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In the Spirit SermonsCall Me if You Need Me

This fall brings new energy and vitality to All Souls: a renewed emphasis on our Small Group Ministries,

a revitalized Annual Giving effort, and a fresh awareness of the importance of our message and mission. But some things remain the same.

If you ask a member of the All Souls staff, especially those in the second floor offices of Wiggin House, what I typically say as I’m leaving the building, they’ll likely respond that I say: “Call me if you need me.” As the head of staff at All Souls, I have a relatively simple philosophy of management: manage by being available. When I’m in the office, I encourage other members of the staff to stop by if they have a question. If I’m out of the office, I encourage them to call my cell phone. Whatever the issue, we will have a better chance of dealing with it con-structively if we deal with it promptly. Besides, I enjoy the opportunity to chat with my colleagues on staff—a remarkably talented and hard-working group of people.I extend the same request to members and friends of the congregation: call me if you need me. One reason to be part of a religious community like All Souls is to have a source of solace and support when difficult experiences come your way.

In some crisis situations, especially those related to employment or health, we can do little to address the underlying problem directly. In others, we have more to offer in helping you navigate a rocky stretch in your per-sonal or family life. Whatever the challenge, however, we can ensure that you don’t face it alone.

Call me or one of the other ministers if you are having a tough time. If I’m not in the office, ask for my cell phone number. We’re in this together, and we’ll do what we can to help. If something good happens, call me then as well. I’d love to chat.

I’ll see you in church,

October 7 Lissa Anne Gundlach

October 14 Galen Guengerich

October 21 Margot Adler

October 28 Galen Guengerich

Learn More About our Congregation

If you are interested in finding out more about our con-gregation, join us for our three part Path to Membership Series:

Welcome to All SoulsOctober 14November 4December 9

Exploring All SoulsOctober 21December 9

Committing to All SoulsNovember 11

These workshops (held Sundays at 1:00 p.m.) will explore the All Souls congregation and history, the prin-ciples of Unitarian Universalism, spiritual practice and service, and how you can find your place at All Souls.

To register for a workshop, contact Maryah Converse at (212)535-5530.

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This month I am pleased to introduce you to Maryah Converse, our new Membership Coordinator at

All Souls. You may already know Maryah - she has been coming to All Souls for about a year, and began her work here just after Labor Day. Maryah has an M.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and a B.A. in English Literature. She has been a teacher, a Peace Corps Volunteer, and a Unitarian Universalist Religious Educator and has lived and worked in many different cultures and communities around the world. We are thrilled Maryah is bringing her gifts to the All Souls team to strengthen our membership services. Maryah will be at church on Sundays so please intro-duce yourself to her when you see her in church!

Our Annual Giving theme this year, Giving with Gratitude, reflects the value we at All Souls place daily on our own gratitude -- for who we are, what we have, and the wonders of the world and people around us. We invite you to reflect on the gifts All Souls brings to you and consider your own spiritual gratitude in your gift to the church this year. On September 23rd, we launched a festive Annual Giving Campaign with Jim Demko at the piano, Annual Giving Chair Stuart Goldblatt at the microphone and this year’s Annual Giving Committee and Board Trustees at our pledge tables. We celebrated our gratitude, as volunteers talked to many of you about our goals for the year -- answering your questions as people pledged their annual gifts.

Thank you for giving what you can to keep All Souls thriving; with your stewardship there is so much we can do!

Susan Lambiase Executive Director

From the Executive Director October Bulletin Deadline: September 15Please send submissions to submissions@allsoulsnyc.org.

Meet Our New Staff Member

Maryah Converse Membership Coordinator

Stewardship Campaign 2013October is pledge month at All Souls; please pledge your contribution to this year’s annual giving campaign in the month of October; see the volunteers at the pledge table at Sunday Coffee Hour, go to allsoulsnyc.org and click on Giving, or call Katharine in the office at 212 535-5530. We can’t do it without you -- support from members and friends pays for worship, music, religious education for adults and for children and youth, and the maintenance of our beautiful Sanctuary (as well as the heat and electricity bills!). Please com-mit to being a strong steward of All Souls. Thank you!

New Member Mentors Wanted

Are you a member of All Souls? Are you interested in being a mentor for a new member? Experience generos-ity through helping a new member learn what All Souls offers. What groups might interest him? Introduce her around at coffee hour! Share a meal at an event! Please contact Maryah at maryah@allsoulsnyc.org if interested.

Annual Giving Event“Almost Home” Book signing - October 18

In ALMOST HOME: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope (Wiley; October 2012; Trade Paperback Original), Covenant House President Kevin Ryan and Tina Kelley, who shared in a Pulitzer Prize at The New York Times, tell the coming-of-age sto-ries of six extraordinary children, now young adults, from across North America.

