All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Shreveport, Louisiana
A home for Unitarian Universalism and liberal religion in Shreveport, Bossier City, and Northwest Louisiana since 1950
Please join us at 11:00 AM on Sunday (28 December 2014) for “This I Believe” with Robin Harris, Cherrie Groves Moussaoui, and Juan Villarreal.
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.
For this Sunday, our children and youth will have a low-key holiday movie day.
Please join us for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship Service — Wednesday (24 December 2014) at 6:30 PM.
This service is a service of lessons and carols with Rev. Susan Smith
and Rev. Barbara Jarrell. We will also have music from the All Souls Choir under the direction of Robert Smith with guest musicians Sally Horak Hundemer, Elaine Proctor Webb, Thomas Hundemer, and Deborah Scarlato.
Please join us on Sunday (21 December 2014) at 11:00 AM for “Cycles of Transformation: Tending the Seeds of Wisdom and Compassion” by Larry Androes.
On this Winter Solstice, Larry will speak of cycles of change and the skills for being present with change.
Larry is a member of All Souls and has taught the Saturday morning meditation group for more than 25 years.
Please join us on Sunday (14 December 2014) at 11:00 AM for “Who Is My Neighbor?”
This simple question asked of Jesus brought an answer that shaped his most important teachings.
Join us as we explore the legacy of our Jewish and Christian Heritage and hear The Christmas Menorahs story — a modern tale of a community that remembered and put into practice the very best of both traditions.
A holiday party for children and youth will follow the service (before and during the Congregational Business Meeting at 12:30 PM). Games, crafts, snacks, and gift-wrapping for the children receiving gifts through the PORTALS program offered by Community Support Programs, Inc.
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.
Please join us on Sunday (30 November 2014) at 11:00 AM for “Giving Thanks the Pagan Way.”
In this season of Giving and Thanksgiving, Rovena Windsor and members of Ár nDraíocht Féin (a Druid group meeting weekly at All Souls) offer this service in celebration of all the gifts of Earth. Amanda Lawrence is the Worship Associate.
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.
Please join us on Sunday (23 November 2014) at 11:00 AM for Thanksgiving Service and Feast.
Rev. Barbara Jarrell will be back in the pulpit this morning and that alone would be great cause for Thanksgiving.
Join us to celebrate this and all the many blessings we share. The service features an open and inclusive communion ritual that celebrates community and gratitude.
Stay afterward to join us for a bountiful Thanksgiving Potluck Feast. You can contact Amanda Lawrence to let her know what you will be bringing or to find out what still might be needed. But even if you can’t bring anything, please join us. You will always have a place at the table.
Please join us on Sunday (16 November 2014) at 11:00 AM for “The Francis Effect” by Dr. Peter Huff.
Adored by millions (and a little unsettling to a few cardinals), Pope Francis is changing the face of the papacy.
Come and join us to learn more about this groundbreaking Pope and what his papacy may ultimately mean to the Church and the world.
Dr. Peter Huff of Centenary College has been a great friend to All Souls.
He is a past recipient of our Emerson Award for his silent meditative protest at the beginning of the Iraqi War and for all that he has done for interfaith unity and understanding in our community.
Many of you will remember that he also gave the prayer at Barbara’s ordination.
We are saddened to say that this will be our last opportunity to hear him in our pulpit as he has accepted a position at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota.
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.
Please join us on Sunday (9 November 2014) for our 11:00 AM Worship — “Life is a (Mission) Trip” by Rev. Ron Robinson.
Come and find out …
… what a very few people can become and do when their lives catch on fire with mission to love who and what others find unloveable, or as we say, when they love the hell out of this world, and how this is part of a big revolution in the why of church, that affects the how, the what, and the who of church.
Rev. Ron Robinson is Executive Director of the Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship, adjunct faculty in practical theology and director of ministerial formation at Phillips Theological Seminary, and founder of the Welcome Table Church and A Third Place Community Foundation in Turley OK.
You can also join us at 9:30 AM for an Adult Religious Education hour with Rev. Robinson.
Please join us on Sunday (2 November 2014) at 11:00 AM for “We’ve Never Seen Anything Like this Before!” by Rev. Carlton Elliott Smith:
Launching from a story in the New Testament, we will explore what it means to create powerful relationships, to dare to try new things, and to make a difference in the lives of others.
The All Souls Choir will sing — many thanks to Robert Smith for stepping in to direct the choir.
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.
Previously, he was a parish minister, serving Unitarian Universalist congregations in New York/Northern New Jersey, northern California, greater Boston, and northern Virginia. He lives in his hometown in northwest Mississippi. Please join us to welcome Rev Smith to All Souls.
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.