Christopher Reynolds -- Maya= Unconsciousness: How to Recognize Soul Recovery
2021-09-05 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Christopher Reynolds
Leader: Fonda Kendrick
Title: Maya= Unconsciousness: How to Recognize Soul Recovery
Topic: The relationship between the consciousness and the unconscious is how we can approach the Eastern concept of Maya. As our rising of levels of perception or soul recovery increase, we come to appreciate why C. G. Jung would say: Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
In Myths of Light, Joseph Campbell writes: Remember that Maya has 3 powers. The first power is called the “obscuring power,” which obscures the radiance of the ultimate. The second power is called the “projecting power,” which projects the world of broken forms. The third power is said to be the “revealing power,” which is the power rendered in art (ritual), when through the forms we experience the radiance. You can perceive exactly the same things either in their obscuring or in their revealing aspect, depending on how far your levels of perception have risen.
Join Christopher Reynolds as he walks with us through the obscuring, projecting, and revealing levels of the unconscious in word, story and song. Our goal is to know again the revealing radiance of this life where time and eternity merge.
Bio: F. Christopher Reynolds, M.Ed., is a singer, teacher and community shaman from Cleveland, Ohio. His mission is to sing the dream of Peace on Earth onward through songs, writings, ritual, healing concerts and workshops. He is a singer-songwriter with 20 original releases, the lead author on the only publications on depth psychology, soul, creativity and giftedness, and is also published in organic creativity in the language classroom. Chris is the founder of No Man’s Folk and Earthbriety. He is a co-founder of archetypal ecology. Mr. Reynolds is an adjunct professor in Art and Religious Studies at Ursuline College. He is an adjunct in Creativity Studies for the Gifted at Ashland University. He is a shaman in residence for Lake Erie Institute. He works with Warriors Journey Home of Tallmage, Ohio, to assist communities to welcome veterans home from military service. Visit his website at: www.urrealist.com
*Masks are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

Sing the Song of Peace on Earth Circle
2021-09-05 12:00 - 13:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sing the Song of Peace on Earth Circle

Sunday, September 5 after the service
Bring your voice, your instrument, and your brown bag lunch! Christopher Reynolds invites you to a song and story circle. Be ready to share/lead a song, recite poetry, tell a story or joke. Bring your best!

Adult RE Book Group
2021-09-12 09:00 - 10:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Join us for our first Adult RE Book Group since 2020.
We will meet in the basement of the church at 9 a.m. Masks are requested.
This fall’s selection is Almost Like Us: Peoples of the Stone Age by Ivy Hendy.

Kathryn Reed -- Leaning Into the Growing Edge: The Creation of the National Society of Black Physician Assistants (NSBPA)
2021-09-12 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Kathryn Reed
Leader: Reed Richmond
Title: Leaning Into the Growing Edge: The Creation of the National Society of Black Physician Assistants (NSBPA)
Topic: Discussing my path to the physician assistant career, the creation of the NSBPA, and the importance of humanity-driven healthcare, culturally competent providers, and self-care.
Bio: Kathryn Reed is a certified physician assistant and is the founder and president of the National Society of Black Physician Assistants (NSBPA). She received her B.S. in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in 2014, graduating Cum Laude with a minor in chemistry. She then received her M.S. in Physician Assistant Studies at the University of Pittsburgh in 2016. Kathryn has practiced in both family and internal medicine in Pittsburgh, PA. She begins a faculty appointment for the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Physician Assistant Studies Hybrid Program in September 2021 and will also serve as Vice Chair for Equity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement. Additionally, Kathryn is a member of the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants’ (PSPA) Health Disparity Committee. In her spare time, Kathryn facilitates gentle yoga classes rooted in an anti-racism framework. Most recently, Kathryn was nominated for the AAPA’s PA of the Year Award in 2021 and the 2020 Federal Executive Board’s Excellence in Government Award for her work with the NSBPA. She was also awarded the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Health and Rehab Sciences Rising Star Award in 2020.
*Masks are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

Board Meeting
2021-09-19 09:00 - 10:00, 2021-10-17 09:00 - 10:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
All Souls board meeting starting at 9 a.m

Mark Sebastian Jordan -- "From Nobility to Nightmare: The Redemption of the Ohio State Reformatory"
2021-09-19 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Board Meeting – 9:00 a.m.
Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Mark Sebastian Jordan
Leader: Hayley Young
Title and Topic :”From Nobility to Nightmare: The Redemption of the Ohio State Reformatory”
Bio: Mark Sebastian Jordan is a writer and storyteller. His book The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm was recently published by The History Press. He writes the weekly column History Knox for KnoxPages.com, does talks and program notes for the Mansfield Symphony, and, as of this fall, is becoming one of the program note writers for the Cleveland Orchestra.
*Masks are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

Gambier Service -- September
2021-09-23 19:00 - 20:00 | OH
Join us on the campus of Kenyon College as we restart our Gambier Chapter of All Souls UU church.
We will meet outside the Harcourt Parish House on the campus on September 23, 2021 at 7 p.m. The address is 201 W. Brooklyn St. Gambier, Ohio 43022.
Check out our Facebook page for more information. https://www.facebook.com/AllSoulsUUGambier