Join us at 7 p.m., October 18 in Reidy Friendship Hall for a reading and book signing.

Adult Education

10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m.

The Adult Education Committee would like your ideas

Please send suggestions for programs, topics, or speakers to adulted@allsoulsnyc.org.

Parenting Skills for the 21st Century (co-sponsored with the Parents’ Association)

Sunday, October 7 in Reidy Friendship HallThe New Anxiety: Helping Kids, Parents and Schools Deal With 21st Century Stress and Entitlementwith Dr. Ron Taffel

Don’t miss a return-engagement talk by Dr. Ron Taffel, a friend to All Souls Church and one of the most sought-after child rear-ing experts. Dr. Taffel will describe ‘the new anxiety’ and ‘sense of entitlement’ that do not bring out the best in children of all ages and in ourselves as parents. To handle these challenges Ron will present realistic methods to: Reduce endless negotiating; set limits that are enforceable; help kids open up about what matters; promote genuine self-esteem; strengthen kids’ moral compass; lower child and family stress; and create a community that nurtures both kids and parents. Join us for a morning of insight, tech-nique and inspiration to bring out the best in our kids and ourselves.

Dr. Ron Taffel is one of the country’s few experts equally sought after by both parent and professional audi-ences. He has done over one thousand consultations and workshops in 25 states across the country. Dr. Taffel is the author of five popular and two professional books translated into a half dozen languages. His most recent book Childhood Unbound: Saving Our Kids’ Best Selves has been critically acclaimed for parents, educators, and mental health professionals alike as a guide to new approaches dealing with 21st century kids, families and schools.

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Sundays, October 7, 14, and 21in Reidy Friendship HallEvolution and Emotion in the Development of Religionwith Frank Ciulla

Frank Ciulla returns to All Souls with his dynamic explo-ration of the process of evolution. In these three lectures he will trace the beginnings of animal and human emo-tion and how these developed into religious practice and religious ideas.

October 7: The Evolution of Emotion in Animals and HumansThe development of emotion and its place in religious ideas, beginning with the guarding of her eggs by female fish to the idea of a compassionate and loving God.

October 14: The Evolutionary Origins of the Religious Concepts of Sin and EvilThe development of the religious ideas of “original sin,” “regular sin,” and “evil,” beginning with animal behavior and moving toward classic ideas about suppressing animal impulses to create human cooperative social struc-tures that increase survival for all its members.

October 21: The Universe’s “Self-Assembly” and the Concept of GodHow the “self-assembly” of the physical universe, (from Big Bang theory to the theory of human evolution) has helped to shape religious and philosophical ideas about God, including God as “capac-ity,” and as “potential.”

Frank Ciulla, a member of All Souls, graduated with honors from Oberlin College in Chemistry, worked in biological research at the Harvard University School of Medicine, and did graduate education in Molecular Biology at Columbia University. He currently teaches science courses at Columbia and is the founder and director of Hudson Education Services.

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Sunday, October 14 in Reidy Friendship HallParenting without Power Struggleswith Susan StiffelmanSusan Stiffelman is a licensed Marriage, Family and Child counselor, an educational therapist, and a highly regarded parenting educator and coach. She is the author of Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and Connected (Atria Books, 2012),and her articles as “Parent Coach” regularly appear on AOL/Huffington Post. Her mis-sion is to help parents to raise children who are joyful, resilient and authentically themselves—without power struggles, prolonged nego-tiations, meltdowns and the various ways that interfere with the ability to enjoy the journey of being a parent. Susan Stiffelman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Developmental Psychology from Johnston College/ University of Redlands, a California K-9 teaching cre-dential, a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California.

Thursdays, October 4, 11, 18, 25, 6:30 - 8 p.m. in the Ware RoomTelling it Like it Was: A Workshop on Memoir Writingwith Rosalyn WillNo one else can tell the story that only you can write. On the four Thursday evenings in October a small sup-portive group will meet to learn how to write about one’s personal history. There will be an exploration of what memoir is and why it is important together with some in-class writing and sharing. In addition there will be some short assignments for writing at home. This class will be limited to the first eight people who register bycontacting the instructor at RosaWil33@aol.com.

Rosalyn Will earned a Bachelor of Arts in Women’s Studies from Hunter College, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Non-Fiction again from Hunter College in 2008. She published her own memoir, Chrysalis: My Life Beyond the Cage of Scoliosis in 2010, and is currently working on another about her parents. She has taught memoir writing to small groups since 2009. Her latest group produced an anthology of their work, Ladies’ Mile: 17 Stories Up in 2011.

