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
For non-member same-sex couples, we are offering half-price rates for renting our facilities for your wedding until 26 June 2016.
As always, members who have been active for six months or longer are entitled to use the sanctuary and/or social hall for weddings and other rites of passage at no charge.
Please join us on Sunday (5 July 2015) at 11:00 AM for “A More Imperfect Union” by Uncle Sam
Join us Sunday morning to meet Uncle Sam — the personification of an ideal that the Founding Fathers were striving for but never reached (and that we haven’t reached either).
And yet the founders were still willing to leave the door open for an expansive future they couldn’t possibly imagine.
They encoded into the constitution broad rights for every possibility.
They were flawed men, at times blatantly hypocritical, unable to live up to their own ideals.
But they wrote them anyway, doing their best to launch this experiment into the future with as much momentum as they could in the hopes that we could keep it rolling.
The All Souls Choir will sing at this service.
Religious education classes for children are offered during the 11:00 AM service — children attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.
For today’s service, the middle school and high school classes will remain in the worship service.
During the summer, we move from our regular routine of Religious Education to creative multi-generational activities and projects for children and youth.
For this week, the middle school and high school youth will stay in the sanctuary for Sunday worship.
The Pre-K classes through 5th grade classes will be making these yarn-wrapped stars with Sam Normand.
Please join us on Sunday (28 June 2015) at 11:00 AM for “Celebrating Pride” with Pam Brown.
June is LGBTQ Pride Month — a time to celebrate the hard-won gains that have come about for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning individuals and to recommit our congregation in continued solidarity to the ongoing struggle.
Come and welcome Pam Brown to our pulpit for the first time. Melissa Gibson will be our worship associate and Bob Jordan will provide the music.
Don’t miss this wonderful service, and plan to bring a dish to share and stay afterward for the Rainbow Potluck.
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.
On Sunday (28 June 2015) in the Religious Education wing — Duct Tape Wallets with Alice, Neil and Sam Normand.
During the summer, we move from our regular routine of Religious Education to creative multi-generational activities and projects for children and youth.
Please join us on Sunday (21 June 2015) at 11:00 AM for “What’s Love Got to Do With It? – And Other Egregiously Borrowed Themes” by Robert W. Smith.
Robert Smith is in the pulpit on this Father’s Day with an exploration of love, God, and our relationship to the Unitarian Universalist Principles and Purposes.
He will also direct the choir in a new piece of music — please join us.
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.
For this Sunday (21 June 2015), Rovena and Boogie Windsor will be with the children and youth to prepare some snacks for our after-service coffee hour.
We’ll have a variety of delicious offerings, perfect for grabbing a bite after church yet light enough not to interfere with any Father’s Day plans that families may have for the afternoon.
All ages will be able to help with the preparation and offer this celebration to the entire church community.
Please join us on Sunday (14 June 2015) at 11:00 AM for “Getting to the Long View” by. Rev. Barbara Jarrell. The All Souls Choir will sing.
We will have a Newcomer Information Session following the service.
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.
Our religious education activity during our 11:00 AM worship service will be our annual tie-dye for dads and other special grown-ups.
Children and youth are asked to bring a 100% cotton t-shirt or other fabric item for dyeing for their Dads or another special grown-up in their lives. White or light colors are preferable. They can also bring an extra garment for themselves, although we will make sure everyone gets to dye one thing before letting anyone start on second and third projects. Other things that work well include socks, tote-bags, fabric hats, plain white bandanas, pillow cases, or any cotton item. Continue reading “Tie-Dye Sunday (14 June 2015)”
Please join us on Sunday (7 June 2015) at 11:00 AM for “Digging Back into the Toolbox: An Affirmation Sunday Celebration” led by the children, youth and adults of All Souls.
Our 2nd-5th Grade class has begun and ended the year with lessons adapted from a curriculum called Toolbox of Faith (which explores many of the qualities we employ to practice our faith as Unitarian Universalists and live better lives).
In a similar vein, the Middle School/High School class has spent this past pillar on Personal Spiritual Growth exploring Virtue Ethics (the various virtues at work in our lives that help us to make ethical decisions).
Meanwhile, our Pre-K/K-1 class has spent this pillar exploring all our various emotions.
So as we round out the year, it only makes sense that we open up the toolbox again and see what new tools have been added, and how we might use them.
Join us as we celebrate this capstone event as we find out more about what they’ve been learning and honor their transitions at the end of the church year.