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 April 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 April 2022) at 11:00 AM for “A Little Anxious” 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 number of new COVID cases and hospitalizations has dropped in the Shreveport metro area where we are safe to return to in-person worship.
When we are in the sanctuary, we will continue to require proof of vaccination for all attendees ages 11 and up and the wearing masks for all.
We will continue to provide a livestream of the service for those who are not vaccinated or who cannot attend in person at 11:00 AM on Sunday.
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.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Please join us on Sunday (3 April 2022) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
This Sunday we begin our work through the book Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad.
As the author says, “This is not a book you read, this is a book you do” and we will be discussing some of the journal prompts throughout the book.
Layla Saad is a black Muslim woman who was raised in the UK but who now lives in Qatar. She has written, taught, and offered workshops to a global audience.
We will discuss the journal prompts for days 3, 4, and 5.
On this Sunday (3 April 2022), children and youth religious education classes will resume in person and will happen during our 11:00 AM worship service.
We will resume our pre-COVID practice where the children and youth will join us in the sanctuary for the first 15-20 minutes and then we will sing them out to their classes.
If your child does not want to go to class, that is also OK — our services are welcoming for all ages.
We will be starting out initially with two classes grouped by age / grade:
Elementary – Pre-K – 5th Grade (Teachers: Ashford McLain and Kevin Henry) — Our theme is “Peace, Social Justice, and the Interdependent Web.” This week, the group will continue to welcome newcomers and plan service projects in keeping with the Eight Principles of Unitarian Universalism.
Middle and High School (Teachers: Ken Peterson and Eric First) — The group has made an initial plan for changes and additions to the classroom mural, and will meet with an artist on 10 April 2022 to further solidify those plans. Meanwhile, input into the ongoing creative process is welcome and appreciated. This week, the group will also be looking at Louisiana’s version of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill just passed in Florida and how they might register their views on it with its legislative sponsor.
Note — We have not yet brought back nursery care for our littlest members and visitors who cannot yet be vaccinated for COVID. However, babies and toddlers are welcome to stay with their parents in the sanctuary. We are very understanding about baby sounds in worship.
We will have an Easter Egg Hunt immediately after the worship service on Sunday, 17 April 2022.
Parents and others are encouraged to donate a dozen or more filled plastic Easter eggs between now and Saturday (16 April 2022). You may drop them off at the office door if no one is at the church.
Fill the eggs with candy, stickers, or small toys, and please do mark the eggs as safe for children under 3 or not.
For children under 3, do not include hard or chewy candy, gum, candy with nuts, or toys with small parts that could be choking hazards.
Melissa Lewis will be at the church parking lot this Sunday afternoon (3 April 2022) from 2:00 to 4:00 PM to collect food and other items for the Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry.
Items requested this month are tuna, grits, and saltine crackers.
You may bring the food to service on Sunday morning, or to the fire circle that afternoon for dropping the food off. And you can hang around to visit with Melissa and others.
Join us on Saturday (9 April 2022) at 5:00 PM through Sunday (10 April 2022) after the 11:00 AM worship service for a Campout at All Souls.
Join us for a night of camping on the beautiful grounds of the church.
All ages are welcome to gather around the campfire.
Bring your tents, outdoor games, hot dogs, beverages, and bug spray.
Tent sites will be prepared at various locations, around the grounds.
Well-behaved pets on leash are welcome.
For more information, contact Dawn Subasic (318-617-4490 or dawnjstar@gmail.com.
Please join us next Tuesday (5 April 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 (2 April 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.