WEDNESDAY CONNECTIONS:
We’re back! March 22
Wednesday Connections Schedule
Dinner starts at 5:30 pm
$5 helps a little, $10 covers the meal, $20+ helps sustain our programs.
Volunteer at Wednesday Connections Dinner! Shifts include 3:30 pm prep, 5:30 pm serve, & 6:30 pm clean up.
Simply show up or email Shannon Boston, sboston@allsoulschurch.org.
Chapel starts at 6:30 pm
Classes begin at 7 pm
Childcare is available for toddlers through 5th grade
To join us online, visit allsouls.me/wc (some classes have their own Zoom link, noted under the class description).
Ongoing
The Bee! Creativity in Community - Ongoing
Weekly | In Person
An opportunity of creative expression open to all! If you enjoy creating in a group setting, please join us! Craft projects include:
- Community Mosaics: assist Bill Westcott with a series of mosaics that will be installed at All Souls.
- Basket Weaving: learn the ancient art of basket weaving.
- Individual Projects: bring your own project to work on in our shared artist’s space.
Great Decisions with Earl Goodman and Mack Vanderlip
Ongoing to April | Zoom only
Meets on Zoom at allsouls.me/greatdecisions
Great Decisions, the Foreign Policy Association’s (FPA) renowned nationwide group discussion program on world affairs, will kick off for the 40th year at All Souls on Wednesday, February 8 at 7 pm via Zoom with co-leaders Mack Vanderlip and Earl Goodman as moderators.
This year’s Great Decisions program includes these critically important topics each Wednesday:
- 2/8 — Energy Geopolitics
- 2/15 — War Crimes
- 2/22 — China and the U.S.
- 3/1 — Economic Warfare
- 3/8 — Politics in Latin America
- 3/15 — Global Famine
- 3/22 — Iran at a Crossroads
- 3/29 — Climate Migration
- 4/5 — Review & Wrap-up, Wine & Cheese
All Wednesday night participants must register each night for the program. A link will be sent to you each Wednesday, but the link will be the same.
We encourage you to purchase the Great Decisions 2023 Briefing Book for the write-up on each of the discussion topics.
- If you are here in Tulsa, the books are available for $25 from group Co-Leaders Mack Vanderlip and Earl Goodman, a 20%. discount from the FPA price.
- If you are not in Tulsa, you can purchase a book via the FPA website, Foreign Policy Association (fpa.org), or https://fpa.org/great_decisions/?act=gd_materials for $35.
- You can also purchase a digital/Kindle version of the Briefing book from Amazon for $24.99.
Participants should read each topic before each meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, we will show a 20-30 minute video on the topic (a Master Class lecture featuring an expert). Then we will begin our discussion, for about an hour. The Master Class videos are also available on DVD from the FPA website.
In addition, you can find various random videos on this year’s topics on YouTube.
Wednesday Circle with Joe & Jim - Ongoing
Weekly | Hybrid | bit.ly/wednesdaycircle
Joe Nurre and Jim Gillispie moderate this conversational ministry from a spiritual point of view, governed by a commitment to our covenant. Topics change weekly and generally follow those chosen by the Circle the Sunday preceding. All are welcome to join in person or by Zoom!
Yoga for Every Body - Ongoing starting March 1
Weekly | In person
Take part in empowering, restorative yoga for every body type. Come expand your mind and stretch your body. With Stacie Beckert.
February
FIRST STEPS: A Sustainability Program for Faith-Based Communities - February 8
February 8 | Hybrid
Meets on Zoom at allsouls.me/firststeps
First Steps is a sustainability program for faith-based communities being launched this year by The Sustainability Alliance. Together, we will watch a short video about a pilot project launching this year. We will also discuss our own first steps and how we want to organize ourselves. If you think sustainability programs need to be part of our vision for the future of All Souls, please join us Wednesday evening, February 8, at 7 pm. Please feel free to email me, bprose@allsoulschurch.org, for more information. Our gathering on February 8th, will in person AND on Zoom (hybrid). I look forward to seeing you there!
Learn from our Syrian Neighbors - February 8 & 15
February 8 & 15 | In Person
Spend two evenings in February with the Kabalans, the family from Syria that All Souls and its members are helping as they fled from the civil war in their home country.
