Wednesday, October 17
Nourishing Souls: Community Café.
Love trying new foods and moving to new rhythms? Ready to celebrate the unknown? Join us for an evening of music and our own version of “Chopped.” Bring an ingredient or two and watch our improv chefs Jerri Husch (food adventurer) and Ryan Orkus (chef and culinary instructor) whip up a meal. After dinner, bring your instrument or voice to make music. All are welcome! To give us an idea of attendance,
please sign up here
. 7:00 – 10:00 pm, dining room.
Souls in the Center Have a Happy Hour.
Souls in the Center is reaching new heights! The second story, that is. Join us upstairs at Grady’s to meet folks in a quieter, small-group setting.
RSVP on Facebook
. Souls in the Center is a fellowship of members and friends of All Souls from ages thirty+. To join the listserv, send us an email at
souls-in-the-center-leadership@googlegroups.com
. 7-9ish pm, Grady’s (2210 14th St NW).
A White Historian Explores Black Voting Rights.
Race stands out among the many bases upon which American voting has historically been restricted. Only African Americans’ right to vote has been granted, then taken away. Voting restrictions are just one aspect of a larger system of racist laws and customs, a system backed by violent intimidation. Historian Susan Strasser (susanstrasser.net) surveys this history, contrasting two moments of possibility—Reconstruction and the early 1960s—and the recent attacks on the right to vote. Co-sponsored by ADORE, the 8th Principle Committee, Adult Spiritual Development Committee, and the Reeb Voting Rights Project. 7:00 pm, Eaton Room.
Saturday, October 20
Souls in the Center have a Game Day!
Let’s play a soothing (ha!) game, where we take resources from each other. RSVP on
facebook
. Be sure to bring any games you love; we’ll have several games going depending on numbers. Souls in the Center is a fellowship of members and friends of All Souls from ages thirty+. To join the listserv, send us an email at
souls-in-the-center-leadership@googlegroups.com
. 2-5ish pm, Red Derby (3718 14th St NW).
Sunday, October 21
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This Sunday is Generosity Sunday, when we make a financial pledge to support the ministries of All Souls Church in 2019. Join us for an inspiring service followed by a celebration in Pierce Hall. You can also make your pledge online at
www.all-souls.org/2019-pledge-form
.
Living from a Place of Hope.
Rev. Hardies. In times of challenge and despair, writes the author Barbara Kingsolver, “The very least you can do...is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.” How do we live our lives from a place of hope? What does it mean to dwell together in hope? This Sunday we’ll share our hope with one another. 9:30 and 11:15 am, sanctuary.
Congregational lunch.
Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch? Come enjoy homemade food, for everyone and for free. After 2nd service, Pierce Hall.
The
Silver Souls
welcome all to their monthly meeting. Join us in building Beloved Community and working for service, justice, and spiritual growth. 12:45 pm, library.
Please join the
Reeb Project
after the service to phone bank in the Dining Room! All you need is your cell phone, a charger, and passion for voting rights. The Reeb Project will be phone banking after both services with different community partners every Sunday through Election Day!
The
All Souls Sanctuary Movement Support Committee
is supporting several community members who are currently in immigration detention. Come by our table to write a note of support and solidarity to those in detention and learn about ways to advocate for a more just and humane immigration system. After both services.
Refugee Support Initiative.
Check out our table after services to find out ways you can assist the refugee friends we’ve been supporting. Also, for those who want to help plan activities for the rest of the year, we’ll meet on Sun., Nov. 4, 9:45-11:00 am. For more info, contact Serena Lowe (ewolaneres@gmail.com).
Young Souls October Brunch
. Join Young Souls after second service for a potluck-style brunch at the church. Stay tuned for more information on what you can bring. RSVP on Facebook
here
. Questions? Contact Cora (coraghenry@gmail.com). 1:00 pm, room TBD.
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, 11:00 am, library; 1:00 pm, classroom 2.
Friday, October 26
March and Vigil Against Domestic Violence
. The Reproductive Justice Initiative invites you to join with our neighbors from La Clinica Del Pueblo’s Entre Amigas program for a vigil and march against domestic violence. Entre Amigas addresses Latina women’s roles as breadwinners, partners, and mothers and focuses on issues such as reproductive health and domestic violence. This is an excellent opportunity to build beloved community outside of the church walls and join in solidarity with our neighbors working for peace and justice.
Saturday, October 27
Mega Phone Bank!
Join area UUs to phone bank for You Can Vote, a North Carolina-based civic engagement group that centers the voices of marginalized communities in the state. We look forward to seeing you there! 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Cedar Lane UU (9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda MD; 301-493-8300).
Sunday, October 28
All Souls to the Polls!
DC residents, please join the Reeb Project by early voting at the Columbia Heights Community Center after church. We will be marching together and singing songs on our way there. #VotingRights #Midterms2018
A Soulful Afternoon, featuring Rochelle Rice
. Tickets
on sale online
and at Silver Souls table in Pierce Hall after Sunday services. 2:30 pm.