Tuesday, October 9 in Reidy Friendship HallThe Impact of the 2012 Elections on Governance in the Next Four Yearswith Richard M. Pious, PhD

Whichever candidate wins the US presidential election in November, a continuing concern during the next term will be the prospect for governance, with a Congress deeply polarized and the Senate’s rules that now appear to require a 60-vote majority to pass any legislation. Professor Pious, a distinguished expert on the American political system, will address the prospects for either party that wins the White House.

Richard M. Pious is the Adolph and Effie Ochs Professor of Political Science and American Studies at Barnard College, and professor at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. His schol-arly books include The American Presidency (Basic Books, 1979), The President, Congress and the Constitution (The Free Press,

1984), Why Presidents Fail (Rowman& Littlefield, 2008), and a book of cases and materials, The War on Terrorism and the Rule of Law (Oxford University Press, 2006). He edited the centennial volume of the Academy of Political Science, The Power to Govern, and co-authored a widely used print and on-line reference work, The Oxford Guide to American Government.

Dr. Pious has been a consultant to congressional com-mittees dealing with the War Powers resolution of 1973, as well as for the White House Office of Policy Development. He has lectured on presidential power and the war on terrorism at Oxford University and the British Library, has served as a political consultant to the Consulate of Japan in New York City since 1994, and has been a frequent commentator on the Voice of America.

Adult Education

Sign Up To Receive A Common Meditation for All Souls

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.allsoulnyc.org/meditationsubscribe to receive these meditations by email.

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Adventures in IdeasSunday, October 7, 12:45 p.m. in the Forrest Church GalleryTopic: Destiny - Fate - Kismet

Do our lives follow a pre-determined course? Do we have any choice in the matter? What determines this? Is one person’s destiny more important than another’s? One nation’s? One religion’s? If we have a choice, what does it mean if you do not fulfill your destiny? If life is entirely random and by chance why do we sense this persistent feeling that there is something special we are meant to accomplish?

Bible Study2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m.October 9 in the Mezzanine Meeting Room and Oct. 23rd in the Minot Simons RoomJourney Through the Bible: UU Bible Study

Rev. Lissa Gundlach facilitates reflection and discus-sion as we explore the Bible in an open and trusting atmosphere. This October we will be continuing to read texts from the Gnostic Gospels and moving into texts describing the birth of Jesus from inside and outside the Christian canon. Email biblestudy@allsoulsnyc.org for more information or to receive emails about upcoming meetings.

Congregational Life

Chancel FlowersOctober 7

In loving memory of her parents, Rosina and Duke Krimm,

and his parents, Giovanna and Joseph Agostini, by Sylvia and Edward Agostini

In honor of his parents, Helen and Alfred Jackson

with love, Al Jackson

In loving memory ofKaren Forsell Koenig

by Steven Koenig

October 14

In loving memory of Ray Torres

by his All Souls family

In loving memory of her father, Robert D. Miller

by Sandy and Tom Reece

October 21

In memory of J. Lawrence Kolb

As fine a father-in-law as one could hope forby Ralph Cox

In loving memory of his father,

Dominick Yacopinoby Jim and Lynda Yacopino

October 28

In loving memory of Jean and Aaron Moldover

by their daughter, Judith Moldover Cholst and family

Charles “Jim” Zimpfer Love, Remembrance, Licorice

David Menkes, Christopher Galas, Dennis DeForge

If you wish to remember loved ones who are deceased or

honor special people or joyous occasions,please contact Hannah Marks at (212) 410-4517.

Questions or comments? Email us!Taryn Strauss: taryn@allsoulsnyc.org.

Carson Jones, RE Assistant: carson@allsoulsnyc.org

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W e are pleased to offer ground-breaking parenting pro-

grams this month in our Adult RE Parenting Lecture Series. Come to Reidy Fellowship Hall on Sunday, Oct. 7 from 11:15-12:15 for Dr. Ron Taffel. Then join us the following Sunday, Oct. 14, same time and place for a program with Susan Stiffelman. Both of these esteemed speakers have writ-ten extensively on exactly how parents can raise com-passionate children and reduce power struggles. Join us as we learn and support one another on the journey of parenting. These are open to the public, so invite your friends!

Oct. 7 11:15 a.m. - Dr. Ron Taffel on Raising Strong and Compassionate 21st Century Kids - Authoritative Parenting in an Age of Anxiety and Entitlement Oct. 14 11:15 a.m. - Susan Stiffelman, MFT onParenting Without Power Struggles

Please see the “Adult Education” section of this Bulletin for a full description of the talks these great speakers will be presenting.

