Category: Social Justice
All Ages Worship (28 June 2026)
Please join us this Sunday (28 June 2026) at 11:00 AM for “Uncomfortable Truths, Ultimate Love” by Kelli Coffey — a service in celebration of pride month.
Given recent events in our city, our state, and our nation, it is more important than ever that we honor the struggle and celebrate the triumphs of the LGBTQIAP community.
Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.
We are moving our videos from Facebook to YouTube for long-term storage and viewing — you can find our worship videos on YouTube here.
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.
Flu, RSV, and COVID are all showing low numbers in Louisiana as of 20 June 2026.
Masking and COVID vaccination are optional for attending in-person events at All Souls.
We encourage you to be vaccinated against COVID and to also have the most-current COVID booster shots. This provides greater protection to the individual and the church community.
Anyone who prefers wearing a mask is welcome to do so for in-person events and attending worship through livestream video is also an option where required for medical or schedule conflict reasons.
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.
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.
If you have symptoms for COVID or other respiratory illness, please stay home and take care of yourself.
Our June 2026 give-away-the-plate recipient is North Louisiana Interfaith.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (14 June 2026)
Please join us on Sunday (14 June 2026) 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.
For this Sunday, we will continue our viewing of “David Brooks: How America Will Recover from All This” followed by discussion.
David Brooks is a conservative commentator who always considered himself more “center right” — but like many who considered themselves an old school conservative — he has found the ground shifting rightward under his feet.
David Brooks is not a supporter of the current administration to say the least.
Agree, disagree, or perhaps a little bit of both — we think he has some interesting things to say about how we come back from the current state of affairs.
Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (7 June 2026)
Please join us on Sunday (7 June 2026) 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.
For this Sunday, we will watch “David Brooks: How America Will Recover from All This” followed by discussion.
David Brooks is a conservative commentator who always considered himself more “center right” — but like many who considered themselves an old school conservative — he has found the ground shifting rightward under his feet.
David Brooks is not a supporter of the current administration to say the least.
Agree, disagree, or perhaps a little bit of both — we think he has some interesting things to say about how we come back from the current state of affairs.
North Louisiana Interfaith — June 2026 Give-Away-The-Plate Recipient
Each month we dedicate all of our non-pledge income to a community organization doing the work that best embodies our Unitarian Universalist values.
For the month of June 2026, we choose North Louisiana Interfaith.
North Louisiana Interfaith is an organization of member institutions who work together to create real change in our community and across our state.
All Souls has been a member congregation of North Louisiana Interfaith for over 21 years, and we have worked together on many issues:
- Securing a renter’s code with the Department of Property Standards
- Working locally and at the statewide level for reforms to the state’s wasteful Industrial Tax Exemption Program
- Securing funding for two Community Lighthouses that are now up and running in Shreveport with two more set to open soon
- Worked with the statewide organization Together Louisiana to defeat the most recent set of disastrous state constitutional amendments
And for the broad-based multi-faith community that has grown out of this shared work, we are proud to be a supporting member congregation of North Louisiana Interfaith.
Two ways to donate:
Online — Go to our donation site using this link. If you are paying your pledge, select “2026 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution. Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to North Louisiana Interfaith and then put “GATP JUN 2026” or “North Louisiana Interfaith” in the comment section. All online collection plate contributions for the month of June 2026 will go to North Louisiana Interfaith.
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “North Louisiana Interfaith” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of your check go to North Louisiana Interfaith. If you want less than 100% of your check to go to North Louisiana Interfaith, please put the amount you want going to North Louisiana Interfaith on the memo line.
Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (31 May 2026)
Please join us on Sunday (31 May 2026) 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.
For this Sunday, we will explore “The Bill of Rights — Part 2: The Sequel.”
We are continuing our reading of some of our foundational documents with a reading and discussion of the Bill of Rights.
This week we want to continue that conversation where we left off and figure out where we want to go next.
Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (24 May 2026)
Please join us on Sunday (24 May 2026) 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.
For this Sunday, we will explore “American Apartheid is Back, Part 2.”
We will continue reading some of our nation’s foundational documents, but we are pausing that for the next two weeks for a look at one man’s response to the recent Louisiana v. Callais Supreme Court decision, the current repercussions, and those likely to come.
The man is Elie Mystal — correspondent for The Nation and author of the books Bad Law and Allow Me to Retort: A Black Man’s Guide to the Constitution.
We will watch part 2 of this interview with Mystal by Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Radio with time for discussion.
Religious Education for Children and Youth (17 May 2026)
Bake Sale and Bracelet Sale to benefit Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention.
Whether you’ve got cash, check, or card, this is the Sunday to bring your worthy donation to purchase some delicious baked goods and beautiful bracelets made by our children and youth along with their families and friends.
In the spirit of welcoming the stranger, all proceeds will be donated to Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention (LaAID).
So do a little shopping for bakery and bling before or after this Sunday’s congregational meeting.
Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (17 May 2026)
Please join us on Sunday (17 May 2026) 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.
For this Sunday, we will explore “American Apartheid is Back, Part 1.”
We will continue reading some of our nation’s foundational documents, but we are pausing that for the next two weeks for a look at one man’s response to the recent Louisiana v. Callais Supreme Court decision, the current repercussions, and those likely to come.
The man is Elie Mystal — correspondent for The Nation and author of the books Bad Law and Allow Me to Retort: A Black Man’s Guide to the Constitution.
We will watch this interview with Mystal by Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Radio in two parts with time for discussion each week.
Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (10 May 2026)
Please join us on Sunday (10 May 2026) 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.
For this Sunday, we will explore the Bill of Rights.
After we read the Declaration of Independence, the class got excited and said “Let’s read the Constitution!”
Then we decided to back up a little and start with the Bill of Rights.
There’s a growing movement of people rereading these documents that — even though written by land-owning and often people-owning white men — do actually belong to all of us and it’s time for us to dig in.