The All Souls Community

This congregation welcomes you and invites you to be part of our community of caring and friendliness. We proclaim a life-affirming faith that lifts us to a greater awareness of who we are and what we can become. Everyone who shares this spirit of community is welcome to be a part of our village in the city.

Those of us who gather at All Souls do so with hearts open to the mysteries of love and minds open to the wisdom of truth.

We welcome all who are searching, all who are questioning, all who would be stimulated by further growth. We welcome all who are hurting, who are suffering from new or old wounds.

At All Souls, we also gather to open our hands in compassion and service to neighbors among us and around us.

Community Building Groups and Programs at All Souls

The following groups have detailed information about their activities on this website. Click on a link to them for information. You can also request more information from All Souls.

The Caring Team (formerly Friends in Deed) ensures ongoing connection with the All Souls family when for an extended period of time a member of our congregation can’t attend church or other activities which bring us together as a community.

Cinema All Souls screens award-winning films once a month on a big screen, followed by informal discussion.

The Circle of Elders invites men and women in an advanced stage of life to meet on Thursday afternoons twice a month to discuss the issues that preoccupy us after our long lives and with death near.

Historical Society preserves the rich history of All Souls though archival work, oral history, and the sponsoring of the Bellows Lecture.

Interweave is an alliance of bisexuals, gays, lesbians and transgender persons and their heterosexual friends at The Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City.

Lifelines Center is a monthly lecture and discussion program.

LifeScapes oversees annual off-site adult intergenerational retreats and occasional mid-week evening programs.

Peace Task Force is a discussion and action group and information source for members who are concerned about immediate threats of war as well as exploring ways to work toward lasting global peace.

All Souls Quarterly Review, produced and edited by members of the congregation, it includes editorials, articles, photographs, and feature stories that reflect upon our history and inform the congregation about activities at All Souls.

Stories With Soul, now in its thirteenth year, invites you to join them for a short story reading and discussion. No prior reading is necessary.

Thirties-Forties Fellowship is a group for people in their 30's and 40's who are part of the All Souls(NYC) community, or part of another NYC Unitarian Universalist community. The group has social and service events.

Ushers greet visitors, distribute Orders of Service, assist with seating and receive the offering.

Women's Alliance, founded in 1890, gives voice and support to issues of concern to women.

Women's Reading Group, open to all, discusses works authored by women.

All Souls Young Adults offer an opportunity for members and friends in their twenties and thirties (usually ages 18-35) to get together for social events, spiritual gatherings, and service opportunities.