For this Sunday (7 January 2024), our children and youth classes will resume with a focus on world religions.
Category: Religious Education
Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 7 January 2024
Please join us on Sunday (7 January 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.
Our adult religious education classes resumes after the winter holidays with part I of Yalda: A Night for Forgiveness.
Join Taha Hayat as he hosts the showing of this film — a great follow-on to the book we just finished with its theme of repentance, restitution, and forgiveness.
The story takes place on the night of Yalda (the Persian solstice) when a young woman in Tehran who has accidentally killed her husband may receive the death penalty unless she can be forgiven by her husband’s daughter on national television.
The story is based on an actual reality show that aired in Iran from 2007 to 2018 and on the holiday of Yalda (celebrated every year on December 21st in Iran).
Taha recommends you watch this short film before Sunday if you want to learn more about the holiday — “Shab-e Yalda: A Persian Winter Solstice Celebration.”
Meditation with Larry Androes (6 January 2024)
Please join us on Saturday (6 January 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.
For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.
Children and Youth Religious Education (31 December 2023)
For this Sunday (31 December 2023), our children and youth will be preparing snack bags for Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention (LA-AID). These snack bags will be used by immigrants as they travel from Shreveport to relocate with families and friends.
For next Sunday (7 January 2024), our children and youth classes will resume with a focus on world religions.
No Adult Religious Education on 31 December 2023 — Class Resumes 7 January 2024
The adult religious education class will not be meeting this Sunday (31 December 2023).
The adult religious education class will resume on 7 January 2024 at 9:00 AM with part 1 of the film Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness. The class will watch part 2 on 14 January 2024.
The class will be meeting in person in the social hall or using Zoom.
Meditation with Larry Androes (30 December 2023)
Please join us on Saturday (30 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.
No Children and Youth Religious Education Classes (24 December 2023)
This Sunday (24 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.
Adult Religious Education Class Taking a Break (24 and 31 December 2023)
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.
Meditation with Larry Androes (23 December 2023)
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.
All Ages Worship (17 December 2023)
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.