Alternatives to Violence Project (18-20 August 2023)

All Souls is hosting an Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Basic Workshop with facilitators Kathy Osuch, Susan Yellott, and Bob Jordan.

Here are the dates / times for this workshop:

  • Friday, 18 August 2023 // 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Saturday, 19 August 2023 // 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM //  1:15 PM – 5:00 PM //  6:00 PM- 9:30 PM
  • Sunday, 20 August 2023  // 4:00 PM – 8:30 PM

This is an experiential workshop designed to change the way we deal with conflict and will be three full days of moving through the pillars of AVP:

  • Affirmation and Communication
  • Cooperation
  • Community Building
  • Transforming Power

This workshop is free and open to the public although donations to the church will be graciously accepted.

Registration Link Here

More info about AVP International Here

If you have any questions or need more information, contact Kathy Osuch  by email, phone, or text.

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 23 July 2023

Please join us on Sunday (23 July 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.

For that week, we will continue our discussion of Patrice Cullor’s An Abolitionist’s Handbook.  We will continue discussing this one chapter and our overall impressions of this book:

  • Step 12 — Fight the U.S. State rather than make it stronger

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 16 July 2023

Please join us on Sunday (16 July 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.

For that week, we will continue our discussion of Patrice Cullor’s An Abolitionist’s Handbook.  We will be discussing this one chapter and our overall impressions of this book:

  • Step 12 — Fight the U.S. State rather than make it stronger

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 9 July 2023

Please join us on Sunday (9 July 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.

For that week, we will continue our discussion of Patrice Cullor’s An Abolitionist’s Handbook.  We will be discussing this one chapter:

  • Step 12 — Fight the U.S. State rather than make it stronger

No Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education This Sunday — 2 July 2023

There will be no adult religious education class this Sunday (2 July 2023).

Please join us next Sunday (9 July 2023) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.  We are taking a break for the Fourth of July holiday weekend — please have a safe and fun holiday weekend.

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

For that week, we will continue our discussion of Patrice Cullor’s An Abolitionist’s Handbook.  We will be discussing this one chapter:

  • Step 12 — Fight the U.S. State rather than make it stronger

North Louisiana Interfaith — July 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 July 2023, we choose North Louisiana Interfaith (a community organization of institutions of which All Souls is a member).

Interfaith allows our congregation to accomplish many things we could not do alone — at both the local and statewide level.

The organization is non-partisan and intentionally crosses lines of race, religion, geography, and political affiliation.

Most recently, we secured funding from the Caddo Parish Commission for two pilot locations of the Community Lighthouse Project here in Caddo Parish.  Interfaith also launched a survey campaign to help emergency responders get to citizens in greatest need during the recent power outages.

Two ways to donate:

OnlineGo 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 North Louisiana Interfaith and then put “GATP JULY 2023” or “NORTH LOUISIANA INTERFAITH” in the comment section.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of July 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 North Louisiana Interfaith, please put the amount you want going to North Louisiana Interfaith on the memo line.

 

No Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education This Sunday — 25 June 2023

There will be no adult religious education class this Sunday (25 June 2023).

Please join us next Sunday (2 July 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.

For that week, we will continue our discussion of Patrice Cullor’s An Abolitionist’s Handbook.  We will be discussing this one chapter:

  • Step 12 — Fight the U.S. State rather than make it stronger

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 18 June 2023

Please join us on Sunday (18 June 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.

This week, we will continue our discussion of Patrice Cullor’s An Abolitionist’s Handbook.  We will be discussing these two chapters:

  • Step 8 — Practice Accountability
  • Step 9 — Embrace Non-Reformist Reform

Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education — 11 June 2023

Please join us on Sunday (11 June 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.

This week, we will continue our discussion of Patrice Cullor’s An Abolitionist’s Handbook.  We will be discussing these two chapters:

  • Step 8 — Practice Accountability
  • Step 9 — Embrace Non-Reformist Reform

Community Lighthouse Project — Caddo Parish Commission Meeting (8 June 2023)

Next Thursday (8 June 2023) at 3:30 PM, the Caddo Parish Commission will hold their regular meeting at Government Plaza in Shreveport, Louisiana.

North Louisiana Interfaith has asked the Caddo Parish Commission for $500,000 of seed funding to open two pilot locations of the Community Lighthouse Project.

Community Lighthouses are solar-powered resilience hubs where people can get warm (in winter), get cool (in summer), get water, and charge their phones and other devices when storms or ice have caused widespread power outages.

The Lighthouses will also be supported by a volunteer base of people who have learned the neighborhood and know where the needs are so portable batteries can be distributed where needed for medical devices.

There are two locations up and running already in New Orleans and here is a short video about their project: