No Place Like Home
There is no place like home - and there's no place like All Souls.
For generations, All Souls Unitarian Church has been a place of connection, courage, healing, and community—for people in Tulsa and far beyond. Now, we have the opportunity to strengthen that home for the future.
We are in the final stretch of the No Place Like Home Capital Campaign, a $14 million effort to renew and prepare our campus for the generations to come.
Thanks to the generosity of this community, we have already raised more than $13.5 million toward our goal. To reach it by May 17, we need to raise about $100,000 each week.
An Investment in the Future
This campaign is about more than maintaining a building. It is about making a meaningful investment in the future of All Souls.
It will help us strengthen what we rely on every day—updating critical systems like heating, air, and roofing—while also creating more welcoming and functional spaces for connection, community, and growth.
From improved gathering areas to enhanced spaces for children and families, these updates will help ensure that All Souls continues to be a place where people can belong, connect, and thrive.
Our Moment to Carry It Forward
Many of us walked into All Souls and four it already here because previous generations made sure it would be.
Now, it's our turn.
This is our opportunity to carry forward the values, the community, and the spirit of All Souls for those who will come after us.
How You Can Be Part of It
If All Souls has been meaningful in your life, this is your moment to help shape what comes next.
We're close, and together we can get there!
For many, religion has been a source of harm rather than healing.
Recovery from Religious Wounds - moderated by Rev. Randy Lewis and Greg Bledsoe - is a support group designated to create space for those experiences. This support group offers a compassionate, nonjudgmental environment to process, reflect, and begin healing.
Together, participants explore and share the impact of harmful religious experiences, reconnect with their own sense of self, and move toward a healthier understanding of spirituality, religion, and belonging.
Join in person at All Souls Unitarian Church (2952 S. Peoria Ave.). We also offer this support group online at AllSouls.me/ReligiousWounds
When: Sunday, May 10, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM & 11:30 AM services
Where: All Souls Sanctuary & Online
Spring is here, and Mother's Day at All Souls blooms brighter than ever! Join us for our cherished Flower Communion tradition—a vibrant celebration of community, diversity, and family.
Bring a flower of your choosing (fresh from your garden or your favorite shop) and leave with a different one. This tradition celebrates the beauty of our diversity.
Whether you're celebrating your mother, someone who's been like a mother, or honoring your own journey of nurturing, this special service is a heartfelt way to embrace and recognize the love that binds us together.
Everyone is welcome, so gather your loved ones and share in the spirit of renewal, connection, and gratitude.
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Matthew Shepard was a 21-year-old college student whose life was taken in a brutal anti-gay hate crime in 1998. His death became a turning point in the national conversation around violence, dignity, and human rights, ultimately helping lead to expanded federal hate crime legislation in 2009.
But Considering Matthew Shepard is not simply a retelling of tragedy.
It is a deeply human work—one that invites audiences into grief, compassion, and ultimately, a vision of hope.
About the Music
Composed by Craig Hella Johnson with a libretto by Michael Dennis Browne, Lesléa Newman, and Johnson himself, Considering Matthew Shepard blends poetry, personal reflection, and musical storytelling.
The piece moves through a wide emotional landscape—mourning, remembrance, questioning, and healing—offering space to reflect not only on Matthew’s life, but on the kind of world we are called to create.
Developed with the support of Conspirare and in collaboration with the Matthew Shepard Foundation, the work has been performed across the country as a vehicle for dialogue, education, and connection.
Join Us
Whether you are familiar with this story or encountering it for the first time, you are welcome. Come experience an afternoon of music that speaks to the heart—and calls us toward a more compassionate world.
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About the Program
All Souls Day Alliance is excited to welcome this month's speaker, Janine Collier, Director of Programs for Family Safety Center.
The Family Safety Center strives to provide wrap-around services offering protection, hope and healing to victims of interpersonal and family violence.
