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
All Souls will be hosting an Enneagram Relationships Workshop on 14-15 September 2012:
Prerequisite for this workshop is attendance at a Basic Enneagram Workshop or a fairly good grasp of Enneagram theory from reading and self-study along with a pretty good idea of what your Enneagram number might be.
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Please join this Sunday (12 August 2012) for our 11:00 AM worship service. This week’s service is our annual Water Communion Service.
Please bring a small container of water from your summer experiences or travels — whether far away or right in your own backyard. We will briefly share our stories as we come together to join our waters into a common bowl.
Each year, we boil, filter and freeze this water and add it to water from preceding years for use at child dedications and other water rituals throughout the church year.
The theme of water continues after the service with our annual End-of-Summer Swim Party and Potluck at the home of Laurie Lyons and Henry Walker (441 Drexel Drive, Shreveport LA).
Laurie and Henry are once again graciously opening their home to the congregation. Follow the link to a map or pick up a map and directions in the foyer at church. All ages, long-time members and first-time visitors are all welcome.
Bring your swimsuits to church that day, bring a dish to share, and join us at Laurie and Henry’s after the worship service for a different kind of “water communion.” Non-swimmers are also welcome too.
Burgers, hot dogs, and veggie burgers and dogs and the trimmings will be provided by the Religious Education Committee.
Our Media Sale will be happening on Saturday (18 August 2012) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
If you’ve been looking for a place to unload all of those old books, CDs, DVDs, video games, game systems and even VHS tapes, cassettes, and those vinyl albums you’ve rescued from melting in the garage, donate them to All Souls for the next Media Sale.
Bring them to the church the week of 14-17 August 2012 for the sale on 18 August 2012. For more information, contact Kathy Osuch at 318-861-6729.
Come join us this Saturday (11 August 2012) and every 2nd Saturday of the month from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM for our monthly Building and Grounds Work Day.
Tasks for all ages and abilities, inside and out. Spend a little time or a lot. Can’t stay and work this week? Snacks or drinks dropped off for the workers are always much appreciated, too!
Many of our members and friends will attest that they have made some of their best connections at the church in conversations that happen while working side by side.
Many thanks to the All Souls volunteers who worked last Thursday’s (2 August 2012) Highland Blessing Dinner:
The next opportunities to volunteer for this event are 30 August 2012 and 6 September 2012. Details about this event can be found online here.
Please join us this Sunday (5 August 2012) for Artist Sunday.
Visual arts display and sale will be open from 10:00 – 11:00 AM before the service and from the close of worship until 2:00 PM. The Artist Sunday worship service starts at 11:00 AM.
Once a year at All Souls, we devote an entire worship service to a celebration of the arts. Each element of the entire 11:00 AM Artist Sunday worship service is some kind of artistic performance by our members and friends.
This year’s service including Buddy Flett, Tim Brogan, Robert Smith, The All Souls Choir, Nathan Woods, Carol Graywing, Byron Gates, Caroline Drury, Pamela Raintree, Kathleen Smith, Bob Jordan, Rick Carlisle, and many more!
If you weren’t invited to perform this year, please know that it doesn’t mean you won’t be asked back for future events. We try to present an inspiring and uplifting service that is also respectful of everyone’s time and we have the happy blessing of an abundance of talent among our artistic community.
If you will be hanging art for display or sale, please bring it between 12:00 PM and 5:00 PM on Saturday (4 August 2012). We do still have some available table space for displaying and/or selling craft items, jewelry, etc. The church does not ask for fees or commissions — this event is for the artists — but the artists are responsible for handling their own sales.
We are an open-minded and accepting community. In that spirit, we do ask that in selecting your performance pieces or visual artwork, you consider that ours is a family audience, and we very much prefer that you exercise that judgment at your end. If you have questions, contact Pamela Raintree at 318-946-0367 or Susan Caldwell at 318-465-3427.
Tickets will go on sale this Sunday (5 August 2012) for All Souls’ first-ever Casino Night.
The Casino Night will happen on Saturday, 3 November 2012, from 6:00 – 10:00 PM at the Elks Lodge, 310 East Preston, Shreveport LA.
Go “all-in” with All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church at this year’s Annual Gala (formerly known as the Silent Auction). This year’s theme is Casino Night and features for-fun table games such as roulette, blackjack, and craps!
Casino Night tickets will go on sale for $50.00 per person starting Sunday (5 August 2012).
Admission tickets cover the first buy-in of the evening, dinner, entertainment, cash bar, raffle prizes, and more! Cash raffle tickets are also available for $1 apiece and three prizes ($150, $100, and $50) will be awarded at the event (need not be present to win).
The event will also feature a Silent Auction with chances to bid on the parties and some of the other more popular items of the Silent Auction tradition. (Casserole of the Month, Dessert of the Month, and the Coveted Parking Space, to name a few).
Our next regularly scheduled evening to work the Highland Blessing Dinner is Thursday (2 August 2012) at The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA).
Since the meal is served at 6:00 PM, volunteers please be there no later than 5:15 PM. Please note that extra volunteers are welcome on any Thursday evening.
Although there is no means test required and we feed the first 77 people who come to the door, our hope is to help those families and individuals who “fall though the cracks” of social services, and to build community with the people who come to the dinners, and with our partner congregations.
A sign-up sheet will soon be back up in the foyer. Sign up for the job you want, then pick up a handout that describes all the jobs. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with one or two other jobs in addition to your first choice, in case the needs of the evening change.
On Saturday (14 July 2012), we will have a Building and Grounds Work Day from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Join us to paint the Pre-K/K-1 room (Room 1), which also serves as our bridal dressing room and the weekly home of our Saturday meditation group (who will be moving for one day only).
Bring gloves, and your willingness to join with your All Souls friends in building community while we beautify our space! If painting is not for you, there are always other tasks to be found, and snacks for the crew are also much appreciated.
On Sunday afternoon (1 July 2012) at 1:30 PM, the Shreveport Chapter of Louisiana Trans Advocates will host a potluck in the Social Hall at All Souls.
The Shreveport Chapter of this statewide group is now meeting regularly at All Souls on the first Sunday of each month. Please bring a dish to share and take some time to welcome and get to know them.