John Lorson -- St. Francis and The Rail Trail Naturalist
2022-04-10 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Speaker — John Lorson
Leader — Karen Gotter
Title: St. Francis and The Rail Trail Naturalist
Topic: I will draw upon my experiences–told through photographs and stories–of my daily, year-round bicycle commutes to and from work through rural Wayne and Holmes Counties.
Bio: By day, you might find John Lorson ankle deep in the byproducts of Ohio’s agricultural bounty as Program Administrator for the Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District. While deeply moving in many ways, livestock manure isn’t John’s only passion. He draws great inspiration from his year-round, daily, bicycle commute to and from work in the heart of Ohio’s Amish Country—a Sisyphean journey now in its 15th year. The trip has spawned hundreds of stories that have fueled stand-up bits, keynote presentations and a decades-long presence in newsprint. The thousands of photographs that corroborate those stories have appeared in gallery shows, live presentations and several years of large format calendars. They’ve also spawned a loyal following on Instagram @railtrailnaturalist and Facebook @JohnLorsonSendHelp. John’s nature column “Rail Trail Naturalist” appears twice monthly in “The Bargain Hunter” newspapers in Wayne and Holmes Counties.
When the work, the ride or the countryside fail to fully inspire, the constant cacophony of children, pets and eccentric friends that surround John and his wife of 33 years, artist Kristin Kovach Lorson, always seems to pull through. Many folks know John and Kristin through their weekly humor columns “Send Help” and “Drawing Laughter” a story-and-cartoon collaboration which have collectively appeared in local newspapers in Wayne and Holmes counties every week for over 25 years.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship not available at this time.

Board Meeting
2022-04-17 09:00 - 10:00, 2022-05-15 09:00 - 10:00, 2022-06-19 09:00 - 10:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
All Souls board meeting starting at 9 a.m.
*Masks requested*

Rev. Will Humphrey -- Liberation and Hope
2022-04-17 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Speaker — Rev. Will Humphrey
Leader — Kristen Ellis
Title: Liberation and Hope
Bio — Rev. Will Humphrey served two Lutheran (ELCA) congregations as a youth pastor and a Church of Christ congregation as an educator prior to coming to All Souls. Serving as our parish minister, he was ordained with us and has served us since 2015. Rev. Will is bi-vocational, serving also as a public school educator. Rev Will is active with anti-racism work within Knox, Richland, and Wayne Counties and throughout the state; he works with the Heritage Universalist groups, including the Universalist Convocation, and Rev Will is active within the Central East Region’s Summer Institute, serving on the ministry/chaplain team for the past three years. Passionate about liberation theological perspectives and eco-feminism, Rev Will advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, anti-racism and economic justice, affirming the worth and dignity of each person, fighting for justice, equity, and compassion in human relations. Rev Will believes that “the foundation of our faith, as Unitarian Universalists, is the Love that we live in our interactions and our daily Social Justice work.”
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship not available at this time.

Flower Communion
2022-04-17 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday, April 17 during the Service
The Flower Communion is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, human uniqueness, diversity, and community.
In this ceremony, everyone in the congregation brings a flower. Each person places a flower in a shared vase. The congregation and minister bless the flowers, and they’re redistributed. Each person brings home a different flower than the one they brought.

Hayley Young -- Beatles Sunday
2022-04-24 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Speaker — Hayley Young
Leader — Hayley Young
Title: Beatles Sunday
Topic: Come Together as we dive into some of the Fab Four’s most iconic songs that exemplify the human experience.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship not available at this time.

Questions for Your Answers
2022-04-27 10:00 - 11:30, 2022-05-25 10:00 - 11:30, 2022-06-29 10:00 - 11:30 | Bob Evans @ Hanley Rd., 30 W. Hanley Rd., Mansfield, OH, 44903, United States
Join us for our monthly meeting at Bob Evans on Hanley Road in Mansfield.
There we will discuss life, faith, and anything you want.

