Past Services

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.

Unitarian Universalists are known for asking questions, and there’s a lot of truth to that. Our very existence as a religion is based on our theological ancestors developing questions about the beliefs and practices of the dominant orthodoxy. And yet, we’re also products of the culture around us, so there are still plenty of things we take for granted—no questions asked. How do we figure out when to question, and when not to?

What we sing is who we are! The experience of singing in community breaks down barriers and connects people across time and location. This service tells the stories of a number of songs known by All Souls, and introduces new ones. Come be held by our song together!

At its core, Congregational Care is a ministry of accompaniment that we all need and that we all can offer. This service is an invitation to deepen our presence with one another as we envision new possibilities for our shared care ministry at All Souls.

Music provided by the By Your Side Singers, a new congregational care singing group, and many elements of the service will draw inspiration from our Vespers liturgy. Come prepared to sing and light a candle of joy, concern, or remembrance.

In the weekly Torah (Jewish Bible) reading this week is a story about five women who speak truth to power demanding their rightful inheritance and a change to patriarchal laws. The rabbis see righteousness in their demands. While human beings are plagued with bias and division, the rabbis also find in this story a G!d who loves and cares for all people, transcending human oppressions. What can we learn from this episode and the Jewish tradition about speaking truth to power, liberatory Jewish theology, and leading with humility?

There is so much in the world that calls for our attention, and Unitarian Universalists historically make their love public by working for justice and inclusion. How does our faith encourage us as we seek to repair the world?

In any community, we are bound to disappoint each other. What do we need to remember – both to reduce the likelihood of disappointment and to aid us into returning to community? Come hear and reflect on William Stafford’s poem, “A Ritual to Read to Each Other.”

Rev. Anastassia, our new developmental minister, first came to All Souls because of promises of what a faith community could be. Let us consider together the promises that we want to make to one another.

We celebrate ending and beginning, leave-taking and return.

Special musical guest, much-beloved Gordon Kent, returns after more than two years of medical treatment and rehabilitation. 

We sing together with Keith Arnold, now our settled Director of Music and Arts, newly relocated from Colorado after a cross-country drive.

Rev. Louise Green concludes her service at All Souls as Interim Minister of Congregational Care.

Join us in-person or online for this ASL-interpreted worship service! Stay afterward for coffee hour in Pierce Hall or visit with the Connecting Souls for social time on the same Zoom link!