id we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ (Matthew 25:35-40) The Justice and Peace Ministry looks to the All Souls Vision Statuls Vision Statement for guidance as we dedicate ourselves to the reconciliation of a broken world and the struggle for justice, working side by side with our neighbors in the wider community. We are also working with the newly formed Interfaith Council of Ala…

Youth Group As of the start of the 2018-19 school year, our vision statement for youth is this: We want to offer youth a spiritual home––one they can have for all their lives. Our hope is that youth at All Souls have a svision statement for youth is this: We want to offer youth a spiritual home––one they can have for all their lives. Our hope is that youth at All Souls have a safe space set aside for them, a place where they can practice a life of faith, and a …

Our vision statement for youth is this: We want to offer youth a spiritual home––one they can have for all their lives. Our hope is that youth at All Souls have a safe space set aside for them, a place where they can practice a life of faith, and a path to discvision statement for youth is this: We want to offer youth a spiritual home––one they can have for all their lives. Our hope is that youth at All Souls have a safe space set aside for them, a place where they

who are eager to watch the action and participate in the liturgy, but need to be able to fidget at the same time. And just as importantly, what will this look like relationally? Hopefully, it will be one more way for us to live into our vision statement, aspirtatement, aspiring to be a community in which “we foster spiritual kinship with one another, especially across generations and diverse backgrounds.” While these new areas are intended for children, non-parenting adults are most welcome to join them there, engage …

o the wider community. Over the years we have become adept at greeting people after they have crossed our threshold. The time has come to actively and intentionally invite folks in. Once folks are here, we have a responsibility, in the words of our vision statour vision statement, “to draw (them) deep into this parish family.” This is a place of growth for our community. Some of the feedback that we have received is that it can be hard to find a place at All Souls as a newcomer. Our goal is to have a clearly defined, …

ality: invitation and welcome, orientation and incorporation, and spiritual kinship. The actions proposed are: a. the creation of an Evangelism ministry, which will lead the efforts of our Parish to live into the part of our vision statement which states, “invch states, “invite all who seek Christ deep into our Parish family.” b. continuation and strengthening of the work of orientation and incorporation done by the Newcomers/Greeters ministry team c. exploration and creation of an alternative model of small gro…

define goals, assess options, and implement change. I also have a PhD in anthropology and we lived in India for a couple of years. I served on the committee that wrote our parish Vision Statement, and I remain incredibly proud of that document and the collectind the collective sweat and tears that went into developing it. These days, I’m thinking a lot about climate change, finite resources, and the need for resilient local communities to gracefully address the many challenges ahead. I’m confident that All Souls will …

From the Rector All Souls Parish Will… All summer we have been listening. We have meeting in groups, praying together, hearing the words of our vision statement and imagining how thsion statement and imagining how they might come to life. Scores of us, teenagers to octogenarians, just-arrived to been-here-for-years, all of us have been offering where we believe God is calling this …

ouped to make its final, very important decisions. More recently, a few months after All Souls issued its new Vision Statement, Kristin preached about her own encounter with the Vision Statement and her use of prayer to bring it close to her heart. She encouraged She encouraged all of us to “pray the Vision Statement” over the next couple of months and truly make it our own. That sermon brought home the importance of wha

so many in this world and in our neighborhoods struggling for survival and dignity on a daily basis, this is a luxury worthy of envy. As a community, we are blessed with – and also challenged by – Choices. We have an inspiring Vision Statement of who we are caf who we are called to be in several years’ time. This vision begins, “We seek to follow Jesus in his boldness, courage, and compassion.…” We have now begun our Strategic Planning work to engage our community – including those who do not worship with us – over th…