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When someone deeply listens to you, it is like holding out a dented cup you have had since childhood and watching it fill up with cold fresh water.
John Fox
Ways to connect with a covenant group
- Fill out an interest form at www.all-souls.org/covenant-groups.
- Contact the group facilitator to express your interest and inquire about openings, meeting times, and places.
- Come to a group’s open meeting.
- Watch the Sunday bulletin and weekly e-mail for openings as they arise.
- Help start a new group! Mentor/coaches are available to get you started. For further info on starting a group, contact Wendy Carter (ascu.covenantgroups@gmail.com) or Rev. Rebecca Parker (rparker@allsouls.ws).
Openings October 2018
(New group forming)
Being the Change
will focus on the rewards and frustrations of justice-seeking and working for social change. Whether social change is part of one’s job, personal life, or future aspirations, and whether one’s focus is the international, national, local, or individual level, attention to social justice inevitably affects one’s outlook on the world. This group provides the opportunity to explore the themes in the church’s monthly discussion guides with other people sharing a commitment to making this world a better place through any number of different paths and areas of concern.
Schedule: one Monday evening per month (first meeting on Mon., Oct. 22)
Place: initially at organizer’s home near Union Station, then possibly rotating among members’ homes
Openings: 7
(Open meeting)
Poetry and Journaling
is for people who love words. We use a portion of our time together to share poems or journal entries that we have written on the month’s theme. If writing is part of your spiritual practice or you would like it to be, we would love to welcome you to our meetings.
Schedule: One Saturday morning each month
Place: Columbia Heights
Openings: open to all comers, any time!
(New group forming)
Sage Age
is for persons (of all genders) who, finding themselves at the cusp of retirement, seeking clarity about this stage of life. We’ll journal and discuss such topics as tending to body, mind, and spirit; embracing and replacing old losses and disappointments; getting unstuck; pursuing new vocations; and enjoying a vibrant social or solitary life.
Schedule: monthly on a day to be determined (leaning toward late Sunday afternoon)
Place: Mary Swanson’s home, one mile north of All Souls
Openings: 7
Parenting with Spirit
examines the monthly church themes and other spiritual texts from the vantage point of single parents of children of all ages. The group will focus on the spiritual deepening most parents have so little time to participate in. Childcare will be provided for full participation of parents, and all members are expected to contribute to childcare costs.
Schedule: Saturdays (varies, but usually 4-6 pm)
Place: Takoma Park
Openings: 2-3
Stopping to Think
is dedicated to thoughtful reflection on the monthly spiritual themes and on the themes of our individual lives, providing a refuge, a sanctuary, a much-needed pause in our hurried lives. We gather as seekers and thinkers, questioners and listeners, reflecting on these themes in a spirit of curiosity, focus, compassion and acceptance. We hope to grow in understanding and wisdom, in presence and love, often through exploration of short texts and always through participants’ own stories.
Schedule: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm (optional socializing 6:30-7:00)
Place: Members’ homes in DC
Openings: 2-3
TNG
looks at the church’s monthly theme at the first meeting of the month; at the second meeting, someone volunteers to lead a discussion on a topic of their choosing, using such resources as meditations, poetry, journaling, prayer practices, movement, and music. We are open to different spiritual perspectives ranging from agnostic to Christian to earth religions to Ultimate Frisbee. We are respectful listeners and have created a supportive environment for one another.
Schedule: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm
Place: Adams Morgan
Openings: 3
OPEN MEETING: 1st Tuesdays
Second Monday Group
is starting our third year together. Based on suggestions from all group members, we have agreed on a broad range of topics for the coming year, such as exploring what we’d do if we were not afraid or discussing what it means to live intentionally. We start and end the evening with plentiful snacks, as many group members come directly from work. Group members rotate facilitation.
Schedule: 2nd Mondays, 6:45 pm
Place: generally, Columbia Heights and Petworth
Openings: 1
Being and Becoming
is a welcoming group of All Souls folk who want to make new friends and grow spiritually. We explore the church’s monthly spiritual themes together. We will also share our life experiences and how to make the most of our lives as we grow and learn.
Schedule: 3rd Wednesdays
Place: Mt Pleasant/Adams Morgan/Columbia Heights
Openings: 2-3
Outliers on a Journey
is a group for people to dialogue and reflect on the events of the day.
Schedule: Monthly meeting, no fixed date
Place: Takoma Park/Silver Spring/College Park
Openings: 1
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Adult Spiritual Development
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Deepen Your Grounding in Unitarian Universalist Heritage and Hope
Now is the time to register for classes beginning in October! Register at
all-souls.org/asd
Classic Readings in Liberal Religion
—Convened by Kevin McCulloch
These short, two-session courses are an opportunity to learn more about the development of our religious traditions by reading and discussing a selection from a significant religious writer.
