Past Services

Rev. Louise Green will preach for our second Celebration Sunday!

At All Souls we gather across many identities, connected to a range of Sources, and holding diverse space any time we form a group.  What are the ties that bind us, and how do we name our union?  Reunions often take place among groups which have a single identifier:  all family members, or college alumni, or a particular group of friends.  What does it mean to celebrate a more complex reunion, after so much time apart in our own tribes and geographies?

Join us for worship (in person or virtually on Zoom) with Rev. Louise and the Jubilee Singers.

Our Vespers worship service is modeled after the traditional Taizé worship service, which uses silence, scripture, prayer, and repetitive singing of short chants and rounds to quiet the mind and promote deep meditation. The Taizé Community promotes peace and justice through prayer and meditation. Our Vespers service mirrors Taizé-style attention to silence, holy words, prayer, and singing, but has also evolved to include other meditative traditions such as yogic singing and Buddhist chanting. Followed by a time for community gathering.

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Rev. Kathleen Rolenz will preach, with Revs. Louise and  Rob as liturgists for our first Celebration Sunday!

This is the first Sunday since March 2020 that All Souls can join together in worship and your staff, ministry, worship and music team are all excited to welcome you back! The theme for September is “Reunion” and we going to have one heck of a reunion celebration. Details about how we will re-gather can be found on the website and in the weekly e-newsletter.

Join us for service live (with registration) or virtually (on Zoom). The All Souls Choir will be singing, and there will be a Story for All Ages!

“The purpose is … to live the questions NOW,” Rilke once wrote to a friend. Rev. Rolenz will answer them live and in real time for this, our last completely Zoom-based Sunday service. What are the questions that are on your mind and heart as we prepare to return to in-person worship next Sunday? This service will also recognize the beginning of Rosh Hashana as Jews enter the Days of Awe, which begin on Monday, September 6.

There are some linear aspects of our life journeys, for sure. But there are also many circles and cycles, diagonals and dead ends. And COVID has disrupted so many of our familiar patterns. How can we navigate our journeys amidst so much change? 

Women’s 6 will be singing, ASL provided. Join us on Zoom this week! Virtual coffee hour will follow on the same link.

As we look forward to our fall reopening and the chance to be together again–in person–inside–in real life–how are we relating to each other’s bodies, and to our own? Some of us have bodies that have changed during our time away; some of us have bodies that have always been scrutinized by others. What can we learn from virtual life, and how can we use our return to reset our relationship with embodiment? Rev. Amanda will explore consent, healthy boundaries, the concept of body neutrality, and the push-pull of an embodied life.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington @ 10:15 AM | uucava.org

This sermon will explore what it means to lean into uncertainty.

Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church @ 11:00 AM | cedarlane.org

We mark the passage of time, label the progress of amendments, and add to lists with numbers. Join Rev. Christin Green to explore several significant “8ths” in US and UU history so we might consider how to collectively live into this transformative time.

UU Church of Fairfax @ 10:00 AM | uucf.org
https://uucf.org/events/aug8-worship/

Join worship leaders Jen Hayman, Mel Hardy, and Chuck Wooldridge as we honor the living legacy of the Hiroshima Children’s Drawings and the Heiwa Peace Project and the ways these stories continue to evolve, shape our relationships, and inform our work as a justice-seeking, anti-oppressive community.

All Souls Church Unitarian @ 10:30 AM | all-souls.org

What does it mean to be good? To do good? What does it mean to choose something “for good” or on behalf of “the greater good?” This service will playfully and philosophically explore goodness itself – as an aspect of our individual and communal identities. This service will be shared live via YouTube from various sacred spaces in the River Road building.

River Road Unitarian Universalist Church @ 10:00 AM | rruuc.org

I am not very interested in being privately spiritual but not religious. There is nothing challenging about having deep thoughts all by yourself. What is interesting is doing this work in community, where other people might call you in on your stuff, or disagree with you. The service will explore what it might mean to be both spiritual and religious in community.

Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church @ 11:00 AM | cedarlane.org

On this Sunday, all the local churches are offering services directed to their own congregation; but you are certainly welcome to attend any worship service you wish! This morning, Rev. Louise will be explore the intersections of food, justice and urban farming with delicious music, offered by Rochelle Rice.

All Souls Church Unitarian @ 10:30 AM | all-souls.org