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
We will have an Easter egg hunt this Sunday (5 April 2026) immediately after the worship service.
The hunt is for children (Toddler – 5th Grade).
Middle and High School Youth will help hide the eggs and receive a generous Easter reward for helping the Easter Bunny.
For this Sunday (5 April 2026), our children and youth will continue their exploration of peace, social justice, and the interdependent web.
The group will continue working on a special project to commemorate Easter.
The older participants will take some time to help with hiding eggs in preparation for the Easter egg hunt for the younger children.
There will be no 9:00 AM adult religious education class this Sunday (5 April 2026).
Take a tip from Easter Bunny and sleep in a little before coming to the Spring holiday worship service at 11:00 AM.
Bring the kids to complete their decoupage project and enjoy the Easter egg hunt after the service.
Please join us next Sunday (12 April 2026) for our 76th Anniversary Celebration worship service.
This service will feature the presentation of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to Alaa Khawaldeh (founder and leader of Students for Justice in Palestine LSU-S Chapter).
Join us to celebrate 76 years as a beacon of liberal religion in the Shreveport-Bossier community.
We will pay tribute to our history, celebrate our present and future with an ingathering of new members, and recommit to our presence in the community.
A reception in the social hall will follow the service — join us!
The registration info for Murder in Maui was inadvertently included in a recent email newsletter but the event registration is now closed.
Please feel free to join us on Sunday (12 April 2026) as our anniversary celebration continues with a special Sunday service including an ingathering of new members and the presentation of the 2026 Emerson Award to Alaa Khawaldeh.
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 April 2026, we choose The Philadelphia Center.
The Philadelphia Center is the HIV Resource Center in Northwest Louisiana.
Their mission is to empower people living with HIV, to eliminate new HIV transmissions, and to enhance community wellness.
The pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program provides preventive medication that reduce the risk of HIV transmission. Studies have shown that it is 99% effective if taken as directed.
The Syringe Services Programs (SSPS) help persons who inject drugs to avoid or reduce injection-related health risks by providing sterile syringe and proper equipment for every injection.
Their counselors connect clients living with HIV/AIDS to support services like case management, transportation, food vouchers, housing/utility assistance, support groups, and substance and mental health counseling.
The Mercy Center provides housing for unhoused people living with HIV/AIDS.
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 The Philadelphia Center and then put “GATP APR 2026” or “Philadelphia Center” in the comment section. All online collection plate contributions for the month of April 2026 will go to The Philadelphia Center.
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “Philadelphia Center” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of your check go to The Philadelphia Center. If you want less than 100% of your check to go to The Philadelphia Center, please put the amount you want going to The Philadelphia Center on the memo line.
Please join us next Wednesday (8 April 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 (4 April 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.