Rev. Elaine Strawn — “Falling in Love with Christian Cooper”
2024-02-25 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Leader — Reed Richmond
Speaker — Rev. Elaine Strawn
Title — “Falling in Love with Christian Cooper”
Topic — He became famous on that day in Central Park when he asked a woman to leash her dog. But he has much wisdom of nature-most especially birds-and of being gay, African American and male. We are all so complex. On this final Sunday of Black History month, we will look at some of the ways we grow through relationships when we choose love over “othering.”
Bio — Rev. Dr. Elaine served as the settled minister in the UU Fellowship of Wayne County in Wooster for 23 years before semi-retiring. She now co-chairs the regional Commissioned Lay Ministry Council and offers Spiritual Direction to a wide variety of people. Walking, gardening and tai chi keep her grounded and inspired.
Join us downstairs after service for Potluck.
*Masks are requested in the building*

Potluck
2024-02-25 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-03-24 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-04-28 12:00 - 14:00 | All Souls Fellowship Hall, 25 Church St, Bellville, OH, 44813, United States
Join us after service for our end of the month potluck meal. If you are interested in bringing a dish, there will be a sign up list at the church.
We hope to see you there!!!

Questions For Your Answers
2024-02-28 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-03-27 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-04-24 10:00 - 11:30 | Bob Evans @ Hanley Rd., 30 W. Hanley Rd., Mansfield, OH, 44903, United States
Come and be part of our monthly gathering, commencing at 10 a.m.
Location: Bob Evans on Hanley Road in Mansfield.
Join us for discussions on life, faith, and any topics close to your heart.

Rev. Will Humphrey — A Love Beyond Belief
2024-03-03 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Leader — Jacqueline Moore
Speaker — Rev. Will Humphrey
Title — A Love Beyond Belief
Topic — Social justice and activism through our Christian, Muslim and Jewish source traditions
Bio — Serving as our part-time parish minister, he was ordained with us and has served us since 2015. Rev. Will is also the settled minister of East Shore UU Church. 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 four 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.
Join us downstairs after service for coffee and conversation.
*Masks are requested in the building*

ACIM
2024-03-06 18:30 - 20:30, 2024-03-20 18:30 - 20:30, 2024-04-03 18:30 - 20:30 | All Souls Fellowship Hall, 25 Church St, Bellville, OH, 44813, United States
Join Dr. Walter Kania for his bi-monthly class A Course In Miracles
Come down to our church basement at 6:30 p.m.

Wine with Friends
2024-03-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-05-02 19:00 - 21:00 | All Souls Fellowship Hall, 25 Church St, Bellville, OH, 44813, United States
Gather with fellow church members and invite a friend to join us for an enjoyable evening filled with wine and engaging conversations.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Church Basement
Please contribute by bringing a bottle of wine to share or a delightful side dish. A suggested donation of $5 is appreciated.
For additional details, feel free to reach out to Carla Miller.

Ron Boyd — Artificial Intelligence - Hopes and Concerns
2024-03-10 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Leader — Brian Moore
Speaker — Ron Boyd
Title — Artificial Intelligence – Hopes and Concerns
Topic — Ron has been interested in the Subject of Artificial Intelligence for most of his life. Now that it is becoming more of a reality there has been a lot more serious discussion of the hopes of A.I. but also the concerns. Join us as we go on a journey exploring the ethical implications of this emerging technology.
Bio — In 2016 Ron founded his organization Mystic Spirit Presentations which serves to inform, educate, and inspire interested parties throughout Ohio and beyond. He is the past president of Merging Hearts Spiritual Center in Canton Ohio, where he led numerous programs on topics pertaining to spiritual growth, religious education, and environmental education.
Ron attended and served his local UU congregation for over 20 years, a twice past president of his local congregation, and has spoken for numerous UU congregations and religious organizations over the years. He speaks on a variety of topics, drawing from a diverse range of sources. He is a strong advocate for finding solutions for our current environmental issues, and sees this as one of the most critical moral issues we are facing in our time.
Ron sees our values as UU’s lead us into a wider circle that eventually expands to include the entire planet. We do not seek to make others believe exactly like us but rather to become more inclusive in our diversity and acceptance, with the goal of a world community united in the bond of love.
Join us downstairs after service for coffee and conversation.
*Masks are optional in the building, and we fully support individuals’ choices regarding their use.*

UU the Vote Launch Party
2024-03-14 18:30 - 21:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Launch Event: Becoming a 2024 Good Trouble Congregation
Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM)
Location: All Souls UU Church or Zoom from home (Online Event)
Join us for the Launch Event via Zoom as we take the first step towards becoming a 2024 Good Trouble Congregation. Gain insights into the project and start our journey together. Register at the provided link to watch from home or request the recording if you’re unable to attend.
http://bit.ly/UUTV2024Launch
Let’s embark on this meaningful journey together!

Christopher Reynolds — Everyone Born Is A Christ: Astrological Codes In Greek Christianity
2024-03-17 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Leader — Hayley Young
Speaker — Christopher Reynolds
Title — Everyone Born Is A Christ: Astrological Codes In Greek Christianity
Topic — It can be helpful to remember that Christianity began as a path of peace. Christian soldiers posed a problem in the Roman army because they refused to carry weapons. In Alexandria in the first centuries of Christianity, a code for the Christ was developed that integrated the Christian message into the already-existing traditions. A way of writing the name, Jesus, was developed that merged Jesus with words and numbers associated with the sun. Using gematria, where letters can also be read as numbers, Jesus = 888. In Alexandrian cosmology, the numbers associated with the sun are multiples of the number 37 — 111, 222, 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888, 999, etc. In astrology, the center of the personality is the sun that appears in our birth chart. The message is that everyone born is a Christ, even our enemies.
Join Chris Reynolds for this helpful instrument for waging peace and creativity.
Bio — F. Christopher Reynolds, M.Ed., is a singer, teacher and roving shaman. His mission is to sing, to teach, and restore American culture’s relationships with the peoples, the lands, and Ancestors, to help the stars touch the Earth again. He is a singer-songwriter with 20 releases. He is the lead author on the only publications on depth psychology, soul, creativity, and giftedness. He is also published in organic creativity in the language classroom. Chris is the founder of No Man’s Folk. He is a co-founder of archetypal ecology. He is a ritual facilitator and board member for returning veterans with Warriors Journey Home. Learn more at his website: urrealist.com.
Join us downstairs after service for coffee and conversation.
*Masks are optional in the building, and we fully support individuals’ choices regarding their use.*

Spring Equinox Service
2024-03-19 18:00 - 20:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Join Us for Spring Equinox Service!
Date: March 19, 2024
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: All Souls UU Church
Rev. Will Humphrey will lead our Spring Equinox service. You’re invited to join us for an evening of reflection and celebration.
After the service, join us for dinner and conversation at Panchos Tacos on St Rt 97 in Bellville. Let’s continue the fellowship together!
All are welcome! 🌱 #SpringEquinox #Fellowship

Christopher Reynolds — A New Earth and a New Heaven: The Medicine Wheel and Evolutionary Astrology
2024-03-24 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Leader — Jen Gibson
Speaker — Christopher Reynolds
Title — A New Earth and a New Heaven: The Medicine Wheel and Evolutionary Astrology
Topic — In the Ojibwe prophecies, when Western culture merges with the Indigenous and we learn to walk forward together for the good of each other, a green and living path into the future becomes possible. For Americans, this is an invitation to release the supremacy of our national vision. We are being invited through the personal pursuit of happiness into the compassionate pursuit of the happiness of all beings.
Join Chris Reynolds as he shares his field notes on how The Medicine Wheel and Evolutionary Astrology have much to receive from each other. Both instruments can harmonize and perform quite well together.
Bio — F. Christopher Reynolds, M.Ed., is a singer, teacher and roving shaman. His mission is to sing, to teach, and restore American culture’s relationships with the peoples, the lands, and Ancestors, to help the stars touch the Earth again. He is a singer-songwriter with 20 releases. He is the lead author on the only publications on depth psychology, soul, creativity, and giftedness. He is also published in organic creativity in the language classroom. Chris is the founder of No Man’s Folk. He is a co-founder of archetypal ecology. He is a ritual facilitator and board member for returning veterans with Warriors Journey Home. Learn more at his website: urrealist.com
Join us downstairs after service for Potluck.
*Masks are optional in the building, and we fully support individuals’ choices regarding their use.*

Board Meeting
2024-03-31 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-04-28 09:00 - 10:00 | All Souls Fellowship Hall, 25 Church St, Bellville, OH, 44813, United States
All Souls board meeting starting at 9 a.m.
*Masks requested*

JD Stillwater — Magic Recipes: Science and the Profound Meaning of Spring
2024-03-31 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Leader — Reed Richmond
Speaker — JD Stillwater
Title — Magic Recipes: Science and the Profound Meaning of Spring
Topic — Eggs and seeds are quintessential symbols of birth and spring, but did you ever really contemplate the magic that hides inside them? The new science of emergence is like 1+1 = poetry; it’s magic, but also rigorous science, and spring is full of this magical unfolding. The secret is (shhh…) we are that magic, too!
Bio — A graduate of Cornell University, JD Stillwater is a science ambassador and author who writes and speaks about profound insights from natural reality, insights that drive paradigm shifts and cultural awakening. This work springs from JD’s love of science and his gift for making difficult concepts graspable for non-scientists. JD is an officer of the Religious Naturalist Association, a global community of people who take nature to heart, and serves on the governing Council of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science. JD is married (since 1987) with two grown children.
Join us downstairs after service for coffee and conversation.
*Masks are optional in the building, and we fully support individuals’ choices regarding their use.*

Rev. Joan VanBecelaere — Feeding Phony Fears
2024-04-07 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Leader — Bambi Gordon
Speaker — Rev. Joan VanBecelaere
Title — Feeding Phony Fears
Topic — TV, social media, newspapers, and radio all seem to be in the current business of creating, highlighting and spreading fear. Fear of migrants (though we need new legal workers and they pay lots of taxes); fear of reproductive rights, IVF, and contraception (women’s rights); fear of inflation (even though it has been declining for many months); fear of LGBTQ+ folk, marriage equality and trans people (which we know are no threat to families or children); and more. Some are even spreading fear of renewable energy despite the many benefits of non-polluting sources. And a fear of the vaccines that save our lives.
Who is feeding these phony fears and how are these fear mongers benefiting? What impact is the growth of fear having on our lives, our society, economics and politics?
How does this explosion of fear affect our spiritual health and our hope for the future? And what can we do to help stop this spread of phony fear and the pain it causes?
Bio — Rev. Joan Van Becelaere is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister. She has served as the Executive Director of UU Justice Ohio and as a Congregational Life Consultant for the Ohio-Meadville District and the Staff Lead for CERG – the Central East Regional Group. Before holding this position, she was the vice-president for student services at the Iliff School of Theology, Denver CO, where she taught UU polity. She lives in Columbus OH with her spouse, Jerry, and four felines all named after Hebrew Bible prophets and kings.
Join us downstairs after service for coffee and conversation.
*Masks are optional in the building, and we fully support individuals’ choices regarding their use.*

