In this spirit and our covenantal tradition, we will be deciding in the coming weeks and months how and when to resume in-person church activities and services. In the course of this pandemic, the balance of our decisions are weighted toward the common good.

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REMARKS: TREE OF LIFE MEMORIAL SERVICE B’NAI EMUNAH SYNAGOGUE, TULSA OCTOBER 30, 2018 By:  Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar Senior Minister, All Souls Unitarian Church, Tulsa My congregation and I come with our broken-hearts to grieve with you. We at All Souls consider the Jewish community of Tulsa to be family. Before we had a church building, in the early 20’s we worshipped at Temple Israel downtown for a couple of years. Then in the 1990’s congregation B’Nai Emunah worshiped at All Souls for two years when you were remodeling. When you live with people they become family! We are here to affirm that anti-Semitism […]

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