Announcements

Online All-Ages Worship (26 April 2020)

Please join us on Sunday (26 April 2020) at 11:00 AM for “What’s It to You: Spiritual Growth and Choices” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell

This Sunday marks the first Sunday in our focus on personal spiritual growth and development.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

If you’re on Facebook, just enter All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church- Shreveport, Louisiana in the search bar and go to the All Souls Facebook page around 10:55 to join in.

Because the All Souls Facebook page is a public page, you should be able to see the worship service whether or not you have a Facebook account.

You do need a Facebook account to “like” and comment on the worship service.

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

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

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Online Religious Education for Children and Youth (26 April 2020)

Please join us for our online religious education for children and youth this Sunday (26 April 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom about 5 minutes after our worship service is over.

The Zoom link  for this group will be found on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

This Sunday — We begin our season of focus on personal spiritual growth and development and we’ll take a closer look at our third and fourth principles:

  • Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations.
  • The free and responsible search for truth and meaning.

We’ll also explore our 1st source:

Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life.

That’s a lot of words, but it might best be explained by the way that we are #alonetogether during this time of pandemic. Let’s talk about that some more this Sunday.

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Online Adult Religious Education — 26 April 2020

Please join us on Sunday (26 April 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will be starting Faith Forward:  Spiritual Practice with “Session 1 –Defining Spiritual Practice.”

As we enter our focus on personal spiritual growth and development, we’ll look at this program (developed by First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Texas) where members are asked to commit to a daily spiritual practice, monthly communal worship, an annual retreat, and at least one once-in-a-lifetime experience of pilgrimage (not necessarily a geographic pigrimage).

In this first session, we’ll explore the definition of spiritual practice, talk about the spiritual practices and endeavors in our own lives, and look ahead to the rest of the series.

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New UU Class Resumes 26 April 2020

The “New UU” adult religious education class will be resuming this Sunday (29 April 2020) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.

Bennett is once again offering this class for new and not-so-new members alike.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about the history, theology, and polity of Unitarian Universalism , as well as the history and unique character of our own congregation.

If you’re interested, email Bennett and he will send you a link to join the class.

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Zoom Lunch (29 April 2020)

Please join us next Wednesday (29 April 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!

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19 April 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 19 April 2020 worship video here.

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Online All-Ages Worship (19 April 2020)

Please join us on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Coming Back Thoughtfully: Reflections on Earth Day” — a collaborative service presented by children, youth, and adult representatives of All Souls.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

If you’re on Facebook, just enter All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church- Shreveport, Louisiana in the search bar and go to the All Souls Facebook page around 10:55 to join in.

Because the All Souls Facebook page is a public page, you should be able to see the worship service whether or not you have a Facebook account.

You do need a Facebook account to “like” and comment on the worship service.

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

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

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Online Religious Education for Children and Youth (19 April 2020)

Please join us for our online religious education for children and this Sunday (19 April 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom about 5 minutes after our worship service is over.

The Zoom link  for this group will be found on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

This Sunday — We will look at the ways we can care for the Earth in our daily lives, how we can talk with our leaders about changes that need to be made, and how all of that fits in with our Unitarian Universalist principles.

If you aren’t on Facebook, send me an email or text me at 318-465-3427 and I’ll see that you get onto Zoom for the session.

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Great Decisions Group Meeting Tonight (18 April 2020)

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online tonight (Saturday, 18 April 2020) at 6:00 PM.

Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association.

If you are interested in being a part of the group, email Melodie here and she will send you the link for the meeting.

The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.

Melodie Armstrong has started a group in our community through All Souls.

They have already started meeting but they welcome new participants to join them.

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Online Adult Religious Education — 19 April 2020

Please join us on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 9:15 AM for our online adult religious education class — “Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution, Part II” with facilitator Susan Caldwell

We will be meeting online via Zoom using this link.

This is a 2018 documentary exploring the life of Peter Kalmus PhD — climate scientist, father of two, and Zen Buddhist — on the personal changes he and his family have made in the ongoing struggle against climate change.

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