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
Our monthly building and grounds work day will happen on Saturday, 10 June 2023 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
We will have tasks available for all ages and abilities — inside and out.
This is a great way to get to know others in your All Souls community while working side by side. Please come and join us on 10 June 2023.
Please join us next Tuesday (30 May 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.
Please join us on Saturday (27 May 2023) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.
This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.
Please note that this group is still meeting via Zoom. You will need to contact Larry for the Zoom link information using the contact information at the end of this post.
The group is free and open to all.
For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.
Join us on Sunday (21 May 2023) at 11:00 AM for “How is it With Your Soul?” with Claudia Harris, Jennifer Russell, and Sally Wood.
Do you find yourself worried, sad, and struggling these days, and do you find many of the people around you feeling the same?
Whether it’s the state of the state or the nation, the fragility of democracy or the planet itself, many people are feeling overwhelmed with all of this as it’s added to the day-to-day personal struggles in their individual lives.
How do we, as individuals, keep our balance without burning out or disengaging completely?
How do we, as a faith community, empower ourselves and each other to weather these storms?
.Join us to share the wisdom of Claudia Harris, Jennifer Russell, and Sally Wood and also learn and gain spiritual strength from our collective wisdom as well.
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 current COVID risk for the Shreveport metro area (Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, DeSoto Parish) is now “low” and 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 May 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Shreveport Mutual Aid.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Spring Congregational Meeting — Sunday, 28 May 2023
Children and youth will attend the worship service for the first 15-20 minutes and then are dismissed to their classes.
We are now discussing personal spiritual growth and how these ideas connect to our Unitarian Universalist faith.
Elementary Class — They will continue work on the banner they are designing as a group and will donate to the wider congregation.
Middle and High School: Virtue Ethics — Lessons adapted from the Tapestry of Faith curriculum Virtue Ethics that focus each week on the principles that can guide us toward ethical decision making in our daily lives. This week the class will explore responsibility.
Please join us on Sunday (21 May 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.
This week, we will continue our discussion of Patrice Cullor’s An Abolitionist’s Handbook. We will be taking up the next two chapters:
Please join us next Tuesday (23 May 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.
Please join us on Saturday (20 May 2023) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.
This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.
Please note that this group is still meeting via Zoom. You will need to contact Larry for the Zoom link information using the contact information at the end of this post.
The group is free and open to all.
For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.
Join us on Sunday (14 May 2023) at 11:00 AM as members and friends of All Souls share original works and the works of favorite poets that have connections to the mothers and others who have filled that kind of role in their lives or to their own experience as mothers and children.
Readers will include Jean Kelly, Ashford McLain, Claudia Harris, Tena Hines, Barbara Deger, Jennifer Russell, and Susan Caldwell.
Members of the All Souls Choir will sing.
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 current COVID risk for the Shreveport metro area (Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, DeSoto Parish) is now “low” and 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 May 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Shreveport Mutual Aid.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.