Adult RE Book Discussion
2022-05-01 09:00 - 10:00, 2022-05-08 09:00 - 10:00, 2022-05-22 09:00 - 10:00, 2022-05-29 09:00 - 10:00, 2022-06-05 09:00 - 10:00, 2022-06-12 09:00 - 10:00, 2022-06-26 09:00 - 10:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Adult RE Book Discussion
Sundays 9:00 am
12 Rules For Life by Jordan B. Peterson
We will meet downstairs.
Masks are requested while in the building.

Rev. Elaine Strawn -- The Danger of a Single Story
2022-05-01 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Speaker — Rev. Elaine Strawn
Leader — Jen Gibson
Title — “The Danger of a Single Story”
Topic — Chimamanda Ngosi Adichie is a Nigerian author of challenging, enlightening stories, like the 2014 novel, Americanah. Speaking with humor and deep wisdom, her words break through assumptions and invite readers into a wider world.
This is May Day, Beltane, hope awakens into a seemingly broken world. Nature invites into multiple visions of reality.
Bio — Rev. Dr. V. Elaine Strawn served as the settled minister in the UU Fellowship of Wayne County in Wooster for 23 years before semi-retiring. She now co-chairs the regional Commissioned Lay Ministry Council and offers Spiritual Direction to a wide variety of people. Walking, gardening and tai chi keep her grounded and inspired.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship not available at this time.

Steve Cook -- Principles and Perpetrators
2022-05-08 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Speaker — Steve Cook
Leader — Bambi Gordon
Title — Principles and Perpetrators
Topic — I speak about how elements of our Principles – justice, equity, dignity and compassion have been useful in the practice of law, using six real-life stories.
Bio — Stephen R. Cook, was Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Emeritus, and served as Director of the New Business Legal Clinic and the Trial Litigation Clinic at the University of Akron School of Law. He received his B.S. from The University of Maryland, M.A. from Kent State University and J.D. from The University of Akron. Currently he is the Magistrate for the Village of Smithville Mayor’s Court. He is a member of St. Christopher’s Anglican Church. Cook and his wife, Susan, live in Wooster.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship not available at this time.

Garland Gates -- Shirttail Relatives
2022-05-15 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Speaker — Garland Gates
Leader — Fonda Kendrick
Title — Shirttail Relatives
Topic — Garland will share the relationship between the UUA and the United Church of Christ.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship not available at this time.

Diane Howard -- Walking the Talk
2022-05-22 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Speaker — Diane Howard
Leader — Reed Richmond
Title — Walking the Talk
Topic — Ways that we can follow through and help our neighbors using scripture references from James 2:15-17 and Luke 10:29-37
Bio — I have served on the board for the Matthew 25 Outreach Center for the past 4 years. Matthew 25 is an organization with the mission “Working together to meet needs as we build relationships” which we do through the distribution of produce in Ashland, Richland, and Wayne Counties. At the Mansfield distribution, my task is to help with the fun food which consists of pastries and snack food donated by an organization located in Wooster. I help organize the bulk food and direct volunteers to box the bulk items into family sized portions and then distribute it to those who come to the drive through distribution. During my service so far, I have helped to write multiple grants so that we can continue to expand our service to those who are hungry in the three counties we serve as well as explore opportunities to expand into other surrounding counties as we know there are many hungry people throughout our corner of the world.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship not available at this time.

