Announcements
All Ages Worship (7 December 2025)
Please join us this Sunday (7 December 2025) at 11:00 AM for “Keeping What You Give Away” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Rev. Barbara is in the pulpit this morning and the Mitten Tree will be in the sanctuary.
Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.
We are moving our videos from Facebook to YouTube for long-term storage and viewing — you can find our worship videos on YouTube here.
State-level COVID data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page. The most sensitive metric to follow for current COVID trends is the “Laboratory Surveillance Data” link.
All three respiratory viruses (COVID-19, RSV, Flu) are showing significant increases as 29 November 2025.
Masking and COVID vaccination are optional for attending in-person events at All Souls.
We encourage you to be vaccinated against COVID and to also have the most-current COVID booster shots. This provides greater protection to the individual and the church community.
Anyone who prefers wearing a mask is welcome to do so for in-person events and attending worship through livestream video is also an option where required for medical or schedule conflict reasons.
We will still have KN95 masks available in the foyer for anyone who needs one.
We continue to recommend that you stay home if you have any symptoms and that you keep up with all available vaccinations and boosters.
If you are recovering from COVID and have no symptoms, you should mask in public until you have tested negative twice in a 48 hour period.
We also ask that you go by the previous CDC guidelines of waiting at least 5 days past the onset of symptoms rather than the current 24 hour recommendation.
If you have symptoms for COVID or other respiratory illness, please stay home and take care of yourself.
Our December 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Religious Education for Children and Youth (7 December 2025)
For this Sunday (7 December 2025), our children and youth will explore the Bible as a social justice resource.
Who is our neighbor and what did Jesus mean when he said we should love our neighbor?
That’s the question the group will take on this week.
Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (7 December 2025)
Please join us on Sunday (7 December 2025) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.
Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.
For this Sunday, we continue our study of Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals by former Unitarian Universalist Association President Rev. John Buerhens.
Copies of this book are available at the church.
Readings for this Sunday’s session will explore the writings of the Hebrew Prophets.
North Louisiana Interfaith — December 2025 Give-Away-The-Plate Recipient
Each month we dedicate all of our non-pledge income to a community organization doing the work that best embodies our Unitarian Universalist values.
For the month of December 2025, we choose North Louisiana Interfaith.
Our December 2025 Give Away the Plate contributions will go toward our membership in this organization that has accomplished so much in our community:
- Getting more buses available for people who work at night
- Ongoing struggle against corporate welfare
- Lifesaving Community Lighthouses in Northwest Louisiana that build resilience in our power grid and in the spirit of our community
North Louisiana Interfaith remains the constant proof that we are better together.
We can accomplish so much more when we partner with our neighbors for the betterment of our community.
Two ways to donate:
Online — Go to our donation site using this link. If you are paying your pledge, select “2025 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution. Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to the North Louisiana Interfaith and then put “GATP DEC 2025” or “North Louisiana Interfaith” in the comment section. All online collection plate contributions for the month of December 2025 will go to North Louisiana Interfaith.
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “North Louisiana Interfaith” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of your check go to North Louisiana Interfaith. If you want less than 100% of your check to go to North Louisiana Interfaith, please put the amount you want going to North Louisiana Interfaith on the memo line.
Meditation with Larry Androes (6 December 2025)
Please join us on Saturday (6 December 2025) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.
This group will be meeting via Zoom and not in person.
This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.
30 November 2025 Worship Video
All Ages Worship (30 November 2025)
Please join us this Sunday (30 November 2025) at 11:00 AM for “The Peace That Passes” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Rev. Barbara is in the pulpit this morning and the Mitten Tree will be in the sanctuary.
Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.
We are moving our videos from Facebook to YouTube for long-term storage and viewing — you can find our worship videos on YouTube here.
State-level COVID data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page. The most sensitive metric to follow for current COVID trends is the “Laboratory Surveillance Data” link.
COVID-19 continues its decline from its August 2025 summer surge as of 15 November 2025 while RSV and flu are both showing significant increases. Keep in mind that the State of Louisiana is not updating this information for Thanksgiving week and regular updates will resume on 5 December 2025.
Masking and COVID vaccination are optional for attending in-person events at All Souls.
We encourage you to be vaccinated against COVID and to also have the most-current COVID booster shots. This provides greater protection to the individual and the church community.
Anyone who prefers wearing a mask is welcome to do so for in-person events and attending worship through livestream video is also an option where required for medical or schedule conflict reasons.
We will still have KN95 masks available in the foyer for anyone who needs one.
We continue to recommend that you stay home if you have any symptoms and that you keep up with all available vaccinations and boosters.
If you are recovering from COVID and have no symptoms, you should mask in public until you have tested negative twice in a 48 hour period.
We also ask that you go by the previous CDC guidelines of waiting at least 5 days past the onset of symptoms rather than the current 24 hour recommendation.
If you have symptoms for COVID or other respiratory illness, please stay home and take care of yourself.
Our November 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Religious Education for Children and Youth (30 November 2025)
For this Sunday (30 November 2025), our children and youth will explore “The Prophets as Social Justice Teachers.”
Prophets are people who speak truth to power and hold political leaders to account.
Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (30 November 2025)
Please join us on Sunday (30 November 2025) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.
Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.
For this Sunday, we continue our study of Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals by former Unitarian Universalist Association President Rev. John Buerhens.
Copies of this book are available at the church.
Readings for this Sunday’s session will explore the story of Moses.