All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church

Sunday Sitting
2019-04-14 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Ohio
FREE & Open to All! (Donations welcome)
2 rounds of silent Buddhist Sitting meditation (Zazen) with 1 round of silent walking meditation (Kinhin).
No previous meditation experience necessary.
These are our pilot weekly sittings to offer regular practice as well as a ‘lite’ alternative to our full 4th Monday Sittings with Zen Buddhist Service, liturgy and Dharma talk on the 4th Mondays.
Schedule:
4:30pm- House Opened -Fellowship/ Intro to Zazen for Any Who Would Like
5pm – Zazen (sitting meditation)
5:25pm – Kinhin (Walking meditation)
5:35pm – Zazen
6pm- Pack Up
There is limited offstreet parking in front of the front door otherwise there are metered spaces on Mulberry beside MBA.(Note meters not monitored on weekends)
Loaner meditation cushions (Zafus & Zabutons) & chairs are available to sit in.
Brief Beginner’s guide to Zazen & Kinhin:
http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/practice/zazen/howto/index.html

Hike at Mohican
2019-04-14 13:00 - 14:00 | Mohican State Park
Questions? Ask Denise Brown.

Sunday Service: "Death, Transformation, and Resurrection: The Easter Pattern of Spiritual Emergence"
2019-04-14 10:30 - 11:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Speaker: Christopher Reynolds
Title: Death, Transformation, and Resurrection:
The Easter Pattern of Spiritual Emergence
Topic: Easter belongs to a larger body of stories that are maps of soul-transformation or spiritual emergency. Spiritual emergency was coined by Christina and Stan Grof in the 1980s in order to describe difficult stages of a radical personality transformation and spiritual opening — “a time of crisis, but also at the same time, a chance to ‘emerge,’” to rise to a higher level of psychological functioning and spiritual awareness and if correctly understood and supported, these psychospiritual crises can result in emotional and psychosomatic healing, remarkable psychological changes, and consciousness evolution.
Join speaker Christopher Reynolds as he shares the current list of spiritual emergencies, which includes shamanic crisis, awakening of kundalini, episodes of unitive consciousness (“peak experience”), psychological renewal through return to the center, crisis of psychic opening, past-life experiences, communication with spirit guides and channeling, near-death experiences (NDE’s), close encounters with UFOs and alien abduction experiences, possession states, alcoholism and drug addiction, and moral injury. He will share from his own spiritual emergence and offer resources to help persons move wisely through Easter as a soul experience.

Adult RE
2019-04-14 09:00 - 10:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Join us in discussion of Michael J. Kruger’s Christianity at the Crossroads.

The Near-Death Experience
2019-04-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Ohio
Video seminar and mini-lecture series with Dr. Walter Kania.
Dr. Kania has personally experienced a near-death experience (NDE). In addition, he has studied NDEs and lectured on it throughout his life.

Buddhist Weekly Sunday Sit
2019-03-31 17:00 - 18:00, 2019-03-24 17:00 - 18:00, 2019-03-10 17:00 - 18:00, 2019-03-03 17:00 - 18:00 | Ohio
2 rounds of silent Buddhist Sitting meditation (Zazen) with 1 round of silent walking meditation (Kinhin). No previous meditation experience necessary.
These are our pilot weekly sittings to offer regular practice as well as a ‘lite’ alternative to our full 4th Monday Sittings with Zen Buddhist Service, liturgy and Dharma talk on the 4th Mondays.
Schedule:
4:30pm- House Opened -Fellowship/ Intro to Zazen for Any Who Would Like 5pm – Zazen (sitting meditation) 5:25pm – Kinhin (Walking meditation) 5:35pm – Zazen 6pm- Pack Up
There is limited offstreet parking in front of the front door otherwise there are metered spaces on Mulberry beside MBA.(Note meters not monitored on weekends)
Loaner meditation cushions (Zafus & Zabutons) & chairs are available to sit in.
Brief Beginner’s guide to Zazen & Kinhin: http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/practice/zazen/howto/index.html

Potluck
2019-03-31 11:30 - 12:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Bring a favorite dish to share!