February 8: Mohammed Kabalan will share his family’s experience in leaving Syria and coming to Tulsa.
February 15: Join Fatouh Kabalan as she demonstrates how to make her Syrian tabouli and shares her recipe with us. All ingredients provided.
Soul Stories with Julie Tattershall - February 8 & 15
February 8-15 | In Person
Gather to share a bit of yourself and make connections as we learn to craft our own individual true stories around All Souls’ monthly themes. These workshops will be facilitated by Julie Tattershall, award-winning community theatre director. Our stories will be around five minutes and shared in an intimate performance setting after having the opportunity to workshop them twice each month. Story tellers of all levels are welcome from old pros to first-timers.
Circle on Belonging - February 15
February 15 | Hybrid
Meets on Zoom at allsouls.me/belonging
“Still, no circle of belonging can ever contain all the longings of the human heart.”
—John O’Donohue
Sunday mornings can be a bit overwhelming at All Souls. On Wednesday evenings, we have more time to get to know each other. You are invited to join Rev. Barbara on Wednesday the 15th, for a Small Group experience on the theme of Belonging. Wherever you are on your journey with All Souls—
“We come to gather strength from each other.
We come to give strength to each other”
—Rev. Marta Valentin
New Member Wednesday Connection - February 22
February 22 | In Person (Presidents’ Room)
All members of All Souls who have joined since March of 2020 are invited to a special session during the February 22nd Wednesday Connection. Following dinner, we will tour the building and learn about ways to get involved in the church. We’ll finish the evening with a time to connect through conversation. Please contact Christy Emig at (405) 202-2218 if you have any questions.
Women's Group Book Discussion - February 22
February 22 | In Person
If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories and to be stewards of the stories we hear. Join the Women of All Souls in mapping meaningful connection in the language of the human experience through Brene Brown’s New York Times Best Seller, Atlas of the Heart. Facilitated by Quanah Scoggins.
Foundations of Unitarian Universalism - Begins February 22
February 22-March 8 | Hybrid
Meets on Zoom at allsouls.me/foundations
Join Rev. Marlin Lavanhar and Randy Lewis on this three-week exploration of the roots of Unitarianism and Universalism and how they came together to form the basis of Love Beyond Belief that we experience at All Souls today. This “Path to Membership” class is a great way to deepen your connections to fellow congregants, get to know your ministers, and learn about the exciting history of our chosen faith!
March
Foundations of Unitarian Universalism - Continued from February
February 22 – March 8 | Hybrid
Meets on Zoom at allsouls.me/foundations
Join our ministers on this three-week exploration of the roots of Unitarianism and Universalism and how they come together to form the basis of Love Beyond Belief that we experience at All Souls today.
Exploration of the Enneagram with Lindsay Barbour - Begins March 1
March 1, 8, 22, & 29 | In Person
The Enneagram is a tool that can be used to connect deeply with others and ourselves, developing an understanding of the nine ways of seeing the world and interpreting reality. As we explore our shadow sides, we can become consciously aware of our patterns of behavior and perhaps choose differently out of a place of wholeness. The Narrative Enneagram incorporates psychology, spirituality, and somatics. As preparation for joining the class, here is a link to an Enneagram typing test that costs $10: www.narrativeenneagram.org/enneagram-test/.
Soul Stories with Julie Tattershall - Begins March 1
March 1, 8 & 22 | In person
Gather to share a bit of yourself and make connections as we learn to craft our own individual true stories around All Souls’ monthly themes. These workshops will be facilitated by Julie Tattershall, award-winning community theatre director. Our stories will be around five minutes and shared in an intimate performance setting after having the opportunity to workshop them twice each month. Story tellers of all levels are welcome from old pros to first-timers.
First Steps in Sustainability - March 15
March 15 | Hybrid
Meets on Zoom at allsouls.me/firststeps
First Steps is a sustainability program for faith-based communities being launched this year by The Sustainability Alliance. The group will meet the third Wednesday of March, April and May. If you think sustainability programs need to be part of our vision for the future of All Souls, please join us!
The March meeting will be held at 5:30 pm. A green salad and hors d’ouvres will be available – bring finger foods to share!
