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
A memorial celebration of the life of Dr Raghunath Misra will on Saturday (29 June 2013) at 10:30 AM in the sanctuary. “Raghu” and his wife, Therese, joined the church in 1978, and have been very supportive of the church and its endeavors ever since.
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We are saddened to report the death of a longtime member of All Souls, Dr. Raghunath P. Misra, who passed away on Thursday, 20 June 2013. “Raghu” and his wife Therese joined the church in 1978, and have been very supportive of the church and its endeavors ever since.
This month’s Building and Grounds Work Day is now Saturday (15 June 2013) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. This change is for the month of June 2013 only.
Our monthly Building and Grounds Work Day is normally scheduled for the second Saturday of each month. There is a memorial service this afternoon for Cameron Varnell — and out of respect for Cameron’s family — we are moving the date of our work day for the month of June 2013.
Every year at All Souls, the Sunday before Father’s Day is Tie-Dye Sunday! This is a fun way to make special gifts for Dads and other special grown-ups in the lives of our children.
Children and youth need to bring a 100% cotton t-shirt or other fabric item (pre-washed is better). You may bring more than one item to dye but we will need to make sure that all supplies are shared adequately. Adults and older youth who “know the drill” will be there to walk the children through the process.
Although we do have old t-shirts available as cover-ups, we heartily recommend dressing your children in old clothes and shoes for this project. The dyes we use are strong and permanent.
The memorial service for Bill Johnston will happen this Thursday (13 June 2013), 7:00 PM at All Souls.
Bill passed away last week of natural causes. We will celebrate Bill’s life with a memorial service in the sanctuary followed by a sharing in the social hall of the fellowship he loved so much as a part of this church community.
Please join us at 11:00 AM on 12 May 2013 — Robin Drury and Danette Moore will share their perspectives on motherhood as we honor the art of mothering. The All Souls Choir will sing.
And be sure to join us the following week (19 May 2013) when we present the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to Lillian Moskeland for her immigration work with the Sisters of Loretto. We will also have an ingathering of new members next Sunday and a reception for our Emerson recipient following the service.
Please join us at 11:00 AM for “Seeds of Hunger” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Please stay after the worship service for our Spring Congregational Meeting.
An Opportunity to Feed the Fuller Center Builders — Friday, 3 May 2013 — Volunteers Arrive at 5:15 PM — Our Lady of The Blessed Sacrament (1558 Buena Vista, Shreveport LA).
Many of you may have heard that Roger Waters of Pink Floyd has made a large donation to the Fuller Center for Housing for the purpose of building houses for veterans.
Every week, crews from all over the country are coming in to work on the build for a week at a time.
Congregations and other organizations from across the Shreveport-Bossier area are taking turns feeding the workers.
Friday (3 May 2013) All Souls will provide dinner as a part of the Highland Ministries Partnership (Note – you will also see the workers when they come to eat at the Highland Blessing Dinner on Thursday evening).
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From: Virginia Villarreal, All Souls Board Secretary
To: All Members, Inactive Members, and Friends
Congregational Meeting
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, 5 May 2013 at 12:30 PM in the Sanctuary
On the Agenda:
(1) Election of New Board Officers
(2) Moving the selection of Nominating Committee members to the December Congregational Meeting
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.
Whether you cook or bake your specialty, or slave over a hot takeout counter, bring a dish to share and stay for a meal and some time together with your All Souls community.
Help needed with Set-Up and Clean-Up
Much of our regular potluck crew will be busy with other obligations this week, so it’s a great time for some new faces helping out in the social hall. If you can help set up, please come around 10:30 AM.
Also, those who work the Highland Dinner have learned how quickly the cleanup goes when everyone helps so be sure to stick around for the Big Finish.