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 join this Sunday (2 September 2012) at 11:00 AM for “Laboring for Love” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Next Week (9 September 2012) – please join us to hear Benjamin Riggs (Buddhist teacher and leader of the Refuge Meditation Group ) who will speak on “Anxiety, Stress and the Practice of Buddhist Meditation.”
Please join us this Sunday (26 August 2012) at 11:00 AM for the sermon “Crossroads and He Who Must Not Be Named” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell and stay after the service for a potluck.
Whether you like to cook or bake, or your preferred method of “cooking” is at a deli counter or drive-thru window — please bring a dish to share and come spend some time sharing a meal and getting to know your All Souls friends in the Social Hall immediately following the 11:00 AM service.
Can’t bring anything? Don’t let it stop you from staying to eat … there are some big-time cooks in this crowd who love to share!
Want to help out with planning, setting up and cleaning up at future potlucks? Email Food, Folks and Fun Chair Amanda Lawrence or call her at 318-402-3314 to let her know that you want to help.
Please join us this Sunday (19 August 2012) for our 11:00 AM Worship Service — Rev. Barbara Jarrell will be in the pulpit this morning.
We will have a Newcomer Information Session immediately following the service. If you are new to to the church and would like to know more about our faith and our congregation, please join us.
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.
Please join us on Sunday (3 June 2012) at 11:00 AM for our worship service.
Rev. Barbara Jarrell is in the pulpit this Sunday for the last time before her summer vacation and study break. The All Souls Choir will sing and we will also take a moment in the service to recognize the dedicated volunteers who teach in our Religious Education program.
Please join us on Sunday (27 May 2012) at 11:00 AM for our Memorial Day Worship Service. We remember those lost as we honor those who serve.
The All Souls Choir will sing, and — in the Religious Education Wing — the Children and Youth will write letters and cards to troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We will also be collecting items to give to Operation Support Our Troops — a local organization that collects and packages a wide variety of useful items to send to our deployed service members. Feel free to check out this Wish List and bring any of the items in question. We will have a box in the Social Hall to collect them.
After the worship service, we will have our congregational business meeting.
Please join us on Sunday (20 May 2012) at 11:00 AM for “The Many Ways We Pray” — our annual “Affirmation Sunday” worship service.
This service is a time to honor the transitions of our children and youth, an ingathering of new members, and the bridging and senior sermon of our graduating senior Thomas Ratcliff. The All Souls Choir will sing.
Following the service, we will have a potluck in honor of Thomas and our new members. We will also have a Newcomer Information Session after the service.
Next Sunday (27 May 2012) — Rev. Barbara Jarrell will be in the pulpit for our Memorial Day worship service. After the service, we will have our Congregational Meeting.
Please join us this Sunday (13 May 2012) at 11:00 AM for our Mothers’ Day worship service. Rev. Barbara Jarrell is in the pulpit and the All Souls Choir will sing.
Next Sunday (20 May 2012), we celebrate Affirmation Sunday where we honor the transitions of our children and youth, an ingathering ceremony for our new members, and the bridging of our graduating senior, Thomas Ratcliff.
Please join us on Sunday, 22 April 2012, at 11:00 AM for “A Web of Roots: A Celebration of Earth Day.”
Rev, Barbara Jarrell is in the pulpit and the All Souls Choir will sing.
We will have a Newcomer Information Session following the service and — of course — everyone will want to stay and vote for their favorite chili in the All Souls Chili Cook-Off.
Please join us at 11:00 AM on Sunday, 15 April 2012 to celebrate our pillar on Peace, Social Justice and the Interdependent Web.
The children, youth and adults of All Souls will explore the many ways we practice the Seventh Principle in our relationship to the Earth and to each other.
The All Souls Choir will sing, and this is also your last opportunity to hear Joshua Pepper at the piano before he leaves Shreveport. Please come to be with us to enjoy the music and wish Joshua well.
Next week (22 April 2012) is Earth Day and Reverend Barbara Jarrell will be in the pulpit.