Announcements

All Ages Worship (22 January 2023)

Please join us on Sunday (22 January 2023) at 11:00 AM for “The Forest or the Trees” 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 “high” and the CDC recommends masking for all indoor events in “high” 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.

However, 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 January 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is Volunteers for Youth Justice.

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

Upcoming Events Reminders for 21-22 January 2023

Although the deadline for turning in 2023 pledges has come and gone, we still need your help in making All Souls happen in 2023.  Our congregational business meeting is happening on 29 January 2023.  Click here for more information about our 2023 pledge campaign.

Matsiko World Orphan Choir — Free Concert (26 January 2023)

Please join us on Thursday (26 January 2023) at 6:30 PM for a free concert by the Matsiko World Orphan Choir.

We’ll be hosting the choir at the church where they will sleep in sleeping bags.

We will be feeding them Wednesday and Thursday evening.

Watch your email later today for an opportunity to sign up to bring food and/or help out on those evenings.

And — by all means — invite your friends to the concert.

Click here for a flyer.

Children and Youth Religious Education Classes — 22 January 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 — 22 January 2023

Please join us on Sunday (22 January 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.

We will continue our discussion of  “Longing for the Beloved” (pages 55-67) and take up the next two chapters –“Radical Wonderment” (pages 69-82) and “Welcoming the Stranger” (pages 83-101).

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.

Meditation with Larry Androes (21 January 2023)

Please join us on Saturday (21 January 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.