Recovering From Religious Wounds with Rev. Randy Lewis - Begins March 22
March 22 – April 5 | Hybrid
Meets on Zoom at allsouls.me/recovering
In this class, participants will share and support one another with healing from painful religious experiences and explore faith development and grief as it relates to these experiences. This important process may continue in other forms as participants’ needs dictate.
April
Recovering From Religious Wounds with Rev. Randy Lewis - Continued from March
March 22 – April 5 | Hybrid
Meets on Zoom at allsouls.me/recovering
In this class, participants will share and support one another with healing from painful religious experiences and explore faith development and grief as it relates to these experiences. This important process may continue in other forms as participants’ needs dictate.
SACReD: Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity with ASRJ - Begins April 5
April 5-26, returning in June | In person
Join SACReD, a new, national interfaith initiative created through a unique collaboration of individuals and organizations which has an overall goal of cultural and political transformation. Since the late 1960s All Souls has had an active group of courageous women and men who planned, advocated, protested, and WORKED for Reproductive Justice. Their actions gave rise to Oklahoma Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Roe Fund Oklahoma, Tulsa Women’s Clinic, and the Roe v Wade ruling in 1972. The rights they fought for fell in the Summer of 2022 with the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. Today’s All Souls for Reproductive Justice (ASRJ) Team is active again to right this wrong. Join us for this 6-week series which will guide participants to:
- Create and hold space for courageous conversations free from shame, judgement, and stigma
- Engage faith, spirituality, and theology through the Reproductive Justice framework to develop a compassionate approach to reproductive decision-making
- Apply the Reproductive Justice framework to historical and current events
- Promote the values and work of SACReD throughout the congregation and broader community following the energy and interest of the congregation.
Soul Stories with Julie Tattershall - Begins April 5
April 5 – 19 | In person
Gather to share a bit of yourself and make connections as we learn to craft our own individual true stories around All Souls’ monthly themes. These workshops will be facilitated by Julie Tattershall, award-winning community theatre director. Our stories will be around five minutes and shared in an intimate performance setting after having the opportunity to workshop them twice each month. Story tellers of all levels are welcome from old pros to first-timers.
Raising Resilient Kids in an Era of Bubble-Wrap Parenting - April 12
April 12 | In person
Meets in the Chapel
Most parents today find themselves completely exhausted by all that they think is expected of them by society, other parents, and their own kids. It’s as if somewhere along the line, we received a memo that said, “Protect your child at all costs. Never let them feel uncomfortable, sad, or bored. Fix everything. Their ultimate happiness depends upon you.”
With such inflated expectations, it’s no wonder so many parents feel completely overwhelmed!
In her presentation “Raising Resilient Kids in an Era of Bubble-Wrap Parenting,” Stacey Leigh helps parents examine how they can let go of hyper-parenting and embrace a parenting style that builds resilience.
Resilient kids, according to social worker and psychotherapist Lynn Lyons, can step into an unfamiliar situation and “have a sense they can figure out what they need to do and can handle what is thrown at them with a sense of confidence.”
This workshop is suitable for parents with children of all ages and abilities. Parents will leave the workshop with three tools they can put into immediate use to help their kids develop resilience. As the kids take on greater responsibility for themselves, they gain confidence, pride, and self-esteem; parents find that they can relax and enjoy family life more. They even find greater fun and joy!
This workshop is presented at no cost to parents.
Reimagining Your Own Theology with Rev. Marlin Lavanhar - Begins April 12
April 12 – 26 | Hybrid
Meets on Zoom at allsouls.me/reimagining
Most Unitarian Universalists can easily say what they don’t believe, but how many can clearly state what they do believe? Many people who have found the UU faith have come from other faith traditions, or from none at all. In this series we will begin an exploration of individual beliefs and the “big questions” seeking a deepening and expanding understanding of ourselves and our world.
First Steps in Sustainability - April 19
April 19 | Hybrid
Meets on Zoom at allsouls.me/firststeps
First Steps is a sustainability program for faith-based communities being launched this year by The Sustainability Alliance. The group will meet the third Wednesday of April and May. If you think sustainability programs need to be part of our vision for the future of All Souls, please join us!
Booksmart Tulsa Event: David Grann - April 26
April 26 | In person
From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon comes The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. This will be a ticketed event hosted at All Souls.