Past Services

Join us for weekly worship this Sunday (and every week)! We meet in person in the heart of our nation’s capital and online using Zoom. We look forward to seeing you!

The campaigns are over. The votes have been cast. The results have been tallied. The US House of Representatives and the US Senate both have new members. And, in 71 days our new President-Elect will stand on the steps of the US Capitol to be sworn into office. Hmmm? What Do We Do Now? The World is watching. Our children are watching too. Let’s talk about making meaning, staying resilient and the next steps we’ll take as we move forward and claim our history.

UU Theologian James Luther Adams believed in voluntary associations and their essential role in creating, sustaining, and renewing democratic societies. All Souls is such a voluntary association, but not the only one for most of us. In this time of polarization, what challenges and promises might voluntary associations hold for us.

In these last weeks before the election, let’s celebrate how democracy is a participatory process and recognize that history is made by those who show up. Come hear All Souls’ community partner and democracy organizer Andrea Miller lead us in claiming the work of this moment.

In August I preached about the Unitarian Universalist tradition of asking questions (it’s why our religion exists!) and the kind of questions we need to ask ourselves today. It was an invitation to lean in to curiosity. Making change, however, inevitably requires action as well. The word “disruption” has a negative connotation, but sometimes that’s exactly what is needed to make progress! Can we claim disruption as a positive concept—and perhaps even a spiritual practice?

On this day we honor the Jewish Days of Awe, that peak with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. “Atonement” can be broken down into: “At-one-ment,” implying that when we forgive and are forgiven, we are brought back into relationship. Let us come together to reflect on and experience how we can reach for reconnection and forgiveness. As is the Jewish custom, our All Souls community will celebrate with all the generations in the sanctuary together.

We officially kick-off the start of the new church year with a ritual of in-gathering we call water communion. At this service, we also welcome 13 new members into fellowship with us at All Souls.

All Souls member Paula Cole Jones describes the best form of Unitarian Universalist congregations as being a community of communities. She developed this understanding as being a life-long member of All Souls. Having experienced and participated in conversations during launch week, what is the community of communities we hope for here?

Join us for worship with Rev. Anastassia as we wrap-up Developmental Ministry Launch Week activities.

As together we launch this period of shared developmental ministry, let us recognize the importance of kindness – looking for kindness, being kind, taking strength from kindness, and the power of receiving kindness.

Join us for worship with Rev. Anastassia as we kick-off Developmental Ministry Launch Week activities.