Dr. Tim Berra -- Bourbon: What the Educated Drinker Should Know
2022-05-29 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Speaker — Dr. Tim Berra
Leader — Brian Moore
Title — Bourbon: What the Educated Drinker Should Know
Topic — Berra’s latest book is totally different from his previous works. It is entitled Bourbon: What the Educated Drinker Should Know and was published by Acclaim Press in 2019. It defines what can and cannot be called bourbon and discusses the history of this uniquely American beverage. It describes how bourbon is made and explains the mash bill, cooking, fermentation, barrel making, distillation, and aging. The book is lavishly illustrated with Berra’s own color photographs of distilleries taken along Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail.
Bio: Dr. Berra is the former editor of The Ohio Journal of Science and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium where he also served on the Conservation and Collection Management Committee. He was also the ichthyological book review editor of Copeia, the journal of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. He resigned these positions at the end of 2000 to pursue fieldwork supported by the National Geographic Society in Australia in 2001. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
He has done fieldwork on nursery fish in the Northern Territory of Australia and has made 8 research trips there between 2001-2016 resulting in 18 papers on their biology. The males of this bizarre fish carry eggs on a hook on their head.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship not available at this time.

Potluck
2022-05-29 12:00 - 14:00, 2022-06-26 12:00 - 14:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Join us after service for our end of the month potluck meal. If you are interested in bringing a dish, there will be a sign up list at the church.
We hope to see you there!!!

Wendy Bartlet -- What Don't You Know About Thoreau?
2022-06-05 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Speaker — Wendy Bartlet
Leader — Kristen Ellis
Title: What Don’t You Know About Thoreau?
Topic: A recent biography about Thoreau begins “Everyone who comes to Thoreau has a story.” What’s yours? Recent scholarship has revealed layers about Thoreau that resonate even more strongly with the times in which we find ourselves. And if it’s been a minute since you took a stroll around Walden Pond, we’ll do that too.
Bio: Wendy Bartlett graduated from the Unitarian Universalist House of Studies with dual specializations in Unitarian Universalism and Interreligious Contexts. Wendy’s areas of focus were Unitarian Universalist history and the intersection of Unitarian Universalism and Buddhism. Raised in the United Church of Christ, Wendy’s family joined the UU church when she was thirteen, and she’s been here ever since. She lives with her grown-up son, a cat, and a grandcat in Fairlawn, Ohio.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship has returned. Join us downstairs after the service for coffee and conversation.

Cara Mia -- To Follow A Pagan Path
2022-06-12 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Speaker — Cara Mia
Leader — Hayley Young
Title: To Follow A Pagan Path
Topic: Modern Paganism (or Neopaganism) is a term describing a broad range of beliefs and practices. Hours can be spent discussing the nuances between various paths. But if we try to speak generally for a moment, what do they have in common? What are some of the most common beliefs and practices that might call someone to follow a Pagan path? Let’s talk about some of the core elements that often make up modern Paganism. Set one foot upon the path, and see where it takes you.
Bio: Cara Mia [they/she] is a practicing Witch and Pagan living on the land of the Erie, Mississauga, and Kaskaskia, now called Cleveland, OH. They have been making videos about modern Paganism and Witchcraft since 2008 under the name cutewitch772, and co-founded “The Pagan Perspective” — a collaborative channel featuring Pagans from various paths and backgrounds — in 2009 (search YouTube for “paganperspective”). Cara is part of the Reclaiming Tradition of Witchcraft, an inclusive and anti-racist tradition bridging the worlds of spirituality and social justice. They began growing a Reclaiming community for Ohio a few years ago, and that group is now blossoming! Cara also enjoys educating the public at the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick, located in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood. This is her fourth time speaking at All Souls.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship has returned. Join us downstairs after the service for coffee and conversation.

