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
Please join us next Wednesday (1 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.
In preparation for our move out of our current building, we will have Saturday packing days every week from 27 June 2026 to 18 July 2026 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
Moving day is approaching — and we while we made decent progress in one classroom last week — we need to be doing the keep-donate-toss routine with lots of our stuff.
In other moving news . . .
If all goes well, our plan is to have a celebratory service similar to Artist Sunday at 11:00 AM on Sunday, 12 July 2026. The theme will be “Celebrate Moving On.”
On the following Sunday (19 July 2026), our service will be more attuned to the grieving that many of us will need to do. Remember that each of us will be processing this differently in different ways at different times.
Let’s remember to be kind and continue to care for each other in the way you always have.
From 26 July 2026 until we find our new church home, we will be worshiping at The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA 71104).
We will be meeting in The Highland Center’s conference room (which you reach by the ramp entrance in the back on the Topeka Street side).
Our speaker that day will be Melissa Gibson speaking on her trip to Palestine.
The Saturday morning meditation group is not meeting tomorrow (Saturday, 27 June 2026).
This group will resume meeting next Saturday (4 July 2026) at 10:30 AM.
Please join us this Sunday (21 June 2026) at 10:00 AM for a Sunday potluck brunch and viewing of the Sunday worship service at this year’s Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly.
Please note that this is different from our usual 11:00 AM worship time and we will also be meeting in the church social hall for the brunch / worship service.
The General Assembly worship service starts at 10:00 AM but the doors will be open at 9:30 AM.
This brunch / worship service is an all-ages event. In addition to the brunch, we will also have an all-ages craft activity for anyone who wants to participate.
If you cannot make it to the in-person brunch / worship service, here is the link for the streaming video and the order of service.
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.
Flu, RSV, and COVID are all showing low numbers in Louisiana as of 13 June 2026.
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 June 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
The 9:00 AM adult religious education class will not meeting this Sunday (21 June 2026).
Instead of class, join us in the Social Hall for a potluck brunch and viewing of the Sunday worship service from the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly.
Bring a dish to share — the doors open at 9:30 AM and worship starts at 10:00 AM.
The adult religious education class will be back next week (Sunday, 28 June 2026) at 9:00 AM in person or via Zoom.
Please join us next Wednesday (24 June 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.
Please join us on Saturday (20 June 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.
“Creativity as a Spiritual Practice” by Barbara Deger (cannot embed YouTube video – click on this link or on the graphic to view it on YouTube)
Please join us this Sunday (14 June 2026) at 11:00 AM for “Creativity as a Spiritual Practice” by Barbara Deger.
Join us for this interactive service exploring the creative spirit.
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.
Flu, RSV, and COVID are all showing low numbers in Louisiana as of 6 June 2026.
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 June 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Summer programming for children and youth at All Souls will be fun activities involving creation through arts and crafts.
For this Sunday (14 June 2026), our children and youth will be making stepping stones for our new church home working with Kevin Henry and friends.
The playground at All Souls contains stepping stones made by the children and youth several summers ago.
Now we’re making new ones that will be a part of our new home once we settle permanently.