Announcements

Online Religious Education for Children and Youth (16 August 2020)

Please join us for our online religious education for children and youth this Sunday (16 August 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom at 1:00 PM after the virtual coffee hour is over.

The Zoom link  for this group will be found on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

We had originally planned for a socially-distanced tie-dye event for this Sunday.
However, we’re going to postpone that for now:
  • Along with the recent surge throughout our state, we keep learning more about this virus and the wider age spectrum of people who are getting sick from this virus.
  • With schools reopening and our families in various stages of preparation — in-person or virtual — we don’t feel responsible bringing people together for additional in-person gatherings that — however fun — are not essential.
  • When the weather gets cooler, we’ll figure out some multi-generational outdoor activities that require less handing of things from person to person and allow for better physical distancing.
  • If your family was looking forward to tie-dye, email Susan and she will get a tie-dye kit to your house with a few colors of dye, some soda ash, and all the instructions.  Otherwise, we promise we’ll get together and tie-dye as soon as it’s safer.

We can still use your art work illustrating our principles and sources.

You can post it on the All Souls Religious Education page on Facebook or send it to Susan at dre@allsoulsshreveport.org.

We can use more illustrations of the third and fourth principles and — of course — the eighth principle too:

  • How people act when they support each other and learn together
  • How people act when they are free to search for truth in their own lives?
  • How people act when they are working to dismantle racism and create beloved community?

Join us using the religious education Zoom link about 5 minutes after the worship service.

If you aren’t on Facebook, send Susan Caldwell an email or text her at 318-465-3427 to get into Zoom for online religious education class.

Online Adult Religious Education — 16 August 2020

Please join us on Sunday (16 August 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will begin the next series of Faith Forward — UU Theology.

UU Theology is a six-session series exploring various theological concepts through a Unitarian Universalist lens.

Each session addresses the question “What does our Unitarian Universalist tradition teach about this concept, and how does that help me clarify and act on my own beliefs?”

Zoom Lunch (19 August 2020)

Please join us next Wednesday (19 August 2020) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.

This a chance to connect and catch up midweek.

At some point we may decide to bring in speakers but for now we’re just hanging out and enjoying each other’s virtual company.

Hope to see you there!

Great Decisions Group Meets Saturday Night (15 August 2020)

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online on Saturday night  (15 August 2020) at 6:00 PM.

Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association.

If you are interested in being a part of the group, email Melodie here and she will send you the link for the meeting.

Meditation with Larry Androes (15 August 2020)

Please join us on Saturday (15 August 2020) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

The group is free and open to all.

For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.

If you wish to join the group, please email Larry Androes for Zoom meeting link, meeting ID, and password.

Online All-Ages Worship (9 August 2020)

Please join us on Sunday (9 August 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Light Among the Means and Ends” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Means and ends are inseparable.

How could we ever expect to achieve positive ends through negative means?

We must be able to see and be the light — and to believe in something better — if we are to bring it about for our world.

We will have a  virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in.  You can let us know using these online surveys.

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

Online Religious Education for Children and Youth On Vacation — Resumes 16 August 2020

Religious education for children and youth is taking a break for a few weeks and will return on Zoom (with a surprise) on 16 August 2020.

Meanwhile, we will still post ideas and projects for you to do at home and stay in touch via the All Souls Religious Education Group on Facebook.

Parents — email Susan Caldwell if you are not a member of the religious education group on Facebook.

No Adult Religious Education This Weekend (9 August 2020) — Class Resumes 16 August 2020

The Sunday morning adult religious education class that normally meets at 9:15 AM every Sunday will not be meeting this Sunday (9 August 2020).

The adult religious education class will resume on 16 August 2020 at 9:15 AM.