Reminder: Two Special Congregational Meetings — 9 August 2026 and 16 August 2026

From:  Kathy Osuch (Secretary of the Board)

Subject:  Announcement of Two Special Congregational Meetings

Time (First Meeting):  Sunday (9 August 2026) at 12:00 noon or immediately following the worship

Time (Second Meeting):  Sunday (16 August 2026) at 12:00 noon or immediately following the worship

Location (Both Meetings): Large conference room in The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport  LA  71104) or online using Zoom

On Sunday (9 August 2026), The Building Committee will present a special informational town hall meeting at 12:00 noon or immediately following the 11:00 AM worship service.

The committee present information about our various options for moving forward.  The meeting will also feature a presentation from architect Chris Coe on his ideas for the 641 Olive Street building.

On Sunday (16 August 2026), there will be a special congregational meeting.  Pending the results of inspections and other issues, there will be a vote on the purchase of the 641 Olive Street property.

Both meetings in the large conference room at The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport  LA  71104) or via Zoom.

Note:  this announcement is an update to our earlier 2 August 2026 congregational meeting announcement and our earlier 2 and 9 August 2026 congregational meeting announcement.

Please see “A Message from Our Board President Susan Yellott (5 July 2026)” for more information.

Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (12 August 2026)

(Cat not provided — you must supply your own feline)

Please join us next Wednesday (12 August 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.

Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (5 August 2026)

(Cat not provided — you must supply your own feline)

Please join us next Wednesday (5 August 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.

Date Change: Two Special Congregational Meetings — 9 August 2026 and 16 August 2026

From:  Kathy Osuch (Secretary of the Board)

Subject:  Announcement of Two Special Congregational Meetings

Time (First Meeting):  Sunday (9 August 2026) at 12:00 noon or immediately following the worship

Time (Second Meeting):  Sunday (16 August 2026) at 12:00 noon or immediately following the worship

Location (Both Meetings): Large conference room in The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport  LA  71104) or online using Zoom

On Sunday (9 August 2026), The Building Committee will present a special informational town hall meeting at 12:00 noon or immediately following the 11:00 AM worship service.

The committee present information about our various options for moving forward.  The meeting will also feature a presentation from architect Chris Coe on his ideas for the 641 Olive Street building.

On Sunday (16 August 2026), there will be a special congregational meeting.  Pending the results of inspections and other issues, there will be a vote on the purchase of the 641 Olive Street property.

Both meetings in the large conference room at The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport  LA  71104) or via Zoom.

Note:  this announcement is an update to our earlier 2 August 2026 congregational meeting announcement and our earlier 2 and 9 August 2026 congregational meeting announcement.

Please see “A Message from Our Board President Susan Yellott (5 July 2026)” for more information.

Summer Fun for Children and Youth (26 July 2026)

During the summer months, our children and youth religious education activities are a mixture of fun and creativity.

Our children and youth will continue their summer art activities in our new church home.

Now that we are in The Highland Center, our children and youth will be using Maggie’s art studio downstairs for their summer fun art activities and will continue religious education classes in this location in the fall.

This will allow the group to keep art supplies in this space and also do messier activities than if they stayed upstairs in the small conference room.

As we have done in the past, our children and youth will still join us for worship in the large conference room for the first 15 minutes or so before they are dismissed to their activities.

Parents and caregiver adults who wish to see where they will be going are invited to take the trip downstairs with the group where they can either stay in the class or come back upstairs to worship.

Two Special Congregational Meetings — 2 August 2026 and 9 August 2026

From:  Kathy Osuch (Secretary of the Board)

Subject:  Announcement of Two Special Congregational Meetings

Time (First Meeting):  Sunday (2 August 2026) at 12:00 noon or immediately following the worship

Time (Second Meeting):  Sunday (9 August 2026) at 12:00 noon or immediately following the worship

Location (Both Meetings): Large conference room in The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport  LA  71104) or online using Zoom

On Sunday (2 August 2026), The Building Committee will present a special informational town hall meeting at 12:00 noon or immediately following the 11:00 AM worship service.

The committee present information about our various options for moving forward.  The meeting will also feature a presentation from architect Chris Coe on his ideas for the 641 Olive Street building.

On Sunday (9 August 2026), there will be a special congregational meeting.  Pending the results of inspections and other issues, there will be a vote on the purchase of the 641 Olive Street property.

Both meetings in the large conference room at The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport  LA  71104) or via Zoom.

Note:  this announcement is an update to our earlier 2 August 2026 congregational meeting announcement.

Please see “A Message from Our Board President Susan Yellott (5 July 2026)” for more information.

Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (29 July 2026)

(Cat not provided — you must supply your own feline)

Please join us next Wednesday (29 July 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.

“What’s in a Home? Thoughts on a Trip to Palestine” Worship Service (26 July 2026)

Our first worship service in our new home will be “What’s in a Home?  Thoughts on a Trip to Palestine” by Melissa Gibson.

Our new home after we leave Ellerbe Road will be in The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA  71104)

All Souls member Melissa Gibson drops in from Omaha, Nebraska to discuss her recent trip to Palestine.

She will explore the idea of what home means — appropriate as we conduct our first service in our temporary home at The Highland Center.

Melissa is a seminarian pursuing a Masters in Divinity degree at Starr King School for the Ministry and is on the staff at First Unitarian Church of Omaha, Nebraska.  Melissa is also an Aspirant within the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Ministerial Fellowship process.

Members of the All Souls choir will sing for this worship service.

Drive around to the back of The Highland Center and enter from the ramp-accessible entrance in the back on Topeka Street, take the second hallway to the right, and our worship will be in the first room on the right.

No Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education This Sunday (19 July 2026)

There will be no 9:00 AM adult religious education class this Sunday (19 July 2026).

Sleep in just a little and then join us at 11:00 AM for a very special worship service — our final goodbye worship services for our current home on Ellerbe Road.

Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (22 July 2026)

(Cat not provided — you must supply your own feline)

Please join us next Wednesday (22 July 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.