All Ages Worship (22 June 2025)

Please join us on Sunday (22 June 2025) at 10:00 AM for an in-person viewing of the Sunday morning worship service streaming video at this years Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) General Assembly (GA) in Baltimore MD.

Please note that this 10:00 AM time is a change from the usual 11:00 AM worship service time.  We will have the church doors open at 9:30 AM so you can get settled in before the live video starts up.

We will be watching the live video from Baltimore along with the GA delegates and other Unitarian Universalists around the world while also enjoying a potluck brunch in the social hall.

Leading the year’s UUA GA gathering for 2025 will be the Rev. Dr. Nicole C. Kirk (the Rev. Dr. Frank and Alice Schulman Chair of Unitarian Universalist History at Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago).

Rev. Dr. Kirk is a historian of American Religious history and also currently serves as Program Minister at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa OK.

We will be meeting in the social hall for the screening of the General Assembly Sunday 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 not be livestreamed on Facebook Live for this week only — if you cannot attend for the in-person brunch event, you can watch the livestream video at home:

State-level COVID data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page.  The most sensitive metric to follow for current COVID trends is the “Laboratory Surveillance Data” link.  The link is currently showing COVID and RSV maintaining low levels with flu having a slight increase in our state as of 14 June 2025.

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 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is the OutNorthLA Film Festival.

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

All Ages Worship (15 June 2025)

Please join us on Sunday (15 June 2025) at 11:00 AM for “The Hidden Wisdom of Dad Jokes” by Bennett Upton.

Dad jokes are more than just silly puns and corny plays on words — join Bennett Upton to look a little deeper into the world of dad humor.

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.

State-level COVID data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page.  The most sensitive metric to follow for current COVID trends is the “Laboratory Surveillance Data” link.  The link is currently showing COVID,  flu and RSV maintaining a very low level in our state as of 7 June 2025.

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 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is the OutNorthLA Film Festival.

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

All Ages Worship (8 June 2025)

Please join us on Sunday (8 June 2025) at 11:00 AM for “Juneteenth” with Barbara Deger and friends.

Yes, we are a few weeks early — but to give Juneteenth and Father’s Day each their due — we decided to take this one first.

19 June 1865 was the day that news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally officially reached enslaved people in Texas although enslavers had known it much longer.

Why didn’t more of us learn this in school?

Join us to explore the history of the holiday, as well as current efforts in some cities to cancel the observance.

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.

State-level COVID data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page.  The most sensitive metric to follow for current COVID trends is the “Laboratory Surveillance Data” link.  The link is currently showing COVID,  flu and RSV maintaining a very low level in our state as of 31 May 2025.

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 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is the OutNorthLA Film Festival.

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

Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (11 June 2025)

Please join us next Wednesday (11 June 2025) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

Our weekly Zoom lunch is zoom-only this week.

If you do want to meet in person, send Susan a text message (318-465-3427) to let her know.

Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.

All Ages Worship (1 June 2025)

Please join us on Sunday (1 June 2025) at 11:00 AM for “Milestones: An Affirmation Sunday Service” in celebration of our children and youth and also honoring the graduation of Natalie Nicksic.

Our multi-age religious education class will give a presentation they’ve been working on, Natalie will speak, members of the All Souls Choir will sing, and there will be a few surprises as well.

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.

State-level COVID data can be found on the Louisiana Department of Health’s respiratory virus dashboard web page.  The most sensitive metric to follow for current COVID trends is the “Laboratory Surveillance Data” link.  The link is currently showing COVID and flu rates with a slight uptick as of 24 May 2025 while RSV is maintaining a very low level in our state.

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 2025 give-away-the-plate recipient is the OutNorthLA Film Festival.

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

Zoom Lunch This Wednesday (4 June 2025)

Please join us next Wednesday (4 June 2025) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

Our weekly Zoom lunch is zoom-only this week.

If you do want to meet in person, send Susan a text message (318-465-3427) to let her know.

Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.