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 on Sunday (22 December 2013) at 10:30 AM for Season of Light, Season of Love — A celebration of Yule and Christmas with the children, youth and adults of the church. The All Souls choir will sing.
We will also be having an all-ages Sunday Brunch at 9:15 AM.
Religious Education Classes for Children, Youth, and Adults will resume on Sunday, 5 January 2014, at 9:00 AM.
Nursery care will still be available this Sunday, Christmas Eve (24 December 2013), and 29 December 2013.
Please join us on Tuesday (24 December 2013) at 6:30 PM for our Christmas Eve service — An inclusive celebration of Christmas Eve, featuring candles, carols, and a reading of the Christmas story from Luke.
All are welcome.
Please join us at 10:30 AM on Sunday (8 December 2013) for “The Spirit of This Church and The Season” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Religious Education Classes for Children, Youth and Adults will happen at 9:00 AM.
The Children and Youth continue their exploration of our Jewish and Christian heritage, including the stories of this Season of Light.
At 9:00 AM, we continue our new adult class — Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers and Religious Liberals.
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Please join us on Sunday (1 December 2013) at 10:30 AM for “The Light of the World” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Religious education classes for children, youth, and adults will resume after their Thanksgiving Break at 9:00 AM.
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Please join us this Sunday at 10:30 AM for “A Service of Thanksgiving” — our annual Thanksgiving Worship and Feast. Please note that there will be no religious education classes for children, youth, or adults for this week only.
The childcare nursery will open at 9:30 AM and the choir will rehearse at 9:45 AM. Those who are helping set up for the potluck feast should arrive by 10:00 AM.
Religious education classes for children, youth, and adults will resume next Sunday (1 December 2013) at their regular 9:00 AM class time.
Please join us on Sunday (17 November 2013) at 10:30 AM for “Giving from Our Abundance, Because That’s What We Do” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
At our 9:00 AM Religious Education for All Ages, our adults will begin our new class — Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers and Religious Liberals (based on the book of the same name by John Buehrens). Our children and youth will continue with their exploration of Jewish and Christian heritage.
Please join us on Sunday (10 November 2013) at 10:30 AM for “Universalism: Past, Present and Powerful” by Rev. Kalen Fristad. Rev. Fristad is a Methodist Universalist minister and author of the book Destined for Salvation. He will be speaking on the history and significance of Universalist theology. Copies of Rev. Fristad’s book as well as his CDs and DVDs will be available for sale after the service.
At our 9:00 AM Religious Education hour, we will be presenting a Civic Academy from Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith on the High Rate of Incarceration in Louisiana,and what we might do to stem that disturbing trend. The children and youth continue their pillar on Jewish and Christian Heritage. Next week (17 November 2013), the adults take up that focus as we begin the curriculum Understanding the Bible.
Please join us this Sunday (3 November 2013) at 10:30 AM for “The Story of Moses” — a dramatic presentation featuring Terry McNeil, John Allen, and Pamela Raintree.
We are continuing our liturgical season of “A Voice, A Vote, A Vocation” in celebration of our fifth principle (“We covenant to affirm and promote the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large”).
This morning in worship we celebrate not only our fifth principle but also our second and third sources as well as we look to the Hebrew scriptures to hear the story of the prophet Moses (who, reluctantly at first, became the voice of his people).
For our 9:00 AM Religious Education classes for all ages, our Adults will continue “Broadening Your Unitarian Universalist Understanding – Deepening Your Journey.” Children and youth will continue on their third Sunday in their pillar on Jewish and Christian Heritage.
Please join us on Sunday (27 October 2013) at 10:30 AM for “Somewhere Between Church and State” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell. We continue our liturgical season of “A Voice, A Vote, A Vocation” in celebration of our fifth Unitarian Universalist principle (“We covenant to affirm and promote the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large”).
We will also welcome special musical guest Sandra Odom in our worship service.
For our 9:00 AM Religious Education classes for all ages, our Adults will continue “Broadening Your Unitarian Universalist Understanding – Deepening Your Journey.” Children and youth will continue on their second Sunday in their pillar on Jewish and Christian Heritage.
Please join us on Sunday (20 October 2013) at 10:30 AM for “Expressions of Conscience” — a worship service featuring performing artists in celebration of our fifth principle (the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process) as well as a visual art show and sale in the Religious Education wing.
At 9:00 AM, we will be hold our religious education classes for all ages. The Adult Class — “Broadening Your Unitarian Universalist Understanding – Deepening Your Journey” — will continue. Our children and youth will begin their pillar on Jewish and Christian Heritage.