Announcements

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (12 January 2025)

Please join us on Sunday (12 January 2025) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

Our dual-platform adult religious education class will begin reading and discussing Love at the Center.

This is an anthology of Unitarian Universalist theological writings by various leaders of our movement seeking to answer the question posed by Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt in the book’s introduction:

“We may agree that love is central, but what does that mean to us and what does it require of us?”

This book is currently available only in ebook format pending final edits of the approved revisions to Article II of the UUA Bylaws at the 2024 General Assembly (Kindle, Nook, and Kobo).

For this Sunday, we will continue our reading and discussion with Chapter 16 (“Love and Risk” by Dr. Robert Spirko) and Chapter 17 (“When Love is Criminalized,” by Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen).

If you don’t have this book, you can read the chapters online here.

The New UU Not Meeting This Sunday (12 January 2025) — Class Resumes Next Sunday (19 January 2025)

The New UU class will resume on 19 January 2025 and will be facilitated by Bennett Upton.

We will meet Sundays after service – 12:30 PM resuming on 5 January 2025

This 6 session course is for all new members, people interested in becoming members, and not-so-new members who might need a refresher and reminder of what we’re doing here.

The 6 sessions cover the history of Unitarian Univesralism and this congregation also exploring our practices and shared principles and values.

Email Bennett  if you are interested in joining this class.

Zoom (and In-Person) Lunch This Wednesday (15 January 2025)

Please join us next Wednesday (15 January 2025) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

Our weekly Zoom lunch is returning to dual-platform access — join us from home using Zoom or in person in the social hall.

Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.

Meditation with Larry Androes (11 January 2025)

Please join us on Saturday (11 January 2025) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This group will be meeting via Zoom and not in person.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

Monthly Building and Grounds Work Day (11 January 2025)

Our monthly building and grounds work day usually happens on the second Saturday on the month.

For January 2025, this will happen on Saturday (11 January 2025) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (please note the change from the times we used for past building and grounds work days).

There are tasks indoors and out for all ages and abilities along with snacks for the volunteers.

This is a great way to build relationships with your All Souls community — working side by side to maintain the physical structure of our spiritual home.

New Orleans New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund — January 2025 Give-Away-The-Plate Recipient

Each month we dedicate all of our non-pledge income to a community organization doing the work that best embodies our Unitarian Universalist values.

For the month of January 2025, we choose the New Orleans New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund sponsored by the Greater New Orleans Foundation.

Additional information on the New Orleans New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund can be found here.

Two ways to donate:

OnlineGo to our donation site using this link.  If you are paying your pledge, select “2025 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution.  Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to New Orleans New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund and then put “GATP JAN 2025” or “New Orleans New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund” in the comment section.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of January 2025 will go to New Orleans New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund.

Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA  71106.  Please put “New Orleans New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund” on the memo line of the check if  you want to have 100% of your check go to New Orleans New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund.  If you want less than 100% of your check to go to New Orleans New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund, please put the amount you want going to New Orleans New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund on the memo line.

5 January 2025 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 5 January 2025 worship video here.

29 December 2024 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 29 December 2024 worship video here.

24 December 2024 Christmas Eve Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 24 December 2024 Christmas Eve worship video here.

22 December 2024 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 22 December 2024 worship video here.