Announcements

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 5 November 2023

Please join us on Sunday (5 November 2023) 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.

We will continue reading the UUA Common Read for 2023 — On Repentance and Repair by Rabbi Damya Ruttenberg.

The book looks back to the 12th Century Jewish philosopher Maimonides as a guide to an authentic process for offering a real apology and making amends.

In our next class, we will continue our discussion of Chapter 4 (“Institutional Obligations”).

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Zoom (and In-Person) Lunch on Wednesday (8 November 2023)

Please join us next Wednesday (8 November 2023) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

Our weekly Zoom lunch is going dual-platform — 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.

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Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana — November 2023 Give-Away-The-Plate Recipient

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

For the month of November 2023, we choose the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.

In this month when so many people will celebrate a bounty of food on their tables, we want to extend that possibility to many more in our community who struggle to keep food in the house.

The mission of the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana is to serve as the primary resource for fighting hunger in Northwest Louisiana.

They do this in a number of ways:

  • Facilitating distribution of food from multiple centers throughout our community
  • Providing most of the food for the weekly Highland Blessing Dinner (helping that event to stretch their budget much further)

Every $10 donated to the food bank can provide $100 worth of food to hungry people — so let’s multiply our power together and give generously.

Two ways to donate:

Online — Go to our donation site using this link.  If you are paying your pledge, select “2023 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution.  Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana and then put “GATP NOV 2023” or “Food Bank of NW Louisiana” in the comment section.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of November 2023 will go to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.

Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA  71106.  Please put “Food Bank of NW Louisiana” on the memo line of the check if  you want to have 100% of your check go to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.  If you want less than 100% of your check to go to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana, please put the amount you want going to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana on the memo line.

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Meditation with Larry Androes (4 November 2023)

Please join us on Saturday (4 November 2023) 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.

For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.

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All Ages Worship (29 October 2023)

Please join us on Sunday (29 October 2023) at 11:00 AM for “As a Matter of Fact” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Rev. Barbara is back in the pulpit this Sunday. Members of the All Souls choir will sing and Rev. Barbara will introduce a new song.

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 risk 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.

Our October 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

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Pre-K thru Grade 5 Children’s Religious Education (29 October 2023)

For this Sunday (29 October 2023), our children (Pre-K thru Grade 5) will be using a program adapted from Moral Tales (a Tapestry of Faith curriculum by Alice Anacheka Nasemann and Elisa Davy Pearmain).

The lesson for this week is “Give and Ye Shall Receive” on the theme of generosity (based on a story from the Islamic tradition — “The Better Offer”).

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Middle and High School Youth Religious Education (29 October 2023)

This class is an exploration of our eight Unitarian Universalist principles through artistic expression.

On this Sunday (29 October 2023), we will explore the fourth principle (“the free and responsible search for truth and meaning”).

The All8 curriculum is the creation of Jil Novenski (Director of Religious Education — Community Unitarian Universalist Church of New York City) who has generously shared it with her colleagues.

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 29 October 2023

Please join us on Sunday (29 October 2023) 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.

We will continue reading the UUA Common Read for 2023 — On Repentance and Repair by Rabbi Damya Ruttenberg.

The book looks back to the 12th Century Jewish philosopher Maimonides as a guide to an authentic process for offering a real apology and making amends.

In our next class, we will be discussing Chapter 4 (“Institutional Obligations”).

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Madison Poche — 2023 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award Recipient

Every year, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church presents the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to an individual or organization in the wider community who best exemplifies the principles and values of Unitarian Universalism and liberal religion.

For 2023, All Souls is proud to present this award to Madison Poche (Executive Director of the The Highland Center) for how she has amplified and built upon the good work of Highland Center Ministries — drawing in new partner non-profits and small businesses to better serve the Highland neighborhood and the wider community.

Join us next Sunday (5 November 2023) at 11:00 AM for the award presentation during our Sunday worship service.

Following the Emerson award tradition, Madison will also be our speaker in the pulpit on 5 November 2023 and we will honor her after the worship service with a reception in the social hall.

Please join us.

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