Announcements – Page 101 – All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Shreveport, Louisiana

Zoom Lunch Moving to Tuesdays (1 March 2022)

Please join us next Tuesday (1 March 2022) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch (please note the new day of the week for Zoom lunch).

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

Meditation with Larry Androes (26 February 2022)

Please join us on Saturday (26 February 2022) 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.

The group is free and open to all.

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

Online All-Ages Worship (20 February 2022)

Please join us on Sunday (20 February 2022) at 11:00 AM for “Sanctuary” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Please join us in the sanctuary 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 number of new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations has dropped to the point that we can return to in-person worship starting this Sunday (20 February 2022).

We will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for all attendees ages 11 and older. And wearing a mask is also required for all attendees.

However, we will continue to provide a livestream of our worship services as well when we resume in-person worship.

We hope to resume in-person religious education classes for children and youth resume in March 2022.

Our February 2022 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Whitney Plantation.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in. You can let us know using these online surveys.

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

Online Adult Religious Education — 20 February 2022

Please join us on Sunday (20 February 2022) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

This Sunday’s topic is “Faith and Reason: Pema Chödrön Talks with Bill Moyers.”

For this Sunday (20 February 2022) and next Sunday (27 February 2022), we will watch Part 1 and Part 2 of a Bill Moyers interview with American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön (author of The Places That Scare You, When Things Fall Apart, and No Time to Lose).

She speaks on the value of meditation and mindfulness in those times when we experience groundlessness.

Children and Youth Religious Education Updates

We will continue to watch the local COVID numbers. We feel encouraged by the dropping Omicron COVID case rates.

We are not resuming regular classes for children and youth at this time because our classrooms are too small to be safe for unvaccinated children.

We also want some time to be together and nurture each other before we start recruiting people to do stuff.

We will have “busy bags” for kids sitting in the pews with their parents and our services will be welcoming to all ages when we return to in-person worship.

We have already heard from some who wants to get back to teaching and we are so grateful for your interest in this.

If others of you are out there, email Susan Caldwell.

We will probably schedule a teacher training soon and plan to start back with classes with at least two class dates in March 2022. Watch our social media accounts, weekly email newsletters, and web site for more details as they become available.

Thanks to all for your patience and flexibility.

Zoom Lunch Moving to Tuesdays (22 February 2022)

Please join us next Tuesday (22 February 2022) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch (please note the new day of the week for Zoom lunch).

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

Meditation with Larry Androes (19 February 2022)

Please join us on Saturday (19 February 2022) 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.

The group is free and open to all.

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

6 February 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live. One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 6 February 2022 worship video here.

30 January 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live. One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 30 January 2022 worship video here.

23 January 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live. One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 23 January 2022 worship video here.