Announcements

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 10 September 2023

Please join us on Sunday (10 September 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.

On this Sunday we begin 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.

For this week we are reading the Author’s Note and the Introduction.

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Zoom (and In-Person) Lunch on Wednesday (13 September 2023)

Please join us next Wednesday (13 September 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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Meditation with Larry Androes (9 September 2023)

Please join us on Saturday (9 September 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 (3 September 2023)

Please join us on Sunday (3 September 2023) at 11:00 AM for “From You I Receive” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.  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 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 Setember 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is Compassion for Lives.

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

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Backpack Charms — Summer Activities for Children and Youth (3 September 2023)

During the summer, our children and youth participate in various fun artistic and creative activities.

On this Sunday, the children and youth will make backpack charms to be given out next Sunday at our Blessing of the Backpacks (which will also be the first Sunday of the 2023-24 Religious Education year at All Souls).

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 3 September 2023

Please join us on Sunday (3 September 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 be discussing an article by Washington Post columnist Christine Emba — “Men Are Lost: Here’s a Map Out of the Wilderness.”

Christine Emba expresses concern for young men and boys who seem increasingly influenced by the extreme right wing “manosphere” and wonders about how we define “good masculinity” in a world of changing gender roles.  Join us.

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Building and Grounds Work Day (Saturday, 9 September 2023)

We will have our monthly building and ground work day on Saturday (9 September 2023) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

We will have tasks for all ages and abilities — indoor and outside.

Check back on our website and our Facebook page for additional details as we get closer to 9 September 2023.

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Compassion for Lives — September 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 September 2023, we choose Compassion for Lives.

Compassion for Lives is an organization dedicated to helping individuals reintegrate into the community after incarceration. They also work with veterans returning from wartime experience, and with at-risk youth.

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 Compassion for Lives and then put “GATP SEP 2023” or “Compassion for Lives” in the comment section.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of September 2023 will go to Compassion for Lives.

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

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Meditation with Larry Androes (2 September 2023)

Please join us on Saturday (2 September 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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