Blessed Be,Taryn Strauss, Director of Religious Education

RE flectionsChildren and Youth

RE CalendarTypical Sunday morning schedule (excluding weeks with Multigenerational Worship at 10 a.m.):

• Children’s Worship 10 a.m. in the Chapel• Religious Education Classes 10:15-11:15 a.m.• Parents Fellowship Coffee 11 a.m. in the Ware Room• 5th & 6th Grade Worship 11:15 a.m. in the Minot

Simons Room• Junior High and High School Youth Groups

11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Oct. 5-7 • Coming of Age trip to Murray Grove

Oct. 7, 14 • Adult Ed Parenting Series

Oct. 8 • 10:00-1:00 Bake-a-thon

Oct. 9 • RE Committee meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 13 • New York Cares day of service

Oct. 14 • Multi-generational Beginning • RE Teacher small group ministry

Oct. 18-21 • LREDA Fall Conf., Williamsburg, VA

Oct. 20 • Pumpkin picking

Oct. 21 • Pageant Creative Workshops begin • Youth Group family fellowship

Oct. 26-28 • High School District Social Con (at Stony Brook)

Oct. 28 • Halloween PartyParents please note: The Fall Term of our rotating cre-ative arts workshops begins September 9. See below for the appropriate classroom to pick up your children.

Grade Workshop Pickup room First Art Leonard RoomSecond Drama 3AThird Orff/Music Holst RoomFourth Movement Gallery

Classroom Locations

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, promo-tions, 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.

Submit announcements to WheelOfLife@allsoulsnyc.org. 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.

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Save the DateAna Levy-Lyons’ Installation - November 4

Please join us for Rev. Ana’s installation as senior min-ister at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn. Celebrate with us as we welcome our first woman senior minister in our 175 year history. Rev. Galen will be participating in the service. All welcome.

Date: Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 5pmLocation: First Unitarian Congregational Society113 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn

Consider This - Small group ministry begins this month, as groups reflect together on the spiritual “stepping stones” of our lives and the practices of gratitude. Consider these quotes for inspiration and reflection, as adapted from Heart to Heart: Fourteen Gatherings for Reflection and

Sharing by Christine Robinson and Alicia Hawkins. If you are still interested in joining a group email lissa@allsoulsnyc.org to inquire about open groups.

“We need to be known. This knowledge of being known we call love.” —Alan Jones

“We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone…and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something.” —Sandra Day O’Connor

“Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.” —Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

“If the only prayer you ever say in your life is “thank you,” then that is enough.” —Meister Ekhart

“To be grateful for the good things that happen in our lives is easy, but to be grateful for all of our lives – the good as well as the bad, the moments of joy as well as the moments of sorrow, the successes as well as the failures, the rewards as well as the rejections – that requires hard spiritual work.” —Henri Nouwen

Small Group Ministry

Pastoral CareIf you know about a member of the All Souls community who is ill or hospitalized, or has experienced a significant loss, please let the ministers know at (212) 535-5530 or pastoralassociates@allsoulsnyc.org.

Deacons

Sunday, October 14 at 12:45 in the Ware Room, Deacons Meeting

Sunday, October 21 in the Sanctuary following the 11:15 service, Communion will be held

Emergecy Form AvailableAll members of the congregation are urged to pick up a Life Crisis Questionnaire form during coffee hour in Reidy Friendship Hall on Sunday, October 21. This form will provide All Souls with your contact information in case of an emergency. You can take the form home to fill out and then leave it in David Robb’s box in the church’s front office. Forms will be kept by David in strict confi-dence. The table on October 21 will be staffed by mem-bers of the Deacons and the Caring Team.

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Musica VivaI suspect that many of you have “toodled around” on a recorder (probably made out of plastic) sometime during your childhood. Therefore, one tends not to think about the virtuostic aspect of this instrument. I strongly urge you to attend the Musica Viva concert on Sunday, October 28, to hear the great European recorder artist. Ms. Verbruggen, who hails from Amsterdam, is considered one of the finest and most magical players in the world. We are most fortunate that she as agreed to be our guest performer for this Early Music program. By calling the Musica Viva office at All Souls Church at (212)794-3646 you can order tickets; or purchase your tick-ets in the front office of the church. The concert begins at 5:00 p.m. Pleae come. I promise you an exhilarating experi-ence as she dazzles you with three Baroque concertos for recorder and strings. Walter Klauss, Minister of Music

Broadway Impact and All Souls presents a staged reading of “8,” directed by Taryn Strauss

co-sponsored with the American Foundation for Equal Rights, UU-UNO, Peace and Justice Task Force

Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Witness a cast from the Unitarian Church of All Souls make the case for marriage equality. Members of the Board and congregation will present a staged reading of “8 ” - a new documentary play by Dustin Lance Black about the federal case for marriage equality. Following the performance, join us for a Q&A with marriage equal-ity advocates to learn more about the fight for equality for gay and lesbian citizens.

