Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24
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Calling All Souls to join the March for Our Lives!
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Led by the students from Parkland, FL, the
March for Our Lives
is a national mobilization to end gun violence and school shootings. The All Souls Youth Group, Music Ministry, and Social Justice Ministry have partnered on a series of events to mobilize together. First, there’s
Signs and Song
on Friday evening, March 23. Come meet other youth and adult UUs from the Washington area and across the country, make signs for the March, and raise our voices in song! Reception and sign-making, 6:00-9:00 pm. Family-friendly
Singing for Our Lives
concert and community sing, 7:00-8:00 pm. On Saturday, March 24, everyone is invited to meet at All Souls in the 9:00-10:15 am range for solidarity, a light breakfast, and additional sign-making. Visit
bit.ly/UUMFOL
for more information and to RSVP to any of these events.
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Sunday, March 25
Broken Covenant.
Rev. Rebekah Savage. We have come to a critical moment when we are asked to face that we have broken covenant with each other and with our youth and children. As UUs, we affirm the existence of the divine spark within all and yet our moral clarity at times has waned. Our bold prophetic youth now have claimed their voice. How shall we faithfully respond?
Silver Souls monthly meeting.
All are welcome to join us in building the Beloved Community and
working for service, justice, and spiritual growth. Right after 2
nd
service, library.
Mindful Souls
provides an opportunity to meet in community regularly at the church for meditation, followed by discussion led by congregants or others from our broader DC community. We welcome all who wish to attend. Every Sunday, 1 pm, classroom 2; second/fourth Sundays also at 11 am, Longfellow Room.
Wednesday, March 28
Board of Trustees meeting.
Congregants are always welcome at the Board’s meetings. Come participate in the governance of our church. 7:00 pm, Eaton Room.
Friday, March 30
Good Friday Tenebrae Service.
7:30 pm, sanctuary.
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Adult Spiritual Development
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Roots & Wings.
Co-led by Meredith Higgins Hargrave and Gregory Ford, this interactive six-session class fosters an exploration of All Souls, Unitarian Universalism, and your own spiritual journey. It introduces members, new and old, to the history of our church and governance as well as the denomination. It’s also a great way to bond with a smaller group of your fellow congregants. Sundays, 1-3 pm, April 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6 and 20 (skipping Mother’s Day), Eaton Room.
Register
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All Souls is excited to announce the start of
Beloved Conversations,
a powerful pathway for spiritual growth and relationship building that advances our dream of beloved community. A transformative curriculum grounded in spiritual practice and our UU faith, Beloved Conversations is a learning laboratory for how to live healthily in a multiracial, multicultural, theologically diverse community, and how to work for a racially just world, both within and beyond our congregation. Led by Dr. Mark Hicks, Meadville Lombard Professor of Religious Education, Beloved Conversations opens with a 1.5-day immersive retreat at All Souls (Fri., Apr. 13, 6:00-9:30 pm & Sat., Apr. 14, 9:00 am-4:45 pm), followed by four 2-hour sessions, on Monday or Wednesday evenings, in small cohorts of 10-15 people. Your participation is invited and encouraged! For more information, contact Minister of Adult Spiritual Development Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker (
rparker@allsouls.ws
).
Registration is open
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Children and Youth Religious Education
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OPPORTUNITIES and EVENTS
- Help Needed on Easter: Chaperones with K and up during Puppet Shows, AND Help with Preschool classes. Please contact Dolores ASAP if you can help
- Sunday, April 1st, Easter- Back by popular demand: Bob Brown Puppets, for children K and up. Younger children welcome with a parent/guardian. Classes for children under K. Egg Hunt for all ages follows. Hosted by our Middle Schoolers
SHOUT OUTS
Sometimes I get so busy I might forget to let everyone know how much you are appreciated.
- A big “Thank You” to all who contributed to making the “Clothing Swap” a success!
- A super “Thank You” to all our devoted RE Teachers, Advisors and Workshop Leaders. Without you, we wouldn’t have the vibrant, alive program that we do!
Contact Dolores Miller, Director of Religious Education for Children & Youth (dmiller@allsouls.ws; 202-517-1469).
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Growing Connections - Mother's Day Plant Sale
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Founded in 1983 by Bob and Molly Freeman, the annual Mother’s Day Plant Sale (Sunday, May 13) will this year mark its 35th anniversary. This festive springtime tradition includes house plants, fruits and vegetables, snacks, baked goods, beverages, and kids’ activities. Plant donations, baked goods, and volunteers are needed. Start your cuttings and plantings now! Please join us in honoring and celebrating the life and legacy of Bob Freeman, who passed this winter. Interesting in volunteering or donating plants or other items? Contact Karen McManus (425-765-0054), Pam Amos (773-294-0696), or
ascdcplantsale@gmail.com
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Nadine Ramos is coordinating the production of a book that will be presented as a gift to Rev. Dr. Susan Newman Moore. The book will be a collection of letters of appreciation for Rev. Susan’s ministry at All Souls. If you would like to contribute, go to
FromYourBelovedCommunity.fromabirdie.com/contribute
and write about how Rev. Susan positively impacted your life. We’d like it to be a surprise, but it’s most important to get the word out and have as many contributions as possible. Let everyone know, and help our less tech savvy friends upload their letters. Contributions to the book will be accepted until March 24. If you have any questions or would like to support the funding of the book, contact Nadine (
nadine.bowden.ramos@gmail.com
).
In hopes of ensuring a fair separation for Rev. Moore and beginning the healing of our Beloved Community, a group from the All Souls family has come together and written a letter to our Board of Trustees. Please join us in signing it at
petitions.moveon.org/sign/separation-package-for
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CANCELED
: All Souls Inter-generational
Passover Seder
Both the March for our Lives and the Inter-generational Seder were on the calendar for March 24. Given the importance of the March and ASC’s clear desire to participate in it, and the fact that many members told us that they did not think they would be able to do both, lives free of gun violence needed to take priority this year. As a result, the Seder is being cancelled. We should all remember, even if we do not say it jointly at the Seder, that we are able to achieve freedom from the many oppressions we face, even if it means wandering 40 years in the desert. Love to all, Delabian, Sharon, and Steven.
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Rainbow Souls highlights Women's History Month
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Sally Kristen Ride (1951–2012). Sally Ride was an American physicist and astronaut. In 1983, she became the first American woman in space and the third woman in space overall. To this day, she also remains the youngest American to go to space, a record she set at age 32. After Ride’s death, her obituary revealed that her partner of 27 years was Tam O’Shaughnessy, a Professor Emeritus at the School of Psychology at San Diego State University and childhood friend. Fiercely private about her personal life, she has been posthumously recognized as the first known LGBTQ astronaut.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride
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Pastoral care beyond All Souls clergy.
If you would like to access pastoral care from a Unitarian Universalist minister not connected to All Souls, please contact Rev. Keithan (
rkeithan@allsouls.ws
) or Rev. Parker (
rparker@allsouls.ws
) and they will provide a referral.
All Souls’ English as a Second Language program seeks new volunteers
to help on two Sunday afternoons each month. Duties include welcoming and registering new students, answering questions about the program, and working with the church. We are a 100% volunteer-run program, so we need leaders with initiative who are comfortable problem-solving in the moment. We are interested in developing a more multicultural leadership team, and we especially encourage Spanish speakers and non-native English speakers to volunteer for this administrative role. Email
all.souls.esl.dc@gmail.com.
Believe in radical hospitality? Act on those beliefs!
Worship services can be magical, but they don’t happen magically. In addition to the ministers and staff, we depend on the time, effort, and good will of volunteer congregants. Interested in helping? You have a choice of roles to play, and each is important.
- Worship Associates speak from the pulpit five or six times a year to welcome the congregation and introduce the offering collection. Worship Buddies help setup before services. Training occurs once or twice a year. Contact Jana Owens (jana_owens@hotmail.com).
- Ushers welcome congregants and visitors, hand out the orders of service, and help everything run smoothly and safely. The commitment is only one service each month, so it’s a great way to get involved. Contact Mark Matthews (markhowardmatthews@gmail.com).
- Greeters welcome visitors and answer their questions, both before and after services. Really important, but easy—once a month commitment and no meetings! Great way to meet people, and you’re already qualified! Contact Sarah Puro (sarahpuro@yahoo.com).
- Counters receive the offering plates, tally the numbers, and lock everything away in the safe. You’ll serve once a month after the second service and meet a nice group of folks. Contact John Crowe (babaloo913@gmail.com).
- The Lunch Ministry nourishes the congregation with a homemade, healthy meal about once a month. Stretch your culinary skills! Visit all-souls.org/lunch or contact Jerri Husch (ascu.lunch@ gmail.com).
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All Souls Church Unitarian | 1500 Harvard St NW, Washington DC 20009
202.332.5266| www.all-souls.org
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