Category Archives: General Events

1.4 Billion Reasons Multi-Media Presentation

Friday, May 11, 7 p.m. (Extra Parking at Marriott)

by Global Poverty Project

The vision of the organizer, the Global Poverty Project, is to have a world without extreme poverty within a generation.

The first in a series of related activities that will include a Food Challenge for All Soulers in June – eating for 5 days on a U.S. extreme poverty budget of $1.50 per day per person or on the more generous food stamp budget of $3.17 per day.

Get a head start and begin preparation for the Food Challenge now. Buy rice,    lentils, and various kinds of beans and try out some new recipes.

Sat. April 14, 5:45—9 pm

The Most Important & Largest Fundraiser of the Year

$20 Dinner & Entertainment before Auction

Entertainment: Anthony Edwards & Missy Koonce

Free:  Live & Silent Auctions

Kass Wright, Eloise Weatherford & Susan Sarachek at 2011 auction

All Souls Black Tie: Have fun with it—boots with a beret, sneakers with a tiara, dress to the “9s” or come in your PJs with a bow tie!

Reservations: Concierge or Bob Miller, rmiller1@kc.rr.com

Schedule of Events

5:00 p.m. Silent Auction Opens

6 p.m. Dinner & Entertainment

7:00 pm Live Auction

8:00 pm Silent Auction Closes

Fun Getaways in Auction!

Grand Caymans

Start planning your reunions! Or plan a trip with the ‘girls,’ or take that romantic getaway.
Our Auction will have wonderful options for 2 people, or up to 10-12 at great prices and in wonderful places like France and Grand Cayman, Mexico.
Check out this French beauty at www.masvilaceque.com, or this 6 bedroom home in Grand Cayman at www.grandcaymanvillas.net/Nosnow.htm. Watch for more details to be posted in Conover.

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR.

April 25-26.
Coordinator: Carolyn Connor, carolyn.connor@gmail.com 913-850-8885
The Adult Education Committee has investigated the costs of a 2-day trip to see the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. The trip would include: Crystal Bridges Museum (free admission), Trails walking tour, Skyspace light show entitled The Way of Color. (free admission), Walton original 5 & 10 museum. Hotel room (2 people): $148.03 + $4 for breakfast. Transportation: dependent on the number of people going. Meals: 2 lunches and dinner
If you are interested or need more information, please let us know by March 25 by: Signing up on the sign-up sheet on the Bulletin Board across from the book sale area or Contacting Carolyn Connor, carolyn.connor@gmail.com, 913-850-8885

Jowler Creek Winery: Earth Day Celebration.

April 21, Meet in Church Parking Lot at 9:30am and drive to Platte City for 11am Tour. Facilitator: Susan Sarachek, susan@altercounseling.com, 816-721-7459 by April 1 so tour reservations can be made.
Jowler Creek is Missouri’s first green winery. To celebrate Earth Day, Jowler Creek owner Colleen Gerke will lead you on a FREE tour to see their “green” practices in action including using sheep to “mow” our vineyard, chickens to help with pest control, and capturing energy from the sun to power our vineyard.

William Murry, Speaker and Book Signing

Saturday March 31, 7 p.m. Rev. William R. Murry will be speaking on “The Third Way: The Humanist Alternative.” Many people assume there are only two alternatives – traditional religious belief or atheism/ agnosticism – but Humanism offers a third way that includes the best values and principles of the other two. He is the Past President of Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago and Minister Emeritus of River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Maryland.

His most recent books are Reason and Reverence: Religious Humanism for the 21st Century and Becoming More Fully Human: Religious Humanism as a Way of Life. The talk will be followed by a reception and book signing.

Rev. Murry also will be speaking at the 10am Sunday  Forum on “Economic Justice: An Imperative for Religious Liberals”   and at the 11:15am Sunday Service on “Reason and Reverence: Religious Humanism for the 21st Century.”

His visit is sponsored  by Friends of the Forum.

2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Bragg Auditorium

Tuesday, March 13: “A Sea Change: Imagine a World Without Fish”

2009 * 83 minutes

Ocean acidification threatens over one million species with extinction–and with them, our entire way of life.

Tuesday, April 10: “Homo Toxicus”

2008 * 88 minutes

A global-wide experiment is in progress, and we are the guinea pigs. Chemicals are released into the environment, without ever knowing how toxic they are in the long term to the living organisms. We are today bequeathing our toxic load to our children along with our DNA! This film explores the links between those toxic substances and some rising health problems. The findings are disturbing and strongly challenge our way of life.

Tuesday,  May 8:  “Mother: Caring for 7 Billion”

2011 * 54 minutes

Population growth silently fuels our most pressing environmental, humanitarian and social crises. In 2011 the world population reached 7 billion, a seven-fold increase since the first billion occurred 200 years ago. Today, nearly 1 billion people still suffer from chronic hunger. Compounded with our ravenous appetite for natural resources, population growth is putting an unprecedented burden on the life system we all depend on, as we refuse to face the fact that more people equals more problems.

Interested in helping the Documentary Series resume on a more regular basis? Contact Carolyn MacDonald,  ctmacdonaldkc@aol.com.