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
There are no religious education classes this Sunday (23 November 2014).
Religious education for children and youth will resume next Sunday (30 November 2014) and adult religious education will resume on the following Sunday (7 December 2014).
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Please join us on Saturday (22 November 2014) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for a special nature train building and grounds work day.
We will continue to work on refurbishing the beautiful All Souls nature trail. If you are looking for something to do on a Saturday that will help you build community with friends, get you outdoors and moving, and help to restore a treasure right outside or doors, then it’s probably time for a good “RANT” (“Restore All Souls Nature Trail”).
Please join us on Sunday (16 November 2014) at 11:00 AM for “The Francis Effect” by Dr. Peter Huff.
Adored by millions (and a little unsettling to a few cardinals), Pope Francis is changing the face of the papacy.
Come and join us to learn more about this groundbreaking Pope and what his papacy may ultimately mean to the Church and the world.
Dr. Peter Huff of Centenary College has been a great friend to All Souls.
He is a past recipient of our Emerson Award for his silent meditative protest at the beginning of the Iraqi War and for all that he has done for interfaith unity and understanding in our community.
Many of you will remember that he also gave the prayer at Barbara’s ordination.
We are saddened to say that this will be our last opportunity to hear him in our pulpit as he has accepted a position at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota.
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, then are dismissed to their classes.
Please join us on Sunday (16 November 2014) at 9:30 AM for our Adult Religious Education Class — An Introduction to Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic by Matthew Stewart.
This book is a very persuasive response to the idea that our country was founded as a “Christian nation.” Stewart’s work takes a close, fresh look at what the founders meant by the words in the Declaration of Independence — “the laws of nature and nature’s God.”
After this introduction, we will take orders for the book and continue our study of the book together on 7 December 2014.
Nursery Care is provided for the Adult Religious Education and Worship hours. Activities for children and youth will be provided during the Adult Religious Education hour at 9:30 AM as well.
If you have an activity or project you would like to share with a multi-age group or you are simply willing to hang out with them on the playground or on our newly partially refurbished nature trail, please email Susan Caldwell or call her at (318) 465-3427.
Please join us on Sunday (9 November 2014) for our 11:00 AM Worship — “Life is a (Mission) Trip” by Rev. Ron Robinson.
Come and find out …
… what a very few people can become and do when their lives catch on fire with mission to love who and what others find unloveable, or as we say, when they love the hell out of this world, and how this is part of a big revolution in the why of church, that affects the how, the what, and the who of church.
Rev. Ron Robinson is Executive Director of the Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship, adjunct faculty in practical theology and director of ministerial formation at Phillips Theological Seminary, and founder of the Welcome Table Church and A Third Place Community Foundation in Turley OK.
You can also join us at 9:30 AM for an Adult Religious Education hour with Rev. Robinson.
Please join us on Saturday (8 November 2014) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM for our monthly Building and Grounds Day Work Day.
If the weather permits, there will be tasks inside and out for all ages and abilities.
Special Volunteer Bonus — The family from Friday’s memorial service has graciously left us a huge pan of Shaver’s jambalaya for our dedicated volunteers.
Please join us at 9:30 AM on Sunday (9 November 2014) for “A Discussion with Rev. Ron Robinson.” We will be learning more about his Welcome Table Church and A Third Place Community Foundation.
Nursery Care is provided for the Adult Religious Education and Worship hours. Activities for children and youth will be provided during the Adult Religious Education hour at 9:30 AM as well.
If you have an activity or project you would like to share with a multi-age group or you are simply willing to hang out with them on the playground or on our newly partially refurbished nature trail, please email Susan Caldwell or call her at (318) 465-3427.
Please join us on Sunday (2 November 2014) at 11:00 AM for “We’ve Never Seen Anything Like this Before!” by Rev. Carlton Elliott Smith:
Launching from a story in the New Testament, we will explore what it means to create powerful relationships, to dare to try new things, and to make a difference in the lives of others.
The All Souls Choir will sing — many thanks to Robert Smith for stepping in to direct the choir.
Rev. Smith serves as one of seven Congregational Life Staff in the Southern Region of the Unitarian Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and is the primary UUA contact for congregations in Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi and Pensacola FL.
Previously, he was a parish minister, serving Unitarian Universalist congregations in New York/Northern New Jersey, northern California, greater Boston, and northern Virginia. He lives in his hometown in northwest Mississippi. Please join us to welcome Rev Smith to All Souls.
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, then are dismissed to their classes.
Please join us on Sunday morning (2 November 2014) at 9:30 AM for our Adult Religious Education Class — A Discussion with Rev. Carlton Smith. Rev. Smith serves as one of seven Congregational Life Staff in the Southern Region of the Unitarian Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and is the primary UUA contact for congregations in Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi and Pensacola FL.
Since we recently finished our Sunday morning discussion of the UUA Common Read (Paul Rasor’s Reclaiming Prophetic Witness), we’ve asked Rev. Smith to talk with us about his perspective on our prophetic role as Unitarian Universalists in the public conversation.
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Please join us on Sunday (26 October 2014) at 11:00 AM for “The Prophetic Imagination” by Lady Carlson (Organizer for Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith).
We are delighted to welcome back Lady Carlson — and it might not surprise you to learn that she is all about our recent theme of speaking with a prophetic voice of faith as we work to create beloved community that never fails to consider “the least of these” and truly leaves no one behind.
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, then are dismissed to their classes.