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 Saturday (9 July 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.
Please join us on Sunday (3 July 2022) for “The State of the Union: Suprisingly, Not as Bad as it Seems” with Amanda Lawrence and friends.
It is a hard and dangerous time for human rights in this country of that there is no doubt.
However, believe it or not, we are in a better position to handle it now than we were before Roe v. Wade in 1972.
The mourning is real but so is hope. Join us as we welcome our own Amanda Lawrence back to the pulpit.
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.
When we are indoors at All Souls, we will continue to require proof of vaccination for all attendees ages 11 and up. However, if you cannot be vaccinated, we also accept a negative COVID test in the past 24 hours. We are also required the wearing of masks for all in-person attendees.
Religious education classes for children and youth resumes this Sunday as well. The children and youth will be with us for the first 15-20 minutes of the worship service before we sing them out to their classes.
Our July 2022 give-away-the-plate recipient is Gingerbread House.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
The 9:00 AM adult religious education class will be taking a break for three Sundays (19 June 2022, 26 June 2022, and 3 July 2022).
We will come back together on 10 July 2022 for check-in and to talk about where we go from here — please bring your ideas.
Summer religious education is more art and activity-based.
All children and youth are with us in the service for the first 20 minutes or so and then are dismissed to their activities.
Children and youth are invited to paint their own chalices with Ash McLain and a 2nd teacher TBD this Sunday.
Middle and High School youth are invited to paint a chalice, help out in the classroom, or of course they are welcome to stay in the service if they prefer.
Programming for both classes will be back next week.
Every 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 July 2022, we have chosen Gingerbread House — a child advocacy center here in Shreveport providing comprehensive services for victims of child abuse and their non-offending caregivers in Northwest Louisiana.
Services include forensic interviews, multi-disciplinary team investigations, family advocacy, and counseling.
Two ways to donate:
Online — Go to our donation site using this link. If you are paying your pledge, select “2022 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution. Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to Gingerbread House. All online collection plate contributions for the month of July 2022 will go to Gingerbread House.
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “Gingerbread House” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of this check go to Gingerbread House. If you want less than 100% of the check to go to Gingerbread House, please put the amount you want going to Gingerbread House on the memo line.
Please join us next Tuesday (5 July 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.
The Saturday 10:30 AM weekly meditation group with Larry Androes will not be meeting this Saturday (2 July 2022).
This group will resume their weekly meetings next Saturday (9 July 2022).
This group has 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.
Please join us on Sunday (26 June 2022) at 11:00 AM for an all-ages potluck and viewing of the Sunday morning worship service at the UUA General Assembly in Portland, Oregon.
Bring a dish to share and join us in the Social Hall for a potluck brunch and viewing of this worship service.
The potluck starts at 11:00 AM and the worship service starts at 11:30 AM.
Dine with your All Souls friends as you worship with Unitarian Universalists from all over the world.
The livestream video will be available using this link.
We will be meeting in the social hall 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.
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.
When we are indoors at All Souls, we will continue to require proof of vaccination for all attendees ages 11 and up. However, if you cannot be vaccinated, we also accept a negative COVID test in the past 24 hours. We are also required the wearing of masks for all in-person attendees.
Religious education classes for children and youth will not be happening today. Instead, our children and youth will remain with us for the potluck and General Assembly worship.
Our June 2022 give-away-the-plate recipient is Louisiana Trans Advocates.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
The 9:00 AM adult religious education class will be taking a break for three Sundays (19 June 2022, 26 June 2022, and 3 July 2022).
We will come back together on 10 July 2022 for check-in and to talk about where we go from here — please bring your ideas.
Children and youth are invited to the potluck this week.
Activities will be provided to keep small and not-so-small hands busy.