Announcements

All Ages Worship (19 March 2023)

Please join us on Sunday (19 March 2023) at 11:00 AM for “Around Here, Still Waters Don’t Run at All” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell with special musical guests Cookie Garner and Sandra Odom.  This is a service celebrating the observance of World Water Day on 22 March 2023

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.

The current COVID risk for the Shreveport metro area (Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, DeSoto Parish) is now “low” and the CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “low” risk areas.

See the CDC website and the COVIDActNow website for more details.

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.

Please use this link to evaluate the current COVID risk for the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area as you make your decisions regarding masking and other COVID preventive measures while attending All Souls.

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.

Please use good judgment and stay home if you have any symptoms.  Even those who have tested negative for COVID can later test positive.

Our March 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is Home is Here Shreveport.

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

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Announcement of Special Congregational Meeting (16 April 2023)

Announcement of Special Congregational Meeting

  • Date:  Sunday, 16 April 2023
  • Time:  Following the 11:00 AM worship service
  • From:  Rovena Windsor, Board Secretary
  • To:  All Active Members, Inactive Members, and Friends

In accordance with the Bylaws of our church, and as Secretary of the Board, I hereby announce that All Souls will hold a Special Congregational Meeting on Sunday, 16 April 2023, immediately following the 11:00 AM worship service.

On the Agenda

  1. Approval of the Draft Minutes of the 5 March 2023 Congregational Meeting.
  2. A review of the budgetary realities presented at the 5 March 2023 Congregational Meeting, as detailed here in the Draft Minutes of that meeting.
  3. Discussion and vote on the potential sale of the current property at 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA as recommended by the members of the Board.

We know this is a hard and emotional vote.  We encourage you to read the minutes of the last congregational meeting and to attend this meeting and let your voice be heard (either in person in the sanctuary or via Zoom.

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Children and Youth Religious Education Classes — 19 March 2023

Children and youth will attend the worship service for the first 15-20 minutes and then are dismissed to their classes.

We are now discussing peace, social justice, and the interdependent web and these ideas connect to our Unitarian Universalist faith.

Elementary class with Ash McLain and Kevin Henry will explore “Friendship with People Different from You” looking at the importance of friendships that embrace differences as they celebrate commonalities.

Middle and High School Class with Noah Wagstaff and Dawn Subasic will continue their exploration of Allport’s Ladder of Prejudice — a timeline created by Gordon Allport using the timeline of the Holocaust to show how name calling leads to economic and legislative attacks that lead to physical attacks that can ultimately lead to genocide).  What are the patterns we see in the present day and how are we called to stand in integrity with our UU principles and values?

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Online Adult Religious Education — 19 March 2023

Please join us on Sunday (19 March 2023) as we continue our new series in our our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is still meeting via Zoom.

We have several persons in the adult religious education class who are new to our faith tradition and others who would like a chance to revisit the principles around that Unitarian Universalist congregations covenant to affirm and promote (including the eighth principle).

This Sunday, we will explore the current work of the Article II Study Commission of the UUA and what the principles may look like in the coming years.

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Zoom (and In-Person) Lunch on Tuesday (21 March 2023)

Please join us next Tuesday (21 March 2023) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

Our weekly Zoom lunch is going dual-platform — join us from home using Zoom or in person in the social hall.

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

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Meditation with Larry Androes (18 March 2023)

Please join us on Saturday (18 March 2023) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

Please note that this group is still meeting via Zoom.  You will need to contact Larry for the Zoom link information using the contact information at the end of this post.

The group is free and open to all.

For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.

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All Ages Worship (12 March 2023)

Please join us on Sunday (12 March 2023) at 11:00 AM for “There Will Your Heart Be” 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.

The current COVID risk for the Shreveport metro area (Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, DeSoto Parish) is now “low” and the CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “low” risk areas.

See the CDC website and the COVIDActNow website for more details.

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.

Please use this link to evaluate the current COVID risk for the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area as you make your decisions regarding masking and other COVID preventive measures while attending All Souls.

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.

Please use good judgment and stay home if you have any symptoms.  Even those who have tested negative for COVID can later test positive.

Our March 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is Home is Here Shreveport.

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

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Children and Youth Religious Education Classes — 12 March 2023

Children and youth will attend the worship service for the first 15-20 minutes and then are dismissed to their classes.

We are now discussing peace, social justice, and the interdependent web and these ideas connect to our Unitarian Universalist faith.

Elementary class with Ash McLain and Kevin Henry — Exploration of “Friends and Enemies” (especially looking at what makes someone a true friend and how seeming enemies can turn out to be friends).

Middle and High School Class with Noah Wagstaff and Teacher TBA — Exploration of Allport’s Ladder of Prejudice (a timeline created by Gordon Allport using the timeline of the Holocaust to show how name calling leads to economic and legislative attacks that lead to physical attacks that ultimately lead to genocide).

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