• Performance date & time -- Thursday, October 11, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

• Ticket price -- $20.00

• Call 212-535-5530 to reserve tickets or buy at the door

• For more information, visit www.8theplay.com

Music and The arts

For more information about All Souls:

Visit www.allsoulsnyc.orgor send an email to

info@allsoulsnyc.org

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UUA “Common Read”A committee of UUA staff has selected The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (The New Press) as the 2012-13 Unitarian Universalist Association Common Read. Alexander, an attorney who is a civil rights advocate and litigator, asserts that crime-fighting policies and systems in the U.S., such as the “war on drugs” and the incarcera-tion system, disproportion-ately and intentionally affect Americans of color. She describes this multifaceted, lifelong discrimination and disenfranchisement that affect people who are branded “felon” as a new caste system. An emphatic Justice GA speaker in Phoenix this summer, she drew a large crowd with her consciousness-raising call for awareness and action, which she sees as deeply spiritual work. To hear excerpts, visit www.uua.org/multiculturism/271759.shtml. For further details about her book, visit www.newjimcrow.com. See the 6-minute Justice GA 2012 Video Recap at www.uua.org/ga/2012/2009898.

Denominational Affairs

Heart & Soul volunteers are busy preparing for the annual auction in February that raises funds for the

All Souls Outreach Programs. Everyone’s help is appreci-ated as we find great auction items and plan another terrific event. Mark your calendars for Friday evening, November 9th, for our Heart & Soul Party at All Souls (details to fol-low). You will meet new friends and greet long-term sup-porters, as we continue our 24th year of funding worthy programs. Check our website: www.heartandsoulfund.org or talk with us during Sunday coffee hours to learn more about our work.

Bill Bechman, PresidentHeart & Soul Charitable Fund

Hailed as a “musical universe” by Chick Corea, Jason Lindner first gained acclaim for his long-running Big

Band, whose raw energy earned them a release on Corea’s label. The Brooklyn native grew up on hip hop and learned to play jazz, then further expanded his musical pal-

ette to include African, Afro-Caribben, South American and middle-Eastern music. Lindner served as musical director for Lauryn Hill and Claudia Acuna, and collabo-rated with Meshell Ndegecello, who produced his recent release Jason Lindner Gives You Now Vs Now. Omer Avital, hailed by the LA Times as “a pioneer in combining jazz with myriad world music ele-ments,” is a composer, virtuosic bassist, oud player and an active force on the world music scene for over a decade. The NY Times wrote: “Mr. Avital and his group are pro-ducing some of the most original music being heard in New York.”

An Evening Meditation of Jazz and Poetry

Sunday, October 145-6 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Led by Galen Guengerich

Jason Lindner, piano

Omer Avital, bassNo admission charge

All SoulS

At Sundownworship in a different light

Young AdultsThursday, October 4 at 7 p.m.Food and FellowshipOur twice-a-month dinner and discussion evening at the church, hosted by a young adult. Food at 7pm; discussion at 7:30pm. Come any time you like.

Sunday, October 7 at 1 p.m.First Sunday BrunchWe will leave from All Souls around 12:45, grab some to-go food from your favorite local place, and go to Central Park’s Cedar Hill (79th St and Fifth Ave) around 1pm. Meet us at the church or in the park.

Wednesday, October 17 at 7 p.m.Food and FellowshipOur twice-a-month dinner and discussion evening at the church, hosted by a young adult. Food at 7pm; discussion at 7:30pm. Come any time you like.

Sunday, October 21 at 12:45 p.m. Bagel Brunch

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 are in from there.

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Circle of EldersThursdays, October 11 and 25 2-4p.m. in the Ware RoomThe Circle of Elders meets on the second and fourth Thursday of every month. It is open to men and women in the latter part of their lives. The purpose is to talk about the challenges this time of life brings and to share experiences, information, and ways to enrich and make the most of these later and more time-limited years. For more information con-tact Mary Keane at [212]879-6340 or Keanepsy@gmail.com

All Souls Historical Society

Sunday, October 28 at 12:45 p.m. in the Ware RoomAnnual MeetingIf you are interested in becoming a member, this meeting is a good introduction to the many activities and projects to which scholars, doctoral candidates and film makers and many others turn to the Historical Society for assistance. Plus, you will hear about our unfolding plans for the 200th Anniversary of the congregation in 2019. ... and the many activities undertaken during the past year. All are Welcome!

Building Community

Friday, October 26 at 6-9 p.m. Reidy Friendship Hall

New Reproductive Justice Task Force Launch

co-sponsored by Peace and Justice Task Force, UU-UNO, and the Women’s Alliance

Help shape the strategies and actions of All Souls’ new, intergenerational Reproductive Justice Task Force that will launch on Friday, October 26. Church goers of all ages, both men and women, are invited to participate.

Formation of this task force is timely. The 2012 UUA General Assembly voted Reproductive Justice to be the topic of a UUA Congregational Study/Action Item (CSAI) for the next 4 years. As a CSAI, the topic will have extensive resources available to us from the UUA.

Volunteers to help set up the event will be most welcome. So that we may plan, please e-mail Tara McNamara at tmcnamara96@gmail.com (or call (917) 217-9646) by Thursday, October 18 to let her know if you will be joining us for dinner and if you can volun-teer that evening.

Time: 6-7 p.m. - Dinner, please RSVP 7-9 p.m. Speakers, discussion and planned actions

Where: Reidy Friendship Hall

Suggested Dinner Contribution: $15

Thursday, October 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Ware RoomMeeting in a Circle (like a Support Group)Want to develop a more exciting and fulfilling career, life purpose, or mission? Looking for a job, internship, volun-teer work, education or training, becoming a consultant, freelancer, or entrepreneur? Participants and counselors are invited to share our own aspirations and opportunities, develop our own individual strategies and action plans, say what we each want or need for our own profes-sional growth and development, and participate in group brainstorming, resource sharing, and support. For more information, contact Amy Berg (a_berg@verizon.net), Kathy Szaj (kcszaj@gmail.com), or John L. German (ger-man63@hotmail.com). All are welcome - no memberships or reservations required.

Also see us when we have a table in Reidy Friendship Hall on Sundays after services, where we provide indi-vidual help; we’ll be there most Sundays this month.

Thursday, October 18 from 6:45 - 9:15 p.m.in the Ware Room Workshop: How to Successfully Navigate the Current Job Market

Do you want to make a transition but aren’t sure where to begin? What is your mission? Do you know where your passion lies? Do you feel stuck?

We guarantee breakthroughs in this workshop. You will leave with:• A short term and long-term decision• A strong motivation• Written goals• Immediate action steps

Chart your career course consistently with who you are. Learn how to align your passion and your purpose with the reality of the current job market. Leave this work-shop with concrete action steps to do tomorrow. Prep: Send your goal for the evening to Judith@Gerberg.com.

Judith Gerberg, MA, LMHC, expert international career counselor (Interviewed by NY Times, NPR, Newsweek, and WSJ), built her reputation guiding smart, successful people in changing careers, conquering fears and creat-ing meaningful lives. Imagine what she can do for you. www.gerberg.com.

Career Development and Life Design Group

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Yorkville Common Pantry

October’s Happy Harvest Foods of the Month:

Whole Wheat Pasta -Tomato Sauce - Tea and Coffee - 100%

Real Fruit Juice

Items can be brought to the Church Front

Office Starting Saturday October 6, 2012

through October 21, 2012

Nominating CommitteeThe Nominating Committee has begun the process to review names for potential candidates to run for the Board of Trustees and serve as a Deacon. The Committee will staff a table set up in Friendship Hall every Sunday through the end of October. Please stop by the Nominating Committee table to learn more. Or, send recommendations to crbellamy@msn.com.

The Women’s Reading Group meets in the Ware Room at 7:30 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month. We read books by women available in paperback. All are Welcome! Here are the upcoming books:

October 2 & 16: The Doctors Mayo by Helen Clapesattle

November 6 & 20: The Photograph by Penelope Lively

For more information about the reading, the WRG, or for a full copy of the 2012-2013 reading list, please contact: Mary-Ella Holst at (212) 861-2950 or meholst@aol.com.

Women’s Reading Group

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Women’s AllianceThe Women’s Alliance has been part of All Souls for over a hundred years, and usually meets in the Ware Room on the third Wednesday of each month.

Saturday, October 6 at 11:30 a.m. Trip to MAD (Museum of Arts and Design)2 Columbus Circle

Admission $15; Seniors $12. Informal docent-led tour of exhibit “Doris Duke’s Shangri La Architecture, Landscape & Islamic Art.” Lunch after for those who would like. If attending please inform maureen31572@aol.com or 212-249-0171.

