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
We will not have our 9:15 AM adult religious education class on Easter Sunday (1 April 2018).
Our adult class will resume next Sunday (8 April 2018).
We will continue our exploration 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).
Please join us on Sunday (25 March 2018) at 11:00 AM for “This I Believe” with Leigh Anne Chambers, Megan Bennett, and James Peck. John Allen will be this Sunday’s worship associate
As we continue our season of focus on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web, we will hear from three of our congregants on their personal journeys in the realm of social justice, and how their faith has informed that path.
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 (25 March 2018) at 7:00 PM for ReZist! — a Roy Zimmerman concert.
The cost is $20.00 at the door or pay what you can.
ReZist is 90 minutes of Roy’s original songs — a funny and forceful affirmation of peace and justice.
“Sometimes I think satire is the most hopeful and heartfelt form of expression,” says Roy, “because in calling out the world’s absurdities and laughing in their face, I’m affirming the possibility for real change.”
Find out more about Roy and see videos of his performances here.
Please join us on Sunday (25 March 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.
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 have opted to participate in 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 an audio presentation by Pema Chodrun on dealing with difficult emotions (something crucial for participatory democracy in these times) and with updates on bills we are watching in the legislative session via Interfaith, Louisiana Prison Allternatives, and other organizations.
Please join us on Sunday (18 March 2018) at 11:00 AM for “Moving Mountains in Shreveport” by Rev. Mack McCarter.
We welcome Rev. Mack McCarter (founder and coordinator of Community Renewal International) back to our pulpit this morning.
CRI works to build safe and caring communities here in Shreveport and across the nation through building relationships.
Mack says:
“We are fulfilled only as we serve others. We are complete only as we give ourselves to others. And we are perfected only as we seek to love others. This is our task: to become other-centered rather than self-centered.”
This Sunday continues our season of focus on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web as we turn our attention to our second and seventh principles along with our second and fifth sources.
Find the principles and sources of Unitarian Universalism here.
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 (18 March 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.
Today, we begin our season of focus on our 7th Principle — “Respect for the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part.”
This is a time for us to focus on our relationship with and our responsibility to the planet, and each other.
We have several options for the direction of this next pillar so we will “take the temperature” of the group on Sunday to determine our path.
Please join us on Sunday (11 March 2018) at 11:00 AM for “The Spirit of Change” by Omari Ho-Sang.
March is Women’s History Month and it also marks a community-wide month-long celebration of women.
For our contribution to that celebration, we are delighted and honored to welcome Ms. Omari Ho-Sang — organizer of ASAP Shreveport (All Streets All People).
ASAP Shreveport is a grass-roots organization whose mission statement is ” to decrease crime and increase the quality of life for all in the city we call home.”
They do this by working in partnership with other groups (including Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith) to address the causes of crime rooted in health, education, poverty, and economics.
This Sunday begins our season of focus on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web as we turn our attention to our second principle, seventh principle, second source, and fifth source.
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.
Find the Principles and Sources of Unitarian Universalism here.
Please join us on Sunday (4 March 2018) at 11:00 AM for “Your Universal Translator” by the children, youth, and adults of All Souls.
This week we celebrate the final Sunday of our focus on World Religions — specifically our third source, our sixth principle, and our sixth Source.
We can use our own “universal translators” when the religious language we hear is not our own. But we can do more to assure that the translator works for us in a way that is mindful and respectful of all.
Find the principles and sources of Unitarian Universalism here.
Please join us on Sunday (4 March 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class. We will be learning about the wisdom of the Baha’i Faith.
This mid-19th century faith — founded in Iran by Siyyid Ali Muhammad (“The Bab”) and carried forth by the prophet Baha’ullah — has now spread all over the world with temples on every continent except Antarctica.
Its major theological tenets are “unity of humanity and the unity of all religions, with the ultimate goal of creating a unified humanity without racial, ethnic, class, or religious prejudice.”
Like Unitarian Universalists, the Baha’is believe that truth has been revealed in many generations.
Join us to learn more about this faith that holds diversity and acceptance as some of its most prized ideals.
