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
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.
Please join us this Sunday (7 July 2024) at 11:00 AM for “Happy Interdependence Day: Don’t (Forget to) Talk to Strangers” by Barbara Deger with Susan Caldwell (Worship Associate).
Whether within the our Unitarian Universalist principles or the newly-adopted values with love at the center, interdependence is a vital part of who we are as Unitarian Universalists because it’s a vital part of who we are as human beings.
There is no doubt that we need to maintain and strengthen the close ties in our lives — the networks that help us to keep siding with love in the face of relentless injustice.
To quote the Rev. Julian Jamaica Soto:
“All of us need all of us to make it.”
This morning Barbara Deger will share with us some recent research revealing that developing and strengthening our not-so-close ties may also be beneficial, to our own mental health and to the fabric of society.
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 16 May 2024 according to the COVIDActNow website (no updates since then on this website). These parishes are also reported as “low” on the CDC’s COVID CountyCheck website.
Additional data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page.
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 July 2024 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
There is no 9:00 AM adult religious education class this week.
Sleep in this Sunday (7 July 2024) and then join us for the 11:00 AM worship service to hear Barbara Deger’s “Happy Interdependence Day! – Don’t (Forget to) Talk to Strangers!”
Join us next Sunday (14 July 2024) at 9:00 AM in person in the social hall or via Zoom for our next adult religious education class (more information and Zoom link will be available on our website next week).
There is no Zoom lunch this Wednesday (10 July 2024).
The church will be hosting a funeral on 10 July 2024.
Join us next Wednesday (17 July 2024) at the usual 12 Noon time in person in the social hall or via Zoom.
The Zoom link will be here in the weekly email newsletter and also posted on our website.
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 July 2024, we choose North Louisiana Interfaith (an organization that All Souls supports as a member institution).
North Louisiana Interfaith and the statewide organization Together Louisiana harness the power of organized people to create real change in our communities.
Our two most significant projects of late are the Community Lighthouse project (creating solar powered community hubs that will literally save lives when the grid goes down) and Pledge to Vote (a campaign to increase voter turnout that has been highly effective in Caddo Parish and will be kicking off a statewide campaign on 1 August 2024).
Two ways to donate:
Online — Go to our donation site using this link. If you are paying your pledge, select “2024 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution. Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to North Louisiana Interfaith and then put “GATP JUL 2024” or “North Louisiana Interfaith ” in the comment section. All online collection plate contributions for the month of July 2024 will go to North Louisiana Interfaith .
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “North Louisiana Interfaith ” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of your check go to North Louisiana Interfaith . If you want less than 100% of your check to go to North Louisiana Interfaith , please put the amount you want going to North Louisiana Interfaith on the memo line.
Please join us on Saturday (6 July 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.
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.
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.
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.