Wednesday, October 17 at 12:30 p.m. in the Ware Room“It’s that Clean-Up Time of Year Again”: Discussion of Planning and Set-Up of next month’s Holiday Gift Table

Please come armed with ideas and comments to participate in an informal, fun discussion about how to make next month’s eagerly anticipated All Souls Holiday Gift Table the most exciting, profitable event ever. Judith Kozloff as coordinator will start the brainstorming session with ideas for discussion and feedback. (The pricing and actual organization of the Holiday Gift Table will take place on Saturday, November 10).

Donations of gifts that can be used as raffle prizes will be eagerly received and these should be submitted as early as possible. This is a guilt-free way to recycle gifts never given or mad impulse buys never used. Please leave boxes (Fresh Direct boxes especially welcome) or shopping bags at the Front Office marked “WA Holiday Sale.” Also, for the actual Sunday of the Sale, please start saving shopping bags and packing materials that can be re-used to save expenses and bolster our green credentials. All proceeds go to Charity, so we would especially like to make this a huge success. Receipts for tax deductions can be given. Bring lunch; dessert and beverages are provided. Members and non-members of the Alliance are most welcome.

Save the DatesSaturday, November 10, 3 - 5 p.m. in Reidy Friendship Hall: Gift Table Set-Up.Sunday, November 11, during Coffee Hour...NOT TO BE MISSED...Women’s Alliance Holiday Gift Sale 2012.

30’s / 40’s FellowshipSunday October 14Cell Phone Recyling Drive

Donate your no-longer used cell phones to help victims of domestic violence. Phones will be collected in the church vestibule before services and at coffee hour. Collected phones will be donate to HopeLine, a program run by Verizon.

To donate a phone: • Disconnect the device with your wireless provider.• Turn the phone’s power off.• Make sure the phone’s batteries are installed in the phone you are returning. Please do not include any loose batteries.• Please remove storage cards (microSD, etc.) and SIM cards from phones prior to donation. Also be sure to return any travel chargers or other accessories that came with the devices.

Please be sure to put each phone, charger and any acces-sories together into a sealed ziplock bag.

For more information on HopeLine go to http://aboutus.verizonwireless.com/communityservice/hopeLine.html.

Ethical Eating

Saturday, October 20 6-9 p.m. in the Forrest Church GalleryFall Pot Luck Harvestco-sponsored with the Navigators & the Advocacy Coalition

Bring your favorite “ethically prepared” (as you define the term) dish to share for an evening of community, synergy, education, activism and great food! Please indicate whether your dish is vegetarian, vegan or contains meat. If you can’t bring a dish, a bottle of wine is great too. We will have a speaker from a Community Supported Agriculture (“CSA”) organization tell us about their group, as All Souls prepares to join a CSA!

Admission is free, but those so moved may make a contribu-tion to help two organizations -- Motivating Action through Community Health Outreach (“MACHO”) and Navigators -- participate in the CSA, as part of the Advocacy Coalition’s initiative to address children’s health.

RSVP to Nelson Farber at nmfesq@aol.com

Stories with SoulWednesdays at 6:45 p.m. in the Ware Room

Now in its 20th 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). Bring your friends—it’s a great evening. For more information, contact Steve Michelman, Coordinator, at stephenemichelman@mac.com.

October 3 Peter Havholm Mary Postgate by Rudyard Kipling

October 10 Charlie MeyerThe Godson by Leo Tolstoy

October 17 Neil Osborne The 400-Pound CEO by George Saunders

October 24 Tim Kelley A short story by Alice Adams selected by group vote

October 31 Dennis Deforge Here There by Tygers by Stephen King, and The Wish by Roald Dahl

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Cinema All SoulsC/A/S celebrates the role of film in our culture, and in our lives. Award-winning films are screened monthly.Followed by a social discussion with refreshments. No charge. Limited seating.

Friday, October 19 at 7 p.m. in the ChapelBerniePG-13. 104 minutes. Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey.A gently told and unexpectedly amusing true-crime comedy set in the tiny, rural town of Carthage, Texas. “A finely tuned character study with some nice innova-tions.” Detroit News, “An effortlessly entertaining film that fell through the cracks.” Slant Magazine. “Weirdly funny, inspiring film.” Philadelphia Inquirer. “A dead-solid-perfect depiction of small-town life.” Arizona Republic. “Filled with wonderfully odd details of weird Americana.” New York Daily News. “One-of-a-kind inspiration.” Rolling Stone. “(An) offbeat true-crime saga.” Variety. “A smart movie, with a mordant satirical edge.” New Yorker.

