Past Services
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March 24, 2024
Rev. Rob Keithan
Come for Fear, Stay for Hope
March 17, 2024
Rev. Ali Bell
F.E.A.R.
Forget, Engage, Activate, Rise
August 27, 2023
August 20, 2023
August 13, 2023
August 6, 2023
July 30, 2023
July 23, 2023
July 16, 2023
July 9, 2023
July 2, 2023
June 25, 2023
June 18, 2023
June 11, 2023
June 4, 2023
May 28, 2023
May 21, 2023
May 14, 2023
May 7, 2023
April 30, 2023
April 23, 2023
April 9, 2023
April 2, 2023
March 26, 2023
March 19, 2023
March 12, 2023
March 5, 2023
February 26, 2023
February 19, 2023
February 12, 2023
February 5, 2023
January 29, 2023
January 22, 2023
January 15, 2023
January 8, 2023
January 1, 2023
December 24, 2022 - 10:00 pm
December 24, 2022 - 7:00 pm
December 18, 2022
December 11, 2022
December 4, 2022
November 27, 2022
November 20, 2022
November 13, 2022
November 6, 2022
October 30, 2022
October 23, 2022
October 16, 2022
October 9, 2022
October 2, 2022
September 25, 2022
September 18, 2022
September 11, 2022
September 4, 2022
August 28, 2022
August 21, 2022
August 14, 2022
June 26, 2022
Rev. Bill Sinkford
The Transient and the Permanent
This Sunday, we streamed a service from First Unitarian Portland (OR), which is not being shared publicly.
June 19, 2022
June 12, 2022
June 5, 2022
May 22, 2022
May 15, 2022
May 8, 2022
May 1, 2022
April 17, 2022
April 10, 2022
February 27, 2022
February 20, 2022
January 30, 2022
January 16, 2022
January 9, 2022
January 2, 2022
December 26, 2021
December 24, 2021
December 19, 2021
December 12, 2021
December 5, 2021
November 28, 2021
November 14, 2021
November 7, 2021
October 31, 2021
October 24, 2021
October 17, 2021
October 10, 2021
October 3, 2021
September 26, 2021
September 19, 2021
September 12, 2021
September 5, 2021
August 22, 2021
Hosted by
Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington
August 15, 2021
Hosted by
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church
August 8, 2021
Hosted by
Unitarian Universalist Church of Fairfax
July 25, 2021
Hosted by
River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation
July 18, 2021
Hosted by
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church
June 27, 2021
General Assembly Worship Service
June 6, 2021
Rev. Louise Green and Lama Cynthia Jurs: Earth Offering
On this weekend honoring Earth Day, we get curious about an ancient Tibetan Buddhist ritual burying clay pots filled with prayers and intentions for the healing of Gaia. Guest Buddhist teacher Lama Cynthia Jurs leads us in meditation and will stay after service for a book signing. Her new work, Summoned by Earth, tells the story of her calling over three decades with Earth Treasure Vases now planted around the world. A visiting pilgrimage group will offer a labyrinth for walking after worship in Pierce Hall.
Join us for this hybrid, 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!
Rev. Bill Sinkford: A Theory of the Universe
We human folks are part of creation, not creation’s reason for being. We know that our story is just one thread in a complex weaving. How we believe this all works shapes our engagement and the meaning we yearn to make. If we are not in control, what is our role?
Join us for this hybrid, 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!
Vespers
Please join us in-person or online for our Vespers service this month!
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. Every second Wednesday of the month.
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Rev. Rob Keithan: Choose Your Own Adventure!
Our theme of the month for April is curiosity, and we’re going to start with an experiment! For years, one of the most popular activities in our religious education program has been “Choose Your Own Adventure” Sunday. After a brief all-group centering, everyone gets to pick their own activity for the morning from a variety of options. On Sunday April 7, we’re going to do the same thing–with the entire congregation! Everyone from kindergarten on up will start together in the Sanctuary for some grounding and introduction, then head to the activity of their choice! There will be a wide range of accessible options, both in–person and hybrid.
