Rev. Marquita Pierre McAlister is a graduate of the Holmes Institute and is widely respected amongst her peers for her intellect, passion and spiritual insights. She was elected and currently serves on the Minister’s Council for the international Centers for Spiritual Living. She is a past co-chair of a national convention of Centers for Spiritual Living, and a workshop presenter to local, national and international audiences.
She served as Senior Minister for the Alaska Center for Spiritual Living for over 6 years. In the summer of 2012 she left Anchorage and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Rev. Marquita founded and serves as Spiritual Director for the newest Center for Spiritual Living in the Las Vegas area. She is a motivational speaker, a workshop and retreat facilitator, a spiritual practitioner, a spiritual growth consultant, a hospice chaplain and an inspirational singer.
Even through a pandemic Rev. Marquita showed that the Community of Centers for Spiritual Living Southern Nevada could be a thriving community. By adapting to offer online spiritual workshops and events, she helped to navigate and grow a virtual spiritual community and provide support during pivotal times.
“It was through the many deep challenges and life experiences of my journey that I discovered my soul’s longing to express what I now offer to the world … love, compassion, passion and a commitment to “living my life out loud” in order to remind people they too can live a life that fulfills Spirit’s promise of joy, peace and unlimited good.”