What’s Happening at All Souls Braintree
March Calendar Highlights
All our meetings, connection circles, groups and services are accessible online at this time on Zoom UNLESS otherwise noted https://zoom.us/j/96571006038
Sunday Service at 10:30 am
Board of Trustees: will meet during the retreat on March 4
Book Group: Tuesday, March 7 at 7 pm
Service and Music Committee: Wednesday, March 8 at 6:30 pm
Social Action and Environment Committee: Tuesday, March 14 at 7:15 pm
March Chimes Monthly Newsletter Deadline: Friday, March 24 at 6 pm
Pot Luck Supper: Saturday, March 25 at 6 pm
Connection Circles: Thursdays, March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, from 3:30 to 5 pm
Writing Group: Wednesday, March 29 at 4 pm
SAVE THESE DATES IN APRIL
April 20, 21 and 22 at 7:30 pm and the 23rd at 3 pm: Elemental Repertory Theater at All Souls Church
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Connection Circles
Connection Circles provide a time to check in with old friends and welcome new friends in conversation. Meetings on Zoom are held weekly on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 – 5:00 PM ET. Each meeting usually incorporates equal time for open conversation and a set topic for discussion. Each month, ideas for circle topics and leaders come from circle members. Topics for March meeting dates will be: March 2 – Life on a Mobius Strip by Janna Levin, “The Greatest Moth Story Ever Told,” according to Maria Popova, amazing blogger, “The Marginalian”. March 9 – Some highlights from The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy by Anand Giridharadas March 16 – We will read and discuss an article of interest chosen by Maureen March 23 - The topic for March 23rd's Connection is an Invitation for participants to share lessons we've learned from children. Topic for March 30 will be determined later in the month. Please check the weekly emails for more info. You are invited to attend as you are able, to share your wit, wisdom, and willingness to connect with others. 
The Social Action and Environment Committee The Social Action Environment Committee will meet Tues., March 14, 2023 at 7:15 on zoom. Everyone interested is invited to attend. We will be discussing three items: ~ Continuing the work on equality in education by contacting our respective state representatives and senators to ask that they inform us of their plans on funding equal education in the coming year. ~ Examining the issues of climate justice that UU Mass Action and Mass Power Forward see coming up in the legislature, as they get consolidated, to find one or two that we can encourage our community to study and advocate for. ~ Go over what we know of the coming Earth Day presentation featuring a speaker from the Massachusetts Ponkapoag people in order to discuss inviting those we think would be interested, such as groups of Mass Power Forward. |
Writing Group The All Souls Writing Group meets the last Wednesday of each month at 4 pm on Zoom except when holidays conflict with our dates. The next writing prompt for March 29 is When I was younger, I thought the world was… If you want your voice heard. If you want your stories to be written down and told by you in your own words, Please join us in our small but intimate group. We start with check ins -- everyone discusses their lives for a couple of minutes. We light a chalice to bring the group together. Quotes that are chosen for the writing topic are read to the group. Everyone reads their amazing written pieces to the group Group gets to give their praise or constructive criticism about the written pieces that have been read. Close out together with a group writing exercise about prompts that are chosen for next month’s writing topic. Book Discussion Group Tuesday, March 7, 7 pm The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel by Richard Osman Published in 2020, this is the first in a series of four books by Richard Osman (the fourth will be released in September, 2023). The series, called A Thursday Murder Club Mystery, is set in a fictional retirement village in Great Britain. The book has been on the New York Times paperback bestseller list and has been described as “clever and warm”; “witty, endearing and greatly entertaining”; and a “laugh-out-loud whodunit.” Tuesday, April 4, 7 pm I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Published in 1969, this riveting and beautifully written memoir immerses the reader in the childhood experiences and musings of the young girl who grew up to become a talented poet, author and civil rights activist. All are welcome to join the conversation. Plan to attend on Zoom on Tuesday, March 7 and again at 7 PM on Tuesday, April 4. |
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