Category: Social Justice

25 January 2015 Adult Religious Education

ReproductiveJusticePlease join us on Sunday (25 January 2015) at 9:30 AM for our adult religious education class.

This week, we are taking a break from our Nature’s God study group.

Melissa Gibson will be facilitating a discussion on reproductive justice — our denomination’s 2012-2016 social justice study action issue (Reproductive Justice: Expanding Our Social Justice Calling).

Reproductive Justice is a complex issue that goes far beyond the often loud and simplistic arguments of “pro-life” vs. “pro-choice.”

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18 January 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

HenryWalkerPlease join us on Sunday (18 January 2015) at 11:00 AM for “The Age(s) of Colorblindness” by Henry Walker.

Join us as we welcome back retired civil rights attorney and All Souls member Henry Walker for this service in celebration of the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Much has been accomplished and much remains that is ours to do.  Dr. King dreamed of a time when “my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

It is a beautiful dream yet to be realized in an age when mass incarceration and growing economic disparity make “colorblindness” more of a fantasy born of white privilege.  Join us to hear a stirring message and to recommit to the dream.  The All Souls Choir will sing.

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, then are dismissed to their classes.

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7 December 2014 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (7 December 2014) at 11:00 AM for “Exodus from the Door of No Return: Journey of an American Family” by Dr. Roy Phillips, Sr.

As the season of giving and thanksgiving gives way to the season of light, we turn our attention to a remarkable man and a journey that began years ago with a conversation with the author Alex Haley.

Dr. Roy Phillips has traced the roots of his family back to slavery days and before — back to their origins on the African continent.

In the course of his search for his own roots, Dr. Phillips has formed a relationship with the descendants of the family who owned his own, and he will speak to us on that seemingly impossible journey of reconciliation.

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, then are dismissed to their classes.

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Caddo Parish Anti-Human Trafficking Summit (4 December 2014)

This summit will educate our community on commercial sexual exploitation of children in Caddo Parish.

When — Thursday, 4 December 2014, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Where — Missionary Baptist Church, 5340 Jewella Avenue, Shreveport LA

Panel Members:

  • Caddo Parish Juvenile Court
  • The Center for Families
  • Shreveport Police Department
  • Gingerbread House
  • Project Celebration
  • Direct Service Organization
  • The Center for Families
  • Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith

More information can be found in this flyer.

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2 November 2014 Adult Religious Education

CarltonSmithPlease join us on Sunday morning (2 November 2014) at 9:30 AM for our Adult Religious Education Class — A Discussion with Rev. Carlton Smith.  Rev. Smith serves as one of seven Congregational Life Staff in the Southern Region of the Unitarian Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and is the primary UUA contact for congregations in Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi and Pensacola FL.

Since we recently finished our Sunday morning discussion of the UUA Common Read (Paul Rasor’s Reclaiming Prophetic Witness), we’ve asked Rev. Smith to talk with us about his perspective on our prophetic role as Unitarian Universalists in the public conversation.

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26 October 2014 Worship and Religious Education for Children and Youth

LadyCarlsonPlease join us on Sunday (26 October 2014) at 11:00 AM for “The Prophetic Imagination” by Lady Carlson (Organizer for Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith).

We are delighted to welcome back Lady Carlson — and it might not surprise you to learn that she is all about our recent theme of speaking with a prophetic voice of faith as we work to create beloved community that never fails to consider “the least of these” and truly leaves no one behind.

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, then are dismissed to their classes.

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26 October 2014 Adult Religious Education

LadyCarlsonPlease join us on Sunday (25 October 2014) at 9:30 AM for our Adult Religious Education class — A Discussion with Lady Carlson (Organizer for Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith).

Come and spend a bonus hour with the always-inspiring and energizing Lady Carlson.  We may have some Walter Brueggemann, some Interfaith updates, some talk about the future of workforce development in Northwest Louisiana, some more inspiration for our own prophetic witness … we will just get started and see where it goes!

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Interfaith Get Out the Vote Campaign (25 October 2014)

On Saturday (25 October 2014) from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM, Interfaith will be involved with two different Get Out the Vote campaigns.

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The first campaign is an effort to pull people together to go to the Registrar of Voters Office on Marshall Street to vote early in advance of the 4 November 2014 election.  Early voting is going on now through 28 October 2014.

The second is to participate in a Get Out the Vote Campaign by phone banking at All Souls.  We are targeting specific households in specific precincts where voter turnout drops off drastically for midterm elections.

  • Bring your cell phone and we’ll give you a list to call as well as a script and a form for recording the results of your calls.
  • This is a strictly non-partisan Get Out the Vote effort not on behalf of any candidate or party.

Email Susan Caldwell for more information or just show up with your cell phone.

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19 October 2014 Worship and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (19 October 2014) at 11:00 AM for “Collective Choices and a Singular Punishment” by Beth Compa (Staff Attorney for the Promise of Justice Initiative of New Orleans)

Please join us to welcome Beth Compa who will explore the ways we are channeling our state’s resources and how we might strive to do that more responsibly:

Why do we pour money into the vengeful act of killing while others go hungry, young kids don’t have access to the early education that we know makes an essential difference in their lives, young working parents struggle to make ends meet — what other choices might we make to manifest the society and community we want?

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, then are dismissed to their classes.

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19 October 2014 Adult Religious Education

ReclaimingPropheticWitnessBookPlease join us this Sunday (19 October 2014) at 9:30 AM for our Adult Religious Education Class.

We will be continuing our discussion of the UUA Common Read — Reclaiming Prophetic Witness: Liberal Religion in the Public Square by Paul Rasor.

Rasor makes the point that this is a crucial time for a liberal religious voice that has gone missing from public dialogue.

This week, please read the epilogue. We currently have several paper copies of the book available at church.

Rev. Barbara Jarrell requests that all church members read this book — whether you’re taking the class or not.  She also says:

Toward sharpening our vision this single effort will add common references, language and understanding as we move forward together.  And it will help you be a more informed participant and contributor in those efforts.  Please join us in class or at least in reading if you can– if you will.

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