There will be no 9:00 AM adult religious education class this Sunday (19 July 2026).
Sleep in just a little and then join us at 11:00 AM for a very special worship service — our final goodbye worship services for our current home on Ellerbe Road.
Announcements
Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (22 July 2026)
Please join us next Wednesday (22 July 2026) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.
With the busy lives of our regular participants, our in-person Zoom lunches are on hold for the time being but the link is always open to join at noon every Wednesday.
Online and Offline Giving Options — Updated 18 July 2026
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we realized that our member would want to have online and offline ways to offer their continued support for All Souls.
We are continuing to provide these ways to support All Souls as we move from our old Ellerbe Road location to our new temporary Highland neighborhood location.
If you want to donate to All Souls, you can click on the link provided to our secure donations server.
On donations web site, there are multiple options for your donation:
- Current Year Pledges
- Previous Year Pledges
- Give Away the Plate Contributions
- Collection Plate
- Unitarian Universalist for Justice in the Middle East (Shreveport Chapter)
Pick the desired options for your donation. Your donation can be a one-time donation or a recurring donation (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or yearly).
Note: If you give online, be sure to include your name in your entry. Several of our pledges are showing up anonymously. If you wish to remain anonymous, thank you for your generosity and we will certainly honor that. But if you want credit on your All Souls pledge statement, be sure you are filling in the space that says “Name on Card.”
If the name on the card is different from the pledging member, please specify the name on the pledge account in the Comments section and again — thank you!
If you want to send a check, please mail your check to:
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
520 Olive Street
Shreveport LA 71104
Please indicate on the memo line of your check if your check is for the current year pledge campaign, the capital fund drive, the collection plate, or the general fund.
Thanks for your continued support.
Meditation with Larry Androes (18 July 2026)
Please join us on Saturday (18 July 2026) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.
This group will be meeting via Zoom and not in person.
This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.
12 July 2026 Worship Video
All Ages Worship (12 July 2026)
Please join us this Sunday (12 July 2026) at 11:00 AM for “Celebrate Moving On: An Artist Sunday-Style Worship Service in Celebration of Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going”
This will be our next-to-last service at our current 9449 Ellerbe Road location — we plan to make it a celebration of music, dance, poetry, prose, and community. to honor, bless, and celebrate our time in this beautiful space, and to look hopefully to the journey onward.
Performers will include Barbara Jarrell, Barbara Deger, Laura Flett, George Hancock, Sandra Odom, Cookie Garner, Phoebe Jordan, the All Souls Choir and more — including a surprise guest.
Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.
We are moving our videos from Facebook to YouTube for long-term storage and viewing — you can find our worship videos on YouTube here.
State-level COVID data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page. The most sensitive metric to follow for current COVID trends is the “Laboratory Surveillance Data” link.
RSV and Flu are all showing low numbers in Louisiana as of 4 July 2026. COVID may be starting an increase as of 4 July 2026 and we will be paying attention to this.
Masking and COVID vaccination are optional for attending in-person events at All Souls.
We encourage you to be vaccinated against COVID and to also have the most-current COVID booster shots. This provides greater protection to the individual and the church community.
Anyone who prefers wearing a mask is welcome to do so for in-person events and attending worship through livestream video is also an option where required for medical or schedule conflict reasons.
We will still have KN95 masks available in the foyer for anyone who needs one.
We continue to recommend that you stay home if you have any symptoms and that you keep up with all available vaccinations and boosters.
If you are recovering from COVID and have no symptoms, you should mask in public until you have tested negative twice in a 48 hour period.
We also ask that you go by the previous CDC guidelines of waiting at least 5 days past the onset of symptoms rather than the current 24 hour recommendation.
If you have symptoms for COVID or other respiratory illness, please stay home and take care of yourself.
Our July 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is the OUTNorthLA Film Festival.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
No Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education This Sunday (12 July 2026)
There will be no 9:00 AM adult religious education class this Sunday (12 July 2026).
Sleep in just a little and then join us at 11:00 AM for a very special worship service — one of our two goodbye worship services for our current home on Ellerbe Road.
We are not sure if there will be a class next Sunday (18 July 2026) so watch this space for updates.
2 August 2026 Special Congregational Meeting
From: Kathy Osuch (Secretary of the Board)
Subject: Announcement of Special Congregational Meeting
Time: Sunday (2 August 2026) at 12:00 noon or immediately following the worship
Location: Large conference room in The Highland Center
520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA 71104 or online (Zoom link provided before meeting)
Please join us for this important congregational meeting where we will:
- Discuss various options for moving forward in a new space
- Receive information and have an opportunity for input on the possible purchase of the property at 641 Olive Street, Shreveport LA 71104
Please see “A Message from Our Board President Susan Yellott (5 July 2026)” for more information.
A Message from Our Board President Susan Yellott (5 July 2026)
A special mesage from our Board President:
Dear Friends,
We stand on the threshold of an exciting new chapter in the seventy-six-year long story of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Shreveport. We are often reminded that our church is not simply a physical structure, but a loving group of humans joined together searching for truth and upholding our values of beloved community. However, families need homes and over time, they typically move from one home to another as needs change.
Over two years ago our congregation decided for various reasons that we needed to find a new building to house our church family. This decision was not taken lightly but came about with much forethought. Our first step towards that goal was to sell the building we are currently using at 9449 Ellerbe Road.
This step will be completed with the closing on July 22nd.
In the beginning, we tentatively surveyed the quickly changing market, but it’s gotten much more focused and intense these past few months as we knew a sale on the Ellerbe Road property was forthcoming and we would be in a situation where we could act. Options include building another structure, renting a structure, sharing space with another religious institution, buying an already existing building, etc. We’ve polled membership and have gotten some responses. We’ve considered our dedication to the eight principles specifically our reverence for the interdependent web of life and where our congregation can be strategically located to provide service, as this is our prayer.
One of the options considered was finding an already existing building. We, with the help of our realtor, Tena Hines, have scoured the market diligently, taking into consideration all the suggestions we have received from membership and contemplating what our needs are, including location, size, price, aesthetics, future growth, etc. We want to fulfill our obligation to you and try to find a location that is a good fit for this congregation.
Taking your suggestions into consideration, we have located a building that appears to be very promising. It is at 641 Olive Street not too far from the Highland Center, an institution that we often partner with. It’s accessible to public transit, is in a central location, has parking, room to grow, and a large green space with trees. The building is slightly smaller than what we were originally looking for and it will need to be remodeled as it is not currently set up as a church, but we are hopeful that the construction style and low asking price will give us more flexibility in this renovation.
As a Board, we were proactive and elected to put in a contingent bid on this property to take it off the market for 45 days. This will give all stakeholders the opportunity to tour the building and attend a presentation with an architect who has some innovative ideas for this structure. The bid is $285,000. Please understand that this bid will hold the property and a transaction will not occur without the culmination of the sale of the Ellerbe Road property as well as a positive approval vote from you, our congregation.
We look forward to positive discussions and collaboration. Please plan to participate in a special congregational meeting on August 2, 2026, where we will vote whether or not to go forward with this building. This meeting will be held in the large conference room at the Highland Center, 520 Olive Street directly following our church service.
I am sending this on behalf of your Board of Directors.
Much Love,
Susan M. Yellott, Board President
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (15 July 2026)
Please join us next Wednesday (15 July 2026) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.
With the busy lives of our regular participants, our in-person Zoom lunches are on hold for the time being but the link is always open to join at noon every Wednesday.