Category: Social Justice

Online Adult Religious Education — 10 December 2023

Please join us on Sunday (10 December 2023) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

For this Sunday only, our adult religious education class will be meeting on Zoom and not in person (the social hall is set up for the Sunday afternoon’s rummage sale).

We will continue reading the UUA Common Read for 2023 — On Repentance and Repair by Rabbi Damya Ruttenberg.

This week’s session covers the final chapter of the book — chapter 8 (“Atonement; or, What Is Effected?”).

We will explore the difference between repentance, forgiveness, and atonement.

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Clothing Drive for Gaza (10 and 17 December 2023)

On this Sunday and next Sunday (10 and 17 December 2023), the Muslim Community of Shreveport (MCS) is conducting a clothing drive for the people of Gaza.

You can help — there will be a box in the foyer from 10 to 17 December 2023 for you to bring your gently used clothing –all styles and all sizes.

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North Louisiana Interfaith — December 2023 Give-Away-The-Plate Recipient

Each month we dedicate all of our non-pledge income to an organization doing the work that best embodies our Unitarian Universalist principles and values.

For the month of December 2023, we choose North Louisiana Interfaith as we finish out 2023 with our fulfillment of our membership dues to North Louisiana Interfaith — one of the important partnerships through which we’ve been able to accomplish real change in our city and state.

At a time when it would be so easy to settle into a scarcity mindset, let’s continue to give from our abundance to all that we know will do the most good — thank you!

Two ways to donate:

Online — Go to our donation site using this link.  If you are paying your pledge, select “2023 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution.  Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to the North Louisiana Interfaith and then put “GATP DEC 2023” or “North Louisiana Interfaith” in the comment section.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of December 2023 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 the North Louisiana Interfaith, please put the amount you want going to the North Louisiana Interfaith on the memo line.

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 3 December 2023

Please join us on Sunday (3 December 2023) 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.

We will continue reading the UUA Common Read for 2023 — On Repentance and Repair by Rabbi Damya Ruttenberg.

This week’s session covers Chapter 7 –“Forgiveness.”

Is forgiveness always necessary?  What do you think?

Join us whether you are reading the book or not.

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Taste of Interfaith (Sunday, 3 December 2023)

Taste of Interfaith is happening on Sunday (3 December 2023) from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM — All are welcome!

Taste of Interfaith is happening at Williams Memorial CME Temple (3301 St. Matthias Way, Shreveport LA  71119)

Come and join with our Interfaith partners as we celebrate this year’s victories, welcome new member institutions, and unveil our strategy for 2024.

This year’s event will be more of a celebration than a fundraiser, and in that spirit, tickets are free, but you must get a ticket to attend.

You can still register online.

In addition to celebrating the victories of 2023 and unveiling our plans for 2024, the event will feature music throughout the afternoon as well as food from our member institutions.

Let us know this Sunday if you are able to attend.

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All Ages Worship (26 November 2023)

Please join us on Sunday (26 November 2023) at 11:00 AM for “If Service is Our Prayer . . .” by Susan Yellott.

We welcome the All Souls Board Vice President Susan Yellott to our pulpit to speak on her experiences working with asylum seekers from all over the world through Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention.

Join us to hear Susan and find out if there’s a place for you as an LA-AID volunteer.

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.

The risk for Caddo, Bossier and De Soto Parishes (the Shreveport metro area) are all low — the CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “low” risk areas.

See the CDC website and the COVIDActNow website for more details.

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.

Please use this link to evaluate the current COVID risk for the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area as you make your decisions regarding masking and other COVID preventive measures while attending All Souls.

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.

Please use good judgment and stay home if you have any symptoms.  Even those who have tested negative for COVID can later test positive.

Our November 2023 give-away-the-plate recipient is the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.

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

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No Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education on 26 November 2023 — Class Resumes 3 December 2023

Our adult religious education class will not be meeting this Sunday (26 November 2023).

Our class will resume next Sunday (3 December 2023) at 9:00 AM.

This adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

We will continue reading the UUA Common Read for 2023 — On Repentance and Repair by Rabbi Damya Ruttenberg.

The book looks back to the 12th Century Jewish philosopher Maimonides as a guide to an authentic process for offering a real apology and making amends.

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Online Adult Religious Education — 19 November 2023 (online using Zoom for this week only)

Please join us on Sunday (19 November 2023) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is normally a dual-platform class — however, we are meeting only using Zoom for today’s class because the social hall will be set up for Sunday’s Thanksgiving Feast.

We will continue reading the UUA Common Read for 2023 — On Repentance and Repair by Rabbi Damya Ruttenberg.

The book looks back to the 12th Century Jewish philosopher Maimonides as a guide to an authentic process for offering a real apology and making amends.

This Sunday we will discuss Chapter 6 (“Justice Systems, or, What Consequences for Harm?”).

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 12 November 2023

Please join us on Sunday (12 November 2023) 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.

We will continue reading the UUA Common Read for 2023 — On Repentance and Repair by Rabbi Damya Ruttenberg.

The book looks back to the 12th Century Jewish philosopher Maimonides as a guide to an authentic process for offering a real apology and making amends.

In our next class, we will be discussing Chapter 5 (“On National Repentance; Or The Truth After Its Telling”).

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 5 November 2023

Please join us on Sunday (5 November 2023) 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.

We will continue reading the UUA Common Read for 2023 — On Repentance and Repair by Rabbi Damya Ruttenberg.

The book looks back to the 12th Century Jewish philosopher Maimonides as a guide to an authentic process for offering a real apology and making amends.

In our next class, we will continue our discussion of Chapter 4 (“Institutional Obligations”).

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