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 next Wednesday (22 April 2026) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.
With the busy lives of our regular participants, our in-person Zoom lunches are on hold for the time being but the link is always open to join at noon every Wednesday.
Please join us on Saturday (18 April 2026) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.
This group will be meeting via Zoom and not in person.
This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.
Please join us this Sunday (12 April 2026) at 11:00 AM for the 76th anniversary celebration of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church.
We will be presenting the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to Alaa Khawaldeh (Founder and Leader of Students for Justice in Palestine LSU-Shreveport Chapter)
We will also have an ingathering of new members.
Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.
We are moving our videos from Facebook to YouTube for long-term storage and viewing — you can find our worship videos on YouTube here.
State-level COVID data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page. The most sensitive metric to follow for current COVID trends is the “Laboratory Surveillance Data” link.
Flu and RSV are both showing declines in their numbers as of 4 April 2026. COVID is maintaining low but persistent numbers as of 4 April 2026.
Masking and COVID vaccination are optional for attending in-person events at All Souls.
We encourage you to be vaccinated against COVID and to also have the most-current COVID booster shots. This provides greater protection to the individual and the church community.
Anyone who prefers wearing a mask is welcome to do so for in-person events and attending worship through livestream video is also an option where required for medical or schedule conflict reasons.
We will still have KN95 masks available in the foyer for anyone who needs one.
We continue to recommend that you stay home if you have any symptoms and that you keep up with all available vaccinations and boosters.
If you are recovering from COVID and have no symptoms, you should mask in public until you have tested negative twice in a 48 hour period.
We also ask that you go by the previous CDC guidelines of waiting at least 5 days past the onset of symptoms rather than the current 24 hour recommendation.
If you have symptoms for COVID or other respiratory illness, please stay home and take care of yourself.
Our April 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is The Philadelphia Center.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
For this Sunday (12 April 2026), our children and youth will continue their exploration of peace, social justice, and the interdependent web.
There will be no 9:00 AM adult religious education class this Sunday (12 April 2026).
Sleep in a little later or check out The New UU class facilitated by Bennett Upton at 9:00 AM on 12 April 2026.
The New UU Class will resume this Sunday (12 April 2026) at 9:00 AM before the 11:00 AM worship service.
This class is for new members, not-so-new members, and those who are curious about Unitarian Universalism.
The course will be facilitated by Bennett Upton.
The New UU Class is a six week session program covering Unitarian Universalist history, theology, religious education, social justice activism, polity, and governance.
The class will also provide an opportunity to learn more about our congregation and to begin to chart your own Unitarian Universalist path as you get to know a small group of your fellow congregants in the class.
For this Sunday, we will have a discussion about membership with guest Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Please join us on Saturday (11 April 2026) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.
This group will be meeting via Zoom and not in person.
This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.
Our monthly building and grounds work day is happening on Saturday (11 April 2026) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
The social hall is already set up for the Murder in Maui event, but there will be plenty of tasks throughout the building and outdoors for all ages and abilities.
Join us to get the whole place looking good for this weekend’s anniversary events.