All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Shreveport, Louisiana
A home for Unitarian Universalism and liberal religion in Shreveport, Bossier City, and Northwest Louisiana since 1950
Please join us on Christmas Eve (Saturday, 24 December 2022) at 6:30 PM for our annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship Service.
This is a candlelight service including a reading of the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke, lighting candles in the darkness, silence, meditation, and carols.
All ages are welcome.
Please join us on Saturday (17 December 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.
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.
Please join us this Sunday (11 December 2022) at 11:00 AM for “Waiting in the Growing Light — An Advent Service for Unitarian Universalists.”
On the Christian liturgical calendar, this is the season of Advent (from the Latin adventus “to arrive” or “come to”).
It is a time of quiet, of waiting — at a time of year when quiet waiting can sometimes seem like the last thing possible for one to do amidst the holiday hustle.
Come and wait with us.
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.
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.
We will still have KN95 masks available in the foyer for anyone who needs one.
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 2022 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.
Remember to support our “mitten tree” cold weather children’s clothing drive for Maggie Lee’s Closet.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
The Mitten Tree for Maggie Lee’s Closet returns.
The tree will be up in the sanctuary this Sunday — so bring new mittens, gloves, scarves, hats, and coats for children to decorate the tree.
They will later go to Maggie Lee’s Closet at Highland Center Ministries — a children’s clothing closet that is free to families in need.
This Sunday (11 December 2022) — “Understanding the Bible”
Adapted for this age group from a curriculum based on the book by John Buehrens (Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals).
This week — Session 3 — The Birth Stories of Jesus
If our discussion of the Binding of Isaac is done (and that’s a big “if”), we are going to jump ahead and look at the two birth stories of Jesus and how the two stories have become one in our hearts and minds over the centuries.
We will look at the themes and symbols in the stories and how they conform to the Hebrew Testament prophecies and we will discuss what they meant to the people who wrote down the stories and to the people who first heard them.
This Sunday (11 December 2022) — Moses and the 10 Commandments
This week, the class will hear the story of Moses and the 10 Commandments.
They will talk about the Commandments as a covenant and work on a “translation” of the commandments that works for their classroom.
Please join us on Sunday (11 December 2022) as we continue our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM and discern where want to go as a group in the next several weeks. Our adult religious education class is still meeting via Zoom.
Earlier this week, we sent out the reading from the Introduction in the book God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Mirabai Starr.
On this Sunday we will be discussing the chapter and determining if we want to continue reading the book together as a group.
Please join us next Tuesday (13 December 2022) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.
Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.
Please join us on Saturday (10 December 2022) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for our monthly building and grounds work day.
There are tons of leaves and lots of other tasks — indoors and out — for all ages and abilities.
Other than basic cleaning and lawn maintenance, all the tasks that maintain our building and grounds are done by you — our members and friends.
This is a great opportunity for you to know others in your All Souls community a little better while working side by side to take care of the physical space that houses our spiritual home.
Please join us on Saturday (10 December 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.
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.