Category: Social Justice

Please join us on Sunday (1 May 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Righteous Among the Nations” by Susan Caldwell.

The title refers to the distinction bestowed posthumously by Yad Vashem (the World Holocaust Remembrance Center) upon Waitstill and Martha Sharp for their work with the Unitarian Service Committee arranging safe passage for Jewish refugees out of Third Reich Countries.

They are two of only three Americans so honored.

(Photo from UU World article “Righteous among the nations” published 5 June 2006)

On this day when Shreveport observes its own Holocaust Remembrance Service, Susan Caldwell is in the pulpit this morning to tell their story and to look at its implications for all of us in this Season of the Earthling (celebrating our connection to all life in the interdependent web).

Shreveport’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Service is a multi-faith service held each year in a different house of worship in the community.

This year’s service is at St. Mary of the Pines Catholic Church at 3:00 PM on Sunday (1 May 2016).

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 (17 April 2016) at 11:00 AM for “The Home We Share with All Living Things” with Rovena Windsor, Kathy Osuch, and Cindy Mandarino.

This past Friday (22 April 2016) marks the 46th annual celebration of Earth Day.

Earth Day originally begun as an environmental teach-in by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970.

Join us for this Sunday’s service in celebration of the occasion as three of our members speak on the different ways that a connection to the Earth has shaped their own spirituality.

And join us afterward in the Social Hall for vegan/vegetarian potluck — bring your favorite meatless dishes to share.

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 (10 April 2015) at 11:00 AM for “I Cannot Do Everything, But I Can Do Something” presented by the children, youth, and adults of All Souls.

Inspired by the words of Edward Everett Hale (often attributed to Helen Keller who did live them whether she originally said them or not), this morning’s service celebrates our pillar on peace, social justice and the interdependent web along with our sixth and seventh principles.

Our connection to each other and all life calls us to do what we can do for the good of all whatever that may be.

Children in the 2nd-5th Grade Class and Middle/High School youth should meet their teachers in their respective classrooms at 10:30 AM.

Please join us on Sudan (6 March 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Storytelling as a Tool for Justice” by Annette Simmons.

It is Celebration of Women Week — the beginning of Women’s History Month — and Annette will join us to talk about the power of story in justice work.

Through her company (Group Process Consulting, LLC), Annette works with various companies and groups to teach the power of story as a way to build cohesiveness and a common vision.

She also coordinates local storytelling events as a way of building bridges across boundaries of race, class, gender, and all the other differences that might divide us.

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 (28 February 2016) at 11:00 AM for “A Criminal Justice Nightmare” by Henry Walker.

Join us to hear one of our most requested guest speakers who is also a most informative and inspiring civil rights attorney — All Souls member Henry Walker.

He will be speaking on the work that is ours to do if we are to live according to our principles in this community and in this nation.

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 (17 January 2016) at 11:00 AM for our guest speaker Ms. Maxine Sarpy — “Honoring the Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”

Ms. Sarpy is our guest in the pulpit this morning as we honor Dr. King’s legacy along with the struggles and triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement right here in Shreveport.

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.