Announcements
1 November 2026 Worship Video
All Ages Worship (8 November 2026)
Please join us this Sunday (8 November 2026) at 11:00 AM for “Vertical and Horizontal: Intimacy and Ultimacy” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
The All Souls choir will also sing.
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.
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 31 October 2026.
COVID and RSV are both maintaining low but steady numbers in Louisiana as of 31 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 November 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Food Bank of NW Louisiana Needs Help (Week of 8 November 2026)
The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana is asking for our help.
This week’s ask — Dried Beans (1 or 2 pound bag).
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 (8 November 2026)
For this Sunday (8 November 2026), our children and youth will continue our second pillar of the church year — Jewish and Christian Heritage — where we focus on their importance in the Unitarian Universalist tradition through stories of love and justice from the Hebrew and Christian Testaments
Starting this Sunday (8 November 2026) and through the month of December, our children and youth will encounter stories from the two traditions that are essentially the parents and grandparents of Unitarian Universalism.
A growing number of Christians and Jews are speaking apologetically about their faith as something that motivates them to work for justice for all people.
They express a faith that is very different from the fundamentalist voices that often claim to be the only true representatives of the faith. These stories and their messages of justice, love, and mercy belong to us, and we have a right to claim and reframe them.
For this week, Moses and the Courageous Midwives from the Book of Exodus.
Special art projects in Maggie’s art studio will continue as an integral part of these sessions.
Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (8 November 2026)
Please join us on Sunday (8 November 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, Bennett Upton will shares stories of the Appalachian Trail.
Bennett is back from his 6 month hike of the Appalachian Trail and will join us to share stories and insights gained along the way.
Northwest Louisiana Lighthouse Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (8 November 2026) — Sign-up Details
The official Ribbon Cutting of the third Community Lighthouse in Shreveport:
- Date — Sunday, 8 November 2026
- Time — 1:30-2:45 PM
- Location — Galilee Baptist Church, 1500 Pierre Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana 71103
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.
Join Our Team for Out of the Darkness Walk (7 November 2026)
Join an All Souls team to participate in the Northwest Louisiana Out of the Darkness Walk sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (Saturday, 7 November 2026 at 9:00 AM — Betty Virginia Park, Shreveport, Louisiana).
Out of the Darkness Walks take place in cities throughout the country.
Community members from Shreveport / Bossier City and surrounding communities will gather on Saturday (7 November 2026) to help save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide.
This is a family-friendly community event featuring community resources, music, activities, a butterfly release, refreshments, a silent auction, and a walk around beautiful Betty Virginia Park (0.9 miles) to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention.
Half the proceeds are devoted to suicide prevention resources in the local community, while the other half goes to the national organization supporting their four core pillars:
- Education — in schools, universities, and workplaces to help communities identify mental health warning signs
- Support for Loss Survivors — financing healing networks and other resources tailored for local needs
- Research — Financing grants to study the biological, genetic, and behavioral risk factors to improve intervention
- Policy Advocacy — supporting volutneers and staff who lobby at state and national levels for mental health legislation, including the rollout of the national 988 hotline
All Souls is creating a team to enter the walk — you can join the team at our team link here. The link will direct you to create your own individual registration link and an opportunity to create your own individual fundraising page.
You will have the option to set an individual fundraising goal and — if you like — make a donation toward that goal (although your personal donation is not required).
Our team fundraising goal is $250 — but our hope is that between our September 2026 give-away-the-plate funds and our individual fundraising pages — that we have set that goal modestly and can easily surpass it.
Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (11 November 2026)
Please join us next Wednesday (11 November 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 (7 November 2026)
Please join us on Saturday (7 November 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.
For more information, you can contact Larry via email or by calling or texting Larry using 318-272-0014.