Elaine is a Tokudo ordained priest and a BCSF Minister Assistant. She taught meditation and Buddhist teachings in the San Francisco jails from 2008 -2019. She presently serves as president of the Japanese American Religious Foundation (JARF), an interfaith consortium of churches and temples founded in 1948 in the SF Japantown area. She’s also a founding member of the BCSF LGBTQ+ group. Elaine is grateful to work as a Night Minister for the San Francisco Night Ministry, providing chaplaincy and "the ministry of presence" to unhoused folks living on the streets of San Francisco.

Keisuke is an ordained priest and a BCSF Minister Assistant. He shares his dharma message in Japanese services. He was born and raised in Tokyo, as an heir of Kyōnenji in Hiroshima, then moved to SF in 2012 to explore hospital chaplaincy, and LGBTQ & Buddhism. He is currently working at Zuckerberg San Francisco General as a chaplain since 2020..

日本語の法座をお勤めしています。広島教念寺の跡取りとして東京で生まれ育ちましたが、ホスピタルチャプレンとなるため、そしてLGBTQと仏教のつながりを求め、2012年に単身サンフランシスコへ参りました。現在はサンフランシスコ総合病院でチャプレンとして勤務しています。

Jack is an Honorary BCSF Assistant in recognition for his many years of helping with the BCSF Sunday Dharma School program. He continues to be a leader in the Hiroshima Hibakusha (Atomic bomb survivors) organization.