RSVP By Monday, April 13
Janine will be the All Souls Day Alliance speaker on Thursday, April 16, 2026. RSVP by Monday, April 13, by emailing [email protected] Lunch begins at 11:30AM at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, OK (2952 S. Peoria Ave); Malinda will begin after lunch.
Officers Presented
Officers for the Alliance's 2026-2027 season also will be presented.
Day Alliance is our longest-standing group and offers closer fellowship through monthly luncheon meetings and programs over a variety of interests. Day Alliance also provides hospitality support for memorial receptions and donates to support All Souls.
Membership & Lunch
If you haven’t yet renewed your Day Alliance membership for the year, you can do so at the meeting.
Please RSVP to [email protected]
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Find something unique and support a great cause at the All Souls Spring Art Market!
Featuring local artisans and crafts people from across the state, this two-day event is your opportunity to shop handmade jewelry, textiles, paintings, and more.
But it's not just about what you'll find, it's also about what you'll support.
A portion of every purchase (10% of all proceeds) goes directly to the All Souls Youth Department, helping fund their annual pilgrimage to Boston. Your support helps create opportunities for growth, connection, and meaningful experiences for the next generation in our community.
Come browse, connect, and celebrate these creative artists, while knowing that every purchase makes a difference.
“I came in here with like a stone… and then… shaped it into a statue.”
That’s how one student described the Coming of Age experience at All Souls—not as something that gave them new beliefs, but as something that helped shape what was already there.
Over the course of the program, students are invited to reflect on their values, their questions, and their understanding of the world around them. The result is a credo—a personal statement of belief—that each student will share with the congregation on April 12. But the real work isn’t in writing the words. It’s in figuring out what those words mean.
For many students, that process begins with something familiar but undefined.
“It was just floating around in my head… all these pieces that I just kind of had to piece together.”
Coming of Age doesn’t hand students a set of answers. Instead, it creates space to reflect, ask questions, and begin making sense of ideas that may have been sitting just below the surface for years.
That clarity often comes through writing.
“I know what I believe… but putting it on paper actually solidified it and put it into perspective.”
What starts as something abstract—feelings, instincts, values—begins to take shape through language. Writing becomes more than an assignment; it becomes a way of understanding.
“Writing my credo… gave me time to actually process stuff in my brain and lay it out into wording that makes sense to me.”
That process expands beyond the classroom.
As part of the Coming of Age journey, students travel to Boston—home to much of Unitarian history—and explore the roots of a tradition built on freedom of belief, questioning, and personal responsibility.
One of the most meaningful moments comes at Walden Pond, where students are given time to step away on their own, journal in hand, and begin shaping their credos.
In the same place where Henry David Thoreau once reflected on life, purpose, and simplicity, students are invited to do something similar: slow down, pay attention, and consider what they believe.
In that stillness, ideas that once felt scattered begin to connect. Thoughts become sentences. Beliefs become something they can return to, revise, and eventually share.
And now, that process is leading to something new.
Because understanding what you believe is one thing. Saying it out loud is another.
In just a three minutes, each student is asked to do something that even many adults find difficult—to stand in front of a congregation and speak honestly about their values, their questions, and the way they see the world.
As they prepare to share their credos, there’s also an understanding that what they’re expressing isn’t fixed or final.
“This credo… is a snapshot in time. Your beliefs will be different a year from now, six months from now.”
The goal isn’t certainty. It’s awareness.
On Sunday, April 12, each student will stand and share what they believe—not as a final answer, but as an honest expression of who they are right now.
And in that act—of speaking clearly, of naming something deeply personal—belief becomes something more than an internal feeling.
It becomes a voice.
For students who will come after them, that journey is just beginning.
Each year, a new class of 9th graders steps into the Coming of Age program—bringing their own questions, perspectives, and voices.
To learn more about the program or how to get involved, reach out to Corey Smith at [email protected]
Each year, All Souls Unitarian Church recognizes individuals who have made an enduring impact on the life of this community—people whose presence, service, and care help shape who we are.
On Sunday, March 22, 2026, we honored Larry and Phyllis Wolverton with the 2026 Heart & Soul Award, celebrating nearly five decades of dedication to All Souls.
The Wolvertons first came to All Souls in 1979 and quickly became involved, beginning as ushers and continuing into a lifetime of service that has touched nearly every corner of All Souls.
Phyllis has spent years quietly doing the kind of work that often goes unseen but is deeply felt. From volunteering in partner schools for over 20 years as a tutor and reading buddy, to coordinating family dinners, to serving through the Community Resource Bank—her care has extended far beyond the walls of the church.
At one point, she even took on a job no one else wanted—washing, drying, and folding t-shirts twice a week for students at then named Jackson Elementary—an act of service that earned her recognition as Tulsa Public Schools Senior Volunteer of the Year.
Larry’s leadership and commitment have been just as expansive. From serving on the Board of Trustees and multiple committees, to helping lead stewardship efforts, to his long-standing work with the Green Team, Larry has helped guide and sustain our community in both visible and behind-the-scenes ways.
He has also quite literally helped carry some of us—driving church vans and shuttles for years to ensure that children and adults alike could fully participate in the life of All Souls.
Together, their contributions tell a larger story—not just of involvement, but of consistency, generosity, and a deep commitment to others.
"Larry and Phyllis have given so much to make this congregation what it is today."
Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar, All Souls Senior Minister
The Heart & Soul Award is more than recognition—it’s a reflection of what makes this community thrive. People who show up. People who care. People who give their time, energy, and heart to something larger than themselves.
We are deeply grateful for Larry and Phyllis—and for all those who continue to build All Souls with Love Beyond Belief.
Easter weekend at All Souls offers space for reflection, renewal, and celebration—moving from the quiet depths of Tenebrae into the joy and possibility of Easter morning. However you choose to participate, you are welcome here.
Tenebrae Service
Friday, April 3, 2026 | 7:00 PM | All Souls Chapel
Our modern Tenebrae service features a silent, progressive extinguishing of candles. As we move into the darkness—reflecting sorrow, suffering, and loss—we also make space for what follows: renewal, hope, and light.
This is a quiet, contemplative service for anyone seeking depth, reflection, and meaning.
Unitarian Universalist Communion
Sunday, April 5, 2026 | 9:30 AM | All Souls Chapel
This simple, meaningful ritual invites us to gather in community and share bread and drink in remembrance—not of doctrine, but of our highest values.
In the Unitarian tradition, communion is a moment to reflect, reconnect, and recommit—to ourselves, to one another, and to the kind of life we are striving to live. All are welcome at the table.
Easter Sunday Service
Sunday, April 5, 2026 | 10:00 AM | All Souls Sanctuary
Join us for our Easter Sunday service at All Souls as we celebrate renewal, transformation, and the enduring power of love. Through music, message, and shared experience, we mark this season of new beginnings together.
Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday, April 5, 2026 | 11:15 AM | West Playground
Children and youth are invited to gather for a festive Easter egg hunt following the service. Bring your baskets and meet by the west playground for a joyful and community-centered tradition.
The Point Humanist Hour Service
Sunday, April 5, 2026, 11:30 AM | All Souls Sanctuary
Our Humanist Hour continues with a thoughtful gathering grounded in human experience, curiosity, and connection. Whether or not Easter holds religious meaning for you, this is a space for reflection rooted in shared humanity.
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As we move into spring and closer to Easter, we invite you into a quieter, more reflective space.
Tenebrae is a contemplative service centered on the gradual extinguishing of light. Through music, readings, and silence, we acknowledge the reality of sorrow, loss, and uncertainty in our own lives and the world around us.
Rather than rushing past the darkness, this service creates space to sit within it. And in doing so, it opens the possibility for renewal, healing, and the return of light.
Whether this tradition is familiar or entirely new, you are welcome here.
