Category: Worship

26 October 2014 Worship and Religious Education for Children and Youth

LadyCarlsonPlease join us on Sunday (26 October 2014) at 11:00 AM for “The Prophetic Imagination” by Lady Carlson (Organizer for Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith).

We are delighted to welcome back Lady Carlson — and it might not surprise you to learn that she is all about our recent theme of speaking with a prophetic voice of faith as we work to create beloved community that never fails to consider “the least of these” and truly leaves no one behind.

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.

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19 October 2014 Worship and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (19 October 2014) at 11:00 AM for “Collective Choices and a Singular Punishment” by Beth Compa (Staff Attorney for the Promise of Justice Initiative of New Orleans)

Please join us to welcome Beth Compa who will explore the ways we are channeling our state’s resources and how we might strive to do that more responsibly:

Why do we pour money into the vengeful act of killing while others go hungry, young kids don’t have access to the early education that we know makes an essential difference in their lives, young working parents struggle to make ends meet — what other choices might we make to manifest the society and community we want?

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.

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12 October 2014 Worship for All Ages

Please join us on Sunday (12 October 2014) at 11:00 AM for “The Prophet’s Toolbox.”

Do you want to know how to pack a Toolbox of Faith?

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Join the children, youth and adults of All Souls as we explore the tools we need to practice our faith and to walk it out into the world as modern-day prophets.

The service will include music from Mason Upton and from the All Souls Choir.

The children and youth will be with us for the entire time in the sanctuary.  Next Sunday (19 October 2014), they begin their pillar on Jewish and Christian Heritage.  As always, nursery care will be provided during this service for very young children.

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5 October 2014 Worship and Religious Education for Children and Youth

BlankPagePlease join us on Sunday (5 October 2014) at 11:00 AM for our worship service — “A Blank Page” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

In this season when our Jewish friends are celebrating the High Holidays (which culminate in the observance of Yom Kippur — the Day of Atonement) we pause to “forgive ourselves and each other, and to begin again in love.”  This Sunday’s service will include a ritual of releasing that which does not serve.

Special musical guests will be Keith Grimwood (Trout Fishing in America) and Sandra Odom.

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.

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28 September 2014 Worship and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (28 September 2014) at 11:00 AM for “I Know the War on Women Is Real” by Melissa Gibson.

Many advances we thought we had won for women are now once again in jeopardy.  But while you’ll hear the bad news, you’ll also be reminded of what we can do as individuals and as a community to preserve and expand the rights of women — and in so doing, create a better world for all people.

Oh — and you’ll also get a new take on the Cinderella story.

Mason Upton is our special musical guest.

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.

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21 September 2014 Worship and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (21 September 2014) for our 11:00 AM Worship Service — “Turning Rocks to Reason” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

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Rev. Jarrell is back in the pulpit this morning and we welcome our special musical guest Dirty Red.

At this time of year, our friends in the Jewish community are observing Rosh Hashanah, or “the head of the year” (Jewish New Year) , the beginning of the High Holy Days, and a time of new beginnings as well as casting off what no longer serves.

Join us for apples and honey and the sweetness of a fresh start.

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.

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14 September 2014 Worship and Religious Education

Please join us on Sunday (14 September 2014) for our 11:00 AM Worship Service — “Turning and Returning:  A Homecoming Celebration.”

Rev. Barbara Jarrell is in the pulpit this morning.  The All Souls Choir will sing with special guests Lane Bayliss, Joel Boultinghouse, and vocal soloist Terry McNeil.

We will have an Ingathering of New Members, and we will honor those members of 25 years and longer standing.

Children and youth will be in the service for the first 15-20 minutes and then go to their Religious Education classes.

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7 September 2014 Worship and Religious Education

Please join us on Sunday (7 September 2014) at 11:00 AM for “To Be Religious Liberals in a Trying State.  Rev. Barbara Jarrell is back in the pulpit this morning and the All Souls choir will sing.

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Havard Scott and Sergio Prieto of Shreveport were legally married in another state in 2010, and are one of four couples who sued to challenge Louisiana’s ban on same-sex marriage and failure to recognize the legality of their own marriage. On Wednesday, Federal District Judge Martin Feldman bucked the trend of recent court rulings and upheld the ban.

Weeks like this past one can make the road seem longer and rockier.  Let us gather for companionship and new energy for the journey.

Children and youth will be in the service for the first 15-20 minutes and then go to their Religious Education classes.

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31 August 2014 Worship and Religious Education

Please join us on Sunday (31 August 2014) at 11:00 AM for our Sunday Worship — “Prophetic Witness: Two Portraits.”

All Souls members Richard Denton and Steve Caldwell will speak on men from our Unitarian, Universalist, or Unitarian Universalist history who have inspired or influenced their own faith journeys.

Children and youth will be in the service for the first 15-20 minutes and then go to their Religious Education classes.

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24 August 2014 Worship and Religious Education

Please join us on Sunday (24 August 2014) at 11:00 AM for our worship service and religious education classes for children and youth.

The sermon will be “AVP and You” by Robert Jordan PhD and Kathryn Osuch LPC LMFT.

All Souls members Kathy Osuch and Bob Jordan are trained facilitators in the Alternatives to Violence Project — a program that has transformed lives in schools, churches, prisons, and wherever the workshops have been offered.  They hope to offer the workshops again at All Souls in the near future and — considering recent events both far and near — the experience will be a timely one for all of us.

Children and youth will be in the service for the first 15-20 minutes and then go to their Religious Education classes.

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