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2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award Nominations — Deadline Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Nominations for the 2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award are due before next Tuesday’s Board and Council Meeting (6:00 PM, 16 April 2013).

Each year, All Souls presents the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to an individual or organization from the wider community who has best exemplified the Principles of Unitarian Universalism and the values of liberal religion.  The Board is soliciting nominations from the congregation and will make their decision at their next meeting.

Please submit names of your nominees along with a brief description of their qualifications to any or all of the following persons:

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17 March 2013 Worship Service

Please join us on Sunday (17 March 2013) at 11:00 AM for “Our Nature to Create” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell. The All Souls Choir will be singing in this service.

If you’re a fan of traditional Irish music, please come early at 10:15 AM to hear Bob Jordan playing in the Social Hall prior to this service.

A Special Congregational Meeting and St. Patrick’s Day Potluck will follow this service in the Social Hall.

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St. Patrick’s Day Potluck (17 March 2013)

Our Special Congregational Meeting will be in the Social Hall in conjunction with a St. Patrick’s Day potluck immediately after the 17 March 2013 worship service.

Bring a dish to share (something green or Irish would be great but this is not required).

Stay for the meeting and fellowship.  If you haven’t read the Buildings and Grounds Erosion Engineering Report before the meeting, you may want to do so.  You can find the report on the All Souls website here (requires Adobe Acrobat or other PDF reader software).

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Special Congregational Meeting (Sunday, 17 March 2013)

  • From:  Virginia Villarreal, 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 Special Congregational Meeting.

Date:  Sunday, 17 March 2013 at 12:30 PM in the sanctuary.

On the Agenda:  Vote on whether to remain here in our current building or move to another location.

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 provided.

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Visioning Potluck (17 February 2013)

Please join us this Sunday (17 February 2013) after the 11:00 AM worship service for a Visioning Potluck.

  • Sit in groups of 8 -10.
  • Eat food that you and others have brought to share.
  • Talk about our church and what you would like to see us be and do as a congregation in the coming years.

Children and youth will be welcome to join us for lunch, and for the conversation as their interests lead them.  They are our future after all.  Child care will also be available.

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Notice of Special Congregational Meeting and Town Hall Meeting with the Exploratory Committee

  • Date: Sunday, 20 January 2013 (immediately following the worship service in the Sanctuary)
  • 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 Special Congregational Meeting.

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2013 World Religion Day

Please join us on Sunday, 27 January 2013, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport, Louisiana) for our community’s annual World Religion Day celebration.

The keynote adddress will be “Beyond Religious Dialogue” by Dr. David Otto (Professor of Religious Studies and Crawford Chair of Liberal Arts Centenary College of Louisiana).

The event’s panel discussions will include the following:

  • Is it possible to do true multifaith worship, and if so, how?
  • What is your faith’s position on political involvement?
  • What is the role of evangelism in your faith tradition?  How do you find, welcome, and educate new members?

This is a great community-building event offering numerous volunteer opportunities — working at the All Souls information table, helping with set-up on Saturday (26 January 2013), and staffing the event concession stand.

Look for a place to sign up in the foyer and contact Susan Caldwell for more information.

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Meal Train for Patrick Early

MealTrainAs many of you know, Patrick Early is at home recovering from foot surgery.  We have set up a meal train to help provide him with meals during his recovery, which is estimated to take about three weeks.

Please click here to get to the MealTrain website.

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