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
The 31st annual Shreveport – Bossier City Holocaust Memorial Service will be happening on Sunday (27 April 2014) at 4:00 PM at the Christian Center of Shreveport (207 Idema Street, Shreveport LA).
From Rabbi Jana De Benedetti (B’nai Zion Congregation): Continue reading “Holocaust Memorial Service — 27 April 2014”
Please join us on Sunday (27 April 2014) at 10:30 AM for our Sunday Worship for all ages. We will be having our annual “Blessing of the Animals” — an Earth Day celebration of our partners in the web of existence.
Susan Bettinger and many other friends will bring back one of our congregation’s most beloved traditions.
Members and friends are welcome to bring the entire family including the furry, four-legged, feathered, or even the creepy-crawly ones.
Although we have had great success with this service for years, please do bring your pet on a leash or in a carrier. Even the most docile animals can be unpredictable in new situations.
For this Sunday (27 April 2014), there will be no 9:00 AM Religious Education Classes for children, youth, or adults.
Please bring your pets and join us for our annual “Blessing of the Animals” worship service.
Classes will resume next Sunday (4 May 2014) at 9:00 AM.
On this Saturday (26 April 2014) and again on next Saturday (3 May 2014), we will be painting the Social Hall from 9:00 AM -12:00 PM and 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Hanging out with your All Souls friends, getting to know them better as you make the church look better, just might fun. Come all day, both days, or just an hour or two — whatever you can manage. See you there.
We are proud to honor Betty Parent as our April 2014 Volunteer of the Month.
Always ready to tackle any problem with only the tools at hand, Betty whipped the church grounds into shape.
Betty improvised brilliant solutions to the church’s building and grounds problems. She was always present at Building and Grounds Work Days.
Not content to just deal with the physical needs of the church,
Betty is also serves as a nursery volunteer and organizes All Souls potlucks.
For all that she does, Betty is the April 2014 Volunteer of the Month — she gets our deepest respect and a parking place.
Our BOLTs (Bearers of Light and Tradition) are our March 2014 Volunteers of the Month.
Each Sunday, All Souls is reminded of our sources and principles through the work of five dedicated children and youth — Sam First, Gretchen Upton, Eleanora Lawrence, and Andrew Lawrence.
They make up our current team of Bearers of Light and Tradition more affectionately known as BOLTs.
In addition to public speaking and playing with fire, the children and youth pass the offering plates and many of them also perform in the All Souls theatrical productions. Most recently, these junior members along with John Allen and Amanda Lawrence put on a most excellent production of Dr. Suess’s The Sneetches.
We appreciate the work all these young people do for All Souls each Sunday.
Please join us at 10:30 AM on Easter Sunday (20 April 2014) for our Sunday Worship for all ages — “Does It Hurt to Bloom? A Celebration of Easter” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
The service will include special music from the All Souls Choir and ends with a very open and inclusive communion ritual focused on the theme of community.
Bring the children for the annual Easter Egg Hunt immediately following the service.
There are no 9:00 AM Religious Education Classes for children, youth, or adults on Easter Sunday (20 April 2014).
You can sleep a little later and still join us for our 10:30 AM Sunday Worship and our Easter Egg Hunt immediately after the worship service.
Please join us on Sunday at 10:30 AM for “Hitched to the Universe” — we will be celebrating our place in the interdependent web of all existence. This is a multi-generational exploration of our 7th Unitarian Universalist Principle.
John Muir said “When we try to pick anything out by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.”
We’ll explore more deeply what that means with the children, youth, and adults of All Souls.
You can find our Unitarian Universalist principles and sources here.
Please join us on Sunday (13 April 2014) at 9:00 AM for a Brunch for All Ages. We will be having brunch instead of all-ages religious education classes on this Sunday.