A COMMUNITY OF
Engagement
IN A CULTURE OF DISTRACTION
Annual Report 2023 - 2024
Fall 2023 Study | Simplify
In the Fall, we studied and implemented the spiritual practice of simplicity together.
13 groups went through the Simplify Community + Practices Guide.
A Story of Engagement
Watch this video as Claudia Lewis shares about how God met her through the Simplify study and what she learned through practicing simplicity.
Lent 2024 Study | To Feed The Soul
Our study during Lent focused on the spiritual practice of fasting.
14 groups participated in the To Feed The Soul Community + Practices Guide.
Engaging Together in Emotional Health
In the Spring, Pastor Mike St. Denis lead 20 people through the Emotionally Healthy Relationships curriculum. They spent 8 weeks together intentionally applying the Gospel deeply to their relationships with God, themselves, and others.
Emotionally Healthy Relationships Course
1 6 Adults and 4 Youth Participated in the Emotionally Healthy Relationships course.
“Through the Emotionally Healthy Relationship course, I’m hoping to gain a better understanding of how to improve and maintain relationships that are supportive and healthy. I also would love to get closer to God and learn about what kinds of relationships He wants me to have in my life.”
“The Emotionally Healthy Relationships course has been teaching me so much! It can be awkward at points to practice what I’m learning, but there’s no growth without a little discomfort. I’m very excited for how this class will help me build relationships—platonic, romantic, or familial—that are more healthy in the future.”
Engaging Together in Solitude
Evening Apart
Marlayne Whitlock and JourneyMates Atlanta hosted two Evening Aparts for our congregation. These evenings provided quiet, uncluttered space for silence and reflection as well as lectio divina and prayer.
Engaging Together as Young Adults
Young Adults Ministry
This past year, a few All Souls members and attenders launched a Young Adults Group. They met bi-weekly for fellowship, snacks, games, discussion, and prayer. They studied Bonhoeffer’s Life Together.
Engaging Together as Men
Over the past year, our Men’s Ministry hosted breakfast events focused on formation and continued their discussion on the relationship of faith and work. Special thanks to Three Taverns Brewery for hosting.
Men’s Breakfasts
8 Men’s Breakfasts were hosted by the Men’s Ministry this year.
Engaging Together as Women
Over the past year, our Women’s Thursday Morning Group read and discussed:
Abundant Simplicity by Jan Johnson
Walking with Mary by Dr. Edward Sri
Fasting: Spiritual Freedom Beyond Our Appetites by Lynn Baab
Wondrous Encounters: Scripture for Lent by Richard Rohr
Turning of Days (Spring Section) by Hannah Anderson
Women’s Book Discussions
25 Women attended a book study.
Women’s Advent Gather
In the midst of the busy holiday season, the Women’s Ministry hosted an Advent Gather planned by Carrie Wheeler, Marlayne Whitlock, and Krista Gilliam. The evening focused on being present through engaging one’s five senses.
EvenPsalm
Led by Tara Koski, the Women’s Ministry started hosting monthly gatherings providing time in Scripture, prayer, and small group sharing.
“At this time in my life, I have a deep desire and need for a space of quiet contemplation and prayer. EvenPsalm will provide a time of stillness before God and with other women of All Souls.”
