Announcements

All Ages Worship (18 October 2026)

Please join us this Sunday (11 October 2026) at 11:00 AM for “It’s What You Make It” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.

All Souls is now meeting for worship and religious education classes in The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA  71104) after the sale of our former building located on Ellerbe Road.

Drive around to the back of The Highland Center and enter from the ramp-accessible entrance on Topeka Street, take the second hallway to the right, and our worship will be in the first room on the right.

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.

Flu is continuing its fall / winter increase in Louisiana as of 10 October 2026.

COVID is continuing its decline from its summer peak as of 10 October 2026 and appears to resuming low but steady numbers.

RSV is maintaining low but steady numbers in Louisiana as of 10 October 2026.

However, the Louisiana Department of Health website does also say “Recent counts likely to change as more data are received.”

We should all be paying attention to these trends so we can keep everyone safer.

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 October 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.

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

Food Bank of NW Louisiana Needs Help (Week of 18 October 2026)

The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana is asking for our help.

This week’s ask — canned vegetables, canned beans, or canned corn.

In these difficult times, many people are struggling and the Northwest Louisiana Food Bank is asking for help to meet their needs.

In addition to our regular give-away-the-plate contributions, All Souls is getting back in the habit of giving weekly to the Food Bank.

While it’s true that donations of money go farthest, it is also true that the Food Bank is requesting donated food items as well.

The list of requested items will change from week to week and can be found in the weekly updates posted to our web site.

Here is a list of other ongoing requests over the next few weeks:

  • dried beans (1 or 2 lb bag)
  • rice (1 or 2 lb bag)
  • pasta noodles / Mac ‘n cheese
  • hearty stye soups plus any canned pasta product / can chili / beef stew
  • canned vegetables or beans or corn
  • canned fruit
  • boxed cereal, oatmeal, grits

If everyone who is able can bring two food items per week, that will be greatly appreciated.

There will also be envelopes provided for monetary gifts.

Thank you for doing your part to fight hunger in the Shreveport-Bossier  area and across Northwest Louisiana.

For more information, see Ann Andrews on Sunday at church.

Religious Education for Children and Youth (18 October 2026)

For this Sunday (18 October 2026), our children and youth will continue our first pillar of the church year — Unitarian Universalist Identity — where we focus our shared religious identity, history, and heritage.

This Sunday’s topic is the shared value of generosity.

Special art projects in Maggie’s art studio will continue as an integral part of these sessions.

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (18 October 2026)

Please join us on Sunday (18 October 2026) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person at the Highland Center and also on Zoom.

On this Sunday, we will continue our discussion of the book Erasing History:  How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future by Jason Stanley.

Our discussion for this Sunday will wrap up our study of this book with chapter 7 (“Reclaiming History”) and the Epilogue.

Bear in mind that although the book was published before the 2024 election, a paperback edition has come out since then.

The Preface in the 2026 paperback edition is different from the Preface to the 2024 e-book edition.

We will be meeting in the small conference room of the Highland Center.  Park in the back parking lot on Topeka Street and come in through the ramp-accessible entrance.  Take the first hallway to the right and enter first room on the right.  And you can join us via Zoom.

Northwest Louisiana Lighthouse Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (8 November 2026) — Sign-up Details

The official Ribbon Cutting of the third Community Lighthouse in Shreveport:

Sign up online for this event here.

We will also have an accountability session with the winners and runoff candidates from the 3 November 2026 election.

This  celebration will also include a tribute to longtime and still active Interfaith leader Ms. Willie Myers.

Join us for this full and fulfilling afternoon.

Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (21 October 2026)

(Cat not provided — you must supply your own feline)

Please join us next Wednesday (21 October 2026) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

With the busy lives of our regular participants, our in-person Zoom lunches are on hold for the time being but the link is always open to join at noon every Wednesday.

Meditation with Larry Androes (17 October 2026)

Please join us on Saturday (17 October 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 (11 October 2026)

Please join us this Sunday (11 October 2026) at 11:00 AM for “Getting Lit” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.

All Souls is now meeting for worship and religious education classes in The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA  71104) after the sale of our former building located on Ellerbe Road.

Drive around to the back of The Highland Center and enter from the ramp-accessible entrance on Topeka Street, take the second hallway to the right, and our worship will be in the first room on the right.

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.

Flu is continuing its fall / winter increase in Louisiana as of 3 October 2026.

COVID is continuing its decline from its summer peak as of 3 October 2026.

RSV is maintaining low but steady numbers in Louisiana as of 3 October 2026.

However, the Louisiana Department of Health website does also say “Recent counts likely to change as more data are received.”

We should all be paying attention to these trends so we can keep everyone safer.

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 October 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.

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

Food Bank of NW Louisiana Needs Help (Week of 11 October 2026)

The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana is asking for our help.

This week’s ask — hearty canned soups plus any canned pasta, chili, or stew.

In these difficult times, many people are struggling and the Northwest Louisiana Food Bank is asking for help to meet their needs.

In addition to our regular give-away-the-plate contributions, All Souls is getting back in the habit of giving weekly to the Food Bank.

While it’s true that donations of money go farthest, it is also true that the Food Bank is requesting donated food items as well.

The list of requested items will change from week to week and can be found in the weekly updates posted to our web site.

Here is a list of other ongoing requests over the next few weeks:

  • dried beans (1 or 2 lb bag)
  • rice (1 or 2 lb bag)
  • pasta noodles / Mac ‘n cheese
  • hearty stye soups plus any canned pasta product / can chili / beef stew
  • canned vegetables or beans or corn
  • canned fruit
  • boxed cereal, oatmeal, grits

If everyone who is able can bring two food items per week, that will be greatly appreciated.

There will also be envelopes provided for monetary gifts.

Thank you for doing your part to fight hunger in the Shreveport-Bossier  area and across Northwest Louisiana.

For more information, see Ann Andrews on Sunday at church.