These words of St. Francis are reflected in our two mottos “Where the Son always shines!” and “We live our PRIDE in Love!” With God’s help we are committed to maintaining a community of faith where the Son always does shine through our witness to God’s love in word and action — where we are light to each other to the community around us and to the city of Fresno nGod has blessed Our Saviour’s greatly to be a blessing to others and we do pray that we are a blessing to all nMay the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the Love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and always!

At New Thought Community we are committed to creating a safe and sacred place for people from all walks of life. In this community we discover our path purpose and spiritual nature so that we may live cooperatively grow personally and enrich the world as a spiritual community. We do this by teaching practical tools for living grown from the following Universal Principals: