All Souls Church

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Sundays at 11:15 a.m.
Summer Worship Series
in Reidy Friendship Hall
From the Minister of Music
Dear Friends,
I am overwhelmed by the very
touching remarks regarding my
work at All Souls as your Minister
of Music for 38 years. The hundreds
of notes, cards, letters, emails and
personal conversations with so
many of you make it impossible for
me to thank each of you personally.
And, I am humbled and grateful for the incredible
parties, dinners, tributes and gifts these past 17 months.
I also wish to express my gratitude for the artistic
environment created for me by the three senior ministers
during my tenure - Walter Kring, Forrest Church and,
of course, Galen Guengerich. The confidence in my
work by the ministers and the members of this great
congregation has allowed me to build 2 choirs, our
highly acclaimed Music Viva choral/orchestral concert
series, exciting Easter and Christmas Eve services,
recitals on our marvelous Holtkamp organ, and special
music services on particular Sunday mornings.
The range of music opportunities has been extraordinary.
From the loft, the front of the sanctuary, and even
“surround sound” placements our choirs have sung
music of the great historic choral traditions, and
exquisite arrangements of folk songs, African/American
spirituals, Revivalist tunes, and Shaker music.
(see page 3 for details)
July 6
Lissa Anne Gundlach
July 13
Lissa Anne Gundlach
July 20 Pamela Patton
July 27
The Hub
August 3
Blanca Rodriguez
August 10
Lissa Anne Gundlach
August 17
Lissa Anne Gundlach
August 24
David McClean
August 31
Daniel Gregoire
My thanks and love to to all of you - the congregation,
the ministers, the staff and choirs of All Souls. What a
marvelous 38 years it has been!
These meditations are a daily spiritual practice
to help spark our moral imagination and set our
moral compass as individuals (Emerson called it
“provocative reading”). It can also help establish
a common spiritual conversation that will further
unite us as a community of faith. Sign up at www.
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meditations by email.
With love and gratitude,
Walter Klauss
Minister of Music
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Board of Trustees
From the Executive Director
E
ach July, after the church year
ends and the fiscal year comes
to a close, it can mean time for some
relaxing sunny days. For some of us
at All Souls it also means something
else… it is time to be audited by
the external firm that the Auditing
Committee engages.
Dear Friends,
At our June 8 finance dialogue, the
congregation affirmed through a show
of hands our 2014-15 preliminary
budget of $2.85 million which the board
approved in May. Some key highlights are:
• For the third consecutive year, we are
projecting to raise $1.35 million through
our church stewardship efforts.
• Borrowings for capital expenditures are projected to be
$0.39 million, which will increase the total outstanding loan
from our endowment to a hefty $0.87 million.
• We will be increasing our UUA fair share contribution by 25%.
To undergo our audit, we must ensure
our financial and personnel records are accurate; our
finances are in good order; and that we are maintaining
appropriate fiscal controls. The auditing firm provides
us with an exhaustive list of documentation we must
make available, sets up shop in our offices for at least
a week to randomly review our files, and interviews
essential staff. While the process is time-consuming and
in some senses invasive, undergoing an external audit is
an important component to ensuring that we as a church
are being proper stewards of the congregation’s assets.
The board would like to thank our fellow Finance Committee
members for all their dedication and hard work: Eric Lamm,
Chair; Marilyn Collins; Paige Daly; Heidi DuBois; Ricardo
Mestres; Melanie Niemiec; Larry Reina; Olumide Wilkey;
Elizabeth Wahab as Treasurer; Galen Guengerich as Senior
Minister; and Susan Lambiase as Executive Director.
Summer is also the time that church staff takes stock
of the needs of our physical space to freshen up and
make repairs as needed. For those of you who are away
in summer, you may or may not notice the difference
in All Souls when you return in September, but rest
assured that staff is taking care of business to ensure
your return is as welcoming as possible.
You will be hearing more soon from the Stewardship
Steering Committee about making - and, if possible,
increasing - your upcoming pledge to All Souls, as we
hope to exceed our $1.35 million fundraising goal this
coming year. Additionally, the board is in the initial stages
of planning a capital campaign that is essential to repay
the $0.87 million loan from our endowment, to undertake
necessary improvements to our building, and to ensure All
Souls remains financially healthy. So fundraising will be a
frequent topic in the year ahead! Your generosity is truly
appreciated. We all share the responsibility of ensuring our
home is in good financial shape.
I would like to take a moment to publicly thank all our
staff, who day in and day out to make All Souls run well
and who do all they can to quietly and professionally
meet the many and varied needs of our congregation. We
have an amazing and dedicated team and I am grateful
every day for everyone’s significant contributions.
Have you thanked a staff member recently?
At the monthly board meeting in June, the board reviewed two
new policies required by New York State: a Whistleblower
Policy and a Conflict of Interest Policy. The final versions of
the policies will be available soon in the Member Materials
section of All Souls’ website.
Wishing you many relaxing sunny days!
Peace,
The board would like to give special thanks to Winifred
Olsen, Board Secretary, and Erika Mikkelsen Halford,
Assistant Board Secretary. Their volunteer service plays
a crucial role in the board’s work. The minutes of board
meetings they produce are available in the Member Materials
section of the website and are posted monthly in Reidy
Friendship Hall.
Susan Lambiase
Executive Director
Our next board meeting is Tuesday, July 8th, at 7 p.m.
with discussion continuing on the board’s governance and
oversight roles. Everyone is invited to attend!
Have a splendid summer!
Victor Fidel
President of the Board of Trustees
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September Bulletin Deadline: August 20
Please send submissions to [email protected].
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WORSHIP AND MUSIC
Join us for Summer Worship Series at All Souls
Sundays at 11:15 am in Reidy Friendship Hall
From June 22nd through Labor Day, join us for our
Summer Worship Series, featuring uplifting messages
and music led by our dynamic team of All Souls ministers, staff, guests and Lay Worship Associates. Come for
the moving messages and the uplifting music from our
Musica Viva choir soloists. See you in church this summer! For questions about summer worship, please email
Rev. Lissa Anne Gundlach at [email protected] or
call 212-535-5530
July 20: Stand Still
w/ Pamela Patton, 2013-14 student minister
“Stand Still.” The phrase evokes many
possible meanings. We stand still perhaps because we hope to go unnoticed.
Or because we hope to stop time. On
the other hand, we may stand still
because we hope to find peace by fully
embracing the present. My sermon
will relate the interpretations of standing still to the fears
that can inhibit our spirituality. I will include a guided
meditation to illustrate the power of being present.
July 27: The Hub: (My) Sacred Space
with the Hub Team
The Hub hopes to create a place
for deeper spiritual and social
connections through music,
storytelling and conversation.
Join the Hub team for a Sundaymorning installment of this
monthly lay-led worship series,
exploring the experience of sacred space in our lives. Send
an email to [email protected] to receive monthly
invitations.
Read biographies of our summer worship leaders
and guest musicians at
www.allsoulsnyc.org/summer_worship_leaders
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August 3: Toward a Theology of
Migration Rights: Incarnational
Siding With the Strangers In Our
Midst with Blanca Rodriguez
In this sermon I will explore how we
stand with the undocumented migrant
as countercultural witnesses to such harmful dominant
ideologies as that of cultural superiority, racism, and law
and order. I will examine a global neoliberal capitalism
that elevates above all the right of the free flow across
borders of cheaply made products at maximum profit for
corporate entities and yet denies the basic human right to
migrate in order to fulfill the duty to feed one’s family and
survive with basic security, self-worth and dignity.
August 24: Why We Need a “Theialogy” of
Magnanimity, Now
with David McClean
Many Unitarian Universalists seem
stuck in some decades-old debates
concerning “big picture” matters. Even
when unspoken, the debates remain in the backs of our
minds. This has, to some degree, hampered our growth,
has truncated discourse, and has contributed to corrosive
tensions among Unitarian Universalists themselves. There
is a way out, and it is rooted in the best thinking in ethics
and the religious traditions that inform our movement.
The answer is not settling the debates in favor of one
side or the other, but rather it entails transcending those
debates. This can be done by adopting a Theology of
Magnanimity, by moving beyond binary thinking (GodNo God; Naturalism-Transcendence; Progress-Tradition;
Inwardness-Action, etc.), and by moving beyond the
notion that our efforts are best expressed by the appellation
“liberal religion.”
August 31: “Choosing the Impossible”
A personal reflection on Gratitude in the midst
of life’s challenges and opportunities
with Daniel Gregoire
I will be marking a very important birthday
in the coming days and I want to share with
you the insights gleaned from navigating
difficult anniversaries. We have all had
experiences that challenge us and the
approach we choose makes all the difference.
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Summer Music
Dear Friends,
Adult Education
Thursdays, July 10, 17 and 24 in the Forrest
Church Gallery at 7:30 p.m.
All Souls: In the Beginning... with Mary-Ella Holst
I am honored to be serving as the
Interim Music Director for All Souls.
We have an exciting year ahead and
I look forward to a dialogue with
the congregation as we continue the
wonderful musical legacy of Walter
Klauss who has inspired us all on so
many levels.
As the 2019 200th Bicentennial of this congregation
approaches we will look at New York City in the early
19th century, the issues of the day, and three of our earliest
members, all of whom would become important literary
figures.
If you have ever wondered about the experience of
singing in a choir at All Souls, I invite you to join us on
August 3rd for a Community Choir Sunday. No prior
experience is necessary, and everyone is welcome to
the 10am rehearsal that morning when we will work on
an anthem for the 11:15 service. After the service we’ll
meet to discuss plans for the coming year.
We have a full slate of vocal soloists and pianists for
our summer services, and being downstairs in Reidy
Friendship Hall gives us a chance to interact with
congregants and present varied repertoire.
You’ll be hearing much more about our plans, but as
always the All Souls choir will return in September for
Sunday worship services. Musica Viva will present a
full season of concerts: three choral concerts from the
perspective of Women of Note, and an organ recital
by Wally Klauss. The Children’s and Youth Choir will
continue to grow under the direction of Alden Gatt, and
we’ll again have special services with instruments for
Christmas Eve and Easter.
July 10: Rev. William Ware: first minister of the
congregation, who moved on to become a popular novelist.
July 17: Catherine Maria Sedgwick: acknowledged as the
first woman to become a leading novelist of her generation.
July 24: William Cullen Bryant, earliest American to be
recognized as an historically important poet as well as
publisher of the influential New York Post for 40 years.
Mary-Ella Holst is Director of Religious Education
emerita at All Souls, as well as a poet and historical
scholar. A frequent contributor to the Adult Education
program, she has conducted series the previous four
summers; exploring the writings of Virginia Woolf and
Elizabeth Gaskell, and the Unitarian Universalist roles
in responding to the Holocaust and leading the women’s
rights movement. A founder of the All Souls Historical
Society, she is the author of a biography of Walter Klauss,
written in honor of his 25th anniversary as Minister
of Music (available at the All Souls book table during
Sunday coffee hour), and of a volume of poetry, Beyond
Dreams of Rescue.
Wally is leaving big shoes to fill, but luckily there will
be a multitude of us standing together in those shoes!
I am grateful to the choir members who are a most
wonderful family, the clergy and staff including Music
Department Administrator Julie Brannan, and especially
the congregation of this amazing church.
Thank you,
Misa Iwama
Interim Music Director
Visit All Souls on the web at
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Stewardship
A
t the time of this writing, we
don’t know the final stewardship
numbers, but my fingers are crossed
that we’ll reach our $1,350,000 goal.
Although I can’t speak yet to how we
did financially, I can speak to how well
we did coming together as a community
on our fundraising. As of June 23rd, 839
individuals and families participated in
this effort. We did great! Here’s why:
• A New Comfort Level. As a congregation, we’re
talking more about money. We’re also talking more
about why we love All Souls and why we give. We’re
appreciating our personal ownership of this church and
developing a culture of generosity in response.
• Fabulous Volunteers. During the fall 2013 and spring
2014 about 60 volunteers reached out to members
and friends of the congregation asking them for a
contribution. Volunteers were touched by your stories
of what All Souls means to you and your generous
responses.
• A Matching Gift Challenge. Anonymous donors
created a fundraising challenge that pulled us together to
reach a common goal. First-time givers joined existing
donors – many of whom gave again – to enthusiastically
rise to the challenge and earn the full $100,000 grant by
the end of May. And it was fun!
• Staff Work to Reach out to Members. There was a
concerted effort to reach out to members in our database
who have not contributed recently to confirm their All
Souls status. We got many responses to our request for
updated information. In addition, tailored stewardship
emails were sent to special segments of our All Souls
community.
Through all of these efforts we have demonstrated how
much we can accomplish as a loving, nurturing All
Souls community.
Our 2014-15 stewardship campaign begins soon. We
hope to exceed our $1,350,000 fundraising goal next
year with your help.
Have a very happy summer, and thanks to each of you
for what you bring to All Souls.
Marilyn Collins,
Stewardship Chair, Stewardship Steering Committee
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Gifts were given this year in memory of
Cecelia Eisenberg
by Joan Eisenberg
Dorothea Hazard
by Carolyn Warner
Linda Lake
by her son, Christopher Lake
Winifred & David Mackil by Alina Larson
Betsy Means
by David and Jana Strauss Kleiser
Jodi McQueen
by her husband, Angus McQueen
Hector Phelps, Jr.
by Marilynn Scott Murphy
David Pomrinse
by his wife, Kay Pomrinse
Francener Johnson Sanders by Lynne Murphy-Rivera
Eugene Staples
by Judith Staples
C. Garrick Utley
by his wife, Gertje Utley
Eleanore and John Zeltin by their son, John Zeltin
in bequest by
Louis W. Bowen Jane S. Hart
Gifford Phillips
Eleanor S. Wallstein
Lynn Darsh
Marybeth Bass Lareau
Marion J. Stano
and in honor of
David Beckett
by Donna Drewes
Adelaide Joyce Benadaret by Malou Babilonia
William George Berna by Benjamin Berna
Catherine Eaks
by Leah Wilson
Galen Guengerich
by Patricia Main; Charlotte Porter; Kathy Szaj; Joan Rollins Tropp; and Antoinette LaBelle
Guillermo Gutierrez
by his mother, Suzie Syta Gutierrez
Dave & Priscilla Holbrook by Jack Koch
Marion C. Kehoe
by Jane Kehoe Higgins
The Kimble Family
by Elizabeth Fey
Walter Klauss
by Katherine Redd; by Alice Jackson
Claire Rousseau
by her daughter, Linda Rousseau
Peter Oppenheimer
by his father, Michael Oppenheimer
Richard A. Stuart
by Preston Stuart
All Souls Board Trustees by Victor Fidel
Friday Soup
by Judith A. Whitbeck
Sundown
by Judith McCathern
Young Adults
by Caroline Erickson, William Bailey, and Kelly Schaffer
and in thanks for hosting the youth of the UU-UNO Spring
Seminar by Nicole Tiedeman
We also thank and acknowledge the volunteers caring for our
grounds and buildings:
C. William Bechman for his care of the AIDS Memorial Garden
Alfred & Deborah Buresh Jackson for their care of the front garden
Alice Jackson for her maintenance of the sanctuary pews
Chris Lockwood for the flower arrangements at the back of the sanctuary
Monday Night Hospitality & George Collins for the new stove in the kitchen
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All Souls’ Fiscal Year 2013-14 Stewards
All Souls expresses our sincere gratitude to our members and friends who contributed to the
financial well-being of the church this year.*
*(as of June 15, 2014)
Andrew Abrams
Nancy and Anthony Accetta
Susan Ackerman
Margot Adler
Sylvia and Edward Agostini
Sarah Ahearn
Liliane Akyali
Sabrina Alano
Phyllis Albritton
Robert & Amanda M. Allan
Lorraine Allen
Mariette Pathy Allen
Mark Allen
Jane Michel Alwais
Elisabeth Ames
Damon Anderson
Paul Annacone
Anonymous
Andrea Arevalo
Heidi Armbruster
Jennifer Arnold
John and Mary Arnold
Khalilah Fatima Arrington
Holly Atkinson &
Galen Guengerich
Nina Augello & Steven Miller
Beverly Awbrey
Malou Babilonia
Nancy Bacher & Dewitte Kersh
James Backmon
Martha and Robert Badger
William and Jill Bailey
David Baker & Lois Gaeta
Mila and Clarence Baker
Maria Baldo
Townsend and Amanda Baldwin
Mia Banner
Thurstan Bannister
Maureen Barrera
W. Scott Bartlett
Arlene Bartlow
Theresa Bartol
Brad Bateman
Janice Bayer
C. William Bechman
Linda and Jeremy Beck
Melinda and Peter Beck
Eugene Becker &
Mary Ellen Bowles
Linda Becker
Christina Bellamy
M. Lou Benard
Marianne Benjamin
Alan H. Bennett
Christine Berger
Benjamin and Jamie Berna
Daniel and Barbara Beshers
Ellen Biancaniello
Cynthia Bianchi & Bill Wenkert
Irene Bick & Ted Kister
Kevin Billet
Christina Black
Evalyn Bladstrom
Walter C. Bladstrom
Emily Blake
Peggy and David Block
Thomas & Heli R.F. Blum
Holly Bodman
Renee Boicourt
Valerie Bonanno
Robin Bossert
Michelle Boston
Miriam and Michael Boublik
Stacey Bowen
Lisa Bowers
John Bowman & Sandra Robishaw
Sara Bracken
Anne S. Bradley
Matt Brandenburgh
Catherine and Robert Brawer
Laura Breslaw &
David Kochanowsky
Anne Brewer
Louise and Mark Brockett
Lois Broderick
Teresa Brooks
Nora Brossard
Anthony Brown & Dallas Miller
Deborah Brown
Joan C. Brown
Stillman Brown & Meg Raftis
Thomas Brown
Valerie Brown
Willard Brown
Kathy and Dean Bryan
Kristine Bryan
Jennie Bucove & Timothy Bartley
Patrick Burke
Jack Burkhalter & Larry Chanen
Brigitte Buss
James Buttenwieser
Kim Calder
Barbara and Robert Callahan
Serena Canin
Natalia and Robert Carin
Robert & Jennifer Rogers Carlock
Eleanor Carothers
Julie and John Casesa
Kathryn & Gideon Cashman
Peter Casperson
Tim Castle
Joanne Ceraso & Jon Steinlauf
Jane Chang & Jeffrey Kvaal
Judy Chang
Anna Chapin
Miles Chapin
Wid Chapman
Ravi Chawla
Shu-Wie Chen
Arlene Cherry
Annie R. Childs
Judith Cholst
Andrea Christensen
Sandra & Thomas Christie
Ismael & Carol Ciancutti-Leyva
Jean Clarkson & Jonathan Stutz
Patricia Clary & Bernard Condon
Michael Clifford & Robert Levy
Sylvia and Leslie Cline
Jerry & Sylvie Gillard Cohen
Diana and Kenneth Cohn
Regina and Derek Cohn
Lois Coleman
Neil and Jean Coleman
Marilyn and George Collins
Jane Colvin
John Travis Compton
James Cone
Catherine Corkill
Rosina Cotruzzola
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Elinor Cotts
Ruth and Jonathan Cox
Tom Creacy
Todd Crider
Lynn Crimando
Diane Crothers
Allison and Bill Cryer
Dixie Goss & Dan Cryer
Merrill Csuri
Meral Cultu
Helen Cunningham
Lucie E. Curtiss
Barbara Cutney
Karen Dahle
Rick and Elizabeth Daly-Torres
Joan Daniels
Maria Danzilo & Richard Lehv
James Darby
Sheila Darnborough
Valorie Dawson
Andre and Judith de Zanger
Barbara Deakin
Anne and Donald Dean
Stephen & Paige Daly DeBlasi
Nancy Deering
Dennis DeForge & Chris Galas
Olga DeGouttes
David and Rebecca DeLaet
Marie deLucia & Lee Solot
Cynthia deLuise & Klaus Lessnau
Alex Demac
Amanda Devereux
John Devol
Lorena and Raymond Diaz
Anastasia and Michael Didier
Donna and Greg DiFelice
Christine Dillon
Paul DiMauro
Sheila Dines
Sandra and Rodger DiPasca
Cornelia Do
Lotus Do
Winifred Donoghue & Milo Chan
George Dorsey
Robert Dottin
Patricia Dougherty
Sarah Dowson
Anne E. Draper
Robert Drescher
Eleanor H. Drew
Donna Drewes
Heidi and Nicholas DuBois
Mary Dugan
Karen L Duncan
Stacy and Jonathan Duquette
Linda Eisen
Joan Iris Eisenberg
Stuart & Marilyn Hoffman Eisenkraft
Sandra Ekberg
Avis Ellis
Desiree Elsevier
Carol Emmerling
John Ennis
Caroline Erickson
Melike and Yavuz Erkan
David Erlanger & Jean Witter
Jeffrey Escobar & Elizabeth Erickson
Gary Essig & Denise Nassisi
Mark Ewert
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Randy Ezratty & JoAnn Corkran
Mary Ellen Fahs
Carol Farbar
Nelson Farber
Hanne Favelukes
Brian Fechtel
Margot Feely
Amy Feezor
Roger Feffer & Nick Abrams
Brent Feigenbaum
Jerald Fessenden
Elizabeth Fey
Heather Floyd & Victor Fidel
Sandra Lotz Fisher
Jessica and Winston Fisher
Laurel Fitts
Bernard FitzGerald, Jr.
Thomas FitzGerald
Bill & Tracy Fitzpatrick
Dean & Alice B Fjelstul
Joan Flesch
Linda and Peter Floyd
Sahm Forbes
Nancy and Richard Ford
Susan and Allan Forsyth
Malinda Foy
Larry and Frederica Frager
Emily Jayne Frail
Lillian Framulare
Douglas Warner Frank
Nancy Frank
Linda and Paul Frank
Rita Frank
Laura Fratt & Michael Isby
David Freiman & Ann Beirne
Sarasue French
Marjory and Jeffrey Friedlander
Christine Jowers & Rob Friedman
Carmen Cook & Peter Fusaro
Dominic Gadoury &
Jeffery Patterson
Barbara Gallay
Michael Galvin
Marie Gangi
Laurel Colvin & Fred Garcia
Anne Garonzik
Mary Geissman
Lisa Gennetian & Ramsey Shehadeh
Paula Gerden
Jan Gero
John Gibbons
Nancy Gilbert & Richard Wines
Susan and Andrew Gilbert
Jonathan Giles
Clarisse Gillcrist
Elena Gillcrist
Rae and Robert Gilson
Evelynn Gioiella
Kristina M. Gitterman
Melissa Givey & Nathan Thompson
Kristin Glass & Banks Pappas
Samuel Gloyd
Donald and Georgia Gogel
Geddes & Ellen Correia Golay
Robin and Stuart Goldblatt
Robert Goldblum & Alynne Wesson
Suzanne Goldhirsch
Yvette Gonick
Priscilla Gonzalez-Alicea
Heather Goodell
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All Souls’ Fiscal Year 2013-14 Stewards
All Souls expresses our sincere gratitude to our members and friends who contributed to the
financial well-being of the church this year.*
*(as of June 15, 2014)
Christine Goodwin
Hugh Gordon
Erin and Jennifer Gore
Lorraine Gracey
Kaaren Gray
Lowell and Max Green
Peter and Carin Zakes-Green
Mary Gundermann
Suzie Syta Gutierrez
Eric Haas
Mary Haggerty
Michael & Erika
Mikkelsen Halford
Karis Hall
Aaron & Sarah Hamburger
Thomas Hamill
Linda Hamilton
Steven A. Hammond
Leah Hanlon
Kumiko and Sean Harley
Gloria Harper
Kelly and Franklin Harris
Susan C. Harris
Judith Harrison & Brian Jarvis
Edward Harsh &
Margaret Kampmeier
Ann and Peter Harsham
Amy Hart
Mallory Dorn Hart
Jack Hartog
Iris & Crawford T. Harvie
Marion and John Harwick
Elizabeth A. Hauck
Mary and Peter Havholm
Vilia Hayes
Pamela L. Healey
Susan Heath
Alice Heminway & Erik Resurreccion
Cherie Henderson & David Poppe
Vanessa Henderson
Herbert Henryson
Laura Hepler & Trent Tappe
Jonina Herter & Norman Gay
Lorraine Hiatt
Kevin & Jane Kehoe Higgins
Susan Hoehn
Gloria and Richard Honeck
Arthur Hopkirk
Marcia Horenstein
Benjamin Horst
Barbara and Everold Hosein
Phoebe Hoss
Ann Hossler
Kim Howie
Amy Hughes
Hollis Huston
Elizabeth Hutchinson
Mary Anne Hyde
Aaron and Christina Isaksen
Kathy Ishizuka & Tom Drysdale
Dana Ivey
Deborah and Alfred Jackson
Alice Jackson
Carolyn Jackson & Michael Haviken
Estrella Jacobowitz
Gunleif Jacobsen
Nancy Jacobson
Nancy Jaicks
Laurie Jakobsen & Mac Randall
Odette Janavel
Michele Jawin
Marlene Jeenel
Christie Jeffers
Esther & Jorgen Jensen
Jamie and Paul Jensen
Linda Jensen
Virginia Joffe
Vi and Bob Johnson
Bonnie Johnson
James Johnson
Kerry Johnson
Laura Johnson
Janice Johnston
Dawn and Carson Jones
Cynthia and Robert Jones
Beryl Jones-Woodin
Katherine and Frederick Joseph
Jeffrey & Sayuri Kaczynski
Harold and Beverlee Kaminetzky
Steve Kaminski
Patricia and David Katz
Theresa and Peter Kaufman
Darcy Kay
Rita Kay
Mary Keane
Timothy Kelley
Joseph Kelly, Jr.
Laird Kelly & Susan Lawrence
Lisa and Seamus Kennedy
Alice Kenner
Janice Keuhnelian
Ali Keyhani
Virginia Kindred & Markus Kraebber
Heather King
Janet and Jeffrey Kinstler
Justine Kirby
Lynne Kirby & Neil Sieling
Derek and Lisa Kirkland
Richard & Carol Kirkman Berman
Jana and David Kleiser
Douglas and Mary Jane Knight
Bruce Knotts & Isaac Humphrie
Jack H Koch
Steven and Melinda Koenig
Orin Kotula
Christie Noelle Krase
Elana and Steven Krieger
Ruth Kunin
Elaine and Lee Kurman
Yangnim and Larry Kurz
Patricia Kusnick
Cory Labanow
Antoinette LaBelle
Theresa & Stephanie Spahr LaFroscia
Christopher Lake
Beth Lambert
Susan Lambiase
Eric Lamm & Marye Elmlinger
Patricia Landry & Greg Cram
Mary Ann Lang
Erin Langus
Linda Larkin
Alina Larson & Thomas Kraemer
Stephen Lash
Ariana French & Paul Lawrence
Will & Stacey Lawrence Lee
Rachel and Mackie LeFevre-Snee
April Leithleiter
Anca and Jeffrey Lemler
Richard Leonard
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Alex Lesman & Laurel Edmundson
William Lesman
James and Louise Lessersohn
Jane Levenson
Deborah and Peter Lewine
Shu Chin Li
Mark Lichty
John and Millie Santiago-Liebmann
John Lieff
Sarah Lincoln-Harrison
Jessica and Michael Linderman
Scott Lippstreu & Jessica Golden
Susan Littlefield
Chris Lockwood & John Boone
Steven Loeshelle & Geri Rosenberger
Heather Lindstrom & Kevin Logan
Margaret Logan & Charles Coulter
Susan Logan & Noel Para
Karim Lopez-Maekawa
Elena and Edward Lord
Kathy Mulligan Lord
Gregory and Caroline Lorenz
Jean and Jim Lotz
Christina Louis
Ruth and William Lubic
MaryAnn Ludwig
Neora Luria
Joanne Lyman
Virginia Lyon
Robert and Cassandra Lyster
Margaret MacCary
Carol D. Mackay
Charles Mackenzie
Gretchen Mackenzie
Pat and Michael Magdol
Patricia Main
Leila Maldonado
Laura Manos-Hey
Michael & Aimee Mareneck
Hannah and Donald Marks
Carol Marquardt
Edward and Hadley Marshall
Sarah Marshall & Phil Triolo
Corey Martin & Rocco Forgione
Carlos Martinez
Anne and Kresimir Marusic
Maureen D. Marwick
Tiha Masciulli
Christine Mastro & Frank Gallipoli
Maura & David May
Suzanne May
Angie McAllister & Austin Dacey
Carolyn and Stephen McCandless
Jerry McCathern
Judith McCathern
Janet and Morgan McClaran
David and Renee McClean
James & Stephania McClennen
James and Pamela Greene-McClune
Elizabeth McCollum
Nick and Devon McConnell
Ellen McDonald
Lila McFarlin
Tom McGanney & Millie Kalik
Courtney McKee
Timothy McKenna & Andrea Kassar
Kevin and Barbara McLaughlin
Tara McNamara
Patricia McNaught
Angus McQueen
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Sandra and Richard Meade
Marilyn Mehr
Northon Melo
Ricardo and Ann Mestres
Steve Michelman
John Miles
Joanna Miller de Zwart
Lamar & Deborah Fox Miller
Elizabeth Miller & Alan Melting
Madeline Miller
Nedia Miller
Sarah Mills
Amy Kim & Chris Min
Matthew and Maren Mitchell
Benjamin Mojica
Dana Monagan
Richard and Jennifer Mone
Marcella Montaruli
Annie Montgomery
Margaret Montgomery
Christopher Moore
Peter and Caroline Moore
Frank Morgan II
Patricia Morrill &
Edward Riegelhaupt
Leonora Morrison
Christopher Morse
James Moskin
Linda Moskin
Mitzi Moulds
Isabel Mountbatten
Hiltrud Mueller
Jennifer Mueller & Laurence Berg
David Munroe & Christine Mervart
Brenda Murphy
Marilynn Scott Murphy
Victor and Lynne Murphy-Rivera
Adrianne Navon
Betty and Dan Newcomb
Edward Newill
Max and Rachel Nichols
Nancy & George W. Niedt
Melanie and David Niemiec
Patrick Nolan
Jan Nolte
Harold Norris II
Jeanne North
Nancy Northup & James Johnson
Tourie & Ardavan Nozari
Daniel and Patrice O’Neill
Anne and Gerard O’Beirne
Barbara O’Connor
Christopher Olsen & Kim Howie
Kim and Olav Olsen
Susan and Robert Olsen
Winifred Olsen
Marianne Olton
David & Amy Koch Oman
Stephanie N. O’Neill
Michael Oppenheimer &
Donna Tuths
Jean Orapchuck
Stanton Orser & Therese Joseph
Neil Osborne
Robert Ouimette
Florence Padgett
Patricia and James Palecek
Maria Pannullo & Scott Brown
Gilbert Parker
Mark Pasmantier
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All Souls’ Fiscal Year 2013-14 Stewards
All Souls expresses our sincere gratitude to our members and friends who contributed to the
financial well-being of the church this year.*
*(as of June 15, 2014)
Elizabeth Paterson
Kristi Patterson
Jeff Patton
Jeffrey Patton
John Patton
Pamela Patton
Rose and Frank Patton
Norman Peck
Laura Pedersen & William Pieterson
Jonathan Perea
Jen and Luis Perez
Roswell B. Perkins
Dorothy Perlman
Tim O. Peterson
Emily Petrie
Kate Phillips
Jill K. Poller
Charlotte Porter
Susan Porter-Tall
Marcia Poston
Enid and Gary Press
Albert Prince
Thomas Puckett
Anna Purves
Guy C. Quinlan & Mary-Ella Holst
Tina and Robert Quirk
James Ramage
Rae Ramsey & John Conti
Janice Randall
Lynne Randall & Thomas Malone
Dan Rather
Marilyn Reagan
Katherine and William Redd
Lisa Reddig
M. Neil Redford & Robin Bell
Thomas and Sandra Reece
Barbara Reed & Dan Schlieben
Betsy Reid
John Reidy
Maria and Larry Reina
Fritz and Ingrid Reuter
Jan Reynolds & Abdul Raul
Gary Rezak & Barbara Vallely
Barbara Richardson
Rosaleen Riordan
Audra & Matthew Robb
David Robb
Paul Roberts
Danielle Robles &
Johnathan Peterson
Jim Roccas
Susan and David Rockefeller
Joanne Rockett
Gail and Bradford Rodney
Blanca Rodriguez
Varinia Rodriguez
Geraldine Roglieri
Joan Rollins
Elizabeth Ronis
Mary Rooney
Nique and Earl Roosa
Janet C. Ross
Sara and Joshua Ross
Kate Ross and Chris Bergson
Linda Rousseau
Alexandra Rowley & Stephen Wallis
Francine Rowley
John and Georgiana Rowley
Joseph Russo
Margaret Ruttenberg
Richard S. Ryan
Peter Ryder & Linda Albornoz
Chittaranjan Sahu
Wiley Saichek
Judith Samuelson & Victor Henschel
Sandra Sanderson
Janeen Sarlin
Bruce Saylor
Peter Scarpa
Mary Ann Schade &
Dennis Dugan
Isabelle & Seymour Schimel
Stacy and Bob Schmetterer
Carol Schneider
Hanno Schop
Robert Schulz & Amelie Rennolds
Ann Scobie
Angela and Alan Scott
Pamela Scott & Phil Balshi
Donna Seferian
Jonna Semeiks
Ruby T. Senie
Pamela and Mel Shaftel
Surendra Shah &
Alice DeNormandie
Don and Diana Freedman-Shea
Kathy and Rick Sheppard
Nathan Shewmaker &
Alexandra Collier
Stephanie Shin
Jason and Emily Shu-Brezina
Frederick Siegal & Carol Crigler
Chelsea & Elizabeth Silvernell
Howard Silverstein
Sheree Silvey & Philip Paty
Nancy Simmons
Abigail Simonds Congdon
Amy T. Singer
Eric Sivin & Judith Mayberry
Greg Slamowitz & Kirsten
Hilleman
Alison and Michael Smela
Eric Smith
Mary Beth and Stanton Smith
Patricia Snowden
Trista & Ed Soh
Charles Solomon &
Diane Gallagher
Epp Sonin
Rodney Sorensen & Keith Bishop
Elizabeth and Richard Southern
Erica Southward
Rachel Speer
Vanessa Spiegel
David & Nancy Gerlach Spriggs
Geraldine Staadecker &
Stephen Gilbert
Judith Staples
Anne Stark
Sydney Starr
Karen Steele
Pat and Kurt Steele
Paula Stelzner
Peggy Stern
Dennis Stewart
Ruth Stewart
Jean and David Stiles
Jenny and Jon Stillman
Penny Stothers
David Strachan
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Blair & Preston Stuart
Robyn Stuart
Pin-Pin Su
Qi Sun & Feng Guo
Madeleine and Robert Swain
Erin Sweeney
Mark Swirsky
Peter Swords & Brenda Walker
Ted Szatrowski &
Martee L. Hensley
Susan and Alan Tall
Amish Talwar
Wei Tang
Felicity Barringer Taubman
Deborah Taylor
Kathleen Taylor
Pat Taylor
Marianne Egri & David Thomas
Dennis and Kay Thread
Nicole Tiedeman
Constance and Michael Tierney
Janet Tobias
Alleyne Toppin
James Treadwell
Neal Treadwell
Earl Tucker
Alison Tung
Ian Turner
Suzanne Turner
John Tuttle
Olaf Unsoeld & Huong Hoang
Katherine Uraneck
Gertje Utley
Jacqueline Valluzzo
Frederick Van Den Abbeel
William Vanden Heuvel
Mary Ann VanOsdol
Alexandra Gersten Vassilaros
Stephen and Jennifer Vermont- Davis
Maryanne Veshecco
Michele and Windi Vianello
Supriya Vidic
Ruth Wachterman
Elizabeth and Haitham Wahab
Edith Wald
Andrew and Anna Wall
Carolyn Warner & Allan Gropper
Henry & Solidelle Fortier Wasser
Hanan Watson
Robert and Jane Watson
Janice Weaver
Alison Weber
Sandra and George Weiksner
Madeline Wein & Jim Sidebotham
Ron Weinstock &
Natasha Kurchanova
Ann Weir
Mary Weiser
Michele Weisman & Paul Freitag
Melissa Borja & Greg Westin
Kenneth Wheeler
M. Susan Wheeler
Barbara Wightman
Olumide Wilkey & Erika Dilday
Agnes Wilkie & Scott Rogge
Rosalyn & David Will
Scott Willett
C. Webb and Sallie Williams
Gail Williams &
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Margaret S. Williamson
Orin & Mark Willner
Leah Wilson
Marsha Wineburgh
George Wing
Fredric Winkowski &
Sally Anderson
Aracy and Klaus Winter
Lynne and Rob Winter
Hope Winthrop
Marion S. Wise
Susan Witter & Robert Gatje
The Women’s Alliance
Joan Wooters-Reisin
Laila Worrell & Mike Hulbert
James Wu
Lynda and Jim Yacopino
Lisa and Warren Yeh
Augustus Young
Scott and Rose Klein Young
Li Yu
Anne-Marie Yvon
Allen & Heather Zachary
Olivia Zakes-Green
Kristina Zaremba-Higgins
John Zeltin
Jean Zorn
Jennifer Zuch
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All Souls Welcomes Our New Members
(since June 1, 2013)
Syrlane Albuquerque
Deon Allen
Malou Babilonia
Maria Baldo
Townsend Baldwin
Amanda Baldwin
Linda Becker
Laurence Berg
Charlotte Beshers
Kevin Billet
Renee Boicourt
Nora Brossard
Tom Brown
Brigitte Buss
Sandra Christie
Thomas Christie
Neil Coleman
Allison Cryer
Meral Cultu
Lucie E. Curtiss
Lorena Diaz
Raymond Diaz
Michael Didier
Anastasia Didier
Christine Dillon
Caroline Erickson
Elizabeth “Elle” Erickson
Jeffrey Escobar
Linda Floyd
D. Mason Fogel
Rocco Forgione
Kristin Glass
Jessica Golden
Erin Gore
Jennifer Gore
Amy Hart
Nils Hasche-Vasquez
Christine Henderson
Daniel Horrigan
Aaron Isaksen
Steve Kaminski
Corey Katano
Gen Katano
Lynne Kirby
Stephen M. Konyha
Yangnim Kurz
Larry Kurz
Stephanie LaFroscia
Theresa LaFroscia
Erin Langus
Jeffrey Lemler
Sarah Lenzi
Michael Linderman
Jessica Linderman
Scott Lippstreu
Karim Lopez-Maekawa
Edward “Neddie” Lord
Elizabeth Mahon
Corey Martin
Hannah McIntyre
John Miles
Matthew Mitchell
Maren Mitchell
Lisa Mulleuneaux
Max Nichols
Banks Pappas
Kristi Patterson
Emily Petrie
Jennifer Rearden
Betsy Reid
Louis “Fritz” Reuter
Ingrid Reuter
Heriberto “Pito” Rosario
Kimberly Rossiter
Jon Roussel
Margaret Ruttenberg
Anthony Sacchetti
Chittaranjan “Justin” Sahu
Noah Schaffer
Neil Sieling
Eduardo Silva
Eric Smith
Gertje Utley
Mary Weiser
Marion S. Wise
Deepening Community
H
istorically, Unitarian churches have
had reduced services in the summer
because many ministers were university
professors who took the summers off for
their research and writing. As a minister
at another congregation I attended used to
say, “God gives Unitarian Universalists
the summer off because He trusts us
to come back in the fall.” It was a joke, but this
sentiment unsettles me now. My desire for spirituality
and community doesn’t go away over the summer, so why
ignore it for two months?
Here at All Souls, our ministers work through the summer
and our weekly worship program remains vibrant. I
encourage you to maintain your spiritual practices and
service over the summer. There is a great array of
preachers in the summer worship program, and an
exciting variety of music with Interim Music Director
Misa Iwama. Some of our congregational groups continue
right through the summer, so look for something that
interests you here in the Bulletin. If you serve All Souls as
an usher during the year, or have always wanted to try it,
we’d love your help during the summer, too. Drop by as
a volunteer for Monday Night Hospitality or Friday Soup.
Don’t forget your spiritual community when you’re
travelling, either. Check uua.org/directory and try a new
congregation near your vacation spot. Knit or crochet
a scarf for the Friday Soup program, or if you’re more
accomplished, a hat or mittens for the Christmas mitten
tree. Find a soup kitchen or other service opportunity near
your summer home. Especially if you have children in the
Religious Education program, don’t forget to collect some
water from a place sacred to you for Water Communion
in the fall.
I look forward to hearing about your summer spiritual
communities in September.
Maryah Converse
Membership Coordinator
Learn more about this
year’s new members in the
All Souls Beacon at www.
allsoulsbeacon.org.
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Serve All Souls as a Summer Usher
Would you like an opportunity to participate in the
vibrant and varied Sunday services of our exciting
summer season? Greeting and ushering is a great way to
serve this community over the summer.
Membership Coordinator Maryah Converse will
provide simple, clear guidelines, email reminders and
Sunday morning leadership. Sign up at https://www.
volunteersignup.org/DYMMP or contact Maryah at
[email protected] or (212) 535-5530.
Members Needed to Count Offertory
Members in good standing are needed to make a monthly
committment to help Alice count the Sunday offertory.
No prior experience necessary. Alice will meet you at
12:30 and walk you through step-by-step. In the summer,
you’re usually finished by 1:30. Sign up at https://www.
volunteersignup.org/WX7MC or contact Membership
Coordinator Maryah Converse at Maryah@allsoulsnyc.
org or (212) 535-5530.
Read the All Souls Beacon
The All Souls Beacon is a lay-produced
electronic publication devoted to shedding light
into different corners of our large
congregation. Visit www.allsoulsbeacon.org.
The latest stories up at the All Souls Beacon include:
• Profiles of the newest members of All Souls and their
contributions to our community.
• A recounting of the Peace & Justice Task Force’s
screening of the anti-fracking documentary “Groundswell
Rising,” and the discussion that followed with the film’s
creators Mark Lichty and Renard Cohen.
Wheel of Life
“Wheel of Life” is an opt-in, online program to let
congregation members voluntarily communicate with
each other about matters affecting their personal lives.
Announcements such as births, deaths, hospitalizations,
home recuperations, anniversaries, graduations, promotions, retirements, and relocations will be e-mailed to
those who elect to receive them.
To sign up to receive Wheel of Life, go to:
http://www.allsoulsnyc.org/wheeloflife.
To submit an announcement for Wheel of Life, email
[email protected]. Please keep your
announcement brief (50 words or less) and topical
(about personal life transitions). Please only submit an
announcement on behalf of someone else with his or her
explicit permission.
Subscribe to the All Souls
Sermons Podcast on iTunes
Inspiring sermons from Revs. Guengerich,
Gundlach, and special guests, delivered in
podcast form each Monday. Visit the iTunes store
and search for “All Souls Unitarian Church.”
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Career Development and Life Design Group
Thursday July 17, 2014, 6:45 to 9:15 p.m. in the
Ware Room
Life Design Clinic (by appointment only)
Thursday, August 7 from 7 to 9 p.m.
in the Ware Room
Meeting in a Circle (like a Support Group)
Whatever you really want to be doing, whether it’s for
pay or not:
• Figuring out what you really want to be doing - at any
age
• Finding education and training, internship programs, job
or career counseling
• Becoming a consultant, freelancer, or entrepreneur, or
starting or growing your practice, business, or organization
• Doing volunteer consulting, board service, public
service, or philanthropy
• Whatever you want to be doing, making it happen identifying what you need, and getting it
Want to develop a more exciting and fulfilling career, life
purpose, or mission? Looking for a job, internship, volunteer
work, education or training, becoming a consultant,
freelancer, or entrepreneur, or growing your practice,
business, or organization? Want to do volunteer consulting,
board service, public service, or philanthropy? Participants
and counselors are invited to share our own individual
career interests, aspirations, and opportunities, say what
we each want or need for our own professional growth
and development, develop our own individual strategies
and action plans, and participate in group brainstorming,
resource sharing, and support. For more information,
contact John L. German [email protected].
We’ll be happy to help you get to do it, sooner and more
surely.
Come as you are - whether you’re not sure you really
know what you really want to be doing, or whether you
know perfectly well what you really want to be doing but
haven’t found it or landed it yet.
Individual appointments available at 6:45 PM, 7:40 PM,
and 8:30 PM - to reserve one of this Clinic’s 3 time slots,
please e-mail John L. German at [email protected]
by Tuesday, July 15, 2014, with your first, second, and
third choices of appointment time.
Walk-ins to this Clinic will be accommodated, if possible,
on a space-available basis.
All are welcome - first-time and returning attendees no memberships necessary, no reservations necessary.
Anytbing you want us to look at, bring it - for example,
résumés, cover letters, and any resources you’re using in
your search.
Thursday August 21, 2014, 6:45 to 9:15 p.m., in
the Ware Room
Life Design Clinic (by appointment only)
Building on the 2-workshop series we did in 2012 on
Project Happiness, let’s see whether your search strategy
is still right for you – if it ever was – and whether it’s
working for you.
All are welcome - first-time and returning attendees - no
memberships necessary. Anything you want us to look
at, bring it - for example, résumés, cover letters, and any
resources you’re using in your search.
Relevance to jobs and careers? A Harvard Business School
survey asking “Are you happy at work?” showed workers
are consistently unhappy with their supervisors, apathetic
about their organizations, and detached from what they
do. The recent book The Progress Principle touted as
its major finding: “Inner work life has a profound impact
on creativity, productivity, commitment and collegiality.”
Also see us when we have a table in Reidy Friendship Hall
on Sundays after services, where we provide individual
help; we’ll be there most Sundays this month.
Homework, if you want it: You’re welcome to email your
résumé, your statement of what you want to do, your
search strategy, or whatever you want feedback about at
the workshop, to John L. German german63@hotmail.
com. Everyone who’s interested is invited to attend.
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Drawing & Arts Workshop
Fridays, July 25, August 29 and September 26
from 6 - 9 p.m. in the Forrest Church Gallery
The Drawing Workshop will continue to meet in the
Forrest Church Gallery on the last Friday of the month
during the summer. Prior art experience is not required.
Materials suggested: 24”x36” newsprint pad, charcoal,
Kohinoor charcoal, kneaded eraser, gum eraser.
On occasion we will meet at the Metropolitan Museum
and draw from the sculpture garden. We will also tour
Chelsea and Mid Manhattan galleries as important
exhibitions come up. You will be notified in advance by
email the time and location when we will be meeting at
a gallery or the Metropolitan Museum.
Our scheduled workshops will meet on the last Fridays of
the month.
Friday Soup
ATTENTION ALL KNITTERS
(AND CROCHETERS)
This was a really hard winter – freezing temperatures and
bitter cold for days on end. But especially hard for those
in need like the guests at our Friday Soup Kitchen. That’s
why we’re organizing a SCARF DRIVE. We’re asking
everyone to start knitting or crocheting now so we can be
ready for next winter with 250 scarves – approximately
one for each of our guests.
Use the summer months to get started and involve
everyone….children, friends, neighbors, family. Scarves
are easy and fun and you can get creative with colors and
patterns. Of course, if you aren’t handy with needles, you
can certainly donate a purchased scarf.
Please contact Theresa Bartol, MFA, facilitator, at
[email protected] with any questions and to reserve
an easel.
Some general guidelines:
• Scarves should be 5-6 inches wide and 50-60 inches long.
• Pattern can be a simple knit and purl or single crochet
– or as fancy as you’d like – but please keep the colors
“unisex” so we can give them out to any of our guests.
• Yarn can be anything you choose – just think of what
you’d want on a cold winter day
Here’s the pattern for a very simple scarf that even
beginners can handle:
http://www.redheart.com/files/patterns/pdf/LW2779.pdf
Once you have completed your scarves, please drop them
at the All Souls office and we will store them until the
weather turns cold.
Any questions, contact Carole Weiss, Director of All
Souls Friday Soup Kitchen at [email protected].
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Interweave-LGBT
Thursday, July 17 at 7 p.m. in the
Minot Simons Room
LGBT Movie Night
Stories with Soul
6:45 p.m. in the Ware Room
Now in its 21st year, Stories with Soul invites you to join us
for a one-hour short story reading and discussion. No prior
reading necessary. “A Mecca for lovers of the short story”
(Columbia Spectator) and a great way to meet people. For
more information, contact Steve Michelman, Coordinator, at
[email protected].
Sunday, July 20 at 1:00 p.m.
LGBT Social
Life and Death Cafe
Thursday, July 24 at 7 p.m. in the Ware Room
Thursday, August 7 at 7 p.m. in Minot Simons
Reproductive Justice Task
Force
JULY
July 2 Dennis De Forge reading The Jar
by Ray Bradbury
July 9 Sheila Darnborough reading A Large Bee
by Maeve Brennan
July 16 Melanie Niemiec reading The Landing and
Eating Fish Alone, both by Lydia Davis
Co-leaders: Tara McNamara ([email protected])
and Sandra Ekberg ([email protected])
July 23 Bernard FitzGerald, Jr. reading Dancing Dogs
by Jon Katz
Save the Date – Thursday, October 23, 7-9 p.m.
“Comfort Women” program
July 30 Carol Emmerling reading Zeus the Lutheran
by Garrison Keillor
“Comfort women” will be the subject of our October
program, thanks to the efforts of church members Drs.
Yangnim and Larry Kurz. Do you know what the term
refers to? It’s a euphemistic referral to the 200,000 women
from Korea, China, the Philippines and Indonesia who
were enslaved by the Japanese during WWII to provide
sex for their military forces located throughout Southeast
Asia. Few of these women survived the war; those who did
were deeply scarred and often shunned within their own
culture. While Europe’s Holocaust has been intensively
discussed, the experiences of these Asian women have
been largely ignored. Our event, co-sponsored by KACE,
the Korean American Civic Empowerment organization,
will include speakers Dr. Ok Sha Soh, president of the
Coalition for Comfort Women Issues, and Dr. Arthur
Flug, executive director of the Holocaust Resource Center
and Archives. An exhibit of art by Steve Cavallo, who has
developed his work around the subject of comfort women,
will also be mounted in Reidy Friendship Hall.
AUGUST
August 6 Kim Calder reading TBA
August 13 Suzy Lawrence reading How to Win
by Rosellen Brown
August 20 Erin Gore reading A Good Man is Hard to
Find by Flannery O’Connor
August 27 Victor Fidel reading Reading Aloud
by Marina Keegan
July and August Host: Steve Michelman
In Memoriam
Karen DeCrow, former president of NOW, died recently
at the age of 76. DeCrow was a leading voice in the 1970s
for passage of the failed Equal Rights Amendment and
against sex discrimination in education and sports.
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Women’s Reading Group
Young Adults
Tuesday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Minot
Simons Room
WRG Book Selection Potluck Dinner
Sunday, July 6 at 1 p.m.
First Sunday Brunch
The Women’s Reading Group meets on the first and
third Tuesday of the month and discusses one book
each month. The group reads books “written by women
that are available in paperback editions.” The books
are nominated by a short presentation, voted upon and,
those receiving the most votes chosen and a monthly
calendar is created.
Thursday, July 10 at 7 p.m. in the Gallery
Food and Fellowship
The Women’s Reading Group will hold its annual “book
selection” potluck dinner on Tuesday evening July 15 at
7:30 pm in the Minot Simons Room to select titles for the
September 2014 - May 2015 season.
The dinner, that starts promptly at 7:30 pm, is a
traditional “pot luck” to which attendees volunteer to
bring the various main dishes, beverages, salads and
desserts. The kitchen is open from 7 pm for set-up. If you
would like more information, please contact: Mary-Ella
Holst at: 1-212-861-2950.
Following Coffee Hour, we will head out for a picnic-style
brunch in Central Park. You’ll have time to pick up something
tasty at your favorite local spot, and then we’ll walk to the east
side 79th street entrance of the park and find somewhere grassy
to sit. To find us, come to Coffee Hour following the service.
In this Food and Fellowship Sahm Forbes will ask us to take
a look at the subject of optimism versus pessimism in our
culture, our liberal religion, and our own lives. Attendees
will learn how optimism and pessimism operate in our minds
and in turn affect our lives and community. Sahm hopes
that those who attend will understand how (with practice) to
become more optimistic and examine when and whether to
take a pessimistic stance. He also hopes attendees will get an
important new perspective on liberal religion’s outlook and
values. We’ll gather for food at 7:00; the main program will
start at 7:30. Come for part or all of the evening!
Sunday, July 20 at 12:45 p.m.
Bagel Brunch
All are welcome!
Following the service, we will meet for bagels, veggies, and
lots of exciting mingling. A great way to meet new folks in
the group. Look for us in Coffee Hour and we will head to
whatever room we’re meeting in from there.
Wednesday, July 23 at 7 p.m. in the Gallery
Food and Fellowship
All Souls Online
web: www.allsoulsnyc.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AllSoulsNYC
Rev. Galen’s Twitter: @RevGalen
Sermon Podcast: www.allsoulsnyc2.org/rss/
sermons.rss - or search iTunes!
Our twice-a-month dinner and discussion evening at the
church, hosted by a young adult. Food at 7pm; discussion at
7:30.
Sunday August 3
First Sunday brunch
Thursday, August 14
Food & Fellowship
Sunday, August 17
Bagel brunch
Wednesday, August 27
Food & Fellowship
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Monday Night Hospitality
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Ongoing
weekly
events
Sunday
11:15 Lissa Anne Gundlach
1:00 Young Adults First Sunday
Brunch
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11:15 Lissa Anne Gundlach
11:15 Pamela Patton
Fridays
12 p.m.
Friday Soup Kitchen
Tuesday
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6:45 Stories with Soul
6:45 Stories with Soul
6:45 Stories with Soul
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2 01 4
Saturday
5
Friday
3 Independence Day 4
12
All Souls Offices closed
11
10
4:30 Monday Night Hospitality Brooklyn Cyclones Game
26
19
6:00 Drawing & Arts Workshop
25
18
24
7:30 All Souls: In the Beginning...
7:00 LGBT Movie Night
6:45 Career Development and
Life Design workshop
17
7:30 All Souls: In the Beginning...
7:00 Young Adults Food &
Fellowship
Thursday
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2
9
16
23
7:00 Life and Death Cafe
31
7:30 All Souls: In the Beginning...
30
6:45 Stories with Soul
29
12:45 Young Adults Bagel Brunch
28
7:00 Young Adults Food &
Fellowship
27
6:45 Stories with Soul
1:00 LGBT Social
11:15 The Hub
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E ve nt s
Monday
Mondays
5 p.m.
Monday Night Hospitality
C a l e nd a r
Ongoing
weekly
events
Sunday
11:15 Blanca Rodriguez
Community Choir Sunday
(10 a.m. rehearsal; all are invited)
1:00 Young Adults Brunch
10
11:15 Lissa Anne Gundlach
17
24
31
11:15 Lissa Anne Gundlach
12:45 Young Adults Brunch
11:15 David McClean
11:15 Daniel Gregoire
Fridays
12 p.m.
Friday Soup Kitchen
Tuesday
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12
19
26
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27
20
13
6
7:00 Life and Death Cafe
7:00 Young Adults Food &
Fellowship
7
Friday
August
2014
Saturday
2
16
1
15
23
9
14
22
8
21
6:45 Career Development and Life
Design Group Workshop
30
28
6:00 Drawing & Arts Workshop
29
7:00 Career Development and Life
Design Group Meeting in a Circle
Thursday
o u l S
Wednesday
6:45 Stories with Soul
6:45 Stories with Soul
6:45 Stories with Soul
6:45 Stories with Soul
7:00 Young Adults Food &
Fellowship
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