26 July 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (26 July 2015) at 11:00 AM for “Shining the Light of History” by Pamela Carter Carlisle.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett once said “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”

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Join us as we hear Pamela Carter Carlisle (All Souls Member and Local History / Public Outreach Specialist for the Bossier Library Historical Center) shine that light of truth into some of the darkest places of the racial history of our own area once known as “Bloody Caddo.”

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.

Half-Price Wedding Rentals for Same-Sex Couples

SameSexWeddingCakeToppersFor non-member same-sex couples, we are offering half-price rates for renting our facilities for your wedding until 26 June 2016.

As always, members who have been active for six months or longer are entitled to use the sanctuary and/or social hall for weddings and other rites of passage at no charge.

More details can be found here.

28 June 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Rainbow_flag_breezePlease join us on Sunday (28 June 2015) at 11:00 AM for “Celebrating Pride” with Pam Brown.

June is LGBTQ Pride Month — a time to celebrate the hard-won gains that have come about for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning individuals and to recommit our congregation in continued solidarity to the ongoing struggle.

Come and welcome Pam Brown to our pulpit for the first time.  Melissa Gibson will be our worship associate and Bob Jordan will provide the music.

Don’t miss this wonderful service, and plan to bring a dish to share and stay afterward for the Rainbow Potluck.

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.

3 May 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

BrianSalvatorePlease join us on Sunday (3 May 2015) at 11:00 AM for the annual presentation of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to Dr. Brian Salvatore during our worship service.

Each year All Souls presents the Emerson Award to an individual or organization who has best exemplified the principles and values of liberal religion.

This year, a number of our congregants nominated Dr. Salvatore for his relentless work to raise public awareness of the proposed open burn of the M6 propellents at Camp Minden and for his commitment to follow through as a member of the Dialogue Committee for the purpose of finding a safer method of disposal.

Dr. Salvatore will also be our guest speaker for the service which will also feature music from the All Souls Choir, Sandra Odom and Lip Service Trio (Barbara Jarrell, Sandra Odom, and Cookie Garner)

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.

26 April 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

RevLeeJeterPlease join us on Sunday (26 April 2015) at 11:00 AM for “My Brother’s Keeper” by Rev. Lee Jeter (Director of the Fuller Center for Housing of Northwest Louisiana).  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 and then are dismissed to class.

19 April 2015 All-Ages Worship Service

earth_day_2010_by_CrypticDisdainPlease join us on Sunday (19 April 2015) at 11:00 AM for “Living on a Living Planet” — A Celebration of Earth Day with the Children, Youth and Adults of All Souls

Continuing our focus on the “Interdependent Web of All Existence” — we celebrate Earth Day with a focus not only on what we can do to take care of the planet, but also on the realization that taking care of the home we share includes taking care of each other.

Therefore, our focus is on “Peace, Social Justice and the Interdependent Web” — knowing, as Radha Sahar has said, that “everything relates to everything else.”  Please join us in celebration.

The All Souls Choir will sing (featuring Robert Smith on soprano sax) and we will have guest guitarists Mason Upton and Bob Jordan as well.

22 March 2015 Adult Religious Education

WaitstillandMarthaSharpPlease join us at 9:30 AM for the documentary The Minister’s War: The Story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp — the powerful, true story of a Unitarian minister and his wife who rescued hundreds of people from Nazi persecution in Europe (many of them children).

They are two of only four American citizens honored as “Righteous Among the Nations” by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Israel.

Faithful Hearts, Strong Communities Prayer Breakfast (21 March 2015)

Prayer-Breakfast-Logo-March-2015Saturday, 21 March 2015 — 8:00 – 10:00 AM
Church for the Highlands / The Highland Center
520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA

Tickets $10.00 at the door or available from Interfaith leaders

Keynote:  Rev. John Henson of Church for the Highlands

Other speakers and guests will include:

A gathering of clergy and laity of the various faiths represented by our organization to pray for our public officials and the issues they are facing and for our citizens who are standing up for change.

The meal will be provided by the wonderful Lashon Stubbs of the Highland Center kitchen, along with her loyal minions (volunteer Interfaith leaders).

15 March 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

ChristaPazzagliaPlease join us on Sunday (15 March 2015) at 11:00 AM — Christa Pazzaglia from Hope for the Homeless is our guest in the pulpit this morning as we continue the Season of the Friend (celebrating our Second Principle, Justice, Equity and Compassion in Human Relations).

Christa will explore the injustices of the homeless system and what all the local providers are doing together to change it.

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.