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As Tulsa commemorates the 105th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, All Souls Unitarian Church will gather for its third annual Promise and Repair service on Sunday, May 31, 2026, at 10 and 11:30 AM.
Led by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar, this special service explores broken promises, healing, and what repair requires of us today.
“We’re promise-making creatures,” said Rev. Marlin. “Usually we keep our promises. Sometimes we don’t. Sometimes promises are broken for us. This service asks what repair looks like after that.”
This year’s service will feature nationally recognized civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons, whose work representing the last living survivors of the massacre has brought renewed national attention to ongoing questions of justice and repair.
Magic City Books will also be onsite during the morning services with copies of Solomon-Simmons’ book, Redeem a Nation.
Over the past three years, Promise and Repair has become a meaningful part of Tulsa’s commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
The service carries particular significance for All Souls because the church was founded in 1921, just weeks before the massacre, and one of the congregation’s founders, Richard Lloyd Jones, owned the Tulsa Tribune.
Rather than turning away from difficult history, Promise and Repair creates space for reflection, honesty, and healing while asking what accountability and repair can look like in the present day.
“There’s a personal dimension to this service, but there’s also a communal one for our congregation and for our city,” Rev. Marlin said. “The question is not simply what happened 105 years ago. The question is what responsibility we carry now, and what repair looks like in the present.”
The service invites participants to reflect not only on history, but also on the broken trust and promises that exist in our own lives and relationships and what becomes possible when healing begins.
As part of the service, All Souls will dedicate the morning offering to the Justice for Greenwood Foundation.
Whether you are reflecting on history, seeking healing in your own life, or simply looking for meaningful community, you are welcome here.
Service Times
Sunday, May 31, 2026
10:00 AM & 11:30 AM
All Souls Unitarian Church
2952 S. Peoria Ave. | Tulsa, OK
Both services will also stream live on Facebook, YouTube, and the All Souls website.
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About Camp
Summer at All Souls is almost here!
ASK (All Souls Kids) Summer Camp returns June 29–July 3 for five afternoons filled with movement, music, meditation, games, creativity, play, and community. Designed for potty-trained pre-k through entering 6th grade, ASK Summer Camp offers children a welcoming and engaging space to connect, explore, and have fun together during summer break.
Older youth entering 7th–12th grade are invited to participate as Junior Counselors, helping support younger campers while building leadership skills and community connections.
Families who complete the digital registration will receive an additional registration form that must be completed before the first day of camp.
Registration options include:
Scholarships are available and must be requested by May 15, 2026 by contacting Shannon Boston, Executive Director of Religious Exploration, at [email protected].
Questions? Contact Shannon Boston at [email protected].
All Souls Reads is a book discussion group that explores the human condition when encountering and overcoming oppressive circumstance. Shannon Boston facilitates.
You do not have to read the book to join the discussion!
2025-26 Book List
All books can be found at the bookstore in Emerson Hall on Sunday mornings.
May 10, 2026
Man Made Monsters by Andrea Rogers
"A powerful exploration of identity and the enduring legacy of colonization. Rogers masterfully blends Cherokee legends with chilling horror, creating unforgettable characters and monsters." Collected short stories woven together by a common thread.
Previously Read
January 11, 2026
An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
A revolutionary, politically charged narrative history spanning more than 200 years that shows how placing African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices unapologetically front and center transforms U.S. history into one of working class organizing against imperialism.
March 8, 2026
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Delivers a masterful follow-up to his already classic first novel. Extending his constellation of narratives into the past and future, traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family in a story that is by turns shattering and wondrous.
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Music brings people together, and this summer, we’re inviting all ages to sing side by side.
The Intergenerational Summer Choir is open to rising 4th graders, youth, and adults who want to sing and participate in worship at All Souls Unitarian Church this summer. No auditions. No pressure. No experience necessary.
The choir will rehearse Sunday mornings and sing in Sunday services throughout June and July.
If you’ve ever thought about joining the choir or are simply looking for a new way to connect with our community, you are welcome here.
For more information, contact Dr. Randall Hooper at [email protected].
All Souls Unitarian Church Tulsa, OK is seeking a full-time professional to lead our religious education and faith formation programs for youth (9th through 12th grades) and young adults (approximately ages 18-24). The position reports to our Program Minister and works collaboratively with the ministers, staff, and congregants.
