Holy Cross Hope House — March 2021 Give-Away-The-Plate Recipient

Our Give Away the Plate recipient for the month of March 2021 is Holy Cross Hope House (a day shelter for the homeless at 762 Austen Place, Shreveport LA  71101).

This month, we’re asking that when you donate money for Hope House to All Souls and All Souls will get the money to Hope House at the end of the month.

Two ways to donate:

OnlineGo to our donation site using this link.  If you are paying your pledge, select “2021 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution.  Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to Hope House.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of March 2021 will go to Hope House.

Offline — Please send your Give Away the Plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA  71106.  Please put “Hope House” on the memo line of the check if  you want to have 100% of this check go to Hope House.  If you want less than 100% of the check go to Hope House, please put the amount you want going to Hope House on the memo line.

UPDATE — Noel Food Pantry Donation Drive This Week (7 March 2021)

Today (Sunday, 7 March 2021) from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Melissa Lewis will be at All Souls collecting donations for the Noel United Methodist Church food pantry.

The Noel Food Bank is asking for new and unused travel-size toiletries:

  • lotion
  • toothbrushes
  • shampoo
  • conditioner
  • body wash
  • deodorant

No mouthwash please.

UPDATE — Noel Food Pantry Donation Drive This Week (28 February 2021)

Our apologies for posting inaccurate information about this on our web site.

Today (Sunday, 28 February 2021) from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, Melissa Lewis will be at All Souls collecting donations for the Noel United Methodist Church food pantry.

The Noel Food Bank is asking for new and unused travel-size toiletries:

  • lotion
  • toothbrushes
  • shampoo
  • conditioner
  • body wash
  • deodorant

No mouthwash please.

Online All-Ages Worship (28 February 2021)

Please join us on Sunday (21 February 2021) at 11:00 AM for “Can We Talk?” by Wealthia Jackson.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

We are honored and delighted to welcome All Souls member Wealthia Jackson to our virtual pulpit.

Using her own recent research within a local group that meets to discuss race relations in Shreveport as well as some guiding principles from the book Talking Across the Divide by Justin Lee, Wealthia will explore some ways we might begin difficult conversations with the people in our lives who do not share our views.

We will have a  virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in.  You can let us know using these online surveys.

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

 

Online All-Ages Worship (21 February 2021)

Please join us on Sunday (21 February 2021) at 11:00 AM for “Reparations:  A Debt Owed” by Candice Battiste.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

This Sunday, please join us to welcome Ms. Candice Battiste (Northwest Louisiana organizer for the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice) who will speak on the topic of paying reparations to African Americans for the years of slavery and the resulting long-term inequities of political access and generational wealth-building.

We will have a  virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in.  You can let us know using these online surveys.

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

 

First Sunday Food Pantry Day (7 February 2021)

Melissa Lewis will be outside in front of the church building collecting food for Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry on the first Sunday afternoon of February 2021 (7 February 2021) from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM.

Requested foods this month:

  • canned soup
  • canned green beans
  • 12 oz boxes of breakfast cereal

First Sunday Food Pantry Day (7 February 2021)

Melissa Lewis will be outside in front of the church building collecting food for Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry on the first Sunday afternoon of February 2021 (7 February 2021) from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM.

Requested foods this month:

  • canned soup
  • canned green beans
  • 12 oz boxes of breakfast cereal