Rev. Will Humphrey -- Rituals of Fall
2021-09-26 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m.
Kenya Coin Collection
Time for All Ages
Speaker: Rev. Will Humphrey
Leader: Brian Moore
Title: Rituals of Fall
Topic: Exploring the Spiritual traditions of Fall: we will look at the practices of balance as autumnal equinox balances our earthly light and dark.
Rev. Will Humphrey served two Lutheran (ELCA) congregations as a youth pastor and a Church of Christ congregation as an educator prior to coming to All Souls. Serving as our parish minister, he was ordained with us and has served us since 2015. Rev. Will is bi-vocational, serving also as a public school educator. Rev Will is active with anti-racism work within Knox, Richland, and Wayne Counties and throughout the state; he works with the Heritage Universalist groups, including the Universalist Convocation, and Rev Will is active within the Central East Region’s Summer Institute, serving on the ministry/chaplain team for the past three years. Passionate about liberation theological perspectives and eco-feminism, Rev Will advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, anti-racism and economic justice, affirming the worth and dignity of each person, fighting for justice, equity, and compassion in human relations. Rev Will believes that “the foundation of our faith, as Unitarian Universalists, is the Love that we live in our interactions and our daily Social Justice work.”
*Masks are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

Questions For Your Answers
2021-09-29 10:00 - 11:30, 2021-10-27 10:00 - 11:30, 2021-11-24 10:00 - 11:30 | Bob Evans @ Hanley Rd., 30 W. Hanley Rd., Mansfield, OH, 44903, United States
Join us for our monthly meeting at Bob Evans on Hanley Road in Mansfield. There we will discuss life, faith, and anything you want.

Adult RE Book Discussion
2021-10-03 09:00 - 10:00, 2021-10-10 09:00 - 10:00, 2021-10-24 09:00 - 10:00, 2021-10-31 09:00 - 10:00, 2021-11-28 09:00 - 10:00, 2021-12-05 09:00 - 10:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Adult RE
Book Discussion
Sundays 9:00 am
Almost Like Us:
Peoples of the Stone Age
by Ivy Hendy
We will meet downstairs. Masks are requested while in the building.

Elaine Tanner -- My Appalachia
2021-10-03 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Elaine Tanner
Leader: Kristin Ellis
Title: My Appalachia
Topic: Elaine Tanner’s roots run deep in Appalachiaculture-given insight as she exposes the exploration of the people and the lands after centuries of extractive practices in these Appalachian mountain communities.
We will start the program by sharing a short awardwinning documentary film, “Healing in the Holler,” by Andrew Dungras, introducing a decades-long battle she herself has faced challenging the social and environmental complications surrounding the extraction of fossil fuels. Followed by a slide show to expose social and environmental impacts still taking place when regulations fail. After the presentation will be a discussion on where we go from here. We will address programs in place and the future as we see it developing after coal.
There will be an update on local oil and gas development status since Elaine’s last visit and the latest legal update on Ohio’s brine bill.
*Masks are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

Luke Beekman -- Acts of Creation with Mankind Murals
2021-10-10 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Luke Beekman
Leader: Jen Gibson
Title: Acts of Creation with Mankind Murals
Topic: An origin story of the local nonprofit, public arts
mission, and expanding upon our cultural horizons.
*Masks are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

Chris Crews -- The Battle Over Critical Race Theory in Ohio Schools
2021-10-17 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Board Meeting – 9:00 a.m.
Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Chris Crews
Leader: Bambi Gordon
Title: The Battle Over Critical Race Theory in Ohio
Schools
Topic: Like many other states in the country, Ohio is currently in the throes of a heated clash between proponents of racial justice and opponents who deny the realities of systematic racism. Over the past year, Ohio
schools have become the focus of a concerted, national
culture war being waged by white conservatives. In 2021
Critical Race Theory and institutional racism became central topics of public debate, thanks to two pieces of legislation (Ohio House Bills 322 and 327) that will introduce a series of new “divisive concepts” which will be banned
from discussion in Ohio schools, including institutions of higher education like Denison. This talk will focus on the political stakes for educators in Ohio from these two bills, while also critically situating these debates in relation to the deeper history of anti-Black politics in Ohio and the growing danger from white supremacist and religious nationalist movements globally.
*Masks are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

Irv Oslin -- It’s All Downstream from Here
2021-10-24 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Irv Oslin
Leader: Fonda Kendrick
Title: It’s All Downstream from Here
Topic: Irv will discuss the Mohican/Muskingum watersheds and our role here in the headwaters.
*Masks are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

All Souls’ Gambier Service
2021-10-28 19:00 - 20:00 | OH
Join us Thursday, October 28 at 7:00 pm for our Campus Service at Kenyon College
Church of the Holy Spirit
102 College Park Street
Gambier OH 43022
Knox County residents only, please, due to COVID considerations

