Announcements

31 March 2019 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (31 March 2019) at 11:00 AM for “A Seat at the Table” by Lee Jeter.

Join us as we welcome back Lee Jeter (Executive Director of the Fuller Center for Housing of Northwest Louisiana).  He is one of our most requested guest speakers.

His message of empowerment and inclusion will be taken from Luke 14:10 in the Bible.

This is our monthly “Give Away the Plate Sunday” and the Fuller Center will be the recipient of this Sunday’s non-pledge collection.  Remember that if you only bring one check, you can indicate on the memo line the proportions allotted to All Souls and the Fuller Center.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

Share

Adult Religious Education — 31 March 2019

Please join us on Sunday (31 March 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.  We will have a presentation on “Spread the Vote” with Candice Battiste (Director of Spread the Vote Louisiana).

Spread the Vote is a national organization that empowers and educates voters and also helps them to obtain the necessary state photo IDs to exercise their voting rights and participate in many other basic, daily activities of citizenship that many of us take for granted.

From the Louisiana Spread the Vote Facebook page:

Without ID it is almost impossible to obtain legal employment, to find housing, or even needed medical care. At Spread The Vote + Project ID , we work every day to help the most vulnerable members of our communities obtain the little card that changes lives.

Share

Plant Sale — Second Weekend — 6 and 7 April 2019

We are having a second weekend for our plant sale at All Souls — here are the dates and hours:

  • Saturday, 6 April 2019 — 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • Sunday, 7 April 2019 — 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

The sale features a wide selection of native plants, herbs, perennials, vegetable seedlings, and more.  We are also selling yard art and raffle tickets.

All proceeds from the plant sale benefit All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church.

Share

24 March 2019 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (24 March 2019) at 11:00 AM for “Celebration of Women:  Still Angry” by Melissa Gibson with help from Kathaleen Pittman and Loretta Casteen.

It is Women’s History Month across the nation and Celebration of Women Week in Shreveport-Bossier.

Join us to welcome All Souls member and local activist Melissa Gibson as we celebrate the achievements and accomplishments of those who’ve gone before and recommit ourselves for the great work that is still ahead.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

Share

Adult Religious Education — 24 March 2019

Please join us on Sunday (24 March 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.  Today’s class topic is “It’s Not Feminism if It’s Not Intersectional.”

Even as we express our gratitude for everything that first and second wave feminists have accomplished, we can still take the time to unpack the critique that these movements were largely for the benefit of white cisgender women (whether intentionally or obliviously).

History suggests a bit of both and both are symptoms of white privilege.

What does feminism mean today and who is at the table?  Join us.

Share

Plant Sale — 23 and 24 March 2019 (Updated)

We are having a plant sale at All Souls — here are the dates and hours:

  • Saturday, 23 March 2019 — 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • Sunday, 24 March 2019 — 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

The second date for the plant sale has changed — since plants did not sell out this weekend, we will extend the sale to first Saturday and Sunday in April (6-7 April 2019).

The sale features a wide selection of native plants, herbs, perennials, vegetable seedlings, and more.  We are also selling yard art and raffle tickets.

All proceeds from the plant sale benefit All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church.

Share

17 March 2019 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (17 March 2019) at 11:00 AM for “Dwelling in Peace … because It Matters” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

An important part of the task at hand is to learn how we speak with each other — and more importantly — how we listen to each other within our own walls.

Without this practice, we stand little chance of doing so in the wider world.

We are continuing this season’s focus on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web.

In this season of our church year, we honor our second principle (“justice, equity, and compassion in human relations”), our sixth principle (“the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all”) and our seventh principle (“respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part”).

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

We will host another “Lunch and Learn” potluck with our Committee on Ministry after the worship service.

Share

Adult Religious Education — 17 March 2019

Please join us on Sunday (17 March 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.

This morning, we will watch a video of a TED Talk by Robb Willer — “How to Have Better Political Conversations.”

As a social psychologist, Willer has some ideas on how moral values might serve to bridge the ideological divide as opposed to widening it, and how we might talk to each other in ways that better promote mutual understanding.

Join us for the viewing and discussion.

Share

10 March 2019 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (10 March 2019) from 11:00 AM for “Growing Justice” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

We are continuing this season’s focus on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web.

In this season of our church year, we honor our second principle (“justice, equity, and compassion in human relations”), our sixth principle (“the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all”), and our seventh principle (“respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part”).

We will have a new member signing ceremony as part of this worship service.  Please join us and welcome our new members.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

We will host another “Lunch and Learn” potluck with our Committee on Ministry after the worship service.

Share