Announcements

All Ages Worship (14 December 2025)

Please join us this Sunday (14 December 2025) at 11:00 AM for “Lighting the Way:  Three Presidents on Our Shared Stewardship” with Susan Yellott, Susan Bettinger, and Eric First.

Generosity is one of our shared Unitarian Universalist values and on this Sunday our current President and two past All Souls Presidents to share with us the importance of supporting our church home to the extent that we can to with time, talent, and treasure.

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 are showing significant increases as 6 December 2025 while COVID is not spiking yet for the winter.

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.

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Vegan Potluck and Movies (14 December 2025)

After the 11:00 AM service this Sunday (14 December 2025), we will have a vegan potluck and movies.

Why is “movies” plural?

We want you to bring a vegan dish to share and also share some short videos from your favorite vegan chefs / content creators.

Whether or not you bring one of their recipes to the potluck, we’d just like to see who’s giving you plant-based inspiration.

Stay for the videos and get a chance to win $50 cash!

And if you’ve got some favorite easy recipes or websites where you find them, bring those, too.  We can inspire each other.

Email your video and website links to Susan.

The All Souls Peace Alliance is a group at All Souls exploring veganism as a path to peace and a better way for our health and for the planet.

We welcome all whether you are vegan, almost vegan, vegan-adjacent, or just vegan-curious.

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (14 December 2025)

Please join us on Sunday (14 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 Psalms and the Wisdom literature of the Hebrew Testament.

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2026 Pledge Drive Happening Now

Please take the time now to fill out the pledge form here and help the Finance Committee plan the budget for 2026.

You may also scan the QR code or pick up an old school paper pledge form in the foyer.

Our church is sustained by the generosity of our members and friends.  We trust you to be the best judge of the amount your pledge should be — taking into account your own budget and the importance of the church in your life.

Our drive is is very short this year so we hope you can show your appreciation for that by getting your form in as soon as possible.

Thanks.

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Monthly Building and Grounds Work Day (Saturday, 13 December 2025)

For December 2025, our monthly building and grounds work day will happen on Saturday (13 December 2025) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

There are tasks indoors and out for all ages and abilities along with snacks for the volunteers.

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Meditation with Larry Androes (13 December 2025)

Please join us on Saturday (13 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.

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