Rev. Will Humphrey -- More Rituals of Fall
2021-10-31 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m.
Kenya Coin Collection
Time for All Ages
Speaker: Rev. Will Humphrey
Leader: Reed Richmond
Title/Topic: More Rituals of Fall
Bio: Rev. Will Humphrey served two Lutheran (ELCA) congregations as a youth pastor and a Church of Christ congregation as an educator prior to coming to All Souls. Serving as our parish minister, he was ordained with us and has served us since 2015. Rev. Will is bi-vocational, serving also as a public school educator. Rev Will is active with anti-racism work within Knox, Richland, and Wayne Counties and throughout the state; he works with the Heritage Universalist groups, including the Universalist Convocation, and Rev Will is active within the Central East Region’s Summer Institute, serving on the ministry/chaplain team for the past three years. Passionate about liberation theological perspectives and eco-feminism, Rev Will advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, anti-racism and economic justice, affirming the worth and dignity of each person, fighting for justice, equity, and compassion in human relations. Rev Will believes that “the foundation of our faith, as Unitarian Universalists, is the Love that we live in our interactions and our daily Social Justice work.”
*Masks are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

Mark Sebastian Jordan -- Sanctifying the Cathedral of Night
2021-11-07 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Mark Sebastian Jordan
Leader: Brian Moore
“Sanctifying the Cathedral of Night”
Mark Sebastian Jordan speaks on the value of telling dark stories.
Bio: Mark Sebastian Jordan is an Appalachian writer and storyteller.
*Masks are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

Samuel Prince
2021-11-14 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Samuel Prince
Leader: Hayley Young
*Masks are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

Board Meeting
2021-11-21 09:00 - 10:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
All Souls board meeting starting at 9 a.m.
*Masks requested*

Nikki Lewis -- Becoming a Champion for Our Community
2021-11-21 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Nikki Lewis
Leader: Kristen Ellis
Topic – Becoming a Champion for Our Community
Description – Through this presentation I hope to share with others how loving where you live can change not only your life but many others you come across. By getting involved, learning about the “behind the scenes”, and finding a way to impact your community, one person CAN make a difference. As a transplant to Richland County, I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I moved from the big city to small town America. And after all these years, I can’t picture myself living anywhere else.
Bio: Nikki Lewis is a community champion, social justice advocate, and adoption reform defender.
Nikki grew up in a military family which meant moving multiple times, rarely living with family members, learning to easily make friends in new communities, and trying to find her place in the world. It was during these days that Nikki learned that everyone is worth fighting for and she could not sit back and remain a small fish in a big pond.
Nikki is a transplant to Richland County where she quickly learned that small town living is very different from the big cities she was used to. After floundering for a few years, she had that one moment that changed her life. For her, it was receiving a job offer for a local business. This opportunity allowed her the chance to connect to her community in a way that she always hoped for but never knew where to begin.
Since that moment, Nikki has taken her passions and found ways to plug into her community. From sitting on boards of directors, to the creation of impactful programming, to volunteering and mentoring, and being part of groups that have the potential to change the landscape of Richland County. Nikki knows she has found home in Richland County and she wants to play an active role in changing the perception while empowering others to do the same.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

David FitzSimmons - Drones and Doves: Uses, Ethics, & Protections
2021-11-28 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m.
Speaker – David FitzSimmons
Leader – Jen Gibson
Title – “Drones and Doves: Uses, Ethics, & Protections”
Description – Drones are becoming more and more present in our lives. We take a pilot’s view from ground level to 400 feet (and beyond). What is a drone? How can they be useful? What are the dangers? What does the future hold? The challenge: How can we responsibly utilize drones, considering everything from hobbyists and law enforcement to industry and warfare? David will illustrate the talk with his photographs from recent local flights.
Bio – David FitzSimmons is an award-winning photographer and writer. His 20+ children’s books have sold over 200,000 copies and have received more than a dozen national book awards, including the IBPA’s best first picture book (2012) and best picture book (2016). His books include Curious Critters, Curious Critters Volume Two, Curious Critters Marine, Curious Critters Birds, state-focus Curious Critters books (California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia), Animals of Ohio’s Ponds and Vernal Pools, Salamander Dance, and Wakem the Rooster: Up All Night. David’s magazine credits include Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, Professional Photographer, and Shutterbug, among others.
An educator for twenty years, David worked first as high school English teacher and then as a university professor, having instructed at Ashland University, Ohio State University, and Cornell University. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Ohio State, with a specialty in narrative theory—investigating the components of storytelling—something that influences his photography and writing.
Regularly visiting schools, David helps connect children with nature through writing and photography. He is an active leader in the Children & Nature movement.
David presents seminars and workshops to a wide variety of audiences, from public school, college, and university classes to photography groups, nature clubs, and civic organizations. His works have been exhibited at the Roger Tory Peterson
Institute, the National Center for Nature Photography, the Palm Beach Photographic Centre, and the Telluride Photo Festival.
To learn more about David and his award-winning picture books, visit http://www.curious-critters.com
*Mask are requested in the building*
Coffee and Water available after the service downstairs.
Full Fellowship not available at this time.

Christmas Decorating
2021-11-28 12:30 - 14:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Join us after service to help decorate our beautiful building for the Christmas season.
