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
There will be no 9:00 AM adult religious education class this Sunday (23 November 2025).
Because the social hall will be set up for our Thanksgiving service and feast, we will not have our adult religious education class this week.
Sleep in and then join us at 11:00 AM for our Thanksgiving service and feast.
And next Sunday (30 November 2025), we will resume our exploration of Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals.
Please join the member congregations of North Louisiana Interfaith for a “Taste of Interfaith” (North Louisiana Interfaith’s Annual Fundraiser and Celebration) on Sunday (7 December 2025) from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
This year’s Taste of Interfaith will be happening at Mount Canaan Baptist Church (1666 Alston Street, Shreveport LA 71101).
Scan the QR code provided above or reserve your free ticket online.
Interfaith is creating more seats at the table for people from all walks of life in our community. Come and claim your ticket as we celebrate this year’s victories and look to the challenges ahead.
Please join us next Wednesday (26 November 2025) 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.
Please join us on Saturday (22 November 2025) 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.
Please join us this Sunday (16 November 2025) at 11:00 AM for “As Goo As It Gets” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
We will be meeting in the sanctuary for this worship service. Please join us in person at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106 if you are able to do so.
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.
COVID-19 continues its decline from its August 2025 summer surge as of 8 November 2025 while RSV and flu are both showing significant increases.
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 November 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
For this Sunday (16 November 2025), our children and youth will explore “The Prophets as Social Justice Teachers.”
Prophets are people who speak truth to power and hold political leaders to account.
We will take some time to think about what we can learn from the prophets of the Hebrew Testament for our world today.
Please join us on Sunday (16 November 2025) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.
Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.
For this Sunday, we begin our study of Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals by former Unitarian Universalist Association President Rev. John Buerhens.
Copies of this book are available at the church.
Readings for this Sunday’s session continue in the section entitled “Generations” and will continue with the with the stories of Abraham and Isaac along with the story of Jacob.
Please join us next Wednesday (19 November 2025) 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.
On Saturday (15 November 2025), All Souls is hosting a Festivus Market in the parking lot of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church (9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106) from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
You will find creations from painters, sculptors, jewelry makers, soap and candle makers, fabric artists, authors, bakers, artists and artisans of all kinds.