Announcements – Page 169 – All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Shreveport, Louisiana

UPDATE — Special Virtual Congregational Meeting (19 April 2020)

If you are a member of All Souls, you should have already received an email announcement a Special Virtual Congregational Meeting lasting through Sunday (19 April 2020) at 3:00 PM.

On the Agenda:

Application for a small business loan through the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) for the purpose of paying our employees through the time that COVID-19 (Coronavirus) restrictions are in place.

Check your email for a form which will allow you to vote for or against this loan application.

You may vote upon receipt of the form.

Or if you have questions, you may pose those questions at any time between now and 19 April 2020 using the church’s Slack channel using #board-agenda tag.

We will also hold a meeting via Zoom on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 1 PM where you may ask questions of the Board using Zoom (we will supply a link for this before the Zoom meeting).

The deadline for voting will be on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 3 PM.

Earth Day Zoom Lunch (22 April 2020)

Please join us next Wednesday (22 April 2020) at 12:00 Noon for an Earth Day Zoom Lunch. If you want to socialize with maintaining the COVID-19 curve-flattening distance, please join us

You can use this link to join your All Souls friends for lunch.

Bring your lunch, meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch (or don’t – it’s up to you), and just catch up.

That’s it.

Just a chance to connect and catch up midweek.

We’ll make this a weekly thing. We may decide in the future to bring in guest speakers but for now we’re just hanging out and enjoying each other’s virtual company.

Hope to see you there.

New UU Class Cancelled for This Sunday Only (19 April 2020)

The New UU class is cancelled this Sunday only (19 April 2020) for the special congregational meeting.

The New UU class should resume next Sunday (26 April 2020) at 1:00 PM via Zoom (email facilitator Bennett Upton for the class link).

Zoom Lunch (15 April 2020)

If you want to socialize with maintaining the COVID-19 curve-flattening distance, please join us today for our weekly Zoom Lunch (Wednesday, 15 April 2020 at 12 noon).

You can use this link to join your All Souls friends for lunch.

Bring your lunch, meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch (or don’t – it’s up to you), and just catch up.

That’s it.

Just a chance to connect and catch up midweek.

We’ll make this a weekly thing. We may decide in the future to bring in guest speakers but for now we’re just hanging out and enjoying each other’s virtual company.

Hope to see you there.

12 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 12 April 2020 worship video here.

Online All-Ages Worship (12 April 2020)

Please join us on Sunday (12 April 2020) at 11:00 AM for our Easter Sunday worship service “Is It Spring Yet?” with Rev. Barbara Jarrell and Friends.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Although we can’t be together in our church building, the church is everywhere we are and we will celebrate life rising up again.

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.

Online Religious Education for Children and Youth (12 April 2020)

Please join us for our online religious education for children and this Sunday (12 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 — Easter fun, including a virtual egg hunt throughout the worship service and during family religious education, and perhaps a few more surprises.

Online Middle School / High School Check-In (12 April 2020)

Please join us online today (Sunday, 12 April 2020) at 3:00 PM for our weekly middle and high school check-in.

We will be meeting online using this Zoom link.

Our middle and high school youth will meet Sunday afternoon for an online check-in with Noah Wagstaff and Susan Caldwell.

We’ll see how everyone is doing, and also think about some other ideas for keeping the group connected online during this time.

We hope to see you Sunday afternoon.

Announcement — Special Virtual Congregational Meeting (19 April 2020)

Please watch your emails for notice of a Special Virtual Congregational Meeting beginning in the next few days and lasting through Sunday (19 April 2020) at 3:00 PM.

On the Agenda:

You will receive via email a form which will allow you to vote for or against this loan application.

You may vote upon receipt of the form.

Or if you have questions, you may pose those questions at any time between now and 19 April 2020 using the church’s Slack channel using #board-agenda tag.

We will also hold a meeting via Zoom on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 1 PM where you may ask questions of the Board using Zoom (we will supply a link for this before the Zoom meeting).

The deadline for voting will be on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 3 PM.