Category: Events

Breka Peoples and Omari Ho-Sang — 2021 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award Recipients

Please join us at 11:00 AM on 18 July 2021 for our worship service where we will be honoring Breka Peoples and Omari Ho-Sang as our 2021 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award Recipients.

We will be presenting this award during our Sunday worship service using Facebook Live video.

We are honoring their work from the Summer 2020 organizing the 45 Days of Action Campaign in Shreveport / Bossier City, Louisiana along with their continuing work to dismantle systemic racism and create beloved community in Shreveport / Bossier City.

All Souls presents the Emerson Award each year to an individual, group, or organization in the wider community who best exemplifies Unitarian Universalist principles and the values of liberal religion.

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Online All-Ages Worship (27 June 2021)

Please join us on Sunday (27 June 2021) at 11:00 AM for “Until Love Wins” presented by the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis MN.

This is the 2021 Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly Sunday Morning Worship and will be streamed live through YouTube.

All Souls members in Shreveport and Unitarian Universalists across North American and around the world will be watching this live-streaming worship service.

The order of service (PDF) for this worship service can be found here.

Our June 2021 give-away-the-plate recipient is Louisiana Trans Advocates.

Watch our weekly email announcements for info on the next in-person worship service and other opportunities to gather in smaller groups in person.

We will have a  virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in.  You can let us know using these online surveys.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

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No Zoom Lunch This Week (16 June 2021) — Zoom Lunch Resumes 23 June 2021

There will be no Zoom lunch this Wednesday (16 June 2021) because Susan Caldwell (All Souls Director of Religious Education) will be attending the LREDA (Liberal Religious Educators Association) Professional Days leading up to next week’s 2021 UUA General Assembly (GA).

Susan’s GA schedule should still allow her to host Zoom Lunch the following week (Wednesday, 23 June 2021) at noon.

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Tie-Dye Sunday (13 June 2021)

This Sunday (13 June 2021), please join us for Tie-Dye Sunday beginning at 1:30 PM on the back patio for creating wearable tie-dye art.

Masks will be required for all participants.

We will be working outside under the covered breezeway next to the patio.

Traditionally, this has been an opportunity for children and youth to create one-of-a-kind gifts for their Dads and/or other special grownups in their lives (Father’s Day is the following Sunday —  20 June 2021).

We usually have enough supplies that our children can do a shirt or other garment for themselves as well.

Adult volunteers are also welcome to dye a shirt as long as we have ample resources for the children and youth.

Susan Caldwell (All Souls Director of Religious Education) will be there for people to start projects between 1:30 PM and 3:30 PM.

She will stay until everyone is done.

If you can volunteer to help, text Susan at 318-465-3427, send her a Facebook message, email her, or find the Tie-Dye post on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook group and write in the comments that you can help and when you are available.

Please bring a 100% cotton t-shirt or other garment (tote bags or aprons also welcome).

Dyes do better on a pre-washed garment, and look better on white or lighter colors.

We will have some extra t-shirts, bandanas, and face masks available for a suggested donation (though money need never be an obstacle to the tie-dye experience).

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Building and Grounds Work Day (12 June 2021)

Please join us on Saturday (12 June 2021) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM for our monthly building and grounds work day.

There are tasks indoors and out for all ages and abilities — contact Eric First at (318) 518-8257 for more information.

Come for the whole time or for whatever part of the day you can make it.

Hope to see you there.

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No Online Religious Education for Children on 6 June 2021 — Tie-Dye Sunday on 13 June 2021

Our Sunday afternoon Zoom religious education class for children will take a break for 6 June 2021.

Our outdoor service will be multi-generational and geared to all ages.

Then next Sunday (13 June 2021), join us for Tie-Dye Sunday beginning at 1:30 PM on the back patio for creating wearable tie-dye art.

Masks will be required for all participants.

Watch for further news and guidelines for this safe afternoon.

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