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
Melissa Lewis will be at the church parking lot this Sunday afternoon (3 April 2022) from 2:00 to 4:00 PM to collect food and other items for the Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry.
Items requested this month are tuna, grits, and saltine crackers.
You may bring the food to service on Sunday morning, or to the fire circle that afternoon for dropping the food off. And you can hang around to visit with Melissa and others.
Please join us on Sunday (27 March 2022) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
This Sunday we begin our work through the book Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad.
As the author says, “This is not a book you read, this is a book you do” and we will be discussing some of the journal prompts throughout the book.
Layla Saad is a black Muslim woman who was raised in the UK but who now lives in Qatar. She has written, taught, and offered workshops to a global audience.
Although the book was written for white people to confront their own attitudes in the effort to dismantle racism, people of color have commented that the book has helped with vocabulary for dealing with these issues.
This week we will discuss the last three introductory chapters in Part 1 (pages 17-26).
Please join us on Sunday (20 March 2022) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
This Sunday we begin our work through the book Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad.
As the author says, “This is not a book you read, this is a book you do” and we will be discussing some of the journal prompts throughout the book.
Layla Saad is a black Muslim woman who was raised in the UK but who now lives in Qatar. She has written, taught, and offered workshops to a global audience.
Although the book was written for white people to confront their own attitudes in the effort to dismantle racism, people of color have commented that the book has helped with vocabulary for dealing with these issues.
This week we will discuss the last three introductory chapters in Part 1 (pages 17-26).
Please join us on Sunday (13 March 2022) at 11:00 AM for “The Home We Share with All Living Things” by. Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
This will be an outdoor worship service with Rev. Barbara Jarrell and friends. Please join us on the playground 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.
And please remember that this weekend is the daylight savings time change (your clocks will “spring forward” one hour — luckily, most clocks do this automatically today).
Please join us for this special service in celebration of our shared Unitarian Universalist principles, the ways in which we live into them, and the ways in which we are still working toward that goal.
We look forward to participation from all ages including an Eight Principles Scavenger Hunt and sidewalk chalk art creations available to the children during the service.
The service will culminate with the “planting” of our new rainbow banner — this will be our fourth rainbow flag after the first three flags have been stolen. We are installing a special sign to let any potential thieves know that we will make donations in honor of their theft to local LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations.
Although we will be outdoors for this service, we do ask that you stay masked when you are in close proximity to others — especially when singing.
Our March 2022 give-away-the-plate recipient is The Power Coalition for Equity and Justice.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Please join us on Sunday (13 March 2022) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
This Sunday we begin our work through the book Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad.
As the author says, “This is not a book you read, this is a book you do” and we will be discussing some of the journal prompts throughout the book.
Layla Saad is a black Muslim woman who was raised in the UK but who now lives in Qatar. She has written, taught, and offered workshops to a global audience.
Although the book was written for white people to confront their own attitudes in the effort to dismantle racism, people of color have commented that the book has helped with vocabulary for dealing with these issues.
This week we’ll be watching a short video interview with Layla Saad and will discuss the first three introductory chapters in Part 1 through page 16 in the print edition.
Please join us on Saturday (12 March 2022) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for our monthly building and grounds work day.
Along with the other inside and outside tasks, we will be digging a new hole for yet another rainbow banner — the fourth one replacing the third one that was recently stolen.
This is in preparation for our Sunday worship service at 11:00 AM on 13 March 2022.
As part of Sunday’s worship service, we will also be placing a sign informing the thieves that every time they harm or steal the banner, All Souls will make a donation to an LGBTQ-friendly organization in their honor.
For screen readers — the graphic above is a montage of pictures of various people working on the building and on the grounds, doing various tasks — sweeping, weeding, vacuuming, changing light bulbs, cleaning gutters.
The information posted with the graphic is the same information found in this web site article including the sign that says “Any time this flag is damaged, defaced, or stolen, we will make a donation in your honor to an organization that advocates for LGBTQ+ community. Thank you for your support!”
Please join us on Sunday (6 March 2022) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
This Sunday’s topic is Anti-Racism Within Islam.
In a sermon now known as the Farewell Address, the Prophet Muhammad said:
“There is no superiority of an Arab over a non-Arab, or of a non-Arab over an Arab, and no superiority of a white person over a black person or a black person over a white person, except on the basis of personal piety and righteousness.”
Join us for a presentation on movements within Islam endeavoring to live into this teaching.
Melissa Lewis will be at the church parking lot this Sunday afternoon (6 March 2022) from 2:00 to 4:00 PM to collect food and other items for the Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry.
Items requested this month are Jiffy cornbread mix, canned soups (any brand), and cereal (any brand).
Our give-away-the-plate recipient for March 2022 is The Power Coalition for Equity and Justice.
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 March 2022, we selected the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice — an organization working locally and statewide to amplify the voices of those who have been historically ignored in our state and organize them into a unified movement.
The Power Coalition is framed by a commitment to the following shared principles:
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 Power Coalition. All online collection plate contributions for the month of March 2022 will go to the Power Coalition.
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “Power Coalition” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of this check go to the Power Coalition. If you want less than 100% of the check to go to the Power Coalition, please put the amount you want going to the Power Coalition on the memo line.