For this Sunday (12 May 2024), both classes — grades pre-K through 5 and middle school / high school — will continue their focus on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web as they continue learning about the proposed Unitarian Universalist values on the agenda for General Assembly this summer (thanks to the wonder of JETPIG — justice, equity, transformation, pluralism, interdependence, and generosity with love at the center).
Announcements
Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 12 May 2024
Please join us on Sunday (12 May 2024) 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.
For this Sunday, we will watch “The Power of Empathy” (a TED Talk by Jessie Mei Li) followed by a discussion.
Zoom (and In-Person) Lunch on Wednesday (15 May 2024)
Please join us next Wednesday (15 May 2024) 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.
Congregational Meeting (19 May 2024)
We will have our spring congregational meeting on Sunday (19 May 2024) immediately following the 11:00 AM worship service.
We will be meeting in the sanctuary and via Zoom.
Our agenda for this meeting is the election of the 2024-2025 All Souls board members.
Monthly Building and Grounds Work Day (11 May 2024)
Our monthly building and grounds work day is happening on Saturday (11 May 2024) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This monthly work day usually happens on the second Saturday of each month with the occasional rare exception.
With the exception of some basic cleaning and yard work, all the work of maintaining our physical home is done by us — the members and friends of All Souls.
Meditation with Larry Androes (11 May 2024)
Please join us on Saturday (11 May 2024) 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.
The group is free and open to all.
All Ages Worship (5 May 2024)
Please join us this Sunday (5 May 2024) at 11:00 AM for “All Things Green and Sticky: Nature’s Lessons on Passive Resistance” by Bennett Upton.
Nature can be an incredible teacher if we are paying attention. All Souls member and former All Souls Board President Bennett Upton is in the pulpit this Sunday. Please join us.
We will be meeting in the sanctuary for this worship service. Please join us in person at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106 if you are able to do so.
Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.
The COVID risks for Caddo, Bossier and De Soto Parishes (the Shreveport metro area) are all low — the CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “low” risk areas.
See the CDC website and the COVIDActNow website for more details.
Starting on 13 November 2022, masks will be optional indoors at All Souls.
Anyone who prefers to keep wearing a mask is welcome to do so and attending worship through livestream video is also an option.
We will still have KN95 masks available in the foyer for anyone who needs one.
We continue to recommend that you stay home if you have any symptoms, and that you keep up with all available vaccinations and boosters.
Please use this link to evaluate the current COVID risk for the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area as you make your decisions regarding masking and other COVID preventive measures while attending All Souls.
We no longer require proof of vaccination against COVID for all attendees ages 11 and up for indoor events.
However, we do strongly encourage that anyone attending our worship services or other indoor events at All Souls be vaccinated against COVID.
Please use good judgment and stay home if you have any symptoms. Even those who have tested negative for COVID can later test positive.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Zoom (and In-Person) Lunch on Wednesday (8 May 2024)
Please join us next Wednesday (8 May 2024) 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.
Children and Youth Religious Education (5 May 2024)
For this Sunday (5 May 2024), both classes — grades pre-K through 5 and middle school / high school — will continue their focus on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web.
Both classes will further explore the proposed Unitarian Universalist values to come before the General Assembly this summer thanks to the wonder of JETPIG (justice, equity, transformation, pluralism, interdependence, and generosity).
Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 5 May 2024
Please join us on Sunday (5 May 2024) 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.
For this Sunday, we will view a video “12 Things I Have Learned from Writing and Life — A TED Talk” by author Anne Lamott followed by a discussion.
Join us as we view and discuss this video by the author of Operating Instructions, Bird by Bird, Traveling Mercies, Help, Thanks, Wow, and her latest book Somehow.
In this TED Talk from 2017, Lamott offers 12 truths that stand the test of time infused with her characteristic humor.