All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Shreveport, Louisiana
A home for Unitarian Universalism and liberal religion in Shreveport, Bossier City, and Northwest Louisiana since 1950
Please join us on Sunday (9 October 2016) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class:
“Broadening Our Unitarian Universalist Understanding,
Deepening Our Journey”
For newcomers and seasoned members alike, this class that offers an exploration of the history and heritage of our living tradition as well as an opportunity to explore our personal spiritual journeys in the context of loving, covenanted community.
This Week — Session 3: Our Roots in Europe
Please join us on Wednesday (19 October 2016) at 7:00 PM for “Race and the Constitution” with Marjorie Esman (Executive Director, ACLU of Louisiana).
Marjorie Esman says:
The U.S. Constitution has at times been interpreted in ways which propelled forward the cause of racial justice, but as originally drafted, was designed to deprive African Americans of fundamental rights. While civil rights have been expanded by Constitutional amendments and legislation, the legacy of denial persists. With issues of discrimination, profiling, and physical and structural violence still pervading American society, how does the Constitution still serve to deny full racial justice?
The talk is free and open to the public. Please join us.
Call or text Susan Caldwell at 318.465.3427. Or email her for more information.
Please join us for a free screening of the award-winning PBS documentary series RACE: The Power of an Illusion.
This free screening will happen on two nights:
Concessions and child care will be available.
This screening is sponsored by All Souls and NOW Shreveport-Bossier.
Please join us for our monthly building and grounds work day — Saturday, 8 October 2016 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
With the exception of some basic lawn work and cleaning, most of the work of maintaining our building and grounds falls to us, the membership.
Once a month, we gather to do what needs to be done, inside and out.
There are tasks for all ages and abilities.
Come for the whole time, or for whatever length of time you can manage.
If you can’t stay, consider dropping off snacks for the crew.
Please join us on Sunday (2 October 2016) at 11:00 AM for our annual “Blessing of the Animals” worship service.
“Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to animals and so to share the blessings of the merciful.” – Albert Schweitzer
Our annual tribute to the companions who share our home in the interdependent web of all existence.
Today they join us for worship in the sanctuary and it’s OK if some of them decide to sing along with the hymns.
Please bring your pet either on a leash or confined in a carrier. Even the most docile animals can behave unpredictably in strange circumstances.
If you do not currently have a pet or yours is not ready for prime time, please feel free to bring a picture or a stuffed animal to be blessed.
This service is intergenerational — the children and youth remain with us and our pets in the sanctuary for the entire service.
We will still provide nursery care for infants and toddlers 3 and under.
Please join us on Sunday (1 October 2016) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class — “Broadening our UU Understanding, Deepening Our Journey”
Session 2.1 — Our Roots in the Early Church.
For newcomers and seasoned members alike, this course covers the historical streams of our living tradition from the early Christian church, and provides opportunities for each of us to consider our individual spiritual paths within the scope of that tradition.
