Religious Education – Page 2 – All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Shreveport, Louisiana

Summer Fun for Children and Youth (16 June 2024)

It’s Tie-Dye Sunday in the religious education wing during and after the 11:00 AM worship service.

Children and youth can tie-dye a t-shirt or other 100% cotton item for their Dad, for any special grownup, and for themselves.

We do have some extra, mostly adult size t-shirts they can use, but we recommend they bring one if they can just to get the garment and size that they want.

Kids and adults who want to tie-dye should definitely wear clothes that can handle getting stained with dyes.

These dyes are permanent by design — and though we do have t-shirt smocks they can wear to protect their clothing — we really recommend they wear something that won’t be tragic with a little extra color.

When you get to church please bring your garments down to patio behind the social hall to start them soaking in the soda ash solution that will help the dyes set better.

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (16 June 2024)

Please join us on Sunday (16 June 2024) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

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

This Sunday’s adult religious education class is a work in progress.

But we promise we will be there.

And we will know a lot more when we email the group on Sunday morning (and if you’re a newcomer, you can be surprised when you show up).

Meditation with Larry Androes (15 June 2024)

Please join us on Saturday (15 June 2024) 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.

The group is free and open to all.

All Ages Worship (9 June 2024)

Please join us this Sunday (9 June 2024) at 11:00 AM for “Space: For All Humankind” with guest speaker Krystle Beauchamp (NASA Solar System Ambassador).

Please join us this Sunday at a service for all ages featuring Krystle Beauchamp who will talk to all of us about her role as a Solar System Ambassador for NASA.

When she is not working her day job as Director of Communications for the Caddo Parish Commission, she embraces the opportunity to share her love of all things space with people of all ages.

Please join us for this astronomical experience.

We will be meeting in the sanctuary for this worship service. Please join us in person at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106 if you are able to do so.

Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.

The COVID risks for Caddo, Bossier and De Soto Parishes (the Shreveport metro area) are all low — the CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “low” risk areas.

See the CDC website and the COVIDActNow website for more details.

Starting on 13 November 2022, masks will be optional indoors at All Souls.

Anyone who prefers to keep wearing a mask is welcome to do so and attending worship through livestream video is also an option.

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.

Please use this link to evaluate the current COVID risk for the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area as you make your decisions regarding masking and other COVID preventive measures while attending All Souls.

We no longer require proof of vaccination against COVID for all attendees ages 11 and up for indoor events.

However, we do strongly encourage that anyone attending our worship services or other indoor events at All Souls be vaccinated against COVID.

Please use good judgment and stay home if you have any symptoms. Even those who have tested negative for COVID can later test positive.

Our June 2024 give-away-the-plate recipient is Louisiana Trans Advocates.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

Meditation with Larry Androes (8 June 2024)

Please join us on Saturday (8 June 2024) 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.

The group is free and open to all.

17 December 2023 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live. One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 17 December 2023 worship video here.

All Ages Worship (2 June 2024)

Please join us this Sunday (2 June 2024) at 11:00 AM for “The Adventures of JETPIG! UU Values in Action” featuring the children, youth, and adults of All Souls.

This summer at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly, delegates from across the country will vote on the proposed new UU values that will be incorporated into the revised Article II of the UUA Bylaws.

The children and youth have been learning about these values at the beginning and end of the church school year.

Come and learn more about JETPIG and his jetpack of justice, equity, transformation, pluralism, interdependence, and generosity (all powered by love).