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
Please join us on Saturday (21 June 2025) 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.
For this Sunday, the children and youth will have an opportunity to create geodes from sugar, foil, paint, and glue.
Clothing choices should probably be something that can get a little messy (at least temporarily and washed later).
There will be no 9:00 AM adult religious education class on this Sunday (15 June 2025) and next Sunday (22 June 2025).
Sleep in a little later and join us this Sunday (15 June 2025) for the 11:00 AM Service (“The hidden Wisdom of Dad Jokes” with Bennett Upton).
Sleep in a little later and join us next Sunday (22 June 2025) for an 10:00 AM potluck brunch and group viewing of the live streaming video worship from the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly in Baltimore MD.
And join us when our adult religious education class returns on 29 June 2025 when we will be asking, “What makes you laugh?”
Whether it’s your favorite comedian, a cartoon, a meme, or even a story told to you by a friend, we all need a break from the horror of these times.
We need to laugh even if we’re laughing to keep from crying.
Please join us on Saturday (14 June 2025) 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.
Please join us on Sunday (8 June 2025) 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 topic will be Naomi Klein on the rise of end times fascism facilitated by Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger
We will view and discuss an interview with award-winning journalist, author, and Professor of Climate Justice at British Columbia University.
She spoke with Democracy Now host Amy Goodman about the recent article she co-authored with Astra Taylor (“The Rise of End Times Fascism“).
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor say:
We are convinced that the more people understand the extent to which the right has succumbed to the Armageddon complex, the more they will be willing to fight back, realizing that absolutely everything is now on the line.
Our traditional kickoff to the summer and one of our favorite summer fun activities for children and youth is happening on 8 June 2025 during the worship service.
Tie-Dye Sunday is back!
Parents — be sure that your kids are wearing clothes that won’t get hurt during the tie-dye activities — the dyes are permanent!
We will have oversized t-shirts children can wear as smocks if needed, but it’s better to send them in something that can stand a little extra color on this Sunday.
Also, we usually have plenty of dye and grownups attending the service are welcome to join us afterward to create their own wearable work of art.
Please join us on Saturday (7 June 2025) 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.
Please join us on Sunday (1 June 2025) at 11:00 AM for “Milestones: An Affirmation Sunday Service” in celebration of our children and youth and also honoring the graduation of Natalie Nicksic.
Our multi-age religious education class will give a presentation they’ve been working on, Natalie will speak, members of the All Souls Choir will sing, and there will be a few surprises as well.
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.
State-level COVID data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page. The most sensitive metric to follow for current COVID trends is the “Laboratory Surveillance Data” link. The link is currently showing COVID and flu rates with a slight uptick as of 24 May 2025 while RSV is maintaining a very low level in our state.
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.
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.
If you are recovering from COVID and have no symptoms, you should mask in public until you have tested negative twice in a 48 hour period.
We also ask that you go by the previous CDC guidelines of waiting at least 5 days past the onset of symptoms rather than the current 24 hour recommendation.
And of course — if you have symptoms (COVID or other respiratory illness) — please stay home and take care of yourself.
Our June 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is the OutNorthLA Film Festival.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Please join us on Sunday (1 June 2025) 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 topic will be “How Fascism Works Explained – A Video Exploration of the Book by Jason Stanley” and facilitated by Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger.