Announcements – Page 155 – All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Shreveport, Louisiana

Online All-Ages Worship (30 August 2020)

Please join us on Sunday (30 August 2020) at 11:00 AM for
a wonderful sermon (title to be announced later) by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Because of the impact of Hurricane Laura (including the fact that many of our performing artists have no internet and no electricity), we are postponing our online Artist Sunday worship service until next week (6 September 2020).

Rev. Barbara and our worship team will be back this Sunday with yet another inspiring and thought-provoking service on a timely and needed theme. Please join us.

We will have a virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in. You can let us know using these online surveys.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

Online Religious Education for Children (30 August 2020)

Please join us for our online religious education for children and youth this Sunday (30 August 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom at 1:00 PM after the virtual coffee hour is over.

We begin our season of focus on Unitarian Universalist Identity with Love Surrounds Us (a Tapestry of Faith curriculum that explores all of our Unitarian Universalist principles in the context of beloved community).

We can still use your art work illustrating our principles and sources.

You can post it on the All Souls Religious Education page on Facebook or send it to Susan at dre@allsoulsshreveport.org.

We can use more illustrations of the third and fourth principles and — of course — the eighth principle too:

How people act when they support each other and learn together
How people act when they are free to search for truth in their own lives?
How people act when they are working to dismantle racism and create beloved community?

Join us using the religious education Zoom link about 5 minutes after the worship service.

If you aren’t on Facebook, send Susan Caldwell an email or text her at 318-465-3427 to get into Zoom for online religious education class.

Online Adult Religious Education — 30 August 2020

Please join us on Sunday (30 August 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will continue the next series of Faith Forward — UU Theology.

UU Theology is a planned as a six-session series exploring various theological concepts through a Unitarian Universalist lens.

Each session addresses the question “What does our Unitarian Universalist tradition teach about this concept, and how does that help me clarify and act on my own beliefs?”

For this week (Session 2 – “What Are God and Spirit?”), we will continue explore the range of beliefs about God and Spirit that are encompassed within Unitarian Universalism.

Zoom Lunch (2 September 2020)

Please join us next Wednesday (2 September 2020) 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.

This a chance to connect and catch up midweek.

At some point we may decide to bring in speakers but for now we’re just hanging out and enjoying each other’s virtual company.

Hope to see you there!

Meditation with Larry Androes (29 August 2020)

Please join us on Saturday (29 August 2020) 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.

If you wish to join the group, please email Larry Androes for Zoom meeting link, meeting ID, and password.

23 August 2020 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live. One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 23 August 2020 worship video here.

Online All-Ages Worship (23 August 2020)

Please join us on Sunday (23 August 2020) for “Fixing the Pump” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

We will have a virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in. You can let us know using these online surveys.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

All Souls members and friends have asked us what is the timeline for getting back into the building for worship services and other gatherings.

The Board has determined that we will not even begin a
discussion of in-person services until the state has entered phase three. And we will likely take some time to discern whether and how long that phase three will last.

And the UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray recently issued a statement that we should be prepared to continue meeting virtually through at least May 2021.