For this Sunday, All Souls had a potluck brunch while we watched the streaming video of the 2026 Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly Sunday Worship.
For more information on General Assembly, click here.
Category: History
7 June 2026 Worship Video
All Ages Worship (7 June 2026)
Please join us this Sunday (7 June 2026) at 11:00 AM for “Honoring Our History, Sharing Our Legacy” with Gale Gucker and Russell Pease.
Join us this Sunday as we continue our observance of our 76th anniversary year.
On 17 April 1950, All Souls Unitarian Church of Shreveport, Louisiana affiliated with the American Unitarian Association (one of the predecessor denominations that formed the Unitarian Universalist Association in 1961)
Although a small group of faithful Souls had begun meeting informally in homes or in the restaurant of the Captain Shreve Hotel as early as 1948, the 17 April 1950 date is what we celebrate officially as our anniversary.
We are honored and happy to welcome two longtime active members — Gale Gucker and Russ Pease — to tell us some of the stories that have formed us as a congregation.
Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.
We are moving our videos from Facebook to YouTube for long-term storage and viewing — you can find our worship videos on YouTube here.
State-level COVID data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page. The most sensitive metric to follow for current COVID trends is the “Laboratory Surveillance Data” link.
Flu, RSV, and COVID are all showing low numbers in Louisiana as of 30 May 2026.
Masking and COVID vaccination are optional for attending in-person events at All Souls.
We encourage you to be vaccinated against COVID and to also have the most-current COVID booster shots. This provides greater protection to the individual and the church community.
Anyone who prefers wearing a mask is welcome to do so for in-person events and attending worship through livestream video is also an option where required for medical or schedule conflict reasons.
We will still have KN95 masks available in the foyer for anyone who needs one.
We continue to recommend that you stay home if you have any symptoms and that you keep up with all available vaccinations and boosters.
If you are recovering from COVID and have no symptoms, you should mask in public until you have tested negative twice in a 48 hour period.
We also ask that you go by the previous CDC guidelines of waiting at least 5 days past the onset of symptoms rather than the current 24 hour recommendation.
If you have symptoms for COVID or other respiratory illness, please stay home and take care of yourself.
Our June 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Rev. Barbara Jarrell — 2023 Kerrville New Folk Competition Winner
We are proud to announce that our own Rev. Barbara Jarrell is one of the six winners for the 2023 Kerrville New Folk Emerging Songwriters Contest.
Rev. Barbara will be performing in the winner’s concert today (Saturday, 3 June 2023) at 1:30 PM. The concert will be broadcast on the YouTube link provided above.
If you would like to have this experience in the company of some of your All Souls friends, please join us today in the All Souls Social Hall at 1:30 PM.
Announcement of Special Congregational Meeting (16 April 2023)
Announcement of Special Congregational Meeting
- Date: Sunday, 16 April 2023
- Time: Following the 11:00 AM worship service
- From: Rovena Windsor, Board Secretary
- To: All Active 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 will hold a Special Congregational Meeting on Sunday, 16 April 2023, immediately following the 11:00 AM worship service.
On the Agenda
- Approval of the Draft Minutes of the 5 March 2023 Congregational Meeting.
- A review of the budgetary realities presented at the 5 March 2023 Congregational Meeting, as detailed here in the Draft Minutes of that meeting.
- Discussion and vote on the potential sale of the current property at 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA as recommended by the members of the Board.
We know this is a hard and emotional vote. We encourage you to read the minutes of the last congregational meeting and to attend this meeting and let your voice be heard (either in person in the sanctuary or via Zoom.
Congregational Meeting Announcement (5 March 2023)
We are announcing time and location for next congregational meeting:
- Date: Sunday, 5 March 2023
- Time: 1215 PM
- Location: All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church (9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106) or on Zoom.
On the Agenda:
- Realities of the 2023 Budget
We must have a quorum.
Congregational meetings are open to all but only active members of 30 days or longer may vote.
UPDATE — Congregational Meeting Announcement (29 January 2023)
We have an updated agenda for our upcoming congregational business meeting on Sunday (29 January 2023).
We are announcing time and location for next congregational meeting:
- Date: Sunday, 29 January 2023
- Time: 1215 PM
- Location: All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church (9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106) or on Zoom (Link // meeting ID — 872 7273 9606)
On the Agenda:
- Discussion of budgetary concerns
- Selection of the 2023 Nominating Committee
We must have a quorum.
Congregational meetings are open to all but only active members of 30 days or longer may vote.
Congregational Meeting Announcement (29 January 2023)
We are announcing time and location for next congregational meeting:
- Date: Sunday, 29 January 2023
- Time: 1215 PM
- Location: All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church (9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106) or on Zoom (Link // meeting ID — 872 7273 9606)
On the Agenda:
- Presentation of the 2023 Budget
- Selection of the 2023 Nominating Committee
We must have a quorum.
Congregational meetings are open to all but only active members of 30 days or longer may vote.
Online Adult Religious Education — 4 September 2022
Please join us on Sunday (4 September 2022) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
On this Sunday, we will continue our two-part exploration of the movement for LGBTQ+ rights within the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Online Adult Religious Education — 28 August 2022
Please join us on Sunday (28 August 2022) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
On this Sunday, we will begin a two-part exploration of the movement for LGBTQ+ rights within the Unitarian Universalist Association.