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
New Member Picnic — It’s not just for new members!
Whether you’re a new member, a long-time member, or just someone interested in getting to know All Souls folk a little better and having some fun, bring your lunch, bring the kids and join us.
Please join us on Sunday (7 October 2012) at 11:00 AM for “Discovering A World” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell with Special Guests Safa Michigan and Dr. Sunny Hussein. The service will also have music from the All Souls Choir.
After the service, we will have a Newcomer Information Session. Anyone interested in learning more about our faith tradition and our congregation is welcome to join us.
Please join us this Sunday (30 September 2012) at 11:00 AM for the sermon “Elevated View of the Elephant” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
After the worship service, we will have a Town Hall Meeting and Potluck Lunch. This Town Hall Meeting will be the first of many opportunities for Exploratory Committee to report their findings to the congregation. The Exploratory Committee is a ten person committee appointed by the All Souls Board to explore the options for the geographical future of our congregation.
Please join us this Sunday (23 September 2012) at 11:00 AM for “Companions for the Journey” with Judy Cantil, Pamela Raintree and Patrick Early.
This is our quarterly series featuring members who tell us about the journeys that brought them to All Souls and the reasons they stay.
On the following Sunday (30 September 2012), Rev. Barbara Jarrell will be in the pulpit.
On Sunday (30 September 2012) immediately following the 11:00 AM worship service, the Exploratory Committee will present the first in a series of town hall meetings.
This committee appointed by the All Souls Board to explore the options for the geographical future of our congregation will host the first of a series of informational Town Hall Meetings to report on its findings so far.
Please join us on Sunday (16 September 2012) at 11:00 AM to hear Lady Carlson. She is the Organizer for Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith and Recipient of the 2012 Emerson Award.
Lady will be here to remind us that the history makers are among us.
Join us for this inspiring service and stay after the service for a House Meeting around issues we wish to bring to Interfaith.
Interfaith is an organization of institutions working together on community issues that affect us all and that come up from the institutions themselves.
What do you want to see change in our community?
And what are you willing to do about it?
Come and learn how you can play a bigger role in our congregation’s Interfaith core team.
Please join us this Sunday (9 September 2012) at 11:00 AM for “Anxiety, Stress and the Practice of Buddhist Meditation” by Benjamin Riggs (Buddhist teacher and leader of the Refuge Meditation Group).
Next Sunday (16 September 2012), come join us for Lady Carlson (Local organizer for Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith).
Please join us for our Building and Grounds Work Day on Saturday (8 September 2012) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
As always, there are plenty of tasks — inside and out. and tomorrow there is also the promise of free food (courtesy of Interfaith who gave us all their Podnuh’s leftovers from Friday’s meeting: chicken, beef, potato salad and beans).
Come help spruce up the church and stick around for lunch with your All Souls friends.
Please join us this Wednesday (12 September 2012) from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM for a Brown Bag Discussion Talk with Benjamin Riggs. He will be with us to expand on his Sunday sermon topic (Anxiety, Stress and the Practice of Buddhist Meditation).
What word best describes our Volunteer of the Month for September 2012 ?
Platinum.
Why? Gold can’t begin to measure the time, effort, and love that this man has put into everything Ron Thurston does for our congregation.
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