Margaret Fuller: Mystical Feminist, October 2 & 24, 7-9 pm
Hosea Ballou “A Treatise on Atonement”, Nov 7 & 28, 7-9 pm
Theodore Parker “The Transient and Permanent in Christianity”, Dec 5 & 19, 7-9 pm
More Adult Spiritual Development offerings this fall
- All Souls Reads “Fascism” by Madeline Albright. Panel Oct. 14, with Jose Luis Sanchez, Peter Montgomery, and Liz Kennedy. Discussion sessions: Oct. 15, 22, 19, Nov 5, 12, 7:00-8:30 pm.
- Special Lecture: “A White Historian Looks at The History of Black Voting Rights” with Dr. Susan Strasser, Oct. 17, 7-9 pm.
- All Souls Reads “Justice on Earth”. Discussion Sessions: Oct. 22, Nov. 5, 19, 7:00 pm. Facilitator: Emily Koester.
- Spiritual Life Writing - with Rev. Dr. Joanne Braxton. Oct. 25, Nov. 8, Nov. 29, 7-9 pm.
- Diwali Contemplative Practices Retreat- with Rev. Abhi Janamanchi, Rev. Braxton and friends. Nov 10, 10-1.
- Option to Age in Place until the End, with Dr. Robert L. Jayes, Nov. 11.
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Children and Youth Religious Education
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The Unburied Lede
Brava, encore! Students Kindergarten and up will be starting in the service this coming Sunday to support the Junior Choir as they perform the anthem. Then, everyone will be dismissed down to their classes for usual Sunday morning business. Note: Fourth and Fifth grade will be taking to the streets to hand out lunches this weekend, so parents please make sure your child has a jacket and be prepared to sign a permission slip!
Whaddaya Need to Know?
PK 2-3 (9:30 Service), PK 2-4 (11:15): I Can Listen
PK 4 (9:30 Service):
Congregations are Places of Caring
Elementary
K/1st: Art – Making class banners
2nd/3rd: Social Justice – 8th Principle and Reeb Voting Rights
4th/5th: Making bag lunches and distributing them on the streets
Middle School: Prepping for the Haunted House and discussions of oppression
Youth Group: Finalize covenant and talk about power and oppression
Last Week(end) Tonight
October 14, 2018
Rotations and Power
In our first rotation this weekend, we had over 20 Kindergarten and First Graders head out to distribute lunches to people in the neighborhood. It drizzled a little bit, but responses were glowing!
The 8th Principle and Reeb Voting Rights folks also are helping out this month, and facilitators and teachers alike came away inspired by the conversations they had with our young people about the importance of voting.
Future Fetes
10/28 – Haunted House in the Studio
Late November/Early December – Safe Shores Child Abuse Prevention Training for Teachers and Parents, details to come
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Reeb Voting Rights Project
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Please join the
Reeb Project
after the service to
phone bank in the Dining Room
! All you need is your cell phone, a charger, and passion for voting rights. The Reeb Project will be phone banking after both services with different community partners every Sunday through Election Day!
Mega Phone Bank!
Join area UUs to phone bank for You Can Vote, a North Carolina-based civic engagement group that centers the voices of marginalized communities in the state. We look forward to seeing you there! Saturday, October 27, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Cedar Lane UU (9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda MD; 301-493-8300).
All Souls to the Polls!
DC residents, please join the Reeb Project by early voting at the Columbia Heights Community Center after church. We will be marching together and singing songs on our way there. #VotingRights #Midterms2018. Sunday, October 28, after each service.
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The
Sunday Lunch Ministry
is looking for help preparing lunch for the congregation on Sunday, October 21! We need help in shifts between 9am and 1pm to prepare, cook, serve, and cleanup. Please sign up to help at
https://timecounts.org/all-souls-church/events/8672.
All Hands All Souls! Mini In-service day.
We cleaned Pierce Hall, now let’s PAINT IT! We’ll paint the walls on the main floor and, if we have enough time/volunteers, the balcony. We need 20-25 volunteers for no more than four hours to drape drop cloths, tape, and paint. (While we love our tiny human helpers, this is not the best opportunity for children.) Sign up at
https://timecounts.org/all-souls-church/events/9008
or email Rose (
reaton@allsouls.ws
). Sat., Nov. 10, 2:00-6:00 pm.
Working to avoid conflicts is the other half of what the
Committee on Right Relations
does. Do you want to find where authentic communication can take you? Do you want to be more receptive to ideas and points of view that are different than yours? Are you willing to make the effort to understand the responsibilities, needs, constraints that others (individuals, groups, church leadership ) have? Please take note as the Committee on Right Relations announces plans for future workshops that address how we might avoid conflicts. Contact the Committee on Right Relations (
ascu.crr@gmail.com
) or Kathy Ferger (202-723-6320).
The
ASC Haiti committee
is looking for two ASC members with skills in affordable housing and in agriculture to help support the CENHaiti program. True to its mission to “Connect people who want to develop Haiti together,” CEN-Haiti has been securing very generous donations for local organizations. We are now seeking two or more volunteer leaders who possess the technical skills required to help improve the performance of these local organizations, so they can attract future funding locally or internationally. If you are interested, please send an email to
board.cenhaiti@gmail.com
. Visit CENHaiti.org for more info about the program.
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 Gary Penn (gpenn@allsouls.ws).
- 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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