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
Please note that this is our first worship service in our new location (The Highland Center — 520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA 71104).
The audio for the pulpit voices may be too quiet for portions of this worship service.
You can turn up the volume for those portions to hear the content.
We will be working to improve the quality of our worship videos recorded in our new location.
Please join us this Sunday (26 July 2026) at 11:00 AM for “What’s in a Home? Thoughts on a Trip to Palestine” by Melissa Gibson.
For our first worship service in our new The Highland Center location, we are delighted to welcome back one of our own — Melissa Gibson.
Melissa comes to us from Omaha NE to discuss her recent trip to Palestine.
She will explore the idea of what home means — appropriate as we conduct this first service in our temporary home at The Highland Center.
Melissa is a seminarian pursuing a Masters in Divinity degree at Starr King School for the Ministry and is on the staff at First Unitarian Church of Omaha, Nebraska. Melissa is also an Aspirant within the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Ministerial Fellowship process.
This service will also feature music from the All Souls Choir.
All Souls is now meeting for worship and religious education classes in The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA 71104) after the sale of our former building located on Ellerbe Road.
Drive around to the back of The Highland Center and enter from the ramp-accessible entrance on Topeka Street, take the second hallway to the right, and our worship will be in the first room on the right.
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.
RSV and Flu are all showing an increase in Louisiana as of 18 July 2026. COVID may have started an increase but it may have stalled out as of 18 July 2026. We will be paying attention to these changes.
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 July 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is the OUTNorthLA Film Festival.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Please join us this Sunday (19 July 2026) at 11:00 AM for “Before We Turn the Page” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
This is our final service at our Ellerbe Road location — a quieter service for grieving, cherishing, and remembering.
Please join us in the sanctuary or via Facebook Live for a very bare-bones worship service.
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.
RSV and Flu are all showing low numbers in Louisiana as of 11 July 2026. COVID may be starting an increase as of 11 July 2026 and we will be paying attention to this.
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 July 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is the OUTNorthLA Film Festival.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Please join us this Sunday (12 July 2026) at 11:00 AM for “Celebrate Moving On: An Artist Sunday-Style Worship Service in Celebration of Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going”
This will be our next-to-last service at our current 9449 Ellerbe Road location — we plan to make it a celebration of music, dance, poetry, prose, and community. to honor, bless, and celebrate our time in this beautiful space, and to look hopefully to the journey onward.
Performers will include Barbara Jarrell, Barbara Deger, Laura Flett, George Hancock, Sandra Odom, Cookie Garner, Phoebe Jordan, the All Souls Choir and more — including a surprise guest.
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.
RSV and Flu are all showing low numbers in Louisiana as of 4 July 2026. COVID may be starting an increase as of 4 July 2026 and we will be paying attention to this.
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 July 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is the OUTNorthLA Film Festival.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Please join us this Sunday (10 May 2026) at 11:00 AM for “In Every Beginning . . . Except One” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Rev. Barbara is in the pulpit this Mother’s Day with additional reflections from Jennifer Russell and Kelli Coffey along with music from members of the All Souls Choir.
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 2 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 May 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Highland Center Ministries.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Please join us this Sunday (3 May 2026) at 11:00 AM for “White Noise” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
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 25 April 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 May 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Highland Center Ministries.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.