Announcements

Vegan Potluck (11 October 2026)

The All Souls Peace Alliance invites you to a vegan potluck on Sunday (11 October 2026) immediately after the 11:00 AM worship service.

The Peace Alliance is a group at All Souls exploring veganism based on the principle that the path to peace can pass through our plates.

There are many good reasons to be vegan — better for the animals, better for human health, and better for the planet.

Vegan potlucks are a great way to discover all the delicious possibilities of plant-based eating.

Need some recipes? Contact Rev. Joy Walker (revjoywalker@aol.com) for suggestions.

Or just Google “vegan recipes” and you will find a treasure trove.

You do not have to be vegan to attend — omnivores, vegetarians, and the vegan-curious — are all welcome.

We will be in the same large conference room where we have worship.

We will take a few minutes to reset the room before the meal.

Please bear in mind that while we no longer have access to a conventional oven we do have a microwave and a refrigerator in our new church location.

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Religious Education for Children and Youth (11 October 2026)

For this Sunday (11 October 2026), our children and youth will continue our first pillar of the church year — Unitarian Universalist Identity — where we focus our shared religious identity, history, and heritage.

This Sunday’s topic is the shared value of interdependence — that we all need each other and all of nature to survive.

Special art projects in Maggie’s art studio will continue as an integral part of these sessions.

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (11 October 2026)

Please join us on Sunday (11 October 2026) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person at the Highland Center and also on Zoom.

On this Sunday, we will continue our discussion of the book Erasing History:  How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future by Jason Stanley.

Our discussion for this Sunday will cover chapter 6 (“Classical Education”).

Classical education — depending on how it’s taught and promoted — can either be a vehicle for our highest ideals as a society or a reinforcer of white supremacy and colonialism.

Bear in mind that although the book was published before the 2024 election, a paperback edition has come out since then.

The Preface in the 2026 paperback edition is different from the Preface to the 2024 e-book edition.

We will be meeting in the small conference room of the Highland Center.  Park in the back parking lot on Topeka Street and come in through the ramp-accessible entrance.  Take the first hallway to the right and enter first room on the right.  And you can join us via Zoom.

This class session  was originally scheduled for last Sunday (4 October 2026).  We could not have class due to a power outage in the back part of the Highland Center building.

The Community Lighthouse emergency power only covers the front part of The Highland Center and it worked as advertised.

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Trunk or Treat (29 October 2026)

For this year’s Halloween season, we are joining our friends at The Highland Center and St. Francis Church of the Highlands for Trunk or Treat fun.

Whether you want to decorate a trunk, help with activities, pass out treats, or lend a hand, there’s a place for you at this event.

Sign up here to help.

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Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (14 October 2026)

(Cat not provided — you must supply your own feline)

Please join us next Wednesday (14 October 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.

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Meditation with Larry Androes (10 October 2026)

Please join us on Saturday (10 October 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.

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All Ages Worship (4 October 2026)

Please join us this Sunday (4 October 2026) at 11:00 AM for “Expectations Great and Small” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.

All Souls is now meeting for worship and religious education classes in The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA  71104) after the sale of our former building located on Ellerbe Road.

Drive around to the back of The Highland Center and enter from the ramp-accessible entrance on Topeka Street, take the second hallway to the right, and our worship will be in the first room on the right.

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 is maintaining low but steady numbers in Louisiana as of 26 September 2026.  Flu appears to be continuing its fall / winter increase in Louisiana as of 26 September 2026.

COVID is continuing its summer decline as of 26 September 2026.

However, the Louisiana Department of Health website does also say “Recent counts likely to change as more data are received.”

We should all be paying attention to these trends so we can keep everyone safer.

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 October 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

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Religious Education for Children and Youth (4 October 2026)

For this Sunday (4 October 2026), our children and youth will continue our first pillar of the church year — Unitarian Universalist Identity — where we focus our shared religious identity, history, and heritage.

This Sunday’s topic is pluralism — how our differences make us stronger and how all of us need all of us to make it.

Special art projects in Maggie’s art studio will continue as an integral part of these sessions.

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (4 October 2026)

Please join us on Sunday (4 October 2026) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person at the Highland Center and also on Zoom.

On this Sunday, we will continue our discussion of the book Erasing History:  How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future by Jason Stanley.

Our discussion for this Sunday will cover chapter 6 (“Classical Education”).

Classical education — depending on how it’s taught and promoted — can either be a vehicle for our highest ideals as a society or a reinforcer of white supremacy and colonialism.

Bear in mind that although the book was published before the 2024 election, a paperback edition has come out since then.

The Preface in the 2026 paperback edition is different from the Preface to the 2024 e-book edition.

We will be meeting in the small conference room of the Highland Center.  Park in the back parking lot on Topeka Street and come in through the ramp-accessible entrance.  Take the first hallway to the right and enter first room on the right.  And you can join us via Zoom.

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