First Sunday Food Pantry Day (4 October 2020)

This Sunday (4 October 2020), JoDel Adkins will be at All Souls from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM to collect monthly contributions for the Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry.

Requested donations for this month:

  • Canned pumpkin (15 oz.)
  • Spaghetti noodles
  • Jiffy Cornbread Mix.

Of course, any and all non-expired non-perishable food is accepted but these are the items they are specifically requesting this month.

Look for JoDel’s green Kia Soul and put your food contributions in the rear cargo area.

There are lots of hungry people in our area right now and both Noel and Highland Center Ministries are two organizations that we support are working to feed them.

Great Decisions Group Meets Saturday Night (3 October 2020)

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online on Saturday night  (3 October 2020) at 6:00 PM.

Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association.

If you are interested in being a part of the group, email Melodie here and she will send you the link for the meeting.

Meditation with Larry Androes (3 October 2020)

Please join us on Saturday (3 October 2020) 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.

The group is free and open to all.

For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.

If you wish to join the group, please email Larry Androes for Zoom meeting link, meeting ID, and password.

Online All-Ages Worship (27 September 2020)

Please join us on Sunday (27 September 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Gather the Spirit” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

We will be considering some Unitarian trinities (wait – what!?).  We will also be featuring music from an All Souls choral ensemble.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Join us on next Sunday (4 October 2020) for our annual  Blessing of the Animals worship service.  We will have a virtual blessing this year.  We would love to have you and your pets join us on Zoom for the service.

We will have a  virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in.  You can let us know using these online surveys.

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

Online Religious Education for Children (27 September 2020)

Please join us for our online religious education for children and youth this Sunday (27 September 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom at 1:00 PM after the virtual coffee hour is over.

This week we will explore “Asking Questions.”

Our fourth principle is the free and responsible search for truth and meaning.

One way that we embark on our free and responsible search is to keep asking questions.

We’ll hear a story of someone whose questioning led him to discover a planet

We will also play some games involving questions.

We can still use your art work illustrating our principles and sources.

You can post it on the All Souls Religious Education Group on Facebook or send it to Susan at dre@allsoulsshreveport.org.

We can use more illustrations of the third and fourth principles and — of course — the eighth principle too:

  • How people act when they support each other and learn together
  • How people act when they are free to search for truth in their own lives?
  • How people act when they are working to dismantle racism and create beloved community?

Join us using the religious education Zoom link about 5 minutes after the worship service.

If you have any questions, send Susan Caldwell an email or text her at 318-465-3427 for help joining this online religious education class.

Online Adult Religious Education — 27 September 2020

Please join us on Sunday (27 September 2020) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will continue the next series of Faith Forward — UU Theology.

UU Theology is a planned as a six-session series exploring various theological concepts through a Unitarian Universalist lens.

Each session addresses the question “What does our Unitarian Universalist tradition teach about this concept, and how does that help me clarify and act on my own beliefs?”

This week — Session 5 — “What Are Our Sources?” — We will continue to look at the diverse sources from which UUs draw wisdom and inspiration and consider which ones inform and enrich our individual paths and that of our congregation.

We’ll take some more time this week to look at the different UU perspectives of Jesus.

Middle and High School Religious Education — 2 October 2020

The All Souls middle and high school youth will be meeting via Zoom for religious education this Friday (2 October 2020) at 4:30 PM.

“Ratifying the Eighth Principle” — After a check-in and some planning for the year to come, we will our exploration of the proposed eighth principle of Unitarian Universalism in preparation for its ratification by our congregation along with planning for our Eight Principle worship service on 18 October 2020.

20 September 2020 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 20 September 2020 worship video here.

13 September 2020 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 13 September 2020 worship video here.

Great Decisions Group Meets Saturday Night (26 September 2020)

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online on Saturday night  (26 September 2020) at 6:00 PM.

Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association.

If you are interested in being a part of the group, email Melodie here and she will send you the link for the meeting.