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All Ages Worship (10 August 2025)
Please join us this Sunday (10 August 2025) at 11:00 AM for our annual Artist Sunday worship service.
We will also have a visual art show and sale starting at 10:30 AM and again after the worship service until 2:00 PM.
A beloved All Souls tradition returns.
Every element of the Artist Sunday worship service is some form of performing art — singing, dancing, instrumental music, or some other kind of performance.
All ages will be together in the sanctuary for this service.
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.
State-level COVID data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page. The most sensitive metric to follow for current COVID trends is the “Laboratory Surveillance Data” link. The link is currently showing flu and RSV maintaining a very low level as of 2 August 2025.
However, we also showing a significant COVID-19 uptick in our state as of 2 August 2025. This is an indication of the COVID-19 summer seasonal surge.
Masking and COVID vaccination are optional for attending in-person events at All Souls.
We encourage you to be vaccinated against COVID and to also have the most-current COVID booster shots. This provides greater protection to the individual and the church community.
Anyone who prefers wearing a mask is welcome to do so for in-person events and attending worship through livestream video is also an option where required for medical or schedule conflict reasons.
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.
If you are recovering from COVID and have no symptoms, you should mask in public until you have tested negative twice in a 48 hour period.
We also ask that you go by the previous CDC guidelines of waiting at least 5 days past the onset of symptoms rather than the current 24 hour recommendation.
If you have symptoms for COVID or other respiratory illness, please stay home and take care of yourself.
Our August 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is Red River Radio.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
No Children and Youth Summer Art Activity This Sunday (10 August 2025)
There will be no children and youth summer art activity this Sunday (10 August 2025).
The children and youth will remain in the sanctuary for the Artist Sunday worship service.
No Adult Religious Education This Sunday (10 August 2025)
Because the adult religious education space will be in use for the Artist Sunday visual art show and sale, adult religious education will not meet this Sunday (10 August 2025).
We will resume class on the following Sunday (17 August 2025).
Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (13 August 2025)
Please join us next Wednesday (13 August 2025) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.
Between the blazing hot weather and the busy lives of our regular participants, our in-person Zoom lunches are on hold for the time being but the link is always open to join at noon every Wednesday.
Artist Sunday 2025 Setup and Signup Information
Along with the performing arts shared at this Sunday’s Artist Sunday worship service (10 August 2025 at 11:00 AM), we will also be hosting a visual art show and art sale in the religious education wing.
Painters, photographers, film makers, sculptors, caricaturists, fabric artists, jewelry makers, bakers, candle makers, and other creative types — it’s not too late to hang a painting or reserve a table.
Anyone interested in displaying or selling art should contact Trinity Conant by text at 318-527-7848 or by email using tlc058@email.latech.edu.
All art work that will be hung in the religious education wing should be brought to church between 11:00 AM and 2:30 PM on Saturday (9 August 2025).
For artists setting up tables, the building will open at 9:00 AM on Sunday (10 August 2025). Please arrive early enough so your table set up by 10:30 AM.
Monthly Building and Grounds Work Day (Saturday, 9 August 2025)
Our monthly building and grounds work day happens on the second Saturday on the month.
For August 2025, the work day will happen on Saturday (9 August 2025) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
There are tasks indoors and out for all ages and abilities along with snacks for the volunteers.
Meditation with Larry Androes (9 August 2025)
Please join us on Saturday (9 August 2025) 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.
3 August 2025 Worship Video
All Ages Worship (3 August 2025)
Please join us on Sunday (3 August 2025) at 11:00 AM for “Getting Clear” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Join us to welcome Rev. Barbara back to the pulpit — 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.
State-level COVID data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page. The most sensitive metric to follow for current COVID trends is the “Laboratory Surveillance Data” link. The link is currently showing flu and RSV maintaining a very low level as of 26 July 2025.
However, we also showing a significant COVID-19 uptick in our state as of 26 July 2025. This may be an early indication of the COVID-19 summer seasonal surge.
Masking and COVID vaccination are optional for attending in-person events at All Souls.
We encourage you to be vaccinated against COVID and to also have the most-current COVID booster shots. This provides greater protection to the individual and the church community.
Anyone who prefers wearing a mask is welcome to do so for in-person events and attending worship through livestream video is also an option where required for medical or schedule conflict reasons.
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.
If you are recovering from COVID and have no symptoms, you should mask in public until you have tested negative twice in a 48 hour period.
We also ask that you go by the previous CDC guidelines of waiting at least 5 days past the onset of symptoms rather than the current 24 hour recommendation.
If you have symptoms for COVID or other respiratory illness, please stay home and take care of yourself.
Our August 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is Red River Radio.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.