All Ages Worship (27 April 2025)

Please join us on Sunday (27 April 2025) at 11:00 AM for “A Day for Earth” with Rev. Barbara Jarrell and music from members of the All Souls Choir.

In this week of Earth Day, we will hold a service in reverence and celebration of the only home we have.

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.

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 COVID and RSV rates holding steady at lower levels while influenza is decreasing as of 19 April 2025.

Starting on 13 November 2022, masks will be optional indoors at All Souls.

Anyone who prefers to keep wearing a mask is welcome to do so and attending worship through livestream video is also an option.

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.

We no longer require proof of vaccination against COVID for all attendees ages 11 and up for indoor events.

However, we do strongly encourage that anyone attending our worship services or other indoor events at All Souls be vaccinated against COVID.

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.

And of course — if you have symptoms (COVID or other respiratory illness) — please stay home and take care of yourself.

Our April 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is Volunteers for Youth Justice.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

Bake Sale and Dessert Swap (27 April 2025)

We will have a bake sale and dessert swap sponsored by the children and youth of All Souls to benefit our congregation.

This will happen before and after the 11:00 AM worship service.

Bring a baked good or other dessert to swap and share — or just bring your worthy donation and take home a collection of sweet treats.

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (27 April 2025)

Please join us on Sunday (27 April 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.

We will be viewing and discussing the video “How Atheists Can Embrace Spiritual Practices” with Britt Hartley (Atheist Spiritual Director).

Because we as Unitarian Universalists are united not by creed but by covenant, our theological spectrum is a wide one including everyone from Universalist Christians to atheists and multitudes in between.

Britt Hartley is an atheist spiritual director who encourages atheists to embrace the possibility of a spiritual life that does not include the supernatural.

She talks about the meaningful spiritual practices in her own life and the importance of preserving the benefits of a spiritual life without the supernatural element.

42nd Annual Holocaust Remembrance Service of Northwest Louisiana (27 April 2025)

The 42nd Annual Holocaust Remembrance Service of Northwest Louisiana will be happening on Sunday (27 April 2025) at 3:00 PM at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (275 Southfield Road, Shreveport LA  71105).

Since 1984, various community partners have gathered to present a service in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

The Chair of the service this year is Father Michael Cannon of St. Paul’s and the featured speaker is award-winning author and child of Holocaust survivors Kathy Kacer.

Register here if you plan to attend.

Empty Chair Town Hall (6 May 2025)

Empty Chair Town Hall — Make your voice heard!
Tuesday, 6 May 2025 — 6:00 -8:00 PM
Grace Community United Methodist Church
9400 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA  71106

Whether you’re concerned about cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, veterans benefits, and education, appalled by illegal deportations, or just worried about the state of democracy — come and let your voice be heard in a 2-minute statement that will later be shared with our no-show congressional representatives.

This is a non-partisan, non-denominational event sponsored by 10,000 Women Louisiana, Indivisible North Louisiana, and Indivisible Shreveport-Bossier City.

Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (30 April 2025)

Please join us next Wednesday (30 April 2025) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

Our weekly Zoom lunch is zoom-only this week.

If you do want to meet in person, send Susan a text message (318-465-3427) to let her know.

Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.

Meditation with Larry Androes (26 April 2025)

Please join us on Saturday (26 April 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.

All Ages Worship (20 April 2025)

Please join us on Easter Sunday (20 April 2025) at 11:00 AM for “I Think Something Happened” 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.

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 COVID and RSV rates holding steady at lower levels while influenza is decreasing as of 12 April 2025.

Starting on 13 November 2022, masks will be optional indoors at All Souls.

Anyone who prefers to keep wearing a mask is welcome to do so and attending worship through livestream video is also an option.

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.

We no longer require proof of vaccination against COVID for all attendees ages 11 and up for indoor events.

However, we do strongly encourage that anyone attending our worship services or other indoor events at All Souls be vaccinated against COVID.

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.

And of course — if you have symptoms (COVID or other respiratory illness) — please stay home and take care of yourself.

Our April 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is Volunteers for Youth Justice.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

Children and Youth Religious Education for Easter Sunday (20 April 2025)

For Easter Sunday (20 April 2025), our children (PreK through Grade 5) will be decorating wooden keepsake eggs.

Our middle and high school youth will assist the Easter Bunny by hiding eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt after the worship service is concluded.