Community Engagement & Service

Community Engagement and Service (CES) in the Hub for Spiritual Life is a place where you can connect to meaningful service opportunities. Through regular service projects, long-term partnerships and community collaborations, and special service events, volunteers with us explore how service can be practiced as a spiritual discipline. Rather than serving out of convenience, or viewing service as what we do with “leftover” or extra time, we incorporate service into the regular rhythms of life. Participation with Community Engagement and Service provides concrete ways for individuals to apply their knowledge, skills, and abilities to create community impact. We focus on incorporating humility and curiosity into service work and community-building efforts. Community Engagement and Service is a place where participants of all backgrounds and perspectives can join together to create dynamic community change. Whether it's supporting newly resettled refugees, serving individuals experiencing homelessness, working on a regenerative farm, or meeting the health needs of our neighbors, Community Engagement and Service provides weekly recurring service opportunities and special volunteer projects where participants learn from the community and make an impact. Through long-term community partnerships supported by Community Engagement and Service, Pepperdine serves Malibu and the greater Los Angeles in ways that bring restoration and hope.