Wednesday Community Connections
Wednesday Community Connections is an opportunity to engage, support, and learn with each other. We start with a dinner at 5:30pm, followed by chapel at 6:30pm and classes at 7:00pm. All our classes are free for adults, open to the public, and include anything from yoga, meditation, arts and crafts, Path to Membership, and more! Depending on the class, you can attend in-person, on Zoom, or hybrid. Childcare is available from 6:15 to 8:30.
Scroll for class descriptions and check back for this week’s menu.
Class List for March 27, 2024
Click each folder below to learn more.
Visit our Calendar page for future dates and classes.
All Souls Trekkers: Cancer Advocacy and Support (online only)
Weekly | 5:30 pm | Online: bit.ly/astrekkers
Trekkers is an educational, advocacy support group open to all who are affected by the cancer experience, including care givers.
Creative Play with Linda Alred (in-person only)
Weekly | Linda Alred
Re-ignite your creativity with the New Year, play along with others, relieve stress, try new things, and have fun! We’ll be thinking outside the box with a variety of materials and ideas throughout the season. Bring your ideas and your imagination.
Dirt 2 Soil: Regenerative Gardening (in-person only)
Weekly | All Souls Garden & Grounds Team
Meet weekly to share gardening tips and methods to improve our environment when gardening in Green Country. Classes will be lecture/discussion until weather permits outdoor hands-on learning.
Check back for this week’s resources soon!
Great Decisions (in person and on Zoom)
Jan. 24 – March 27 | Earl Goodman and Mack Vanderlip
Great Decisions, the Foreign Policy Association’s (FPA) renowned nationwide group discussion program on world affairs, will kick off for the 41st year with co-leaders Mack Vanderlip and Earl Goodman as moderators.
In person Kick-Off meeting Sunday, January 21 at 2:30 in the Aaronson Auditorium in the Central Library. Rodger Randle, Director of the OU Center for Studies in Democracy & Culture, and former Tulsa mayor will give the keynote address, NATO and the Future of the Western Alliance.
This year’s Great Decisions program includes these critically important topics:
- 3/27 – Review & Wrap-up, Wine & Cheese
To sign up, please register at this link: allsouls.me/greatdecisions
You’re encouraged to purchase the Great Decisions 2023 Briefing Book for the write-up on each of the discussion topics.
- In Tulsa, books are available for $25 from group Co-Leaders Mack Vanderlip and Earl Goodman, a 20%. discount from the FPA price.
- Or purchase a book via the FPA website, Foreign Policy Association (fpa.org), or https://fpa.org/great_decisions/?act=gd_materials for $35.
- Or purchase a digital/Kindle version of the Briefing book from Amazon for $24.99.
Master Class videos are also available on DVD from the FPA website or on VIMEO at Watch Great Decisions Master Class Online | Vimeo On Demand on Vimeo or https://vimeo.com/ondemand/gdmc for $40 for all 9 lectures, or $5 each for each individual lecture.
For more information, contact:
Mack Vanderlip, 918 260-3982, writstuf@swbell.net
Earl Goodman, 918 906-5049, egii@aol.com
Healing From Religious Trauma
Cantiese Burell, LCSW | March 27 | Chapel
If you’ve ever experienced religious trauma, you’re invited to attend this special religious trauma presention with Cantiese Burell, LCSW. As our esteemed guest therapist, Cantiese will address the deeply impactful topic of religious trauma.
This session is open to all past participants of the Recovery From Religious Wounds and Healing from Fundamentalism courses, as well as anyone who has encountered religious trauma.
Whether you’re continuing your journey with us or stepping into this space for the first time, your experiences adn insights are valued here. Let’s gather to share, heal, and grow together.
Shawl Ministry with Tiffany Cross (in person)
Tiffany Cross | March 13-27 | in person in the Thoreau Lounge
Come learn to knit! We have yarn and needles.
