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14 May 2017 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (14 May 2017) at 11:00 AM for “Nasty Women and Other Mothers” with Jennifer Russell, Amanda Lawrence, and Megan Bennett.

Using the three faces of the Goddess — Maiden, Mother, and Crone — these three women — three mothers from the congregation — will explore the various faces and stages of motherhood, mothering, and the way they affect all of us in one way or another.

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.

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Adult Religious Education — 14 May 2017

Please join us on Sunday (14 May 2017) at 9:15 AM as we continue in the spirit of the #uuwhitesupremacyteachin that we started on 30 April 2017.

We will be watching and discussing Rauol Peck’s award-winning documentary I Am Not Your Negro (based on James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript Remember This House).

This film has an MPAA rating of PG-13 for disturbing violent images, thematic material, language, and brief nudity.

For 14 May 2017, we will conclude by watching part 2.

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7 May 2017 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (7 May 2017) at 11:00 AM for “A Thing of Beauty” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

To notice beauty each day, in some form or fashion, is to reconnect to the web of life and to our own humanity.

The service will feature music from the All Souls Choir.

Also, two new members will sign the membership book and publicly declare their membership to the wider congregation.

A newcomer information session will take place after the service.

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.

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19 February 2017 Worship Podcast

Excerpts from “Knowing Our Neighbors” (An Intergenerational Worship) with Susan Caldwell along with members and friends of All Souls.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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