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
This Sunday’s religious education activity for children and youth during the 11:00 AM worship service will be exploring Unitarian Universalist principles and values in the stories from our Jewish and Christian Heritage.
The stories from the Jewish and Christian scriptures contain important lessons and values that our children and youth can learn without the baggage associated with these stories.
Please join us on Sunday (15 December 2024) 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.
Our dual-platform adult religious education class will begin reading and discussing Love at the Center.
This is an anthology of Unitarian Universalist theological writings by various leaders of our movement seeking to answer the question posed by Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt in the book’s introduction:
“We may agree that love is central, but what does that mean to us and what does it require of us?”
This book is currently available only in ebook format pending final edits of the approved revisions to Article II of the UUA Bylaws at the 2024 General Assembly (Kindle, Nook, and Kobo).
For this Sunday we continue our book discussion with Chapter 12 (“The Transformative Power of Love” by Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti) and Chapter 13 (“There is a Love Holding Us” by Rev. Sheri Prud’homme).
The New UU class will be resuming next Sunday (15 December 2024) at 12:30 PM facilitated by Bennett Upton.
This 6-session course is for all new members, people interested in becoming members, and not-so-new members who might need a refresher and reminder of what we’re doing here.
The sessions cover the history of Unitarian Univesralism and this congregation along with exploring our practices and shared values.
Email Bennett if you are interested. The holiday breaks and January 2025 class schedule will be published after the 15 December 2024 session.
Please join us next Wednesday (18 December 2024) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.
Our weekly Zoom lunch is returning to dual-platform access — join us from home using Zoom or in person in the social hall.
Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.
All Souls is supported by the generosity of our members and friends — please take the time now to fill out your 2025 pledge form and help the All Souls Finance Committee plan our budget for 2025.
Your pledge should reflect what the church means to you in your life — balanced with your own budgetary concerns.
Thank you for your support of All Souls.
Please join us on Saturday (14 December 2024) 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.
Our monthly building and grounds work day usually happens on the second Saturday on the month.
For December 2024, this will happen on Saturday (14 December 2024) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
There are tasks indoors and out for all ages and abilities along with snacks for the volunteers.
This is a great way to build relationships with your All Souls community — working side by side to maintain the physical structure of our spiritual home.
Please join us this Sunday (8 December 2024) at 11:00 AM for “Turn the World” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell. The All Souls Choir will sing.
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.
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. The link is currently showing a downward trend in COVID positive tests as of 30 November 2024. However, flu and RSV are both increasing in Louisiana as of 30 November 2024.
The CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “low” risk areas.
Starting on 13 November 2022, masks will be optional indoors at All Souls.
Anyone who prefers to keep wearing a mask is welcome to do so and attending worship through livestream video is also an option.
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.
We no longer require proof of vaccination against COVID for all attendees ages 11 and up for indoor events.
However, we do strongly encourage that anyone attending our worship services or other indoor events at All Souls be vaccinated against COVID.
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.
And of course — if you have symptoms (COVID or other respiratory illness) — please stay home and take care of yourself.
Our December 2024 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
On this Sunday (8 December 2024) after the 11:00 AM worship service, please join us for a vegan potluck and screening of the documentary film Eating Our Way to Extinction.
Bring a plant-based dish to pass and join us for a viewing of this internationally acclaimed documentary.
Confronting and entertaining — this documentary allows audiences to question their everyday choices, industry leaders, and governments.
All attendees will have a chance to win $50.00 in cash for just being there.
The Mitten Tree is up in the sanctuary for the holiday season.
Bring new mittens, gloves, scarves, and warm outerwear for children, which will be contributed to Maggie Lee’s Closet at the Highland Center.