About All Souls Interfaith Gathering
Our mission is to cultivate inner peace and inspire connection with Divine Source.
We envision a just, peaceful, and loving world, respectful of difference and united by common humanity, in which people live purposeful lives in harmony with one another, other creatures, and the Earth itself.
Our journey together began on April 11, 1999. At that time the pattern for our Sunday Music & Spirit Service began to unfold. Music plays a major role in our Sunday service because we believe that it provides a special spiritual connection. Along with music, the services combine spiritual readings and reflections on world issues and personal values, as well as Christian, Jewish, Islam, Buddhists, Hindu, Taoist and Native American beliefs and sacred texts.
Blueprint 2020
We are pleased to share with you Blueprint 2020, which will guide our work at All Souls Interfaith Gathering for the next few years. A PDF copy of the plan can be found below.
The Blueprint 2020 plan is the result of many months of hard work by All Souls community members, board, and staff. The Advisory Committee and the four focus groups spent a great deal of time looking at data, assessing strengths and weaknesses, understanding challenges, exploring opportunities, and meeting with individuals and groups. We utilized surveys and focus groups, and held two evening forums that included a broad cross-section of our community. Many people also took the opportunity to review multiple drafts and provide feedback.
The draft of the plan was unanimously approved by the All Souls Board of Directors, and the Lead Pastor and Board Co-Chairs are taking steps to begin implementation this summer.
Blueprint 2020 was strengthened in so many ways through our community's participation over the past year. We thank all who were involved, and are proud of the plan that we have created together.
Now it will be important for us to stay focused on the priorities of this plan. We heard very clearly that an essential element of success will be follow-through and accountability.
Thank you to all who contributed to the Blueprint 2020 planning process and to everyone who helps us achieve our mission.
With love and gratitude,
Rev. Don Chatfield, Lead Pastor
“I feel so truly blessed to have found this sacred space and community that is called All Souls Interfaith Gathering - a place where we can indeed be rooted in peace and serve with love….”
— Terry Bridgwood