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 Saturday (24 August 2024) 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.
The group is free and open to all.
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.
This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.
For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live. One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.
This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.
For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live. One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.
Please join us this Sunday (18 August 2024) at 11:00 AM for “Water Communion 2024 — Bringing Our Water and Our Stories Together.”
The water communion is an annual tradition at All Souls Shreveport and many other Unitarian Universalist congregations.
You are invited to bring a small container of water from your summer adventures — whether you traveled far from home or played in the sprinkler with the kids in your own backyard.
In this service, we pour our waters into a common container — briefly sharing our stories as we are willing. The water is boiled, filtered, and frozen, and we save it for congregational rituals such as baby dedications and future water ceremonies (no one ever drinks it).
After the water communion worship service, we will have an end of summer swim party and potluck at the home of Kathy Osuch and Mike Roberts.
We will be meeting in the sanctuary for this worship service. Please join us in person at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106 if you are able to do so.
Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.
The COVID risks for Caddo, Bossier and De Soto Parishes (the Shreveport metro area) are all low as of 17 August 2024 according to the CDC’s COVID CountyCheck website.
Additional 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. The link is currently showing a marked increase in positive COVID tests as of 3 August 2024 but the trend is now downward as of 10 August 2024.
The CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “low” risk areas.
Starting on 13 November 2022, masks will be optional indoors at All Souls.
Anyone who prefers to keep wearing a mask is welcome to do so and attending worship through livestream video is also an option.
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.
We no longer require proof of vaccination against COVID for all attendees ages 11 and up for indoor events.
However, we do strongly encourage that anyone attending our worship services or other indoor events at All Souls be vaccinated against COVID.
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.
And of course — if you have symptoms (COVID or other respiratory illness) — please stay home and take care of yourself.
Our August 2024 give-away-the-plate recipient is A Second Chance At Life Foundation.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Please join us at the end of summer swim party and potluck immediately after our annual water communion worship service at the home of Kathy Osuch and Mike Roberts.
Once again, we are grateful to Kathy and Mike for opening their wonderful yard and pool to us for this annual gathering.
We will celebrate summer before the new church year begins.
Bring a dish to share, bring the kids, bring your friends, and join us.
You do not have to swim to attend but please know that we are a non-body-shaming congregation (believing that all ages, shapes, and sizes deserve to cool off in water when it’s so frickin’ hot outside).
The address for the pool party will be provided at church on Sunday and via the All Souls Shreveport Caring Connection Facebook group.
Please join us on Sunday (18 August 2024) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.
Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.
Our dual-platform adult religious education class resumes this week with viewing and discussion of the PBS Documentary The Age of Nature.
The series shows how nature has the power to heal itself if given the opportunity, and how this healing process can be beneficial not only to the planet but also to the lives and livelihoods of the humans who share this home.
For this week, we will watch Episode 2, Part 1 (“Understanding“).
Please join us next Wednesday (21 August 2024) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.
Our weekly Zoom lunch is online-only for this week only due to scheduling conflicts. Please join us from home or any other convenient location using Zoom.
Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.
Please join us on Sunday (1 September 2024) immediately following our 11:00 AM worship service for a vegan potluck sponsored by the All Souls Peace Alliance.
You do not have to be vegan to enjoy this delicious plant-based feast.
Need recipes or just want more information — email Rev. Joy Walker.
Please join us on Sunday (15 September 2024) at 3:00 PM for a free screening of the documentary film The Game Changers followed by a discussion.
The Game Changers is a revolutionary documentary about meat, protein, and strength — this free documentary screening is sponsored by the All Souls Peace Alliance.
The documentary follows the story of a mixed martial arts fighter who faces some health challenges and discovers that everything he has been taught about protein and building strength has been wrong. The team of executive producers includes James and Suzy Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Jackie Chan.
The All Souls Peace Alliance is a group exploring veganism as a path to peace. You need not be vegan in order to participate. If you are vegan-curious or just wanting to add more vegan options to your diet, you are more than welcome.
Please join us on Saturday (17 August 2024) 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.
The group is free and open to all.