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
Please join us online this Sunday (5 April 2020) at 11:00 AM for our online streaming worship service — “Reclaiming Our Stories” by Mollie Corbett.
The worship video will be available on the All Souls Facebook page (live streaming and recorded).
Mollie is the creator of “Outlier” — a unique multimedia arts installation and advocacy vehicle for survivors of sexual abuse and assault.
On Sunday (5 April 2020) at 1:30 PM, the Shreveport chapter of Louisiana Trans Advocates will meeting online via Zoom (information for this meeting can be found on the Shreveport LTA Facebook group).
The Shreveport chapter of Louisiana Trans Advocates (LTA) meets on the first Sunday of every month at 1:30 PM.
Before the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, Shreveport LTA would meet in the All Souls Social Hall.
Shreveport LTA is meeting online for the 5 April 2020 meeting in order to flatten the Coronavirus curve.
All transgender, non-binary, and gender-fluid individuals are welcome along their supportive family and friends.
This group provides social support as well as practical advice for people at all points on the spectrum of gender identity and sexual orientation.
Please join us on Sunday (5 April 2020) at 9:15 AM for our online adult religious education class “Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19” with facilitator Susan Caldwell (we will be meeting online via Zoom using this link).
We all need to stay in our homes to flatten the curve of the spreading COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and yet our activism is needed now more than ever.
We’ll look at updates from the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Amnesty International, the Poor People’s Campaign, and the Industrial Areas Foundation for ways to stay engaged even as we stay home.
And we’ll check in to see how everyone is doing this week.
Please note this is a new link for the adult religious education class.
Because of security concerns, Zoom is now requiring a meeting ID and password for meetings. If you are a regular (or even semi-regular) class participant, please use this link to join the adult religious education class.
Please join us on Sunday (1 March 2020) at 11:00 AM for the 2020 Celebration of Women Service with our guest speaker LeVette Fuller (Shreveport City Councilwoman — District B).
At the beginning of Women’s History Month we are honored to welcome Councilwoman LeVette Fuller as our guest speaker for this annual celebration.
Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service. Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.
Please join us on Sunday (23 February 2020) at 11:00 AM for “The Love of Justice” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell and special guests.
This is a special service featuring songs of social justice and calls to action on many fronts featuring guest musicians Bob Jordan and Loren and Gus Demerath.
We’ll also hear an update from Gretchen Upton on the Sunrise Movement.
Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service. Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.
“When Lady Liberty Weeps” by Dr. Pamela McPherson
Please join us for the 21st annual World Religion Day celebration on 26 January 2020.
This event will be happening at The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA 71104) from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
As many as 18 different faith traditions have participated in this event, which includes table displays by each faith group as well as panel discussions and musical presentations throughout the afternoon.
We’re delighted to welcome as our keynote this year the Rev. Theron Jackson of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church — a dynamic speaker and longtime proponent of interfaith engagement and understanding.
Please join us on Monday (3 February 2020) at 7:00 PM for RiZe Up! — Roy Zimmerman in Concert at All Souls.
Admission is $25.00 (or whatever you can pay).
If you want to come to the concert, don’t let money stand in your way.
Join us, and bring your friends, to welcome Roy Zimmerman back to Shreveport and All Souls.
Roy’s signature blend of heart and hilarity has never been more necessary.
RiZe Up is ninety minutes of Roy Zimmerman’s original songs — a funny and forceful affirmation of peace and social justice.
It’s laughter and encouragement for progressive-minded people who need a lot of both.
Please join us on Sunday (19 January 2020) at 11:00 AM for “The Power of One” by Carolyn Jones.
Please join us on this Martin Luther King Sunday to welcome one of Shreveport’s own civil rights trailblazers.
From her childhood as the first African-American child to integrate Creswell Elementary to her current life as a businesswoman, musician, tireless community volunteer and activist, hers has been and is a remarkable life.
Ms. Jones will tell her story and (along with her nephew guitarist Maurice White III) will share music with us as well. Together, they make up the duo Acoustic Standard.
And in celebration of the holiday, please take the time to revisit this moment in Unitarian Universalist history, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the Ware Lecture at UUA General Assembly 1966.
Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service. Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.
You did it again!
Thanks to everyone who helped make the season brighter for 20 children in this community support program!