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
Our weekly 9:00 AM Sunday adult religious education classes will be taking a break for the next two Sundays — no class on 24 and 31 December 2023.
We will have some special programming on 7 and 14 January 2024 — watch our website and social media announcements for updates.
Please join us on Saturday (23 December 2023) 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.
For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.
Please join us on Sunday (17 December 2023) at 11:00 AM for “The Light is Reborn — A Unitarian Universalist Winter Holiday Celebration.”
“In the greatest darkness, the light is reborn” — join us for a celebration of the light that is the common thread linking all our celebrations at this time of year.
We will also hear from Eva Peck about her art work for the All8 Principles Project.
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 risk 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 December 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
This Sunday (17 December 2023) will be an intergenerational worship service.
There will be no children and youth religious education classes happening during the worship service time.
Our children and youth will be staying in the sanctuary for the worship service.
Our weekly 9:00 AM Sunday adult religious education classes will be taking a break for the next three Sundays — no class on 17, 24, and 31 December 2023.
We will have some special programming on 7 and 14 January 2024 — watch our website and social media announcements for updates.
Please join us on Saturday (16 December 2023) 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.
For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.
For this Sunday (10 December 2023), our children (Pre-K thru Grade 5) will be using a program adapted from Moral Tales (a Tapestry of Faith curriculum by Alice Anacheka Nasemann and Elisa Davy Pearmain).
The lesson for this week is exploring the idea of working together.
This class is an exploration of our eight Unitarian Universalist principles through artistic expression.
On this Sunday (10 December 2023), we will revisit all 8 principles.
The All8 curriculum is the creation of Jil Novenski (Director of Religious Education — Community Unitarian Universalist Church of New York City) who has generously shared it with her colleagues.
Please join us on Sunday (10 December 2023) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.
For this Sunday only, our adult religious education class will be meeting on Zoom and not in person (the social hall is set up for the Sunday afternoon’s rummage sale).
We will continue reading the UUA Common Read for 2023 — On Repentance and Repair by Rabbi Damya Ruttenberg.
This week’s session covers the final chapter of the book — chapter 8 (“Atonement; or, What Is Effected?”).
We will explore the difference between repentance, forgiveness, and atonement.
Please join us on Saturday (9 December 2023) 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.
For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.