Announcements

All Ages Worship (4 January 2026)

Please join us this Sunday (4 January 2026) at 11:00 AM for “Fully”
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 continue to show significant increases as 13 December 2025 while COVID is not spiking yet for the winter.

Keep in mind that this is the best available information for Louisiana.

The Louisiana Department of Health will not be updating this information until 9 January 2026 due to the Christmas and New Years holidays.

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.

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education on Break for This Sunday (4 January 2026)

Our adult religious education class will be taking a break for the this Sunday (4 January 2026).

On 11 January 2026, we will resume 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.

Volunteers for Youth Justice — January 2026 Give-Away-The-Plate Recipient

Each month we dedicate all of our non-pledge income to a community organization doing the work that best embodies our Unitarian Universalist values.

For the month of January 2026, we choose Volunteers for Youth Justice.

Volunteers for Youth Justice does so much for young people in our community such as sponsoring the CASA program (Court Appointed Special Advocates for children and youth in foster care) as well as numerous other programs for at-risk children and youth along with their families.

Two ways to donate:

OnlineGo to our donation site using this link.  If you are paying your pledge, select “2026 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution.  Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to Volunteers for Youth Justice and then put “GATP JAN 2026” or “Volunteers for Youth Justice” in the comment section.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of January 2026 will go to Volunteers for Youth Justice.

Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA  71106.  Please put “Volunteers for Youth Justice” on the memo line of the check if  you want to have 100% of your check go to Volunteers for Youth Justice.  If you want less than 100% of your check to go to Volunteers for Youth Justice, please put the amount you want going to Volunters for Youth Justice on the memo line.

Announcement of Congregational Meeting (18 January 2026)

On Sunday (18 January 2026) immediately after the 11:00 AM worship service, we will have a congregational meeting.

On the agenda — Approval of the 2026 budget.

You can attend in person or via Zoom.

Congregational meetings are open to all but only active members may vote.

We must have a quorum.

Meditation with Larry Androes (3 January 2026)

Please join us on Saturday (3 January 2026) 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 (28 December 2025)

Please join us this Sunday (28 December 2025) at 11:00 AM for “Sitting Here in Limbo” 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 continue to show significant increases as 13 December 2025 while COVID is not spiking yet for the winter.

Keep in mind that this is the best available information for Louisiana.

The Louisiana Department of Health will not be updating this information until 9 January 2026 due to the Christmas and New Years holidays.

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.

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education on Break for Next Two Sundays (28 December 2025 and 4 January 2026)

Our adult religious education class will be taking a break for the next two Sundays (31 December 2025 and 4 January 2026).

On 11 January 2026, we will resume 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.