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 on Sunday (22 April 2018) at 11:00 AM for our Earth Day Celebration — “If We Break Our Earth, We Can’t Get a New One” presented by the children, youth, and adults of All Souls.
Join us for this celebration of the interdependent web of all existence, our place in it, and our responsibility to all life and to each other.
Please join us on Sunday (22 April 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.
This Sunday, we’ll continue our exploration of one of this year’s UUA Common Reads — Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want by Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen .
We will pair our discussion of the chapters each week with listening to a segment of an audio presentation by Pema Chodron on dealing with difficult emotions — something crucial for participatory democracy in these times):
We will also have updates on bills we are watching in the current legislative session via Interfaith, Louisiana Prison Alternatives, and other organizations.
Please join us on Sunday (15 April 2018) at 11:00 AM for “Pulling Weeds and Other Lessons for the Work of Justice” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Rev. Barbara is back in the pulpit this morning and the All Souls Choir will sing.
A newcomer information session will follow the service. We show a DVD from the Unitarian Universalist Association, talk more about our faith tradition, our congregation, and listen to your stories as you are willing and comfortable to tell them. Child care will be provided.
Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.
Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.
Please join us on Sunday (15 April 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.
This Sunday, we’ll continue our exploration of one of this year’s UUA Common Reads — Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want by Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen .
We will pair our discussion of the chapters each week with listening to a segment of an audio presentation by Pema Chodron on dealing with difficult emotions — something crucial for participatory democracy in these times):
We will also have updates on bills we are watching in the current legislative session via Interfaith, Louisiana Prison Alternatives, and other organizations.
Please join us on Sunday (8 April 2018) at 11:00 AM for “The Right to Go to Hell” by James T. McCollum.
Seventy years ago on March 8, 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down an 8-1 decision in favor of Vashti McCollum vs. the Board of Education of Champaign IL.
Mrs. McCollum — an atheist — objected to so-called “voluntary” classes in religious instruction in her young son James’s elementary school.
She objected on the grounds that they were not only inappropriate for public school but also that they were not voluntary at all (considering that the children who did not wish to participate were ostracized by their peers and even coerced by their teachers to attend).
Justice Hugo Black wrote the majority opinion and the American Unitarian Association was one of several religious groups supporting the decision.
We are honored to welcome Jim McCollum to our pulpit today to talk about this historic decision — still all too timely in many ways — from the eyes of the child at the center of it.
Jim is married to the Rev. Betty Grace McCollum who has spoken several times at All Souls. This will be his first time in our pulpit.
Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.
Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.
Please join us on Sunday (8 April 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class. We will be watching the documentary “The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today.”
As we continue our season of focus on our 7th Principle (“Respect for the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part”), we are pleased to welcome Jim McCollum, who will show us this documentary.
This documentary is about the case of McCollum vs. the Board of Education — the earliest court fight in this country over the Separation of Church and State.
Please join us on Easter Sunday (1 April 2018) at 11:00 AM for “A Celebration of Easter” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
We are delighted to welcome Rev. Barbara back to the pulpit as we celebrate the return of spring and the observance of Easter on the Christian calendar.
Our Easter service is one of the more traditional of our church year — reflective of our Christian roots — and yet reflective of the fact that our Christian roots are Universalist.
Thus this service is completely inclusive of all who wish to be in community with us — without regard to theology or affiliation.
The service includes an optional inclusive communion ritual with no theological barriers and emphasis on the sharing within community.
Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.
Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.
Please join us on Easter Sunday (1 April 2018) starting at 10:00 AM before the service and continuing after the service until 2:00 PM for our plant sale.
Easter is early this year so take this opportunity to stock up on your plants for spring.
We will have ground covers, perennials, annuals, herbs, and house plants.
We will need help with setup, cleanup, and working the sale itself.
If you can help or if you have any other questions, call Cindy Mandarino at (504) 376-4765.
On this Easter Sunday (1 April 2018) immediately after our 11:00 AM worship service, we will have an Easter Egg hunt.
Right now, the Easter Bunny is slightly panicked that the Easter eggs have been slow in showing up.
Parents and all others who can help should bring 12 filled plastic Easter eggs by the church office — preferably no later than Saturday (31 March 2018).
If the eggs are in a plastic bag or other container, they should be safe from the elements if you leave them by the office door. Thanks for your help with this.
You can fill the eggs with candy, small toys, stickers, that wonderful egg-shaped sidewalk chalk, or something else fun and safe that we haven’t thought of yet.
Please label your eggs as safe or not safe for children under age 3.
Not recommended for toddlers are: gum, hard or extremely chewy candy, any candy with nuts, or any tiny toys or toys with small parts that could be choking hazards.
The egg hunt is for children in Nursery through 5th grade classes.
Classes are separated into different areas of the grounds for their age-appropriate egg hunting.
Thanks for your help.
