Summer Fun for Children and Youth (9 August 2026)

During the summer months, our children and youth religious education activities are a mixture of fun and creativity.

Our children and youth will continue their summer art activities in our new church home.

Now that we are in The Highland Center, our children and youth will be using Maggie’s art studio downstairs for their summer fun art activities and will continue religious education classes in this location in the fall.

This week, our children and youth will be making yarn bowls and making a new bowl for the classroom chalice.

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (9 August 2026)

Please join us on Sunday (9 August 2026) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person at the Highland Center and also on Zoom.

On this Sunday, we will begin our discussion of the book Erasing History:  How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future by Jason Stanley.

Our discussion will cover the Preface and Chapter 1.

Paper copies of the book will also be available to pick up this Sunday and you can always get a jump on the Preface and Chapter 1 here.

Bear in mind that although the book was published before the 2024 election, a paperback edition has come out since then.

The Preface in the 2026 paperback edition is different from the Preface to the 2024 ebook edition.

We will be meeting in the small conference room of the Highland Center.  Park in the back parking lot on Topeka Street and come in through the ramp-accessible entrance.  Take the first hallway to the right and enter first room on the right.  And you can join us via Zoom.

Meditation with Larry Androes (8 August 2026)

Please join us on Saturday (1 August 2026) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This group will be meeting via Zoom and not in person.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

Summer Fun for Children and Youth (2 August 2026)

During the summer months, our children and youth religious education activities are a mixture of fun and creativity.

Our children and youth will continue their summer art activities in our new church home.

Now that we are in The Highland Center, our children and youth will be using Maggie’s art studio downstairs for their summer fun art activities and will continue religious education classes in this location in the fall.

Yet another advantage of having class in Maggie’s studio is the opportunity to make art with some of her cool friends.

This week, our children and youth will be making wire sculptures with James Marks.

Just back from a residency at the Summertime Gallery in Brooklyn, James works with children on staff at the Renzi Education and Art Center, and is also a beloved regular at ArtBreak.

He creates wire sculptures of people small enough to hold in your hand, some bigger than life-size adult humans, and every size in between.

As we have done in the past, our children and youth will still join us for worship in the large conference room for the first 15 minutes or so before they are dismissed to their activities.

Parents and caregiver adults who wish to see where they will be going are invited to take the trip downstairs with the group where they can either stay in the class or come back upstairs to worship.

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (2 August 2026)

Please join us on Sunday (2 August 2026) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person at the Highland Center and also on Zoom.

For this Sunday, we will watch an interview with Jason Stanley (Author of Erasing History:  How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future).

As we begin our reading and discussion of Erasing History by Jason Stanley, we will first view and discuss an interview with the author on Amanpour and Company (PBS).

In this interview, he talks openly about a huge decision he has made for himself and his family in response to recent changes in the academic climate of the United States.

Paper copies of the book will also be available to pick up this Sunday and you can always get a jump on the Preface and Chapter 1 here.

Bear in mind that although the book was published before the 2024 election, a paperback edition has come out since then.

The Preface in the 2026 paperback edition is different from the Preface to the 2024 ebook edition.

We will be meeting in the small conference room of the Highland Center.  Park in the back parking lot on Topeka Street and come in through the ramp-accessible entrance.  Take the first hallway to the right and enter first room on the right.  And you can join us via Zoom.

Meditation with Larry Androes (1 August 2026)

Please join us on Saturday (1 August 2026) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This group will be meeting via Zoom and not in person.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (26 July 2026)

Please join us on Sunday (26 July 2026) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

For this Sunday, we welcome guest presenter Melissa Gibson.

Earlier this year, Melissa took a trip to Palestine under the auspices of Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East and Friends of Sabeel North America (Sabeel is a Palestinian Christian organization).

Although she will talk about the trip in her sermon on Sunday, this adult religious education session will give us more of a chance for a conversation and to hear more details about the trip.

Summer Fun for Children and Youth (26 July 2026)

During the summer months, our children and youth religious education activities are a mixture of fun and creativity.

Our children and youth will continue their summer art activities in our new church home.

Now that we are in The Highland Center, our children and youth will be using Maggie’s art studio downstairs for their summer fun art activities and will continue religious education classes in this location in the fall.

This will allow the group to keep art supplies in this space and also do messier activities than if they stayed upstairs in the small conference room.

As we have done in the past, our children and youth will still join us for worship in the large conference room for the first 15 minutes or so before they are dismissed to their activities.

Parents and caregiver adults who wish to see where they will be going are invited to take the trip downstairs with the group where they can either stay in the class or come back upstairs to worship.

Meditation with Larry Androes (25 July 2026)

Please join us on Saturday (25 July 2026) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This group will be meeting via Zoom and not in person.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

“What’s in a Home? Thoughts on a Trip to Palestine” Worship Service (26 July 2026)

Our first worship service in our new home will be “What’s in a Home?  Thoughts on a Trip to Palestine” by Melissa Gibson.

Our new home after we leave Ellerbe Road will be in The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA  71104)

All Souls member Melissa Gibson drops in from Omaha, Nebraska to discuss her recent trip to Palestine.

She will explore the idea of what home means — appropriate as we conduct our 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.

Members of the All Souls choir will sing for this worship service.

Drive around to the back of The Highland Center and enter from the ramp-accessible entrance in the back on Topeka Street, take the second hallway to the right, and our worship will be in the first room on the right.