Announcements
Children and Youth Religious Education Classes — 16 April 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 peace, social justice, and the interdependent web and how these ideas connect to our Unitarian Universalist faith.
Elementary class with Ash McLain and Kevin Henry will be exploring what makes a family and look at different types of families
Middle and High School Class with Noah Wagstaff and Dawn Subasic will continue their exploration of Allport’s Ladder of Prejudice and how it applies to the current threats to human rights around the nation and throughout the world.
Online Adult Religious Education — 16 April 2023
Please join us on Sunday (16 April 2023) as we continue our new series in our 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 have several persons in the adult religious education class who are new to our faith tradition and others who would like a chance to revisit the principles around that Unitarian Universalist congregations covenant to affirm and promote (including the eighth principle).
This Sunday, we will continue our exploration the current work of the Article II Study Commission of the UUA and what the principles may look like in the coming years.
Zoom (and In-Person) Lunch on Tuesday (18 April 2023)
Please join us next Tuesday (18 April 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.
Meditation with Larry Androes (15 April 2023)
Please join us on Saturday (15 April 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.
All Ages Worship (9 April 2023)
Please join us on Sunday (2 April 2023) at 11:00 AM for “The Sun’s Returning (Spring holiday service with Rev. Barbara Jarrell
and members of the All Souls Choir).
Join us this Easter Sunday as we celebrate new life returning in this sacred season — the new life promised by the coming of spring, the pagan celebrations of the Spring Equinox, the new life of freedom as marked by the Jewish celebration of Passover, and the life promised in the Resurrection story of Easter.
The service includes a communion ritual that celebrates our community and is open to all.
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 April 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Highland Center Ministries.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Upcoming Events Reminders for 8-9 April 2023 and Beyond
Children and Youth Religious Education Classes — 9 April 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 peace, social justice, and the interdependent web and these ideas connect to our Unitarian Universalist faith.
Elementary class with Ash McLain and Kevin Henry will have a lesson and activity focused on the theme of new life celebrated at this time of year.
They are invited to stay after the service for our annual Easter Egg Hunt.
Middle and High School Class with Noah Wagstaff and Dawn Subasic will celebrate by providing assistance to a particularly large rabbit in service of their younger friends.
Their service for the children will be rewarded.
Adult Religious Education Taking a Break (9 April 2023)
Our adult religious education class is taking this Sunday off.
The class will not meet on Easter Sunday (9 April 2023).
We will resume at 9:00 AM on Sunday, 16 April 2023.
We will be trying a dual-platform class and will welcome participants in person in the social hall and also via Zoom.
Zoom (and In-Person) Lunch on Tuesday (11 April 2023)
Please join us next Tuesday (11 April 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.