All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church

Board Meeting
2019-03-17 09:00 - 10:00, 2019-01-20 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813

Buddhist Weekly Sunday Sit
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

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.

Adult RE
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.

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.

Questions for Your Answers
2019-01-30 10:00 - 11:00, 2018-12-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2018-10-31 10:00 - 11:00 | Bob Evans @ Hanley Rd., 30 W. Hanley Rd., Mansfield, OH, 44903, United States

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

Potluck
2019-01-27 11:30 - 12:30, 2018-12-30 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

Speaker: Dr. Walter Kania
2019-01-13 10:30 - 11:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Title: Healing My Self: The Answer Lies Within
Topic: Healing is a process that occurs within who we are. It is impacted by many factors. While we may receive assistance from external sources, all of the healing dynamics and actions are transpiring on the inside of who we are. Our thoughts, intentions, emotions, beliefs, and attitudes are the critical factors in how and or whether healing occurs. Unless exit points in our lives interfere these are critical factors. Are healing and curing identical? What do placebos tell us about minds and healing? Is there a role of importance for Spirituality in healing? Epigenetics, the New Biology, provides us with some new scientific insights.
Leader: Brian Moore
Music: Trio

Speaker: Dwayne Smith
2019-01-06 10:30 - 11:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Title: Parallel Universes: One Young Evangelical’s Experience of Being Caught in a Time Warp
Topic: This presentation is a series of three fictional short stories featuring 11-year-old Gene Montgomery, of Wichita, Kansas, in January 1967. On the day after Thanksgiving 1966, Gene awakens to a shocking awareness—his older brothers are missing, and no one even remembers them except him. He is mystified and devastated. However, as time progresses he learns that they are still alive but that he, or they, are caught in parallel universes, and they are 50 years ahead of him in 2016/2017. As a fervently committed Evangelical he is shocked at what he learns is going on 50 years in the future of his beloved country, and some of the things that are being supported by his people (the Evangelicals) and his family’s political party (the Republicans). Gene goes about trying to respond to his loss, attempting to communicate with his brothers (50 years in the future), confessing to some of his own errors and mistakes that he makes along the way, and trying to make sense out of what is happening with his people. All is written from a rather simplistic, and always humorous, 11-year-old perspective.
Leader: Reed Richmond
Music: Shelley Mauk

Song & Meditation Service
2018-12-30 10:30 - 11:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Speaker: Pastor William Humphrey
Leader: Joan Richmond
Music: Trio

Candle Lighting Service
2018-12-24 19:00 - 20:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813

"Love"
2018-12-23 10:30 - 11:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Speaker: Pastor William Humphrey
Title: Love
Topic: To cultivate a love that illuminates our path.
Leader: Hayley Young – Advent candle of Peace
Music: Shelley Mauk

Beer & Hymns
2018-12-19 19:00 - 21:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Feel free to bring beer/wine and cheese/appetizers to share after a Christmas carol sing-along.

Knit & Crochet Group
2018-10-31 18:00 - 19:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
For experienced knitters or crocheters, feel free to bring a project you’re already working on, or a new one you’d like to start. One of our goals is to make some items for a local homeless shelter, so if you’d like to make a hat or scarf to donate, that would be great.

For anyone wanting to learn to knit:
Sandy will be helping to get you started. (Thank you for being our knitting instructor, Sandy!)

Please bring with you:

A set of size 8 knitting needles (single-pointed). If you have the option of longer or shorter needles, go for the shorter (10-inch).
Worsted weight yarn (A lighter color makes it easier for beginners to see the stitches.) “Red Heart” is a great, easy-to-find, and economically-priced brand.
A pair of scissors
A bag to carry everything in

For anyone wanting to learn to crochet:
Please bring with you:

A size “H” crochet hook (some people prefer a hook with a bigger handle grip for comfort)
Worsted weight yarn (A lighter color makes it easier for beginners to see the stitches.) “Red Heart” is a great, easy-to-find, and economically-priced brand.
A pair of scissors
A bag to carry everything in

Halloween 2018
2018-10-31 | Ohio

Planned Parenthood Parenting Circle
2018-10-30 18:30 - 20:30 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
This program provides a safe place for adults to review opportunities and practices of sexual health communications with their youngsters. This is to help parents and guardians talk about sexuality and sex-health with children at all ages. Meals will be provided by Planned Parenthood.
Please RSVP to allsoulsohio@gmail.com and list the date(s) you are planning to attend.

Overcoming Racism: A Knox County Discussion
2018-10-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Ohio
The book we will be looking at is Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey
from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League by Dan-el Padilla Peralta. This book has been selected to look at racism in different ways, noting our intersectionality as well as hearing a voice that we have yet to acknowledge in these classes.

Bike Ride -- October 2018
2018-10-28 12:00 - 13:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813

Potluck -- October 2018
2018-10-28 11:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
