All-Ages Worship (2 October 2022)

Please join us this Sunday (2 October 2022) at 11:00 AM for our annual Blessing of the Animals worship service with Jennifer Russell and Eva Kate Peck.

Bring your ready-for-prime-time pets (either on a leash, carrier, or other appropriate container) to join us in the sanctuary to celebrate our shared home in the interdependent web of all existence.

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.

Although the number of new COVID cases and hospitalizations has increased in the Shreveport metro area, we are still safe to have to in-person worship at this time.

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.

We are also required the wearing of masks for all in-person attendees for all indoor events.

Our children and youth will remain with us for the entire worship service on this Sunday.

Our October 2022 give-away-the-plate recipient is the League of Women Voters of Caddo/Bossier.

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

Online Adult Religious Education — Slave State Documentary Screening (2 October 2022)

Please join our adult religious education class on Sunday (2 October 2022) at 9:00 AM for a screening of the documentary film Slave State followed by a Q and A session with Slave State author Curtis Davis.  Our adult class will be meeting via Zoom.

This is a documentary film inspired by the book Slave State:  Evidence of Apartheid in America by Curtis Ray Davis II.

All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church is honored to host a screening of this documentary film.  This is an encore screening for those who could not attend our live audience screening last Saturday.

This is Policy Films first film of this length — produced in collaboration with the non-profit organization Decarcerate Louisiana.

The documentary highlights the grassroots movement by Decarcerate Louisiana to sponsor Louisiana legislation to remove slavery from the state constitution with the help of State Rep. Edmond Jordan of District 29.

Come and learn how slavery still exists in Louisiana along with the importance of voting yes on Amendment 7 on 8 November 2022 to abolish slavery in our state.

Here is the trailer for this film:

Meditation with Larry Androes (1 October 2022)

Please join us on Saturday (1 October 2022) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

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.

Online Adult Religious Education — 25 September 2022

Please join us on Sunday (25 September 2022) at 9:00 AM for “WhUU Dat (yeah, we did that . . . join us anyway)” via Zoom and facilitated by Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger.

This Sunday we will continue our exploration of Unitarian Universalist theology by taking time to explore how we express ourselves when talking about our faith to others.

Children and Youth Religious Education for 25 September 2022

As the church year begins, our classes will be meeting separately for activities and discussion around our Unitarian Universalist principles and how they fit into our history and our daily lives.

For most weeks, they will be joining together for part of the hour to continue work on the updated mural in the middle and high school room.

PreK – 5th Grade — The group will continue the Toolbox of Faith series this week — focusing on the duct tape — a symbol of flexibility. Flexibility is a vital tool of the spiritual life.

Middle and High School — The group will continue their exploration of the prophetic people of our faith and continue their work on the mural.

Slave State Documentary Screening (24 September 2022)

Please join us this Saturday evening (24 September 2022) at 7:00 PM for an in-person screening of the documentary film Slave State.

This is a documentary film inspired by the book Slave State:  Evidence of Apartheid in America by Curtis Ray Davis II.

All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church is honored to host a screening of this documentary film.

This is Policy Films first film of this length — produced in collaboration with the non-profit organization Decarcerate Louisiana.

The documentary highlights the grassroots movement by Decarcerate Louisiana to sponsor Louisiana legislation to remove slavery from the state constitution with the help of State Rep. Edmond Jordan of District 29.

A Q and A session with author and activist Curtis Davis will follow the screening.

Come and learn how slavery still exists in Louisiana along with the importance of voting yes on Amendment 7 on 8 November 2022 to abolish slavery in our state.

Here is the trailer for this film:

Meditation with Larry Androes (24 September 2022)

Please join us on Saturday (24 September 2022) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

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.

Online Adult Religious Education — 18 September 2022

Please join us on Sunday (18 September 2022) at 9:00 AM for “WhUU Dat (yeah, we did that . . . join us anyway)” via Zoom and facilitated by Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger.

This Sunday we will continue our exploration of Unitarian Universalist theology and take a look back to the early Christian Church to see how our two streams of faith grew from those roots.

Children and Youth Religious Education for 18 September 2022

As the church year begins, our classes will be meeting separately for activities and discussion around our Unitarian Universalist principles and how they fit into our history and our daily lives.

For most weeks, they will be joining together for part of the hour to continue work on the updated mural in the middle and high school room.

PreK – 5th Grade — The group will continue the Toolbox of Faith series this week — focusing on the compass — a symbol of our integrity.  Like a compass, our integrity helps us move in the right direction in life.

Middle and High School — The group will continue their exploration of the prophetic people of our faith — in history and in the present day — and look at the relationship between our eight principles, our six sources, and our five pillars in the All Souls church year.