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
During the summer, our children and youth participate in various fun artistic and creative activities.
On this Sunday (9 July 2023), the brilliantly creative Maggie Molisee is back with a new painting project.
Kids should wear clothing that can risk getting some paint on them — this is a good practice for many of our summer activities.
Come check out this project after the worship service.
Please join us on Sunday (9 July 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.
For that week, we will continue our discussion of Patrice Cullor’s An Abolitionist’s Handbook. We will be discussing this one chapter:
Please join us next Tuesday (11 July 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.
Our monthly building and grounds work day will happen on Saturday, 8 July 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 8 July 2023.
Please join us on Saturday (8 July 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.
Please join us on Sunday (2 July 2023) at 11:00 AM for “Know-How and Imagination” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Join us as we welcome Rev. Barbara back to the pulpit and hear a special performance from the All Souls Choir.
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 July 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is the North Louisiana Interfaith.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
During the summer, our children and youth participate in various fun artistic and creative activities.
On this Sunday (2 July 2023), we are bringing back origami for the first time in many years with teachers Noah Jarrell-Wagstaff and Ash McLain.
Children and youth will learn to make a crane and other folds from this ancient Japanese art form with easier folds and drawing paper available for the littlest children.
Grownups are also welcome to hang out and learn after church in the social hall.
There will be no adult religious education class this Sunday (2 July 2023).
Please join us next Sunday (9 July 2023) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM. We are taking a break for the Fourth of July holiday weekend — please have a safe and fun holiday weekend.
Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.
For that week, we will continue our discussion of Patrice Cullor’s An Abolitionist’s Handbook. We will be discussing this one chapter:
We are not having Zoom lunch this Tuesday (4 July 2023) — our next Zoom lunch will be on Tuesday, 11 July 2023, at 12 noon.
Please have a safe and fun Fourth of July holiday.
Our weekly Zoom lunch is going dual-platform — join us from home using Zoom or in person in the social hall.
On 11 July 2023, bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.
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 July 2023, we choose North Louisiana Interfaith (a community organization of institutions of which All Souls is a member).
Interfaith allows our congregation to accomplish many things we could not do alone — at both the local and statewide level.
The organization is non-partisan and intentionally crosses lines of race, religion, geography, and political affiliation.
Most recently, we secured funding from the Caddo Parish Commission for two pilot locations of the Community Lighthouse Project here in Caddo Parish. Interfaith also launched a survey campaign to help emergency responders get to citizens in greatest need during the recent power outages.
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 North Louisiana Interfaith and then put “GATP JULY 2023” or “NORTH LOUISIANA INTERFAITH” in the comment section. All online collection plate contributions for the month of July 2023 will go to North Louisiana Interfaith.
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “North Louisiana Interfaith” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of your check go to North Louisiana Interfaith. If you want less than 100% of your check to go to North Louisiana Interfaith, please put the amount you want going to North Louisiana Interfaith on the memo line.