Support for Migrants Under Threat
With the incoming administration promising mass deportations, All Souls' Migrant Solidarity Team plans to join with religious and other nonprofit groups in the Washington D.C. region in mobilizing support for our undocumented neighbors. Meanwhile, the all-volunteer Food Justice DMV, co-founded by All Souls' Denise Woods, is seeking volunteers in anticipation of increased demand for food deliveries from immigrant families afraid to leave their homes.
UPDATE: Reliable Transportation and Employment for Afghan Family
Mohammad Mukhtar Karimi, whose Afghan family has resettled with help from the Migrant Solidarity Team, has a good lead on a construction related job if he gets a vehicle to take him to job sites.
Get Involved with the Pastoral Associate Program
Pastoral associates help us be a caring community, through one-to-one connections with those who are physically isolated, receiving medical care, in decline, or going through a hard life transition. This is pastoral care – a ministry of presence and support.
Matching Up Covenant Groups is Underway
A great way to live into our mission and values is by covenanting with fellow members to share joys and sorrows, beliefs and struggles, through gathering in sacred spaces. Covenant Groups allow small groups (7-12 members) to commit to meeting regularly (October - May) for sharing, listening, building relationships and deepening spirits.
Courtyard Re-design: Your Feedback is Requested
In preparation for the Design Charette on Sunday, September 15, the Building Team is gathering feedback and ideas from the congregation. Please let us know your ideas on what is important to you for the redesign of the courtyard, the green heart of our community.
Developmental Ministry Launch Week is Here! Join Us August 24 - Sept 1, 2024
This developmental ministry is not about a single minister. Rather, it is about our entire congregation. We hope that you will join us as we “launch” our collective developmental ministry.
Why a Fence? Why Now?
As an urban congregation, All Souls is in relationship with a wide range of individuals and groups in the surrounding community. In all we do, we seek to bring our Unitarian Universalist values of compassion, equity, and justice alongside the practical concerns of maintaining our building for community use. Learn more about why weare installing the fence near the 16th Street entrance.
UU the Vote Fall 2024 Events
UU the Vote has released a calendar of events for the DMV region for the weeks leading up to the 2024 General Election.We invite everyone to plug in wherever possible. There are events almost every day.
Interested in Participating in or Facilitating a Covenant Group this Fall?
As we work this year toward expanding covenant groups, we are reaching out to you—if you are now, or have been, a participant or facilitator of covenant group or other small group ministry, please join us for a listening session about your experience–what works, what needs support, and more. We want to hear from you.
Weekly Guided Phone Bank: North Carolina Pledge to Vote
Every Tuesday in August from 6-8 PM, we are calling Black voters in North Carolina with The Center for Common Ground, following-up on postcards we sent in the spring, encouraging the people of Mecklenburg County to vote, providing resources that make it easy to check where they are registered, and asking them to get their friends and family involved.