Saturday, November 3 at 6:30-9:30 p.m. The Times Center, 242 W. 41st StreetUU-UNO 50th Anniversary

Don’t miss this unique event marking a half-century of our UU voice in support of the work of the United Nations. This exciting evening will include an elegant reception and delectable buffet, a Silent Auction, and the premiere screening of a documentary overview of UU participation in the NGO Community at the UN. Each attendee will receive a copy of the film, narrated by Andre Braugher, award winning actor and UU, and a copy of the com-memorative Journal. Beginning at 8:00, the Program will highlight a Keynote by UU Gillian Sorensen, Senior Advisor to the UN Foundation and former assistant to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as well as comments from UUA President Rev. Peter Morales, former Senator Adlai Stevenson III, and NYU Professor Maura Roosevelt.

Because All Souls has such a long and significant history at the UU-UNO, we hope a large delegation from our con-gregation will attend. If that’s not possible for you, please consider donating to a special scholarship fund to allow others to participate. You can also donate to the Silent Auction, support the Journal, or contribute to the 50th Anniversary Fund. For more information, to purchase tick-ets, and to contribute in these ways, visit www.uu-uno.org. Thanks, All Souls, for your steady suste-nance these many years!

UU-United Nations Office

All Souls Writers’ GroupMondays, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.October 8, in the Ware RoomOctober 22, in the Minot Simons Room

This group is open to writers, whether of fiction or non-fiction, poetry or prose, published or unpublished, as well as journalists and people who work in publishing. All are invited to read their work. Comments anddiscussion are welcome. Contact Marilyn Mehr for more information: marmehr@aol.com or (212) 249-0012.

Visit All Souls on the web atwww.allsoulsnyc.org

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Peace and Justice Task ForceMonday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m. (reception at 7) - What Now for Palestinians and Israelis (book signing and talk)

At a time when the Israeli-Palestinian “peace process” has been blocked for years, the Peace and Justice Task Force is pleased to host a public conversation on October 8 among three visionary Israeli and Palestinian activists: Nurit Peled (Elhanan), an Israeli professor of language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and co-laureate of the 2001 Sakharov Prize for Human Rights; Miko Peled, a gutsy Israeli-American peace activist and author of The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine; and Susan Abulhawa, a Palestinian-American writer and politi-cal commentator, and author of the 2010 international bestselling novel, Mornings in Jenin. Copies of The General’s Son and Mornings in Jenin will be available for purchase, and light refreshments will be provided.

Sunday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7) in Reidy Hall - Roy Zimmerman Concert, “Hope, Struggle, and Change”

“Hope, Struggle, and Change” is a ninety minute jugger-naut of funny songs and comic commentary on presidental politics, the Occupy Movement, the Tea party, abstinence, Creationism and same sex marriage with a healthy doese of Lefty rabble rousing thrown in. Think “Daily Show with a guitar.”

In thirteen albums over twenty years, Roy has brought the sting of satire to the struggle for Peace and Social Justice. The Los Angeles Times says, “Zimmerman displays a lacer-ating wit and keen awareness of society’s foibles that bring to mind a latter-day Tom Lehrer.

Wednesday, October 17 at 7 p.m. (reception at 6:30) - Solitary Confinementco-sponsored with the Metro NY Religious Campaign Against Torture

This important discussion will include representatives of the religious, legal, and prison communities focusing on inhu-mane policies and inhuman conditions within New York State Prisons, especially the use of solitary confinement and its impact on prisoners. The Panel discussion will be mod-erated by Rev. Dr. Jill Shaeffer of New York Theological Seminary, who has been working at Sing-Sing prison.

The Panel will include:David Stoelting, Author, Supermax Confinement in U.S. Prisons, who has been serving on the Committee on International Human Rights of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.Sr. Marion Defeis, a core member of Providence House whose mission is to transition women who are homeless and recently released from prison back into society; and “Jennifer” - a former prisoner at Albion Correctional Facility upstate, who had endured the experience of iso-lation. The panel will include a representative of New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), which will be issu-ing an important report on the increasing use of Solitary Confinement in New York State prisons. The Report is being launched this October and the speaker will explain its find-ings and make recommendations about actions to change these troubling policies.

Friday, October 26 from 6-9 p.m. in Reidy Friendship Hall Reproductive Justice Dinner and Discussionco-sponsored with UU-UNO and the Women’s Alliance

Please join Tara for the Reproductive Justice Task Force dinner and discussion at All Souls on Friday October 26th from 6-9PM. For more information, please refer to the Reproductive Justice Task Force announcement on page 10 of this bulletin. Please RSVP by October 18th.