Announcements
18 December 2022 Worship Video
11 December 2022 Worship Video
4 December 2022 Worship Video
All Ages Worship (5 February 2023)
Please join us on Sunday (5 February 2023) at 11:00 AM for “Are These Ideas Worn Out or Just Good and Broken In?” 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 “medium” and the CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “medium” 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.
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 February 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Whitney Plantation Museum.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Upcoming Events Reminders for 4-5 February 2023
Building and Grounds Work Day Moving to 18 February 2023
For this month only, we are moving our second Saturday of the month building and grounds work day to the third Saturday of the month.
Our monthly building and grounds work day will happen on Saturday (18 February 2023) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
We will have tasks available for all ages and abilities — inside and out.
This is a great way to get to know others in your All Souls community while working side by side. Please come and join us on 18 February 2023.
Children and Youth Religious Education Classes — 5 February 2023
Children and youth will attend the worship service for the first 15-20 minutes and then are dismissed to their classes.
After the holiday break, we are now discussing the wisdom of the world’s religions is one of the six sources of our Unitarian Universalist faith.
It’s important that we gain an understanding of teachings and stories that shape the lives of our neighbors, and expand and strengthen our own faith journeys as well.
Online Adult Religious Education — 5 February 2023
Please join us on Sunday (5 February 2023) as we continue our our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.
Our adult religious education class is still meeting via Zoom.
We are now reading and discussing the book God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Mirabai Starr.
This Sunday we take up “Indwelling Presence: The Feminine Face of the Divine” and “Still Small Voice: Contemplative Life . . . ”
If you need a book, we still have a few at the church and we can order more as needed. Email Susan Caldwell or text her if you need a book.
Whitney Plantation Museum — February 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 February 2023, we choose The Whitney Plantation Museum (near New Orleans in Wallace, Louisiana).
The Whitney Plantation Museum provides a different kind of plantation tour experience — one that tells the truth about the history and legacy of slavery in our nation.
The museum has suffered during the pandemic and in the most recent hurricanes
Here’s how to help preserve this vital link to a history we need to know as light and air are vital to healing.
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 Whitney Plantation Museum and then put “GATP FEB 2023” or “WHITNEY” in the comment section. All online collection plate contributions for the month of February 2023 will go to the Whitney Plantation Museum.
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “Whitney Plantation Museum” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of this check go to the Whitney Plantation Museum. If you want less than 100% of the check to go to the Whitney Plantation Museum, please put the amount you want going to the Whitney Plantation Museum on the memo line.