Sunday Service: Roots Hold Us Close
2019-03-31 10:30 - 11:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Speaker: Rev. William Humphrey
Topic: In our treasured hymn, Spirit of Life, we sing “roots hold me close.” Asking, what our roots do for us— our roots tie us to the past and our heritage, while also secure and sustain us as we weather the passing of days.

Adult RE
2019-03-31 09:00 - 10:00, 2019-03-24 09:00 - 10:00, 2019-03-10 09:00 - 10:00, 2019-03-03 09:00 - 10:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Join in the discussion of Justice on Earth by Manish Mishra Marzetti and Jennifer Nordstrom.

Questions for Your Answers
2019-03-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2019-01-30 10:00 - 11:00 | Bob Evans @ Hanley Rd., 30 W. Hanley Rd., Mansfield, OH, 44903, United States

Living Lotus Zen Sangha Sitting and Meditation
2019-03-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2019-01-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Ohio

Sunday Service: Return to the Mystic
2019-03-24 10:30 - 11:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Speaker: Ron Boyd
Topic: In a world where science has distanced us from mythic ideas, has anything been lost that might be regained by returning to the mythic dimension? We will explore alternative sources of knowledge, such as from prophets, seers, dreamers, shamans, and mystics.

Sunday Service: They Are Magnificently Made!
2019-03-17 10:30 - 11:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Speaker: Gail Laux, Founder / Executive Director of the Ohio Bird Sanctuary
Special Guests – Barn Owl and Red-shouldered Hawk
Topic: Enjoy meeting two of God’s creatures and learning about how they are perfectly made for their role in our world.

Spring Equinox Zazenkai (Daylong Sitting Retreat)
2019-03-17 09:00 - 16:30 | Ohio

Board Meeting
2019-03-17 09:00 - 10:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813

Hike
2019-03-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Gorman Nature Center, 2295 Lexington Ave., Mansfield, Ohio, 44907

Sunday Service: Fake News Is Real (But It's Probably Not What You Think)
2019-03-10 10:30 - 11:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Speaker: Irv Oslin
Topic: How our news gets tainted by economic and political influences. Oslin will draw on his personal experiences in the field to demonstrate this.

Buddhist Book Discussion
2019-03-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Ohio
Zen Mind Beginners Mind pgs 117-126

Sunday Service: NIMBY -- Not In My Back Yard
2019-03-03 10:30 - 11:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Speaker: Elaine Tanner
Friends For Environmental Justice
Title: “NIMBY” Not in My Back-Yard
Topic: When a fracking operation sets foot in your community it is often too late. When it is in your backyard your family may already be at risk. Spend some time getting to know what we are dealing with and what you can do about it. Learn how to get your “Safety First” plan in place.
Bio: Elaine Tanner, founding now program director for Friends For Environmental Justice is a native Ohioan from our tri-county area. As a public speaker she spent 10 years traveling the country bringing awareness to what will come if we stay on the destructive path we are on. She addresses environmental issues impacting communities dealing with both social and environmental impacts in multiple states.

Potluck
2019-01-27 11:30 - 12:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813

Speaker: William Humphrey
2019-01-27 10:30 - 11:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Title: You Say You’re Not Religious
Topic: Responding to Forrest Church’s iconic sermon, “You Say You’re Not Religious.” How do we look at faith, religion, and spirituality as Unitarian Universalists?
Leader: Kristin Ellis
Music: Trio

Speaker: Mike Welker
2019-01-20 10:30 - 11:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
NOTE: Due to inclement weather, this week’s services are cancelled at All Souls’ UU. This also includes the monthly board meeting. We would encourage all to join us at next week’s services, January 27th at 10:30AM.

Title: Reinventing Yourself This Year and In This Moment
Topic: As we launch with enthusiasm into a New Year, this can be the only narrow window we allow ourselves to let go of the baggage of our past. But we have the ability to set ourselves free to meet every moment with an open heart, regardless of the conditions we find ourselves in.

The concept of “Being Time” (Uji) underlies this approach to our lives. We will explore Being Time and the practical techniques of kindness (Metta) practice to put this into action to free ourselves. We will then discuss the day to day implications of all this for our capacity to help others in our troubled 21st century America.
Leader: Fonda Kendrick
Music: Shelley Mauk
