Adult Religious Education — 31 March 2019

Please join us on Sunday (31 March 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.  We will have a presentation on “Spread the Vote” with Candice Battiste (Director of Spread the Vote Louisiana).

Spread the Vote is a national organization that empowers and educates voters and also helps them to obtain the necessary state photo IDs to exercise their voting rights and participate in many other basic, daily activities of citizenship that many of us take for granted.

From the Louisiana Spread the Vote Facebook page:

Without ID it is almost impossible to obtain legal employment, to find housing, or even needed medical care. At Spread The Vote + Project ID , we work every day to help the most vulnerable members of our communities obtain the little card that changes lives.

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24 March 2019 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (24 March 2019) at 11:00 AM for “Celebration of Women:  Still Angry” by Melissa Gibson with help from Kathaleen Pittman and Loretta Casteen.

It is Women’s History Month across the nation and Celebration of Women Week in Shreveport-Bossier.

Join us to welcome All Souls member and local activist Melissa Gibson as we celebrate the achievements and accomplishments of those who’ve gone before and recommit ourselves for the great work that is still ahead.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

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Adult Religious Education — 24 March 2019

Please join us on Sunday (24 March 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.  Today’s class topic is “It’s Not Feminism if It’s Not Intersectional.”

Even as we express our gratitude for everything that first and second wave feminists have accomplished, we can still take the time to unpack the critique that these movements were largely for the benefit of white cisgender women (whether intentionally or obliviously).

History suggests a bit of both and both are symptoms of white privilege.

What does feminism mean today and who is at the table?  Join us.

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17 March 2019 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (17 March 2019) at 11:00 AM for “Dwelling in Peace … because It Matters” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

An important part of the task at hand is to learn how we speak with each other — and more importantly — how we listen to each other within our own walls.

Without this practice, we stand little chance of doing so in the wider world.

We are continuing this season’s focus on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web.

In this season of our church year, we honor our second principle (“justice, equity, and compassion in human relations”), our sixth principle (“the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all”) and our seventh principle (“respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part”).

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

We will host another “Lunch and Learn” potluck with our Committee on Ministry after the worship service.

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Adult Religious Education — 17 March 2019

Please join us on Sunday (17 March 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.

This morning, we will watch a video of a TED Talk by Robb Willer — “How to Have Better Political Conversations.”

As a social psychologist, Willer has some ideas on how moral values might serve to bridge the ideological divide as opposed to widening it, and how we might talk to each other in ways that better promote mutual understanding.

Join us for the viewing and discussion.

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10 March 2019 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (10 March 2019) from 11:00 AM for “Growing Justice” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

We are continuing this season’s focus on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web.

In this season of our church year, we honor our second principle (“justice, equity, and compassion in human relations”), our sixth principle (“the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all”), and our seventh principle (“respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part”).

We will have a new member signing ceremony as part of this worship service.  Please join us and welcome our new members.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

We will host another “Lunch and Learn” potluck with our Committee on Ministry after the worship service.

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3 March 2019 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (3 March 2019) at 11:00 AM for “Justice and U(U)s” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Continuing this season’s focus on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web, what is ours to do as Unitarian Universalists in the effort to bend the moral arc of the universe toward justice?

In this season of our church year, we honor our second principle (“justice, equity, and compassion in human relations”), our sixth principle (“the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all”), and our seventh principle (“respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part”).

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

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Adult Religious Education — 3 March 2019

Please join us on Sunday (3 March 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.

Join us to view the Together Louisiana Civic Academy video “The Louisiana Paradox: Why Louisiana Stays Poor.”

This video includes a look at one of many paradoxical zip codes in Louisiana.

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24 February 2019 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (24 February 2019) at 11:00 AM for “Parsing the Paradox of Peace” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell

Beginning this season’s focus on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web, we honor our second principle (“justice, equity, and compassion in human relations”), our sixth principle (“the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all”), and our seventh principle (“respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part”).

A newcomer session will follow the service. This is a time to view a video from the UUA, to tell us a little of your own story, if you are willing, and to ask any questions you might have about our congregation or about Unitarian Universalism. Childcare will be provided.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.  Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

 

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