Please join us this Sunday (11 January 2026) at 11:00 AM for “UU and Buddhist Cats and Dogs” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell
If you purchased a poinsettia for the sanctuary, you may take it home today with our thanks. In lifting up the honor and memory of your loved ones, you helped to create a beautiful altar for the holidays.
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.
RSV and Flu have shown significant increases but are beginning to decline slowly from their peak numbers as of 9 January 2026 while COVID is not spiking yet for the winter. That is a good sign but it tells us we still should be careful.
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 January 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is Volunteers for Youth Justice.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
On this Sunday (11 January 2026), our children and youth will begin our exploration of world religions by looking what world religions teach about welcoming the stranger.
For January 2026, our monthly building and grounds work day will happen on Saturday (11 January 2026) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
