Category: Social Justice

All Ages Worship (30 June 2024)

Please join us this Sunday (30 June 2024) at 11:00 AM for “What They Don’t Know” by Nida AbuBaker (daughter of Shukri AbuBaker of the Holy Land Foundation Five).

We will be meeting in the sanctuary for this worship service.  Please join us in person at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA  71106 if you are able to do so.

Our service will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live here if you cannot attend in person.

The COVID risks for Caddo, Bossier and De Soto Parishes (the Shreveport metro area) are all low as of 16 May 2024 according to the COVIDActNow website (no updates since then on this website).  These parishes are also reported as “low” on the CDC’s COVID CountyCheck website.

Additional data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page.

The CDC does not recommend mandatory masking for all indoor events in “low” risk areas.

Starting on 13 November 2022, masks will be optional indoors at All Souls.

Anyone who prefers to keep wearing a mask is welcome to do so and attending worship through livestream video is also an option.

We will still have KN95 masks available in the foyer for anyone who needs one.

We continue to recommend that you stay home if you have any symptoms, and that you keep up with all available vaccinations and boosters.

We no longer require proof of vaccination against COVID for all attendees ages 11 and up for indoor events.

However, we do strongly encourage that anyone attending our worship services or other indoor events at All Souls be vaccinated against COVID.

If you are recovering from COVID and have no symptoms, you should mask in public until you have tested negative twice in a 48 hour period.

We also ask that you go by the previous CDC guidelines of waiting at least 5 days past the onset of symptoms rather than the current 24 hour recommendation.

And of course — if you have symptoms (COVID or other respiratory illness) — please stay home and take care of yourself.

Our June 2024 give-away-the-plate recipient is Louisiana Trans Advocates.

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

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (30 June 2024)

Please join us on Sunday (30 June 2024) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

We will have a conversation with Nida AbuBaker (daughter of Shukri Abu Baker).

We are honored to have Nida join us for class this Sunday morning for an informal and wide-ranging conversation about her father’s arrest, trials, and imprisonment, her family’s experience, and her own life as the activist daughter of a Palestinian political prisoner in the United States.

Nida will join us via Zoom from her hotel room for the class and will be speaking in our pulpit in person at the 11:00 AM worship service.

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3 March 2024 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 3 March 2024 worship video here.

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (23 June 2024)

Please join us on Sunday (23 June 2024) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

We will be watching Part II of The Holy Land Five (a documentary exploring the arrest, trial, and subsequent sentencing of 5 leaders of the Holy Land Five Foundation — the largest Muslim charity in the U.S. until after 9/11 when it was shut down, assets seized, and leaders arrested by the FBI).

If you missed last week’s class and you want to watch Part I, you can find Part I of the documentary here.

The film features interviews with defense and prosecution attorneys, witnesses, and family members as well as courtroom recreations looking back at the case.

We will have discussion afterwards.

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14 January 2024 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 14 January 2024 worship video here.

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Online and In-Person Adult Religious Education (9 June 2024)

Please join us on Sunday (9 June 2024) for our adult religious education class at 9:00 AM.

Our adult religious education class is now a dual-platform class — meeting in person in the church social hall and also on Zoom.

For this Sunday, we will learn about “Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’:  A Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone.”

We will view and discuss a video on the work of Rise St. James and learn more about the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN).

We will also learn about other Louisiana citizens working to save their neighborhoods and families.

We will also learn about the “Cancer Circle” right here in Shreveport, surrounding the Calumet Industries refinery.

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The Holy Land Five Documentary Screening (14 June 2024)

Please join us on Friday (14 June 2024) at 6:00 PM for a screening of the documentary film The Holy Land Five (a film by Mohammad Omar).

We will be screening this film in the church social hall.

This film is a documentary exploring the arrest, trial, and subsequent sentencing of five leaders of the Holy Land Foundation (the largest Muslim charity in the US until after 9/11 when it was shut down, assets seized, and leaders arrested by the FBI).

The film features interviews with defense and prosecution attorneys, witnesses, and family members as well as courtroom recreations looking back at the case.

We will have a discussion afterward.

This event is sponsored by the Shreveport chapter of Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East.

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Louisiana Trans Advocates — June 2024 Give-Away-The-Plate Recipient

Each month we dedicate all of our non-pledge income to an organization doing the work that best embodies our Unitarian Universalist principles and values.

For the month of June 2024, we choose Louisiana Trans Advocates (LTA), a statewide organization offering support, resources, and advocacy for trans and non-binary youth and adults, their supportive family members, and allies.

The Shreveport chapter of LTA meets at All Souls this Sunday and on the first Sunday of every month from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM in the social hall.

Two ways to donate:

Online — Go to our donation site using this link.  If you are paying your pledge, select “2024 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution.  Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to LTA and then put “GATP JUN 2024” or “LTA” in the comment section.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of June 2024 will go to Louisiana Trans Advocates.

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

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26 November 2023 Worship Livestreaming Video

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 26 November 2023 worship video here.

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Upcoming Events — All Souls Peace Alliance (May and June 2024)

The All Souls Peace Alliance is exploring veganism as a spiritual practice.

All are welcome.

You do not have to be a vegan or vegetarian.  This is a non-judgmental group exploring together avenues for peace in our world.

The All Souls Peace Alliance is a part of the Interfaith Vegan Coalition and the All Souls Peace Alliance is guided by our Unitarian Universalist principles and the sources of our living tradition.

Upcoming Activities

For more information, please text Rev. Joy Walker (Peace Advocate) or Susan Caldwell (Director of Lifespan Religious Education).

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