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
On this Sunday (8 December 2024) after the 11:00 AM worship service, please join us for a vegan potluck and screening of the documentary film Eating Our Way to Extinction.
Bring a plant-based dish to pass and join us for a viewing of this internationally acclaimed documentary.
Confronting and entertaining — this documentary allows audiences to question their everyday choices, industry leaders, and governments.
All attendees will have a chance to win $50.00 in cash for just being there.
The Mitten Tree is up in the sanctuary for the holiday season.
Bring new mittens, gloves, scarves, and warm outerwear for children, which will be contributed to Maggie Lee’s Closet at the Highland Center.
North Louisiana Interfaith cordially invites us to A Taste of Interfaith this Thursday (5 December 2024) from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at Stonewall Baptist Church (807 Eatman Street, Bossier City LA 71111).
This is an evening of food, entertainment, community building, and celebration.
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 December 2024, we choose North Louisiana Interfaith.
Interfaith is a broad-based organization whose members are institutions (including All Souls).
Over the years, we have realized that All Souls can do our most effective work in the community when we partner with others and interfaith is one of those partnerships we value highly.
Recently, Interfaith has secured funding from the Caddo Parish Commission to build four Community Lighthouses in the city of Shreveport (one already up and running at Morning Star Baptist Church).
Community Lighthouses are solar-powered grid resilience hubs that can save lives during multiday power outages in the aftermath of large disasters (tornadoes, summer storms, or winter storms).
Interfaith is currently beginning the groundwork to seek support for two locations in Bossier City as well.
Two ways to donate:
Online — Go to our donation site using this link. If you are paying your pledge, select “2024 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 DEC 2024” or “North Louisiana Interfaith” in the comment section. All online collection plate contributions for the month of December 2024 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.
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 November 2024, we choose the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.
The mission of the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana is to serve as the primary resource for fighting hunger in Northwest Louisiana.
Their vision is to ultimately end hunger in Northwest Louisiana by ensuring a consolidated network of effective food collection and distribution which will provide universal access to food for the needy in our communities.
Two ways to donate:
Online — Go to our donation site using this link. If you are paying your pledge, select “2024 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution. Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana and then put “GATP NOV 2024” or “Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana” in the comment section. All online collection plate contributions for the month of November 2024 will go to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of your check go to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana. If you want less than 100% of your check to go to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana, please put the amount you want going to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana on the memo line.
It’s Pledge to Vote Sunday in Louisiana (20 October 2024).
Have you taken the Pledge?
Scan the QR code provided above or go online here to take the pledge.
The All Souls goal is 50 persons taking the pledge from our congregation — we have met 42% of our goal.
Pledge to Vote is a person-to-person voter mobilization effort that has proven to increase voter turnout by up to 54%, with particular success increasing participation among the so-called ‘casual voters.’
By taking the pledge and then following through and voting, you become part of a large and broad coalition of active voters who can let our elected leaders know that we are paying attention and we vote.
Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East (Shreveport Chapter) will be screening FEDAYIN: Le Combat de Georges Abdallah (George Abdallah’s Fight) on Saturday (19 October 2024) at 3:00 PM.
The location for this screening is The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA 71104).
This 2021 documentary explores the life and struggle of Georges Abdallah — a Lebanese Arab advocate for Palestinian freedom who has been imprisoned in France for 39 years.
Abdallah was convicted in 1984 on charges of fighting with the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions against the Israeli military invasion.
He was eligible for parole in 1999 — yet despite approval by French judges and even a request by the Lebanese government that he be deported back to his home country — the French government has refused and he remains in prison.
Pledge to Vote is a person-to-person voter mobilization effort that has proven to increase voter turnout by up to 54% with particular success increasing participation among so-called “casual voters.”
By taking the pledge and then following through and voting, you become part of a large and broad coalition of active voters who can let our elected leaders know that we are paying attention and we vote.
Take the pledge now and talk to your friends about it.
If you have questions or concerns, please call or text Susan Caldwell or email her.
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 October 2024, we choose Students for Justice in Palestine (LSU-S Chapter).
Students for Justice in Palestine committed to raising awareness of the injustices inflicted on the Palestinian people by the Israeli military invasion and to foster social and political education for their own members and for the local and international community.
Two ways to donate:
Online — Go to our donation site using this link. If you are paying your pledge, select “2024 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution. Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to Students for Justice in Palestine (LSU-S Chapter) and then put “GATP OCT 2024” or “Students for Justice in Palestine (LSU-S Chapter)” in the comment section. All online collection plate contributions for the month of October 2024 will go to Students for Justice in Palestine (LSU-S Chapter).
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “Students for Justice in Palestine (LSU-S Chapter)” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of your check go to Students for Justice in Palestine (LSU-S Chapter). If you want less than 100% of your check to go to Students for Justice in Palestine (LSU-S Chapter), please put the amount you want going to Students for Justice in Palestine (LSU-S Chapter) on the memo line.
Please join us on Sunday (29 September 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 dual-platform adult religious education class will explore “A Tale of Three Cities (OK — Two Towns and a Forest).”
We wrap up this session on climate change as we look at two small Southern towns working their way toward 100% renewable energy — the hopes, dreams, and drawbacks — and a North Carolina farm family finding the balance between paper and lumber needs and reforestation.
