Announcements
All Ages Worship (12 October 2025)
Please join us this Sunday (12 October 2025) at 11:00 AM for “Being One” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
We will be meeting in the sanctuary for this worship service. Please join us in person at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106 if you are able to do so.
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 4 October 2025.
However, we are beginning to show a significant RSV and flu uptick in our state as of 4 October 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 October 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Highland Center Ministries.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Religious Education for Children and Youth (12 October 2025)
For this Sunday (12 October 2025), our children and youth religious education class will continue the theme of “How We Do UU” by exploring “Equity — Mary Safford and The Prophetic Sisterhood.”
Continuing the exploration of our shared Unitarian Universalist values, our children and youth will focus on equity and a story from our Unitarian Universalist history about a group of women ministers at a time when women”weren’t supposed to be ministers.”
These women rode west and either found or founded their own churches — often encountering difficult conditions and stiff opposition to do so.
The class will explore the idea of finding their own prophetic voices.
No Adult Religious Education Classes on 12 and 19 October 2025
Sleep in a little on this Sunday and next Sunday (12 and 19 October 2025) — then rejoin us in two weeks (Sunday, 26 October 2025).
On Sunday (26 October 2025), we will begin our study of Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals by former Unitarian Universalist Association President Rev. John Buerhens.
Books should be available at church by Sunday, 19 October 2025.
If possible, pick up a copy and read the first section entitled “Before We Begin.”
Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (15 October 2025)
Please join us next Wednesday (15 October 2025) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.
Between the blazing hot weather and the busy lives of our regular participants, our in-person Zoom lunches are on hold for the time being but the link is always open to join at noon every Wednesday.
Monthly Building and Grounds Work Day (Saturday, 11 October 2025)
For October 2025, our monthly building and grounds work day will happen on Saturday (11 October 2025) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
There are tasks indoors and out for all ages and abilities along with snacks for the volunteers.
Meditation with Larry Androes (11 October 2025)
Please join us on Saturday (11 October 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.
5 October 2025 In Memoriam Video
This video was shown at Sunday’s (5 October 2025) annual “Blessing of the Animals” worship service.
Due to a temporary internet outage, it was not included in the worship service video recording.
We are including this video in our YouTube video collection and also on our website so we can remember and celebrate the lives of our pets and their role in our families.
5 October 2025 Worship Video
Please note that this video does not contain the entire worship service. The church lost internet service about halfway through the worship service.
All Ages Worship (5 October 2025)
Please join us this Sunday (5 October 2025) at 11:00 AM for our annual “Blessing of the Animals” worship service presented by the children, youth, adults, and animals of All Souls.
This is one of our most beloved services of the year when our members and friends are invited to bring their furry, feathered, finned, and footless friends into the sanctuary to celebrate the home we share in the interdependent web of all existence.
For this Sunday, our children and youth in religious education will join us as we look at how our care for the animals in our lives aligns with our shared Unitarian Universalist Values.
We will be meeting in the sanctuary for this worship service. Please join us in person at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106 if you are able to do so.
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. The link is currently showing flu a very low level as of 27 September 2025. And COVID-19 continues its decline from its August 2025 summer surge.
However, we are beginning to show a significant RSV uptick in our state as of 27 September 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 October 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Highland Center Ministries.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.