Category: Social Justice

All-Ages Worship (6 November 2022)

Please join us this Sunday (6 November 2022) at 11:00 AM for “Slave State” featuring special guest speaker Curtis Ray Davis II.

Wrongly imprisoned for 25 years in Angola, Curtis Davis got a firsthand look at what it means to be the property of the State of Louisiana.

He has worked tirelessly ever since to try and change that status for others who are still incarcerated.

Join us to hear his story, and to hear why now is the time to remove slavery from the Louisiana Constitution.

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.

Although the number of new COVID cases and hospitalizations has increased in the Shreveport metro area, we are still safe to have to in-person worship at this time.

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.

We are also required the wearing of masks for all in-person attendees for all indoor events.

Our November 2022 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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The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana — November 2022 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 November 2022, we choose the The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.

The Food Bank is the primary resource for fighting hunger in Northwest Louisiana.

The Highland Blessing Dinner, the Noel Food Pantry, and other food programs throughout the community are able to do a lot with a little because they get so much from the Food Bank.

Their vision is to ultimately end hunger and food insecurity in Northwest Louisiana.

All Souls is proud to assist them in this worthy goal.

Two ways to donate:

Online — Go to our donation site using this link.  If you are paying your pledge, select “2022 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 2022” or “Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana” in the comment section.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of November 2022 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 NW LA” on the memo line of the check if  you want to have 100% of this check go to The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.  If you want less than 100% of the check to go to The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana, please put the amount you want going to Food Bank on the memo line.

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Middle School / High School Bake Sale (29 and 30 October 2022)

Next weekend, we will have a bake sale sponsored by our middle and high school youth group.  The proceeds of this bake sale will go to Holy Cross Hope House:

  • Saturday, 29 October 2022, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (during Trunk or Treat Event)
  • Sunday, 30 October 2022, after the 11:00 AM Worship Service

Hope House provides essential services such as meals, mailboxes, phones, showers, and laundry services for unhoused people in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana.

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Online Adult Religious Education — Slave State Documentary Screening (2 October 2022)

Please join our adult religious education class on Sunday (2 October 2022) at 9:00 AM for a screening of the documentary film Slave State followed by a Q and A session with Slave State author Curtis Davis.  Our adult class will be meeting via Zoom.

This is a documentary film inspired by the book Slave State:  Evidence of Apartheid in America by Curtis Ray Davis II.

All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church is honored to host a screening of this documentary film.  This is an encore screening for those who could not attend our live audience screening last Saturday.

This is Policy Films first film of this length — produced in collaboration with the non-profit organization Decarcerate Louisiana.

The documentary highlights the grassroots movement by Decarcerate Louisiana to sponsor Louisiana legislation to remove slavery from the state constitution with the help of State Rep. Edmond Jordan of District 29.

Come and learn how slavery still exists in Louisiana along with the importance of voting yes on Amendment 7 on 8 November 2022 to abolish slavery in our state.

Here is the trailer for this film:

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League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier — October 2022 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 October 2022, we choose the League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier — a member organization of the League of Women Voters at the state and national levels.

Two ways to donate:

Online — Go to our donation site using this link.  If you are paying your pledge, select “2022 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution.  Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier and then put “GATP OCT 2022” or “LWVCB” in the comment section.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of October 2022 will go to League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier.

Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA  71106.  Please put “League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier” on the memo line of the check if  you want to have 100% of this check go to League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier.  If you want less than 100% of the check to go to League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier, please put the amount you want going to League of Women Voters of Caddo-Bossier on the memo line.

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Slave State Documentary Screening (24 September 2022)

Please join us this Saturday evening (24 September 2022) at 7:00 PM for an in-person screening of the documentary film Slave State.

This is a documentary film inspired by the book Slave State:  Evidence of Apartheid in America by Curtis Ray Davis II.

All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church is honored to host a screening of this documentary film.

This is Policy Films first film of this length — produced in collaboration with the non-profit organization Decarcerate Louisiana.

The documentary highlights the grassroots movement by Decarcerate Louisiana to sponsor Louisiana legislation to remove slavery from the state constitution with the help of State Rep. Edmond Jordan of District 29.

A Q and A session with author and activist Curtis Davis will follow the screening.

Come and learn how slavery still exists in Louisiana along with the importance of voting yes on Amendment 7 on 8 November 2022 to abolish slavery in our state.

Here is the trailer for this film:

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26 June 2022 UUA General Assembly Sunday Worship

We did not have an in-person worship service on Sunday, 26 June 2022.

Since church staff and church members were attending the 2022 Unitarian Universalist General Assembly (GA) in Portland, Oregon, we had an all-ages potluck and watched the livestream video of the Sunday GA worship from Portland instead.

You can watch the GA worship service here:

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