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 Sunday (13 February 2022) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
This Sunday’s topic is “Thich Nhat Hanh: Dealing with Strong Emotions.”
Before we move on to a new book discussion or classroom series, we want to take some time to honor the memory and legacy of Thich Nhat Hanh –a Buddhist monk and peace activist who has changed so many lives all over the world and who passed away peacefully on January 22 at the age of 95.
All are welcome.
Please join us on Sunday (20 February 2022) at 3:00 PM for “World Religion Day Shreveport – Bossier City Back to Basics: My Faith 101″
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this event will be an online live streaming video panel discussion.
For 20 years, Shreveport and Bossier City has been home to a multi-faith observance of the international World Religion Day celebration.
Past events have featured keynote speakers, panel discussions, music, table displays, and food from the various congregations and cultures represented.
Because the COVID-19 pandemic prevents in-person celebrations for now, we are presenting a panel discussion — the first in a series in which we hope to showcase the great religious diversity present right here in the Shreveport and Bossier City area.
We’ve chosen this “Back to Basics” approach for our first panel since we do not have the advantage of table displays where people might otherwise ask these basic introductory questions.
This first panel will include:
Use this link to register here via Zoom to attend this panel discussion.
We will continue to watch the local COVID numbers. We feel encouraged by the dropping Omicron COVID case rates.
We are not resuming regular classes for children and youth at this time because our classrooms are too small to be safe for unvaccinated children.
We also want some time to be together and nurture each other before we start recruiting people to do stuff.
We will have “busy bags” for kids sitting in the pews with their parents and our services will be welcoming to all ages when we return to in-person worship.
We have already heard from some who wants to get back to teaching and we are so grateful for your interest in this.
If others of you are out there, email Susan Caldwell.
We will probably schedule a teacher training soon and plan to start back with classes with at least two class dates in March 2022. Watch our social media accounts, weekly email newsletters, and web site for more details as they become available.
Thanks to all for your patience and flexibility.
Please join us next Tuesday (15 February 2022) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch (please note the new day of the week for Zoom lunch).
Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.
Please join us on Saturday (12 February 2022) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for our monthly building and grounds work day.
There are tasks inside and out — as weather permits — for all ages and abilities.
Wear your mask and stay safely distanced from each other as you work together to spruce up our church home.
Please join us on Saturday (12 February 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.
Melissa Lewis will be at the church parking lot this Sunday afternoon (6 February 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 Jiffy cornbread mix, canned soups (any brand), and cereal (any brand).
Please join us on Sunday (6 February 2022) at 11:00 AM for “Revelation in Relationship” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.
Due to how transmissible the Omicron COVID variant is along with breakthrough COVID infection happening even for vaccinated / boosted persons, we will be worshipping online for the first half of February 2022.
We will re-evaluate the COVID risks before making any decisions about resuming in-person worship.
Our February 2022 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Whitney Plantation.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Our give-away-the-plate recipient for February 2022 is the Whitney Plantation.
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.
We usually choose a local organization but we are changing that for this Black History Month in order to honor The Whitney Plantation.
The Whitney is the only museum in Louisiana that focuses exclusively on the lives of enslaved people — a far cry from the usual plantation tours that often literally “whitewash” history.
The Whitney tells the story of the history of slavery on a South Louisiana sugar cane plantation. The Whitney is located in Wallace, Louisiana (an hour’s drive between Baton Rouge and New Orleans).
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 the Whitney Plantation. All online collection plate contributions for the month of February 2022 will go to the Whitney Plantation.
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “Whitney Plantation” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of this check go to the Whitney Plantation. If you want less than 100% of the check to go to the Whitney Plantation, please put the amount you want going to the Whitney Plantation on the memo line.
You are invited to a fundraiser for Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention on 6 February 2022 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA 71104).
Join us for an afternoon of food music, and art as we celebrate one year of advocacy and aid.
If you can’t come to the event, please donate to LA-AID using Venmo @LOuisianaAID or online via PayPal.