Announcements

Sunday Easter Egg Hunt (1 April 2018)

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.

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No Adult Religious Education Class on Easter (1 April 2018)

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).

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25 March 2018 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

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.

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ReZist! — Roy Zimmerman Returns to All Souls (25 March 2018)

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.

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Adult Religious Education — 25 March 2018

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.

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18 March 2018 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

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.

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Adult Religious Education — 18 March 2018

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.

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11 March 2018 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

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.

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4 March 2018 All-Ages Worship Service

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.

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