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
The adult religious education class will not meet this Sunday (9 May 2021 — Mother’s Day) but will resume on the following Sunday (16 May 2021).
On 16 May 2021, we will resume our White Fragility book study group with Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger (using the book by Robin DiAngelo).
We are not doing our customary second Saturday of the month building and grounds work day this Saturday (8 May 2021).
Instead, all who is available are welcome to help with packing for a congregant who is moving in the early part of next week.
If that might be you, check the All Souls Shreveport Caring Connection on Facebook or the General channel on the AllSoulsUU Slack workspace for the details.
Please join us next Wednesday (12 May 2021) 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 (8 May 2021) 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 (2 May 2021) at 11:00 AM for “Empty Space” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.
Our May 2021 give-away-the-plate recipient is Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention (LA-AID).
More details and information on how to donate to LA-AID can be found here.
We will have a virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Please join us online for our family religious education class on Sunday (2 May 2021) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.
The Zoom link will be available on the All Souls Slack and on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.
“Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights” — We will watch a video combining this story read aloud with video from protests of last summer.
We will also spend some time talking about which of the activities in the book we have done and which we might like to do or need to do in working on the issues that face us now.
Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions.
Our High School youth will be meeting on Tuesday (4 May 2021) at 7:00 PM via Zoom.
The group is getting together for updates on congregational work on the Eighth Principle, calendaring / planning the end of the year Affirmation Sunday service, and updates on denominational opportunities for youth and young adults.
Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions or need information on this upcoming Zoom meeting.
Please join us on Sunday (2 May 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
We will resume our White Fragility book study group with Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger (using the book by Robin DiAngelo).
This week we will concentrate on Chapter 5 — “The Good/Bad Binary.”
White people often buy into the notion that “since only bad people are racist, and I am a good person, I have no complicity in racism and no responsibility to work on dismantling it.”
How do we move away from that kind of thinking into a more constructive mindset?
We have one additional copy of this book available if anyone else needs a copy. And we can also order more if needed.
Many thanks to all the people (including several All Souls members) who have been helping to transport, feed, and shelter a large number of immigrants who are being released from detention centers around the state awaiting the outcome of their asylum claims with family members here in the US.
Check the All Souls Caring Connection Facebook Group or text Susan Caldwell to be connected to folks who can give you the details on how you can help.
Melissa Lewis will be outside at the church from 2:00 to 4:00 PM on Sunday afternoon (2 May 2021) to collect food for Noel Food Pantry.
Requested items this week are canned mixed vegetables, cereal, and Jiffy Cornbread Mix.