Christopher Reynolds -- Working Fathers' Day: How to Separate Manhood from Patriarchy
2022-06-19 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Christopher Reynolds
Leader: Jen Gibson
Title: Working Fathers’ Day: How to Separate Manhood from Patriarchy
Topic: Fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, cousins, grandfathers, grandsons, all who enjoy masculine life, have inner and outer work to do. It is to separate masculinity from patriarchy. Patriarchy includes all LGBTQ+H persons in any relationship where force, not love, indoctrination, not education, authority and not actual Life experiences consume authenticity.
Join Christopher Reynolds for songs, stories and teachings
from depth psychology and Indigenous wisdom. He offers
strategies that empower us to reclaim love, education,
waking and dreaming life from supremacy’s force,
indoctrination and authoritarianism.
Bio: F. Christopher Reynolds, M.Ed., is a singer, teacher and community shaman. His mission is to sing the dream of Peace on Earth onward through songs, writings, ritual, healing concerts and workshops. He is a singer songwriter with 20 releases. He is the lead author on the only publications on depth psychology, soul, creativity, and giftedness. He is also published in organic creativity in the language classroom. Chris is the founder of No Man’s Folk. He is a co-founder of archetypal ecology. Learn more at his website: urrealist.com.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship has returned. Join us downstairs after the service for coffee and conversation.

Dr. Walter Kania -- You Can't Make This Stuff Up!
2022-06-26 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.
Speaker — Dr. Walter Kania
Leader — Bambi Gordon
Title: “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!”
Topic: Today’s world is a manifestation of all of humanity’s most negative and destructive energies. One can view them in the field of politics, economics, government, finance, agriculture, and International relations. It might seem that the world has learned little from mistakes of the past. We seem to go about making the same mistakes that were made in times past. Is there anywhere to look for more positive perspectives about life in this time and space?
The answers have always been found in the same place – the realm of Spirit and the Ancient Masters. The answers are the knowledge of who we are, and an understanding of the world, the nature of mankind and human life. If indeed, we knew our true identity and destiny we would all abandon negative and destructive energies.
So Who Are We? And What Is Our Destiny? Evidence abounds. Please let me share some of it with you. Some call it our identity – that we are “Spiritual Beings having a human experience.” Some call our time here in this dimension “a place of learning and growth.” You decide!
Bio: Dr. Walter Kania is a licensed Clinical and Consulting Psychologist. He holds a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He has maintained an active Clinical and Consulting practice. He also holds a Master of Divinity degree from Texas Christian University. He is ordained in the Congregational Church (United Church of Christ) and The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He has served on the faculties of Texas Christian University, Bethany College, The Ohio State University, and The Renaissance Academy of Florida Gulf Coast University. He is the author of five books, “Healthy Religion,” “A Believable Bible,” “A Credible Christianity”, and “Spirituality Without Sin and Salvation.” His newest book is “Spiritual Psychology.” He conducts seminars and is a frequent speaker in the fields of Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship has returned. Join us downstairs after the service for coffee and conversation.

Aurelio Diaz -- "Constructing Bridges with Significant Relationship"
2022-07-03 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m.
Speaker – Aurelio Diaz
Leader – Fonda Kendrick
Title: “Constructing Bridges with Significant Relationship”
Topic: Aurelio will focus on communities coming together, regardless of beliefs, backgrounds, and political affiliations. “I’ve always believed that and have tried my best to practice it,” says Aurelio, “but I feel that with my newfound involvement with local politics, I’ve learned firsthand how important it really is to love one another.” Aurelio will share his personal observations and experiences and will also perform an original song with his autoharp.
Bio: Aurelio V. Diaz is a musician and artist who resides in Downtown Mansfield. He adores the city birds, and feeds them daily. He loathes limited options and tries to create more. Aurelio is the 5th Ward Mansfield City Councilman. His plan is to use music, art, and elbow grease to help transform Mansfield.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship has returned. Join us downstairs after the service for coffee and conversation.

Professor Scopas Pogo -- The Era of Military Dictatorship in Africa
2022-07-10 10:30 - 12:00 | All Souls UU Church, 25 Church St., Bellville, Ohio, 44813
Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m.
Speaker — Professor Scopas Pogo
Leader — Jen Gibson
Title: “The Era of Military Dictatorship in Africa”
Topic: Scopas will share personal experiences living under two dictators, from 1971-1985. This talk might shed light on military rule in other parts of the world as well.
*Mask are requested in the building*
Fellowship has returned. Join us downstairs after the service for coffee and conversation.
