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
Please join us on Saturday (20 April 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.
Please join us this Sunday (14 April 2024) at 11:00 AM for “An Unclenched Moment” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
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 — the CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “low” risk areas.
See the CDC website and the COVIDActNow website for more details.
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.
Please use this link to evaluate the current COVID risk for the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area as you make your decisions regarding masking and other COVID preventive measures while attending All Souls.
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.
Please use good judgment and stay home if you have any symptoms. Even those who have tested negative for COVID can later test positive.
Our April 2024 give-away-the-plate recipient is Chimp Haven.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Please join us on Sunday afternoon (14 April 2024) at 3:00 PM for a Jerusalem Youth Chorus livestream performance watch party.
Join us in the social hall as we gather in community to hear the Jerusalem Youth Chorus (an Israeli-Palestinian music and dialogue project dedicated to singing a different song and raising their voices in opposition to violence, occupation, and terror in support of peace, justice, inclusion, and equality).
Register just to help us plan (but it’s also OK just to show up).
For this Sunday, both classes will continue their focus on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web.
The pre-K thru grade 5 elementary class will continue learning about the proposed Unitarian Universalist values to be considered by congregational General Assembly delegates this summer (thanks to the wonder of JETPIG — Justice, Equity, Tranformation, Pluralism, Interdependence, and Generosity)!
The middle and high School class will help with setup for the bake sale happening after the worship service.
Please join us on Sunday (14 April 2024) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.
Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.
For this Sunday, we are viewing the TED Talk video “The Danger of the Single Story” featuring the Nigerian author Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie followed with a discussion.
Please join us next Wednesday (17 April 2024) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.
Our weekly Zoom lunch is returning to dual-platform access — join us from home using Zoom or in person in the social hall.
Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.
This Sunday after the 11:00 AM worship service, we are having a bake sale to benefit United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East — especially providing much-needed relief for the people of Gaza.
You will find delicious baked goods in exchange for your worthy donation, to benefit the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
You can help by baking, by donating something you buy from a nice bakery, or by buying and eating (a tasty form of social justice work).
This bake sale is being organized by Jennifer Russell, Eva Peck, and the members of the Shreveport Chapter of Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East.
Our monthly building and grounds work day is happening on Saturday (13 April 2024) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This monthly work day usually happens on the second Saturday of each month with the occasional rare exception.
With the exception of some basic cleaning and yard work, all the work of maintaining our physical home is done by us — the members and friends of All Souls.
The sanctuary still needs some shop-vac attention after the heavy rains this past week (although it’s not as squishy as it was two days ago).
There are tasks indoors and out for all ages and abilities — this can be a great way to better know your All Souls friends as you join in a common task.
Please join us on Saturday (13 April 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.
Please join us this Sunday (7 April 2024) at 11:00 AM for “Why We Cannot Turn Away (Resources for Unitarian Universalist Leaders Engaging on Israel and Palestine).”
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 — the CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “low” risk areas.
See the CDC website and the COVIDActNow website for more details.
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.
Please use this link to evaluate the current COVID risk for the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area as you make your decisions regarding masking and other COVID preventive measures while attending All Souls.
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.
Please use good judgment and stay home if you have any symptoms. Even those who have tested negative for COVID can later test positive.
Our April 2024 give-away-the-plate recipient is Chimp Haven.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.