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All Ages Worship (29 September 2024)

Please join us this Sunday (29 September 2024) at 11:00 AM for “The Flip Side” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Remember to join us after today’s worship service at 1:30 PM for ribbon cutting ceremony honoring the first Community Lighthouse in Northwest Louisiana at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church — click here for more information.

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 COVID risks for Caddo, Bossier and De Soto Parishes (the Shreveport metro area) are all low as of 14 September 2024 according to the CDC’s COVID County Check website.

Additional 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 a downward trend in COVID positive tests as of 21 September 2024.

The CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “low” risk areas.

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.

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.

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.

And of course — if you have symptoms (COVID or other respiratory illness) — please stay home and take care of yourself.

Our September 2024 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation of Louisiana (WERLA).

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

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Religious Education for Children and Youth (29 September 2024)

This Sunday’s religious education activity for children and youth during the 11:00 AM worship service is Lego Values.

Children and youth will explore our Unitarian Universalist values that will include stories, games, and creative activities involving Legos and other media for self-expression.

This week’s focus is “Pluralism.”

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (29 September 2024)

Please join us on Sunday (29 September 2024) 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.

Our dual-platform adult religious education class will explore “A Tale of Three Cities (OK — Two Towns and a Forest).”

We wrap up this session on climate change as we look at two small Southern towns working their way toward 100% renewable energy — the hopes, dreams, and drawbacks — and a North Carolina farm family finding the balance between paper and lumber needs and reforestation.

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Zoom (and In-Person) Lunch on Wednesday (2 October 2024)

Please join us next Wednesday (2 October 2024) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

Our weekly Zoom lunch is returning to dual-platform access — 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 (28 September 2024)

Please join us on Saturday (28 September 2024) 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.

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22 September 2024 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 22 September 2024 worship video here.

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All Ages Worship (22 September 2024)

Please join us this Sunday (22 September 2024) at 11:00 AM for “Good News, Backbone” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Remember to join us after the worship service for the Pledge to Vote potluch lunch.

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 COVID risks for Caddo, Bossier and De Soto Parishes (the Shreveport metro area) are all low as of 14 September 2024 according to the CDC’s COVID County Check website.

Additional 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 a downward trend in COVID positive tests as of 14 September 2024.

The CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “low” risk areas.

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.

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.

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.

And of course — if you have symptoms (COVID or other respiratory illness) — please stay home and take care of yourself.

Our September 2024 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation of Louisiana (WERLA).

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

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Pledge to Vote Potluck (22 September 2024)

The All Souls “Pledge to Vote” potluck is happening this Sunday (22 September 2024) immediately after the 11:00 AM worship service.

Bring a dish to share (or just show up – we usually have plenty at our potluck lunches) and join us as we kick off Together Louisiana’s statewide Pledge to Vote campaign at All Souls.

Pledge to Vote is a person-to-person voter mobilization effort that has proven to increase voter turnout by up to 54%, with particular success increasing participation among so-called “casual voters.”

We do realize that most All Souls members are anything but “casual” about voting.  You may be thinking “I vote every time — why do I need to take the pledge?”

By taking the pledge and then following through and voting, you become part of a large and broad coalition of active voters who can let our elected leaders know that we are paying attention and we vote.

You are welcome to take the pledge ahead of time online or bring a dish this Sunday and share a meal with us to learn more and take the pledge together.

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Religious Education for Children and Youth (22 September 2024)

This Sunday’s religious education activity for children and youth during the 11:00 AM worship service is Lego Values.

Children and youth will explore our Unitarian Universalist values that will include stories, games, and creative activities involving Legos and other media for self-expression.

This week’s focus is “Transformation.”

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (22 September 2024)

Please join us on Sunday (22 September 2024) 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.

Our dual-platform adult religious education class resumes this week with viewing and discussion of the PBS Documentary The Age of Nature.

The series shows how nature has the power to heal itself if given the opportunity, and how this healing process can be beneficial not only to the planet but also to the lives and livelihoods of the humans who share this home.

For this week, we will watch Episode 3, Part 3 (“Changing“).

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