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 Sunday (29 November 2015) at 9:15 AM as we continue our discussion of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.
We will cover Chapter 4 — “The Cruel Hand” — which will look at the way the caste system operates after people are released from prison.
Please join us on Sunday (22 November 2015) at 11:00 AM for our annual Thanksgiving Worship Service and Feast — our annual Thanksgiving Service, communion ritual and feast.
The bread and water communion ritual is focused on community and is inclusive of all theologies.
Afterward, we join together in a fantastic Thanksgiving feast.
If you can cook a turkey or bring your favorite recipe, please let Amanda Lawrence know via email, phone, text (using 318-402-3314), or post to the All Souls Shreveport Caring Connection Facebook group.
There will be no 9:15 AM adult religious education class and no children / youth classes during the 11:00 AM service tomorrow (22 November 2015).
Please join us for our annual Thanksgiving Service and Feast.
Next Sunday (29 November 2015) — our discussion of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness continues with Chapter 4 — “The Cruel Hand” — which will look at the way the caste system operates after people are released from prison.
Please join us on Sunday (15 November 2015) for “Wordsmithing: The Uses of Poetry” by Barbara Deger and Carol Graywing.
Two of our resident poets will read from their own works and talk about what poetry has meant to them in their own lives.
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.
Please join us on Sunday at 9:15 AM for a screening of Dr. Cornel West giving his 2015 Ware Lecture at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly.
This past summer in Portland OR, over 3000 Unitarian Universalists had the honor and privilege to hear author, theologian and civil rights activist Dr. Cornel West.
Grounding his talk in questions asked by the late W.E..B. Dubois to the younger generation and in his own deep faith, Dr. West shakes the rafters as he calls us to action on many of the human rights issues of the present day.
Kathy Osuch will facilitate discussion of the video.
In two weeks (29 November 2015) — Our Discussion of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow continues with Chapter 4 (“The Cruel Hand”) which will look at the way the caste system operates after people are released from prison.
We will not have class next week (22 November 2015) which is the day of our Thanksgiving service and feast. Class will resume on 29 November 2015.
Please join us on Saturday (14 November 2015) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM for our monthly building and grounds work day.
Weather permitting, we will continue on the nature trail this Saturday along with the usual tasks — indoors and out.
Almost all of the work of our congregation is done by volunteers and working side by side with your All Souls friends can be a good way to get to know them better and to build community within the congregation.
Stay the whole time or just an hour or so. If you can’t stay, consider dropping by some snacks for the crew.
Please join us on Sunday (8 November 2015) at 11:00 AM for our worship service — “For It Is in Giving That We Receive” by Tree Davidson Snow.
Tree Davidson Snow is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and longtime friend of the church who will speak to us on how we cultivate a grateful heart in those times when life does not seem to be leading us in that direction.
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.
The 9:15 AM Sunday Adult Religious Education Class will meet this week (Sunday, 8 November 2015).
We will be discussing Chapter 3 (“The Color of Justice”) in the book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander. This chapter looks at the role of race in the criminal justice system:
Given the relatively balanced rate of criminal activity by whites and blacks, how does a supposedly race-neutral system round up, arrest, and imprison such a large number of black and brown men?
Our Annual Gala and Silent Auction will happen next Friday (6 November 2015) from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM. Tickets are$20.00 in advance and $25.00 at the door.
Email Melissa Gibson, text, or call her at 318-550-1296.
Please joins us on Sunday (1 November 2015) at 11:00 AM for “This Side of the Tower of Babel” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell. This service will be about communication, activism, citizenship and other important things.
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.