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
Please join us next Wednesday (11 February 2026) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.
With 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.
Please join us on Saturday (7 February 2026) 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.
Please join us this Sunday (1 February 2026) at 11:00 AM for “Murmurations (Take Two)” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
No, you aren’t experiencing deja vu or Groundhog Day.
Since Rev. Barbara had barely begun her sermon last week before the power went out at her house during the recent winter storm, we are bringing back the “Murmurations” sermon with some different music and readings this week.
Join us to hear this great message that is truly worth a second attempt.
A Congregational Meeting will follow the service.
Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.
We are moving our videos from Facebook to YouTube for long-term storage and viewing — you can find our worship videos on YouTube here.
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.
RSV and Flu have shown significant increases but are beginning to resume their increase in our state as of 24 January 2026 while COVID is maintaining low but persistent numbers.
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 February 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is the League of Women Voters Caddo-Bossier.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
For this Sunday (1 February 2026), our children and youth will explore “JETPIG and World Religions.”
Continuing our exploration of world religions, we will explore the way our Unitarian Universalist JETPIG Values (justice, equity, transformation, pluralism, interdependence and generosity) are taught by our neighbors in other faiths where love is also at the center.
Please join us on Sunday (1 February 2026) 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 this Sunday, we continue our study of Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals by former Unitarian Universalist Association President Rev. John Buerhens.
Copies of this book are available at the church.
For this Sunday’s session, we will continue our exploration of the Christian Testament with the chapter “Passions: The Teachings and Death of Jesus in Matthew and Luke” (pages 150-159). We will be looking at the Passion story and what that story has come to mean — for good and for otherwise — in our own lives.
Please join us next Wednesday (4 February 2026) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.
With 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.
Each month we dedicate all of our non-pledge income to a community organization doing the work that best embodies our Unitarian Universalist values.
For the month of February 2026, we choose the League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier (also on Facebook).
In addition to voter registration, education, and advocacy, their statewide organization has been offering Know Your Rights training workshops for people dealing with ICE and Border Patrol.
Two ways to donate:
Online — Go to our donation site using this link. If you are paying your pledge, select “2026 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution. Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier and then put “GATP FEB 2026” or “League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier” in the comment section. All online collection plate contributions for the month of February 2026 will go to the League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier.
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of your check go to the League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier. If you want less than 100% of your check to go to the League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier, please put the amount you want going to the League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier on the memo line.
Please join us on Saturday (31 January 2026) 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.
Due to weather-related safety concerns and participant conflicts with the rescheduled event date, we are cancelling this Sunday’s (1 February 2026) World Religion Day celebration.