Announcements

Pride in the Park (10 September 2022)

Please join us at our table at this year’s Pride in the Park (sponsored by PACE Shreveport).

Pride in the Park will be at Betty Virginia Park on Saturday (10 September 2022) from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

All Souls is scheduled for unloading and set-up at 9:45 AM at the parking lot on the Line Avenue side of the park.

We can use help with setup at 9:45 AM or with teardown at 4:00 PM.

If anyone would like to take a shift at the table during the day, we will welcome that as well.

Or just come hang out with us for awhile along with checking out all the great stuff at this event.

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Building and Grounds Work Day (10 September 2022)

Please join us on Saturday (10 September 2022) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for our monthly building and grounds work day.

Since some of our church members will be staffing our table at Pride in the Park, we’re calling all hands to help with our monthly building and grounds work day.

We will prepare to welcome guests for this weekend’s Emerson Award presentation and next week’s Homecoming Service.

Nearly all of the work maintaining our physical space is done by our members and friends who show up each month and do what needs to be done.

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Meditation with Larry Androes (10 September 2022)

Please join us on Saturday (10 September 2022) 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.

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 (4 September 2022)

Please join us this Sunday (4 September 2022) at 11:00 AM for “For the Life of Our Living Tradition” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

It is the beginning of the church year and a time to turn our focus to our Unitarian Universalist identity, history, and heritage.

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.

Although the number of new COVID cases and hospitalizations has increased in the Shreveport metro area, we are still safe to have to in-person worship at this time.

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.

We are also required the wearing of masks for all in-person attendees for all indoor events.

Religious education classes for children and youth resumes this Sunday as well.  The children and youth will be with us for the first 15-20 minutes of the worship service before we sing them out to their classes.

Our September 2022 give-away-the-plate recipient is Highland Center Ministries.

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

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Children and Youth Religious Education for 4 September 2022

As the church year begins, our classes will be meeting separately for activities and discussion around our Unitarian Universalist principles and how they fit into our history and our daily lives.

For most weeks, they will be joining together for part of the hour to continue work on the updated mural in the middle and high school room.

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Online Adult Religious Education — 4 September 2022

Please join us on Sunday (4 September 2022) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

On this Sunday, we will continue our two-part exploration of the movement for LGBTQ+ rights within the Unitarian Universalist Association.

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Homecoming 2022 (18 September 2022)

Join us on Sunday (18 September 2022) at 11:00 AM for our 2022 Homecoming worship service.

We will recognize member milestones and include a memorial tribute to those we have lost since our last in-person homecoming.

We will have a blessing of the backpacks (sports bags, dance bags, briefcases, gym bags, diaper bags, etc) for all ages.

After the service, we will have a potluck celebration and games for some multigenerational fun.

Email Amanda Lawrence or text her at 318-402-3314 if you can help with setup or cleanup for the potluck.

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Highland Center Ministries — September 2022 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 September 2022, we choose Highland Center Ministries — a partnership of congregations that includes All Souls along with many congregations.

Along with the Highland Blessing Dinner, the Highland Center Ministries’s programs include three clothes closets to assist those who need clothes (The Little Clothesline for infants and toddlers, Maggie Lee’s Closet for children, and Men’s and Women’s Closets).

They also have a partnership with Pelican State Credit Union to offer low-cost hand-up Loans and other banking services to help people stay away from costly and predatory payday lenders.

Two ways to donate:

Online — Go to our donation site using this link.  If you are paying your pledge, select “2022 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution.  Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to Highland Center Ministries.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of September 2022 will go to Highland Center Ministries.

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

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Kathaleen Pittman — 2022 Emerson Award Honoree

Join us on Sunday (11 September 2022) at 11:00 AM for the annual presentation of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to Kathaleen Pittman (Executive Director of Hope Medical Group for Women).

We honor Kathaleen for her years of service and unyielding dedication to the rights of all people to plan their families as they choose and to seek abortion care as needed.

The Emerson Award is given annually by our congregation to the individual or organization in the wider community whose life and work best exemplify the values and principles of liberal religion.

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