What's Happening at All Souls Braintree
May Calendar Highlights
All our meetings, connection circles, groups and services meet on Zoom https://zoom.us/j/96571006038
Service also live on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AllSoulsBraintree
Sunday Service: Sundays at 10:30 am
Service Online only on May 1 and 29
Service Online as well as In-Person on May 8, 15, and 22 with coffee hour to follow
Annual Report Submission Deadline: Sunday, May 1
Sunday Service and Music Committee: Monday, May 2 at 6:30 pm
Book Group: Tuesday, May 3 at 7 pm
Social Action Committee: Tuesday, May 10 at 7:15 pm
Pot Luck Supper: Saturday, May 14 at 6 pm
RESCHEDULED Board of Trustees: tentative date Tuesday, May 24 at 6:30 pm
Budget Hearing: Sunday, May 22 at 11:30 am
Writing Group: Wednesday, May 25 at 4 pm
Chimes Monthly Newsletter Deadline: Wednesday, May 25 at 6 pm
Connection Circle Open Chat: Tuesdays at 4 pm
Connection Circle Directed Conversation: Fridays at 10 am
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Mid-Week Connection Circles on Zoom help us make connections across time and space.
Mid-Week Connection Circles on Zoom help us make connections across time and space. Each week there are two opportunities to engage in conversation and community. Our meetings last for one hour, and are confidential and supportive. We begin with “check ins”, an opportunity (always optional) for each person to share how they are doing, or what’s on their mind. Mid-Day Meet-up: We meet on Tuesday afternoons at 4:00 pm. In these Zoom gatherings, the conversation usually evolves informally. It’s a chance to stay connected with church friends through friendly, safe, free-flowing conversations. We will meet on Tuesdays, May 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 Friday Coffee Hour: on Friday mornings at 10:00, we build more structure into our conversation. After brief check-ins, a volunteer from the group presents a topic that they have prepared in advance to focus the discussion. 
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Friday Coffee Hour themes
May 6: Monthly theme: Potpourri – A chance for people to present a topic of interest to them – whether serious or frivolous. Today we invite participants to share a poem or two that hold some significance to them. May 13: The Sharing of A Story of Human Interest (selected & facilitated by Maureen) May 20: Unitarian Universalism – Past, Present, Future – We will view a workshop segment from the 2021 UUA General Assembly. May 27: “The Blues” with Judy – Videos and background information about amazing blues performers Please come as you are able as we grow our community and stay connected! |
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The Book Discussion Group will convene on Zoom on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 7 PM to discuss The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot, by acclaimed author, Robert Macfarlane.
This British author is part historian, naturalist, linguist, adventurer, and geologist. His prose is richly descriptive, poetic and sometimes meditative. Sam Leith of The Spectator (London) writes that The Old Ways is: “A book about what we put into landscape, and what it puts into us. If you submit to its spell you finish it in different shape than you set out: a bit wiser, a bit lonelier, a bit happier, a whole lot better informed.” Published in 2012, this book was chosen by Slate as one of the 50 best nonfiction books of the past 25 years. |
All Souls Writing Group The May edition of ASC’s Writing Group will take place on Wednesday, the 25th, at 4 pm. Suggested topic for this gathering is “Freedom of the Press.” Per usual, Nikki Milne will moderate our lively discussion. Newcomers are heartily encouraged to Zoom with us via the church’s website. Each participant is welcome to share a creation, or listen to the group. |
The Social Action and Environment Committee (SAEC) will meet on the second Tuesday of May, 10 by church zoom, at 7:15 pm to discuss our report on the work we’ve engaged in and what we hope to develop.
Anyone wishing to read copies of the draft report prior to the meeting please contact George Goss
Anyone wishing to read copies of the draft report prior to the meeting please contact George Goss
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ADDRESS 196 Elm Street, corner of Church and Elm streets, in Braintree, MA Mail to PO Box 850219, Braintree, MA 02185 781-843-1388 RESOURCES The Chimes monthly newsletter Recent Sermons For Visitors For Members |