Announcements – All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Shreveport, Louisiana

All Ages Worship (24 September 2023)

Please join us on Sunday (24 September 2023) at 11:00 AM for “You Have to Open Your Hand First”by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

In this season of the Jewish High Holy Days, we celebrate the sweetness of a new year and release to be found in atonement and starting anew.

We will have our ritual of sweetness with apples and honey and a slight readjustment of our burning ceremony to comply with the statewide burn ban.

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 risk for Caddo, Bossier and De Soto Parishes (the Shreveport metro area) are all low — 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 September 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is Compassion for Lives.

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

Pre-K thru Grade 5 Children’s Religious Education (24 September 2023)

For this Sunday (24 September 2023), our children (Pre-K thru Grade 5) will be using a program adapted from Moral Tales (a Tapestry of Faith curriculum by Alice Anacheka Nasemann and Elisa Davy Pearmain).

The class resumes this week with “Faithful Choices: Hearing the Inner Voice” — an exploration of the power of our conscience as the moral compass which can guide us when we are faced with difficult decisions.

Middle and High School Youth Religious Education (24 September 2023)

This class is an exploration of our eight Unitarian Universalist principles through artistic expression.

Each week the group will explore and discuss one of our principles in depth and have an opportunity to engage in artistic expression of the ideas that emerge.

The All8 curriculum is the creation of Jil Novenski (Director of Religious Education — Community Unitarian Universalist Church of New York City) who has generously shared it with her colleagues.

Louisiana Unitarian Universalists Statewide Retreat (20-22 October 2023)

Join us 20-22 October 2023 as we travel to join our Louisiana Unitarian Universalist friends at the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge for a statewide retreat.

We will worship together, sing together, stay in the homes of UCBR members, and experience workshops and activities to restore our souls.

If you are planning to go, please sign up at the church or email Susan.

All ages are welcome.

Zoom (and In-Person) Lunch on Wednesday (27 September 2023)

Please join us next Wednesday (27 September 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.

Meditation with Larry Androes (23 September 2023)

Please join us on Saturday (23 September 2023) 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.

The group is free and open to all.

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

All Ages Worship (17 September 2023)

Please join us on Sunday (17 September 2023) at 11:00 AM for Artist Sunday 2023 featuring the creative performance and visual artists from among the members and friends of All Souls