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Online All-Ages Worship (12 April 2020)
Please join us on Sunday (12 April 2020) at 11:00 AM for our Easter Sunday worship service “Is It Spring Yet?” with Rev. Barbara Jarrell and Friends.
Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.
Although we can’t be together in our church building, the church is everywhere we are and we will celebrate life rising up again.
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 (12 April 2020)
Please join us for our online religious education for children and this Sunday (12 April 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 — Easter fun, including a virtual egg hunt throughout the worship service and during family religious education, and perhaps a few more surprises.
Great Decisions Group Meets Every Saturday
The Great Decisions Group meets online every Saturday 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.
The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.
Melodie Armstrong has started a group in our community through All Souls.
They have already met twice but welcome new participants to join them.
Online Middle School / High School Check-In (12 April 2020)
Please join us online today (Sunday, 12 April 2020) at 3:00 PM for our weekly middle and high school check-in.
We will be meeting online using this Zoom link.
Our middle and high school youth will meet Sunday afternoon for an online check-in with Noah Wagstaff and Susan Caldwell.
We’ll see how everyone is doing, and also think about some other ideas for keeping the group connected online during this time.
We hope to see you Sunday afternoon.
Announcement — Special Virtual Congregational Meeting (19 April 2020)
Please watch your emails for notice of a Special Virtual Congregational Meeting beginning in the next few days and lasting through Sunday (19 April 2020) at 3:00 PM.
On the Agenda:
Application for a small business loan through the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) for the purpose of paying our employees through the time that COVID-19 (Coronavirus) restrictions are in place.
You will receive via email a form which will allow you to vote for or against this loan application.
You may vote upon receipt of the form.
Or if you have questions, you may pose those questions at any time between now and 19 April 2020 using the church’s Slack channel using #board-agenda tag.
We will also hold a meeting via Zoom on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 1 PM where you may ask questions of the Board using Zoom (we will supply a link for this before the Zoom meeting).
The deadline for voting will be on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 3 PM.
New UU Class Begins 12 April 2020
If you want to know more about Unitarian Universalism, “The New UU” class for adults begins this Sunday (12 April 2020) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.
All Souls Board President Bennett Upton will facilitate this class via Zoom.
If you’re interested, email Bennett and he will send you a link to join the class this Sunday.
Bennett is once again offering this class for new and not-so-new members alike.
This is a great opportunity to learn more about the history, theology, and polity of Unitarian Universalism along with the history and unique character of our own congregation.
Online Adult Religious Education — 12 April 2020
Please join us on Sunday (12 April 2020) at 9:15 AM for our online adult religious education class “Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19 – Part 2” with facilitator Susan Caldwell (we will be meeting online via Zoom using this link).
We all need to stay in our homes to flatten the curve of the spreading COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and yet our activism is needed now more than ever.
We’ll look at updates from the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Amnesty International, the Poor People’s Campaign, and the Industrial Areas Foundation for ways to stay engaged even as we stay home.
And we’ll check in to see how everyone is doing this week.
Please note this is a new link for the adult religious education class.
Because of security concerns, Zoom is now requiring a meeting ID and password for meetings. If you are a regular (or even semi-regular) class participant, please use this link to join the adult religious education class.
5 April 2020 Worship Video
Online All-Ages Worship (5 April 2020)
Please join us online this Sunday (5 April 2020) at 11:00 AM for our online streaming worship service — “Reclaiming Our Stories” by Mollie Corbett.
The worship video will be available on the All Souls Facebook page (live streaming and recorded).
Mollie is the creator of “Outlier” — a unique multimedia arts installation and advocacy vehicle for survivors of sexual abuse and assault.