The Shawl Ministry is a group of fiber artists who make a spiritual practice of creating shawls to give to people in our church community who are in need of comfort and solace. Members and friends infuse each shawl with positive intentions, prayers, hope, love, and healing. Completed shawls are blessed and sent along the way.
We also make baby hats, blankets, booties and more. Knitters, crocheters, quilters and other fiber artists of all skill levels are welcome!
Wednesday Circle (in-person and Zoom)
Weekly | In-Person: Room 206 | Online: bit.ly/wednesdaycircle
Members 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!
Women's Self-Defense & Empowerment (in-person only)
Noah Johnson of Aspire Fitness | 2nd and 4th Wednesdays | President’s Room
Learn self-defense using judo and jiu jitsu techniques with local trainer Noah Johnson of Aspire Fitness.
This class is for anyone who identifies as a woman, and it is open to all levels of fitness and ability.
Bring water and wear comfy clothes.
Class fees are donation-based.
Yoga for Every Body (in-person only)
Weekly | Presidents’ Room | Stacie Beckert
Take part in empowering, restorative yoga for every body type. Come expand your mind and stretch your body. With Stacie Beckert.
Youth Jams
All Souls Youth | Weekly | Sponge Room
Plan and produce “Youth Sunday” – the best Sunday of Youth with services created and presented entirely by the Youth Department.
This year, Youth Sunday is on April 28th, 2024.
Come to the Sponge Room and get absorbed!
Join Us For Dinner
Every Wednesday, we invite you to join us for dinner at 5:30pm before classes. Donations are encouaged – $5 helps a little, $10 covers the meal, $20+ helps sustain our programs.
Volunteer at Wednesday Connections Dinner!
Shifts include 3:30pm prep, 5:30pm serve, and 6:30pm clean up. Email Paula Vella, pvella@allsoulschurch.org to volunteer.
See you next week!
Class List for April 3, 2024
Click each folder below to learn more. Visit our Calendar page for future dates and classes.
Want To Teach A Class?
Have an idea for a class you’d like to teach or see at Wednesday Community Connections? Reach out to Shannon Boston at sboston@allsoulschurch.org to pitch your idea.
All Souls Trekkers: Cancer Advocacy and Support (online only)
Weekly | 5:30 pm | Online: bit.ly/astrekkers
Trekkers is an educational, advocacy support group open to all who are affected by the cancer experience, including care givers.
Creative Play with Linda Alred (in-person only)
Weekly | Linda Alred
Re-ignite your creativity with the New Year, play along with others, relieve stress, try new things, and have fun! We’ll be thinking outside the box with a variety of materials and ideas throughout the season. Bring your ideas and your imagination.
Dirt 2 Soil: Regenerative Gardening (in-person only)
Weekly | All Souls Garden & Grounds Team | Room 128
Meet weekly to share gardening tips and methods to improve our environment when gardening in Green Country. Classes will be lecture/discussion until weather permits outdoor hands-on learning.
Check back soon for this week’s resources.
Muay Thai
Noah Johnson & Aspire Fitness | President’s Room | 1st & 3rd Wednesdays
Muay Thai, sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking, sweeps, and various clinching techniques.
This class is open to all aged high school and older.
This class is donation-based and will require some equipment. Please wear comfortable clothing!
Reimagining Your Own Theology II
Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar | April 3-24 | In-person and on Zoom
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 ourseslves and our world.
Wednesday Circle (in-person and Zoom)
Weekly | In-Person: Room 206 | Online: bit.ly/wednesdaycircle
Members 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 (in-person only)
Weekly | Presidents’ Room | Stacie Beckert
Take part in empowering, restorative yoga for every body type. Come expand your mind and stretch your body. With Stacie Beckert.
Youth Jams
All Souls Youth | Weekly | Sponge Room
Plan and produce “Youth Sunday” – the best Sunday of Youth with services created and presented entirely by the Youth Department.
This year, Youth Sunday is on April 28th, 2024.
Come to the Sponge Room and get absorbed!