Adult Religious Education — 30 April 2017

Please join us on Sunday (2 April 2017) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class — #UUWhiteSupremacyTeachIn.

This morning will be an exploration of a turning point in the racial history of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

We are a faith tradition whose ministers and laypersons rushed to Selma to march with Dr. King.

We are also a faith tradition that has tread awkwardly and sometimes stumbled over the issue of race within our own community.

We take some time this morning to explore a part of that complex history.

Children and youth religious education classes will be exploring anti-racism work through an age-appropriate lens during our 11:00 AM classes for them.

16 April 2017 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Easter Sunday (16 April 2017) at 11:00 AM for “Tomb to Womb — The Resurrection Shuffle.”

Our Easter service celebrates the possibility of resurrection in all of us.  The service will feature music from the All Souls Choir as well as a communion ritual that is grounded in community and inclusive of all without regard to theology or belief.

An Easter Egg Hunt for Nursery through 5th grade children will take place immediately following the service.

Our Middle School and High School youth will hide the eggs and receive an appropriate “hider’s fee” for their efforts.  Our young hunters are likely to be visited by a very special holiday guest as well.

If you have filled plastic eggs to drop off at the church, please drop them off no later than Saturday (15 April 2017).

You can leave them in a plastic bag by the office door, set them on the wall, or hang them on the door handle — they’ll be fine.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service — children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

No Adult Religious Education Class — 16 April 2017

We will not have our weekly adult religious education class on Sunday (16 April 2017) — our adult class will resume next Sunday (23 April 2017) at 9:15 AM.

Next Sunday, we will continue our study and discussion of Dignity: The Essential Role It Plays in Resolving Conflict by Donna Hicks PhD.

Class “homework” — last week, we asked the class to take a good look at the ten temptations to violate dignity, and think about the ones to which they are the most susceptible, and something they might do to try to interrupt and ultimately extinguish that response.

You can find a copy of the ten essential elements of dignity and the ten temptations here.  We look forward to this discussion next Sunday (23 April 2017).

This book is available in print and electronic formats.

9 April 2017 All-Ages Worship Service

Please join us on Sunday (9 April 2017) at 11:00 AM for “The Great Kapok Tree” — a worship service by the children, youth, and adults of All Souls.

This story by Lynne Cherry has much to tell us about the interdependent web and how all life is dependent upon and responsible for all other life.

It is a good reminder of the way we should look after the planet which also extends to the way we look out for each other.

Our guest for this service and immediately afterward will be Ms. Lily Jonsek of PAX who will do a brief pulpit editorial during the service, and a presentation after our worship service.

PAX brings exchange students from predominantly Muslim countries and countries in the Former Soviet Union.  They are interested in talking to people about being host families for these students — a light lunch will be served.

We will also have a newcomer session following the service.

Adult Religious Education — 9 April 2017

Please join us on Sunday (9 April 2017) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.  We will continue our discussion of the book Dignity:  The Essential Role It Plays in Resolving Conflict by Donna Hicks, PhD.

Our reading for this week continues to unpack each of the “ten temptations” that can cause us to violate the dignity of others as well as our own.

In class, we will continue reviewing the ten essential elements of dignity and begin our discussion of the ten temptations.

In her work with businesses, schools, organizations, and governments, Donna Hicks has come to draw a distinction between “respect” and “dignity.”

We often see respect as something that must be earned, or can be lost.

We do not have to respect bad behavior, but we do need to grant each person basic dignity, just as we are entitled to claim that for ourselves.

This is an important book for these contentious times, and we hope to make it a congregational, and even a community read.

We currently have no books in stock, but can always order more.

This book is also available for order in print and electronic format.

2 April 2017 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (2 April 2017) at 11:00 AM for “Open to Transformation” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service — children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

Adult Religious Education — 2 April 2017

Please join us on Sunday (2 April 2017) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.  We will continue our discussion of the book Dignity:  The Essential Role It Plays in Resolving Conflict by Donna Hicks, PhD.

Our reading for this week continues to unpack each of the “ten temptations” that can cause us to violate the dignity of others as well as our own.

In class, we will continue reviewing the ten essential elements of dignity and begin our discussion of the ten temptations.

In her work with businesses, schools, organizations, and governments, Donna Hicks has come to draw a distinction between “respect” and “dignity.”

We often see respect as something that must be earned, or can be lost.

We do not have to respect bad behavior, but we do need to grant each person basic dignity, just as we are entitled to claim that for ourselves.

This is an important book for these contentious times, and we hope to make it a congregational, and even a community read.

We currently have no books in stock, but can always order more.

This book is also available for order in print and electronic format.

26 March 2017 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (26 March 2017) at 11:00 AM for “Nowhere Else to Stand” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Barbara writes:

All the familiar ground we know seems to be either moving or collapsing and there’s only one safe place left to stand and that’s in integrity with love.

The All Souls Choir will sing.

This is the last Sunday of the month and our monthly “Give Away the Plate” offering will go to The Innocence Project (an organization working for the exoneration of the wrongly convicted, and a reduction in the incarceration rate nationwide).

Join us after the service for our Grounds Master Plan Kickoff Meeting –a light lunch will be served.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service — children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

Adult Religious Education — 26 March 2017

Please join us on Sunday (26 March 2017) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.  We will continue our discussion of the book Dignity:  The Essential Role It Plays in Resolving Conflict by Donna Hicks, PhD.

For this week we are covering chapters 19 through 22.

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