Announcements

Samhain Ritual with Ár nDraíocht Féin (A Druid Fellowship) — 29 October 2002

Please join us on Saturday (29 October 2022) at 3:00 PM for a Samhain ritual with Ár nDraíocht Féin (a Druid Fellowship).

The Thistle Grove of Ár nDraíocht Féin invites one and all to their ritual in celebration of Samhain (pronouned SAH-win) — an ancient Celtic festival of the dead that is the source of many of our Halloween traditions but is not the same as Halloween.

Samhain on the Druid calendar is the turning of the year — a time for remembrance and reverence of the dead.

Though family-friendly and welcoming to all, the ritual is a more solemn occasion than a Halloween celebration and will include a speaking of the names of those who have died.

We will have a special ritual of remembrance for our friend Rae Goins and we invite you to honor your own departed loved ones as you participate in this spiritual ritual and learning experience.

We also invite you and yours to stick around afterward for our Halloween celebration — Trunk-or-Treat which begins at 5:00 PM.

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Middle School / High School Bake Sale (29 and 30 October 2022)

Next weekend, we will have a bake sale sponsored by our middle and high school youth group.  The proceeds of this bake sale will go to Holy Cross Hope House:

  • Saturday, 29 October 2022, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (during Trunk or Treat Event)
  • Sunday, 30 October 2022, after the 11:00 AM Worship Service

Hope House provides essential services such as meals, mailboxes, phones, showers, and laundry services for unhoused people in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana.

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Trunk-or-Treat (29 October 2022)

Please join us for our annual Halloween Trunk-or-Treat event on Saturday (29 October 2022) from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

Decorate your car – and yourself — bring some candy or something kid-friendly and fun to give away — and if you want, a game or craft for the children to do at your car.

Children will trick or treat from car to car — fun for all ages!

The Middle and High School class will also be having a bake sale at the event.

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All-Ages Worship (23 October 2022)

Please join us this Sunday at 11:00 AM for “TBA . . . as in ‘Yet to Be Revealed'” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

What can we say?  It has yet to be revealed.

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.

Although the number of new COVID cases and hospitalizations has increased in the Shreveport metro area, we are still safe to have to in-person worship at this time.

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.

We are also required the wearing of masks for all in-person attendees for all indoor events.

Our October 2022 give-away-the-plate recipient is the League of Women Voters of Caddo/Bossier.

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

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Children and Youth Religious Education for 23 October 2022

For 23 October 2022, both classes will have a regular classroom session.

PreK – 5th Grade will continue Toolbox of Faith this week discussing humor represented by sandpaper (because both can often help to smooth things over).

Middle and High School will play a game of UU Jeopardy and also plan for their Bake Sale on 29 and 30 October 2022 benefiting Hope House.  They will have more to share with the congregation about that.

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Online Adult Religious Education — 23 October 2022

Please join us on Sunday (23 October 2022) as we resume our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM for “WhUU Dat” via Zoom and facilitated by Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger.

We are our exploring and discussing readings from the Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide.

This week’s reading includes the Foreward by Melissa Harris-Perry, the Preface by UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, a short reading by Rev. Thandeka, and the reading entitled “Our Faith” by Rev. Rosemary Bray-McNatt.

This week’s reading has been sent out to the regulars as a PDF document and we are also working on getting copies of the book to everyone who needs one.

We have four copies available at the church and can order more as needed.

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Meditation with Larry Androes (22 October 2022)

Please join us on Saturday (22 October 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.

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All-Ages Worship (16 October 2022)

Please join us this Sunday at 11:00 AM for “Sharing Our Experience of This Religious Movement” with Gale Gucker, Steve Caldwell, and Bennett Upton.

Join us to hear two former congregational board presidents and a trainer of teachers in the UUA/UCC Our Whole Lives Comprehensive Sexuality Education Curriculum speak on their experience with Unitarian Universalism at the denominational level and all they have gained from that wider view of our faith.

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.

Although the number of new COVID cases and hospitalizations has increased in the Shreveport metro area, we are still safe to have to in-person worship at this time.

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.

We are also required the wearing of masks for all in-person attendees for all indoor events.

Our October 2022 give-away-the-plate recipient is the League of Women Voters of Caddo/Bossier.

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

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No Adult Religious Education Class on 16 October 2022 — Classes resume 23 October 2022

There will be no adult religious education class this Sunday (16 October 2022).

We will return at 9:00 AM on Sunday, 23 October 2022 continuing our WhUU Dat? series by exploring and discussing readings from the Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide.

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