We will have a congregational meeting to vote on new board members and other business on Sunday (24 May 2020).
Watch your email for details.
We will be meeting via Zoom in order to safely maintain social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Online All-Ages Worship (10 May 2020)
Please join us on Sunday (10 May 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Celebrating Mother’s Day” — A service in celebration of Mother’s Day featuring All Souls members James Peck, Pamela Carlisle, and John Allen.
Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.
If you’re on Facebook, just enter All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church- Shreveport, Louisiana in the search bar and go to the All Souls Facebook page around 10:55 to join in.
Because the All Souls Facebook page is a public page, you should be able to see the worship service whether or not you have a Facebook account.
You do need a Facebook account to “like” and comment on the worship service.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Online Religious Education for Children and Youth (10 May 2020)
Please join us for our online religious education for children and youth this Sunday (10 May 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom about 5 minutes after our worship service is over.
The Zoom link for this group will be found on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.
This Sunday — We’ll talk about the ways we settle our spirits when we are afraid, angry, or upset.
We will take some time to think of ways to thank the Moms and other important grownups in our lives who help us to do that.
We can still use your art work illustrating our principles and sources (especially the 3rd and 4th principles):
- 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
You can post it on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group or email it to Susan.
Online Adult Religious Education — 10 May 2020
Please join us on Sunday (10 May 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
We will be starting Faith Forward: Spiritual Practice with “Session 3 — Keeping Sabbath.”
This morning we’ll explore the idea of Sabbath time, what that means to each of us, and how we carve it out of our days, now and as we begin to transition to a new normal.
As we enter our focus on personal spiritual growth and development, we’ll look at this program (developed by First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Texas) where members are asked to commit to a daily spiritual practice, monthly communal worship, an annual retreat, and at least one once-in-a-lifetime experience of pilgrimage (not necessarily a geographic pigrimage).
The second session will include an experience of meditation as well as a look at the difference between spiritual exploration and spiritual discipline (both of which are important to a spiritual life).
3 May 2020 Worship Video Missing
Due to an error by our website team, we have lost the video recording for our 3 May 2020 worship service.
Please accept our apologies for this mistake.
New UU Class Continues 10 May 2020
The “New UU” adult religious education class will be resuming this Sunday (10 May 2020) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.
Bennett is once again offering this class for new and not-so-new members alike.
This week’s topic is “Social Justice Philosophy and Practice”
This is a great opportunity to learn more about the history, theology, and polity of Unitarian Universalism , as well as the history and unique character of our own congregation.
If you’re interested, email Bennett and he will send you a link to join the class.
“What We Choose: Ethics for Unitarian Universalists” Class Starting 9 May 2020
Please join our ongoing series of classes — “What We Choose: Ethics for Unitarian Universalists” facilitated by Bennett Upton (All Souls Board President).
This class will happen at 12:00 Noon every Saturday beginning 9 May 2020.
Check Slack or email Bennett for the Zoom link information to join this class.
This course from UU authors Amber Beland and Manish Mishra-Marzetti offers an intentional process of engagement with others in examining ethical concepts, dilemmas, and questions to help us clarify and expand our ethical understanding.
Participants examine how they have arrived at ethical positions that they hold dear.
They explore new perspectives, identify areas for further questions and exploration, and perhaps more fully embrace ethical positions they reach through careful discernment.
This program will deepen and expand participants’ knowledge and skills for a process of ethical reflection that is central to living our Unitarian Universalist faith.
Great Decisions Group Meeting Tonight (9 May 2020)
The Great Decisions Group is meeting online tonight (Saturday, 9 May 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.
Zoom Lunch (13 May 2020)
Please join us next Wednesday (13 May 2020) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.
Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.
This a chance to connect and catch up midweek.
At some point we may decide to bring in speakers but for now we’re just hanging out and enjoying each other’s virtual company.
Hope to see you there!
Online All-Ages Worship (3 May 2020)
Please join us on Sunday (3 May 2020) at 11:00 AM for “In Between: Liminal Time and Space — The Stress of Limbo and Thresholds” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Continuing our season of focus on personal spiritual growth and development, we explore this time and space between and what it can mean to our spiritual lives — individually and collectively.
Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.
If you’re on Facebook, just enter All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church- Shreveport, Louisiana in the search bar and go to the All Souls Facebook page around 10:55 to join in.
Because the All Souls Facebook page is a public page, you should be able to see the worship service whether or not you have a Facebook account.
You do need a Facebook account to “like” and comment on the worship service.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.