14 October 2018 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (14 October 2018) at 11:00 AM for “This I Believe” with Rebecca Tuggle, Kevin Henry, and Tena Hines.  John Allen will be our worship associate.

Three All Souls members will speak about the foundational principles that guide their lives today and the continuing journey that has brought them here thus far.

#RONFEST2018 continues in this service and in a brief celebration afterward.  We celebrate the service that Ron Thurston has provided to All Souls as we bid him farewell.

Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for October 2019 is Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

Adult Religious Education — 14 October 2018

Please join us on Sunday (14 October 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.

This fall, we’re excited to introduce Faith Forward — a multi-part adult religious education series that will not only introduce visitors and new members to our faith but will also help those who’ve been here awhile to deepen their faith journeys.

We continue with Session 5 of UU History 101 — “A Question of Identity.”

We will explore the century-long process that eventually led to the merger of Unitarianism and Universalism on this continent.

Child care will be provided — See you then.

7 October 2018 Blessing of the Animals All-Ages Worship Service

Please join us on Sunday (7 October 2018) at 11:00 AM for “The Soul of Animals” — our Blessing of the Animals worship service for 2018 — presented by Cherrie Groves-Moussaoui, Pepper Lumina, and Susan Caldwell.

Our annual service in celebration of the animal companions who share our home in the interdependent web of all existence.

Bring all your family members — the furry, feathered, and finned, the slinky, and the slithering — to join us in the sanctuary and worship together.

Please do bring your pets either on a leash or in a carrier, as even the most docile animals can be unpredictable in new situations.

For this Sunday, nursery care will be provided for the smallest children and the rest of our children and youth will be with us in the sanctuary to bless the animals.

Our Give Away the Plate recipient for October 2018 is Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry.

Adult Religious Education — 7 October 2018

Please join us on Sunday (7 October 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.

This fall, we’re excited to introduce Faith Forward — a multi-part adult religious education series that will not only introduce visitors and new members to our faith but will also help those who’ve been here awhile to deepen their faith journeys.

This morning, we continue with Session 4 of UU History 101 — “A Question of Resilience and Courage.”

We will explore the contributions of two 19th Century ministers — Universalist Olympia Brown (the first woman ordained by a denomination in the U.S.) and Unitarian Theodore Parker — to our spiritual inheritance and our tradition of social justice advocacy.

Child care will be provided — See you then.

30 September 2018 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (30 September 2018) at 11:00 AM for “One Universalist” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Come and hear Rev. Barbara on her last Sunday at church till mid-November.

She is taking the next portion of her sabbatical and will be back with us for the Thanksgiving service on 18 November 2018.

Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for September 2019 is Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

Adult Religious Education — 30 September 2018

Please join us on Sunday (30 September 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.

This fall, we’re excited to introduce Faith Forward — a multi-part adult religious education series that will not only introduce visitors and new members to our faith but will also help those who’ve been here awhile to deepen their faith journeys.

This morning, we continue with Session 3 of UU History 101 — “A Question of Experience” — where we meet none other than Ralph Waldo Emerson.

We will explore the influence of the transcendentalism on 19th Century Unitarianism and how it carries over to the Unitarian Universalism of today.

Child care will be provided — See you then.

23 September 2018 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sundau (23 September 2018) at 11:00 AM for “The Power of a Timid Revolutionary” by Jeff Gauger.

All Souls member and Shreveport Times editor Jeff Gauger is in the pulpit this morning.

Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for September 2019 is Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

Adult Religious Education — 23 September 2018

Please join us on Sunday (23 September 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.

This fall, we’re excited to introduce Faith Forward — a multi-part adult religious education series that will not only introduce visitors and new members to our faith but will also help those who’ve been here awhile to deepen their faith journeys.

This morning, we continue with Session 2 of UU History 101 — “A Question of Love” — the story of George DeBenneville, his contributions to Universalism in America, and an exploration of foundational Universalist theology which holds that no one can be separated from love.

Each week, the session will include the stories of our history as well as a time of reflection on the influence of those who came before us on our faith and in our lives today.

Child care will be provided — See you then.

16 September 2018 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (16 September 2018) at 11:00 AM for “We Begin Again in Love” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

This service includes a burning ceremony for letting go of past regrets and recriminations and beginning anew.

Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for September 2019 is Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

Adult Religious Education — 16 September 2018

Please join us on Sunday (16 September 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.

This fall, we’re excited to introduce Faith Forward — a multi-part adult religious education series that will not only introduce visitors and new members to our faith but will also help those who’ve been here awhile to deepen their faith journeys.

We begin UU History 101 with a look at two of our Unitarian forebears — the 16th Century Spanish heretic Michael Servetus and the early 19th century American preacher and theologian William Ellery Channing.

Child care will be provided — See you then.