Brian Moore — Oneness-We Are The World
2024-04-14 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Leader — Jacqueline Moore
Speaker — Brian Moore
Title — Oneness-We Are The World
Topic — As we examine the paradoxical nature of life on Earth we can attain comfort with the seemingly incompatible opposites of body and soul, which form the basis of our daily life.
Bio — Brian serves as the Chairman of the Pulpit and Worship Committee at All Souls. Celebrating 30 years of marriage to Jacqueline and embracing life in his 60s, they share their home with 2 cats, 3 dogs, and a vibrant aquarium and pond boasting over 35 fish. Proud parents of two grown children and grandparents to three grandchildren, they find joy in family and music, performing together in the group Tao Bridge. As the dedicated proprietors of Mid-Ohio Supply Co. for four decades, they embody commitment and entrepreneurial spirit. Outside of work, Brian’s passions include gardening, yard work, and culinary adventures. He also nurtures Sacred Stones Mystical Farm as its curator. Since joining All Souls in 2005, Brian finds fulfillment in his Unitarian Universalist faith and cherishes the opportunity to serve the church community.
Join us downstairs after service for coffee and conversation.
*Masks are optional in the building, and we fully support individuals’ choices regarding their use.*

ACIM
2024-04-17 18:30 - 20:30, 2024-05-01 18:30 - 20:30 | All Souls Fellowship Hall, 25 Church St, Bellville, OH, 44813, United States
Discover the transformative teachings of A Course In Miracles in our bi-monthly sessions.
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Church Basement
Unlock the power of spiritual growth and inner peace. All are welcome!

Wendy Bartlett — Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World
2024-04-21 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Leader — Brian Moore
Speaker — Wendy Bartlett
Title — Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World
Topic — Today we explore the roots of our commitment to social justice that comes in part from the Jewish value known as Tikkun Olam.
Bio — Wendy Bartlett is a Quaker who was raised in, and rejoices in, Unitarian Universalist spaces. Wendy graduated from the Unitarian Universalist House of Studies with a Master of Divinity degree in 2021. She is involved with social justice issues including anti-racism and LGBTQ concerns. She lives with her grown-up son, a very old cat, and a grandcat in Fairlawn, Ohio.
Join us downstairs after service for coffee and conversation.
*Masks are optional in the building, and we fully support individuals’ choices regarding their use.*

Rev. Will Humphrey — Transformation and Change
2024-04-28 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Leader — Hayley Young
Speaker — Rev. Will Humphrey
Title — Transformation and Change
Bio — Serving as our part-time parish minister, he was ordained with us and has served us since 2015. Rev. Will is also the settled minister of East Shore UU Church. 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 four 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.
Join us downstairs after service for Potluck.
*Masks are optional in the building, and we fully support individuals’ choices regarding their use.*

Highway Clean Up Day
2024-05-04 09:00 - 14:00 | All Souls Fellowship Hall, 25 Church St, Bellville, OH, 44813, United States
Meet us at All Souls to participate in our bi-annual highway clean up day. We volunteer to clean just over a mile stretch of St Rt 13 south of Bellville.
Children are welcome over the age of 12 with a signed wavier.
Please see Bambi Gordon for more details.
Rain date is May 11th

Rev. Elaine Strawn — "A Few Home Truths"
2024-05-05 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Leader — Cindy Petri
Speaker — Rev. Elaine Strawn
Title — “A Few Home Truths”
Topic — When my African American friends want to sort something out, or call someone into account (including me sometimes) they would share a few Home Truths, another version of speaking a deep truth. It can be a healing thing. This time of division in the world could also be a time of healing if we could share and receive a few Home Truths. (The basis for these reflections comes from Isabel Wilkerson and the film “Origins”).
Bio — Rev. Dr. Elaine served as the settled minister in the UU Fellowship of Wayne County in Wooster for 23 years before semi-retiring. She now co-chairs the regional Commissioned Lay Ministry Council and offers Spiritual Direction to a wide variety of people. Walking, gardening, and tai chi keep her grounded and inspired.
Join us downstairs after service for coffee and conversation.
*Masks are optional in the building, and we fully support individuals’ choices regarding their use.*
