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Ideas for Next Year's Sunday Services?
Please share your ideas for next year’s Sunday Services! Please plan to stay in person after coffee hour, and on Zoom immediately following the service on Sunday, May 19 to share your ideas. Please consider the following questions as well as anything else you think is relevant. • Are there any special sermon topics you would like to hear about? • Are there topics you would like to talk about at the Food for the Soul brunch? • Are there any special speakers you would like to invite to speak? • Are there service formats you would like us to offer? (Such as Singing Meditation, Writing Group presentation, other?) TAKE OUR SUNDAY SERVICE SURVEY
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 Our annual talent night will be Saturday, May 18, beginning at 6 PM. If you’d like to take the stage, please get in touch with Joe Maloney or Kathy Pearce to talk about your plans. We will start the night with our potluck supper, please bring something to eat with enough to share. See you then!
 Food for the Soul Potluck Brunch May 5 at 10:30 am We begin with a welcome and a chalice lighting, after which we enjoy food and fellowship. Please bring a dish to share; an ingredient list is helpful in case of allergies. This is a special lay-led service for connection, reflection, and inspiration designed to give us a chance to reflect individually, to know our fellow travelers on life’s journey, and to let ourselves be known. All are welcome.  REMINDER
Please Submit Annual Reports by May 5 Annual reports are due on Sunday, May 5, from those in leadership or those who chair groups and committees at All Souls Church. Please email them to the church office at [email protected]. For reference, a copy of last year’s annual report can be viewed on the member page of the website or one can be obtained by emailing the church office.  The old, light colored scratched piano with the sticky keys is no longer in the Parish hall. It has been replaced by a much better looking and better sounding one that for years belonged to Rick Anderson that has been donated to the church by Don Swanson. We look forward to hearing Jacob perform on this piano at upcoming Food for the Soul services. The expenses associated with this improvement totaled $750. This covered the moving cost of getting the piano to All Souls, the moving cost of getting the old piano out of All Souls, and the tuning cost. Before any request was made for the funding of these special expenses, three people have already stepped up with offers of donations. Anyone else who would like to be part of this one time project funding should send or give their contribution to our treasurer, Mary Mitchell. Your donations will be gratefully received: church funds will cover any shortfall between the final donation total and the expense total. Please note that Michael Domina’s watercolor has been hung in the Parish hall. Potluck supper and thinking cap game. It’s time to gather with friends, enjoy delicious, food, and flex those mental muscles Saturday, April 13 at 6:30 PM in the parish hall at AllSouls Braintree. Accessible through ramp door on Charles Street. Bring your favorite dish to share and get ready for an evening of culinary delight, followed by a brain teasing game that will Challenge your wits. It’s the perfect opportunity to catch up with friends, indulge in tasty treats, and have some intellectual fun see you   Thursday, April 11 at 3:30 pm Connection Circle – a time to check in with old friends and welcome new friends in conversation on Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/96571006038
Each weekly meeting incorporates equal time for open conversation and a set format that we hope will invite discussion. April 11 - Format – Music – Judy will join us today to present “Classical Melodies that Inspired Popular Songs” Topic and format suggestions from attendees are encouraged; we welcome new attendees who would like to forge new connections or renew old ones!  Connection Circles provide a time to check in with old friends and welcome new friends in conversation on Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/96571006038
Thursdays at 3:30 pm Each weekly meeting incorporates equal time for open conversation and a set format that we hope will invite discussion. Our March gatherings began with a Ted Talk presented by filmmaker Karen Bass, featuring astonishing nature footage that she shot for the BBC and National Geographic. St. Patrick’s Day was the inspiration for a taste of traditional Irish music, with videos of The Clancy Brothers, The Chieftains, and Sinéad O’Connor. On the third Thursday, we viewed a 2015 recording of poet, activist, and feminist Robin Morgan reading four moving poems that were windows into her experience with aging as well as with Parkinson’s Disease. The fourth week featured the reading of a timely article of interest. Each month the selection of topics happens somewhat organically, and every week is different! April 4 – Format – Ted Talk Topic and format suggestions from attendees are encouraged; we welcome new attendees who would like to forge new connections or renew old ones! Coffee Hour
September through June After Sunday service is coffee hour. A time to socialize and connect with one another online or in person in the parish hall as we share food and fellowship. We need volunteers to keep the ministry of coffee hour alive so be sure to bring a snack to share if you can or help by making coffee, or with setup/cleanup. Sunday Service
March 10 at 10:30 am Affirming Worth, Encouraging Growth Guest Minister Rev Tess Baumberger What (And How Much) Do We Really Need? Join us in exploring this topic as we extend a warm welcome to our Guest Minister, Rev Baumberger, to All Souls. Rev. Tess Baumberger has served congregations in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and is currently the 3/4 time minister at the First Universalist Church of Essex. She has also served as a chaplain in hospitals and for hospice. She is a poet with several pieces published on the UUA worship web. You can also find her work on her website rev-tess.com And … Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour! Check those smoke detectors, too.  "The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights."
So together, let's all help fight the good fight. All IWD activity is valid, that's what makes IWD so inclusive. Join in and make IWD your day by doing what you can to support and advance women. Sunday, March 3 at 10:30 am in the Parish Hall
Food for the Soul Potluck Brunch We begin with a welcome and a chalice lighting, after which we enjoy food and fellowship. Please bring a dish to share; an ingredient list is helpful in case of allergies. This is a special lay-led service for connection, reflection, and inspiration designed to give us a chance to reflect individually, to know our fellow travelers on life’s journey, and to let ourselves be known. All are welcome.  GAME NIGHT POTLUCK SUPPER!
Saturday, February 16 at 6 pm. Come in from the cold and share the warmth of a welcoming community by joining us for a Game Night potluck ! Feel free to bring food and games to share or just socialize. Bring something to eat with more to share. An ingredient list is helpful in case of allergies. We will meet you on Saturday the 17th at 6 o'clock in the Parish Hall. Please contact Kathy Pearce or Joseph Maloney with any questions. |
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