About All Souls
All Souls Unitarian Church (ASUC) is a community of roughly 1,800 people located in the historic Maple Ridge neighborhood, just blocks from the award winning Gathering Place. Our congregation is made up of diverse theologies, philosophies, ethnicities, cultures, colors, classes, abilities, generations, gender identities and presentations, sexual orientations, and political persuasions, all dwelling together in peace, seeking the truth in love, helping one another, and serving the wider community. All Souls leads the Tulsa community through multiple social justice initiatives, and collaborates with many other faith communities with Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries.
All Souls is an organization with a dynamic, multicultural work environment. We strive to create a supportive environment where all individuals can explore their beliefs and work together to live their values of love and justice out into the world.
Position Summary
The Youth and Young Adult Programs Coordinator will provide faith formation, dynamic leadership and oversight to youth, young adults, and their families, and work to co-create a thriving multigenerational community. An integral part of this role is to grow the faith formation program both within the congregation and through outreach to the community.
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This job description outlines the general nature and level of responsibilities for this position but is not exhaustive. Duties and responsibilities may evolve over time. Flexibility, adaptability, and a willingness to support the evolving needs of the church community are essential.
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About the Program
All Souls Day Alliance is excited to welcome this month's speaker, Libby Billings, a local restauranteur and All Souls member!
Libby is a Tulsa native, Booker T. Washington alumna, and OSUIT Culinary School graduate. In addition to that, she grew up right here at All Souls!
She opened her first restaurant, Elote, in 2008 and has turned it from a small lunch spot to a key restaurant in the revitalization of the Deco District. She is the only female owner of a commercial building in downtown Tulsa.
Join us for lunch and hear how All Souls contributed to her independent spirit.
RSVP By Monday, May 18
To RSVP, email [email protected]. Lunch begins at 11:30AM at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, OK (2952 S. Peoria Ave); program begins after lunch.
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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About the Vigil
All Souls is honored to host this month’s Interfaith Immigration Vigil in partnership with Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry. This brief candlelight gathering will bring together people of many faiths and traditions in a shared moment of prayer, reflection, and solidarity with immigrant neighbors across our community and country.
Held monthly at different houses of worship throughout Tulsa, the vigil serves as a public witness to compassion, dignity, and justice for immigrants and families navigating uncertainty and hardship. Together, participants will hold space for hope, healing, and connection across lines of faith and background.
All are welcome to attend and stand in community.
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About Communion at All Souls Unitarian Church
Several times throughout the year, All Souls gathers for Unitarian Communion — a simple and meaningful ritual rooted in one of the oldest traditions of Unitarianism.
Our communion tradition traces back nearly 450 years to the Unitarian churches of Transylvania, where communities gathered around a shared table as an expression of love, unity, gratitude, and spiritual renewal. Unlike many forms of communion centered on doctrine or membership, the Unitarian tradition has long emphasized openness, shared humanity, and the freedom of individual belief.
At All Souls, communion is observed during significant moments in the church year, including Easter, Pentecost, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The service includes the sharing of bread and wine (or juice) as symbols of community, reflection, and recommitment to our deepest values.
This ritual invites us to:
Our next communion service will take place on Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 2026, in the Chapel between services. This gathering is open to everyone, regardless of background, belief, or church membership.
All are welcome. No creed. No barriers. Just a shared moment of meaning and connection.
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!
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Nearly three decades after Matthew Shepard’s death, his story still asks something of us.
It asks how we remember those whose lives were taken by hate. It asks how communities respond to violence. It asks whether grief can become something more than sorrow — whether it can become compassion, courage, and a renewed commitment to human dignity.
On Sunday, May 17, the choirs of All Souls Unitarian Church will explore those questions through music with a special concert featuring excerpts from Considering Matthew Shepard.
This powerful contemporary choral work reflects on the life and legacy of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student whose 1998 murder helped bring national attention to anti-LGBTQ+ violence and the need for expanded hate crime protections.
For many, the work is not only historical. It is personal.
“As a gay person, this is a very personal and powerful piece,” said Joan Bjornsgaard, All Souls member and singer in the Adult Choir. “We are hungry for representation. A piece like this speaks to gay people a bit differently because it’s about us — our history and our present.”
Under the direction of Music Director Dr. Randall Hooper, the Adult and Chamber Choirs will perform Considering Matthew Shepard. The concert will also include musical selections from All Souls’ Cherub, Children’s, and Youth Choirs, bringing voices from across generations into the evening.
That intergenerational presence matters. It reminds us that the work of compassion and belonging is not only about remembering the past, but about shaping the future we are singing into being.
The concert is free and open to the public.