For those at the church, we’ll end with a “snack potluck” for all in Pierce Hall. Everyone is invited to bring any kind of snack to share! This is the Sunday we say farewell to long-time church staff member Rose Eaton, who is heading to a new job at the National Gallery of Art. Please stay after service to share your well wishes!
Rev. Bill Sinkford: A Brighter Coming Day
Our deepest DNA responds to the rebirth of Spring. We, too, want to rise. We, too, long for another chance to point our lives toward hope. Easter is more than the miracle stories, more than bunnies and colored eggs. Easter calls us to remember that a brighter day can dawn even out of the deepest dark.
Join us for this hybrid, 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!
Rev. Rob Keithan: How to Not Fall Off a Bicycle
In this critical election year, many of us are understandably feeling a great deal of fear. The stakes are very high–perhaps even for democracy itself. At the same time, our democracy really hasn’t served many communities well, and fear is a complicated source of motivation. How can we take the fear seriously without getting stuck there?
Join us for this hybrid, 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!
Rev. Ali Bell: F. E. A. R. – Forget, Engage, Activate, Rise
As people of a liberatory faith, we are often asked to align with people who are pushed to the margins of society. How do we free ourselves from the mire of our own fears to meet that challenge?
Join us for this hybrid, ASL interpreted worship service with guest minister Rev. Ali Bell! Stay afterward for coffee hour in Pierce Hall or visit with the Connecting Souls for social time on the same Zoom link!
Vespers
Please join us in-person or online for our Vespers service this month!
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. Every second Wednesday of the month.
Click here to log in to Zoom.
Dial in: 301.715.8592; meeting ID: 997 7201 2495; passcode: 927624
Rev. Bill Sinkford: A Way Out of No Way
Our religious and family ancestors, those who resisted injustice and worked for a better world, assure us that despair need not be our destination. Despite our fear, perhaps it is living as if love were real that opens for us a way out of no way.
Join us for this hybrid, 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!
Rev. Louise Green: Fearlessness
In celebration of Women’s History, we honor the lives of women who opened the door to more freedom for themselves and others. How might their fearlessness inspire us today?
After the service, Georgia Yuan will show her quilt celebrating Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee.
Dr. Lee, a brave young Chinese immigrant to New York City, worked boldly for Women’s Suffrage in the United States.
Join us for this hybrid, 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!
Rev. Bill Sinkford and Traci Hughes-Trotter: Hope Rises
Hope rises from the heart of life.
Hope longs for justice and love to prevail.
Hope remembers the dreams of whose who have gone before.
Hope acts to bless, to resist and to repair.
– From A House of Hope by Buehrens and Parker
We will launch the Hope Rises Campaign, highlighting the strengths of this community as well as its challenges, and the commitments we make so that hope can continue to rise for all of us and for those that follow us in this great church called All Souls.
Join us for this hybrid, ASL interpreted worship service! Stay on the same Zoom link for social time with the Connecting Souls (our congregation on Zoom) or come to Pierce Hall for coffee hour!
This Sunday, All Souls will officially launch our Hope Rises Capital Campaign to raise funds to restore our historic building – from the lower level to the Revere Bell tower!
Please join us after service on Sunday for a celebratory lunch and carnival style party in Pierce Hall as we officially kick-off Hope Rises and our Annual Pledge Drive. Learn more about the campaign and how you can help build a brighter future for our congregation’s next 100 years!
Rev. Rob Keithan: The Transformative Power of Leading… and Being Led
Some kinds of learning are tough, to be sure. But most learning is a walk in the park compared to the task of un-learning and re-learning, where we’re trying to replace established patterns with something else. And yet this is exactly what we are called to do, as a community of faith dedicated to replacing systems of oppression with systems of liberation! How might our understanding of leadership—as well as what it means to be led—evolve to meet the challenges of our time?
Join us for this hybrid, ASL interpreted worship service! Stay on the same Zoom link for social time with the Connecting Souls (our congregation on Zoom) or come to Pierce Hall for coffee hour!