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
It’s that time of year again. Soon the sanctuary will be decorated with beautiful poinsettias for the holiday season and you have an opportunity to purchase one or more as a way to honor or memorialize a person, event or cause that is dear to your heart.
Give a donation of your choice ($10.00 suggested to cover costs) and fill out the form in your Order of Service with the dedication as you would like it to appear in the 18 December 2011 and Christmas Eve Orders of Service.
Our office volunteers are in need of someone (or ideally, several someones) who can be available to substitute for one of our regular volunteers.
Duties involve mostly answering the phone and email and passing along messages as needed; and being present for service people, potential renters viewing the building, and occasional drop-in visitors.
Office hours are 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Tuesday – Friday.
If interested, call 318-868-3313 or email Virginia Villarreal.
Date: Saturday, 17 December 2011
Time: 6:30 – 9:30 PM
Location: Home of Phil and Sarah Boswell, 734 Coachlight Drive, Shreveport, Louisiana
Call 318-865-8831 or 318-573-3296 for more information.
Please bring a dish to share. Watch your Sunday inserts for an opportunity to let your hosts know what you will bring.
Child care will be provided at the Church by our nursery workers (Bradley Seidel and Rena Reisman) from 6:00 to 9:30 PM at no cost to the parents. Phil and Sarah only live about 5 minutes from the church. To make a child care reservation, please call Susan Caldwell at 318-465-3427 or send her an email.
“A Taste of Interfaith” is an annual fundraiser for Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith.
Date: Sunday, 4 December 2011, 3:00 – 6:00 PM
Location: Mount Canaan Baptist Church, 166 Alston Street, Shreveport, Louisiana
The admission cost of $25 per person includes an afternoon of food and music representative of the diverse congregations and cultures that make up Interfaith’s membership. The All Souls Choir will be among those performing.
A Silent Auction featuring art, services and gift items to help you with your holiday shopping.
Proceeds support the work of Interfaith in the following areas:
After the 11:00 AM Winter Holiday worship service on 18 December 2011, please stick around to enjoy a party for all ages!
Bring some hearty, nutritious finger foods to share, and join in the fun!
Activities will include cookie-decorating, the usual action-packed dreidel table (oh, I suppose you think I’m kidding about “action-packed”?), ornament and gift bag-making, and — of course — giftwrapping the presents for our Angel Tree.
There are numerous ways to help. To offer your assistance or for more information, contact Cherrie Groves.
From: Virginia Villarreal (All Souls Board Secretary)
To: All Members, Inactive Members and Friends
In accordance with the Bylaws of our church, and as Secretary of the Board, I hereby announce that All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church will hold a Congregational Meeting.
Date: Sunday, 11 December 2011 at 12:30 PM in the sanctuary.
Agenda
Please make every effort to attend.
All active members should attend this meeting or give their proxies to those who can.
Inactive members and friends of the church are invited and encouraged to participate, but bylaws stipulate that only those members who have been active 30 days or longer may vote.
We must have a quorum. Childcare will be provided.
This Sunday at the 11:00 AM Worship Service, Rev. Barbara Jarrell will be in the pulpit.
We will have a Newcomer Information Session after the service at 12:30 PM.
Many, many thanks to Pam Holt and her spectacular Silent Auction committee for a terrific event last week, to Amanda Lawrence and Debby Magill for coordinating the Thanksgiving Feast, and to Pamela Raintree for a beautiful Sunday afternoon service in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The more the merrier they say, and that is certainly true for the November 2001 Volunteers of the Month.
The Council would like to recognize the hard and consistent work of Bennett, Grant, Mason and Gretchen Upton. They have helped at most every Building and Grounds day as well as being willing to do whatever is asked of them. Grant helped with the recent Blessing of the Animals. We look forward to working with them on future projects.
This Sunday at 11:00 AM please join us to hear Claudia Harris speak on “Choices — Meaning — Gratitude: That’s How We Roll.”