Announcements

All Ages Worship (3 December 2023)

Please join us on Sunday (3 December 2023) at 11:00 AM for “Don’t Have To…” 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 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 December 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.

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

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North Louisiana Interfaith — December 2023 Give-Away-The-Plate Recipient

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

For the month of December 2023, we choose North Louisiana Interfaith as we finish out 2023 with our fulfillment of our membership dues to North Louisiana Interfaith — one of the important partnerships through which we’ve been able to accomplish real change in our city and state.

At a time when it would be so easy to settle into a scarcity mindset, let’s continue to give from our abundance to all that we know will do the most good — thank you!

Two ways to donate:

Online — Go to our donation site using this link.  If you are paying your pledge, select “2023 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution.  Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to the North Louisiana Interfaith and then put “GATP DEC 2023” or “North Louisiana Interfaith” in the comment section.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of December 2023 will go to North Louisiana Interfaith.

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

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Pre-K thru Grade 5 Children’s Religious Education (3 December 2023)

For this Sunday (3 December 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 lesson for this week is making a difference.

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Middle and High School Youth Religious Education (3 December 2023)

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

On this Sunday (3 December 2023), we will explore the eighth principle (“working together to build a diverse, multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions”).

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.

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 3 December 2023

Please join us on Sunday (3 December 2023) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

We will continue reading the UUA Common Read for 2023 — On Repentance and Repair by Rabbi Damya Ruttenberg.

This week’s session covers Chapter 7 –“Forgiveness.”

Is forgiveness always necessary?  What do you think?

Join us whether you are reading the book or not.

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Taste of Interfaith (Sunday, 3 December 2023)

Taste of Interfaith is happening on Sunday (3 December 2023) from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM — All are welcome!

Taste of Interfaith is happening at Williams Memorial CME Temple (3301 St. Matthias Way, Shreveport LA  71119)

Come and join with our Interfaith partners as we celebrate this year’s victories, welcome new member institutions, and unveil our strategy for 2024.

This year’s event will be more of a celebration than a fundraiser, and in that spirit, tickets are free, but you must get a ticket to attend.

You can still register online.

In addition to celebrating the victories of 2023 and unveiling our plans for 2024, the event will feature music throughout the afternoon as well as food from our member institutions.

Let us know this Sunday if you are able to attend.

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Zoom (and In-Person) Lunch on Wednesday (6 December 2023)

Please join us next Wednesday (6 December 2023) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

Our weekly Zoom lunch is 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 (2 December 2023)

Please join us on Saturday (2 December 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.

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All Ages Worship (26 November 2023)

Please join us on Sunday (26 November 2023) at 11:00 AM for “If Service is Our Prayer . . .” by Susan Yellott.

We welcome the All Souls Board Vice President Susan Yellott to our pulpit to speak on her experiences working with asylum seekers from all over the world through Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention.

Join us to hear Susan and find out if there’s a place for you as an LA-AID volunteer.

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 November 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.

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

Share

Pre-K thru Grade 5 Children’s Religious Education (26 November 2023)

For this Sunday (26 November 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 lesson for this week is exploring the idea of making a difference.

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