15 May 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

RevLeeJeterPlease join us on Sunday (15 May 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Remaining Faithful” by Lee Arthur Jeter, Sr. (Recipient of the 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award).

Every year, All Souls confers the Emerson Award upon the individual or organization in the wider community who has done the most to embody the principles and values of liberal religion.

This year, the award goes to Lee Jeter (Executive Director of the Fuller Center for Housing of Northwest Louisiana).

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8 May 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

SarahBoswellPlease join us on Sunday (8 May 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Mothering in the Second Half of Life” by Sarah Boswell.

Sarah Boswell — mother, daughter, hospice social worker and long-time All Souls member — explores four characteristics that are helpful when caring for loved ones near the end of life.

The All Souls Choir will sing and we will be having a new member signing ceremony.

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 and then are dismissed to class.

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1 May 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (1 May 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Righteous Among the Nations” by Susan Caldwell.

The title refers to the distinction bestowed posthumously by Yad Vashem (the World Holocaust Remembrance Center) upon Waitstill and Martha Sharp for their work with the Unitarian Service Committee arranging safe passage for Jewish refugees out of Third Reich Countries.

They are two of only three Americans so honored.

MarthaAndWaitstillSharp(Photo from UU World article “Righteous among the nations” published 5 June 2006)

On this day when Shreveport observes its own Holocaust Remembrance Service, Susan Caldwell is in the pulpit this morning to tell their story and to look at its implications for all of us in this Season of the Earthling (celebrating our connection to all life in the interdependent web).

Shreveport’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Service is a multi-faith service held each year in a different house of worship in the community.

This year’s service is at St. Mary of the Pines Catholic Church at 3:00 PM on Sunday (1 May 2016).

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 and then are dismissed to class.

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24 April 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (24 April 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Opening to What’s More” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

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 and then are dismissed to class.

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17 April 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

EarthPlease join us on Sunday (17 April 2016) at 11:00 AM for “The Home We Share with All Living Things” with Rovena Windsor, Kathy Osuch, and Cindy Mandarino.

This past Friday (22 April 2016) marks the 46th annual celebration of Earth Day.

Earth Day originally begun as an environmental teach-in by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970.

Join us for this Sunday’s service in celebration of the occasion as three of our members speak on the different ways that a connection to the Earth has shaped their own spirituality.

And join us afterward in the Social Hall for vegan/vegetarian potluck — bring your favorite meatless dishes to share.

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 and then are dismissed to class.

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10 April 2016 All-Ages Worship Service

Please join us on Sunday (10 April 2015) at 11:00 AM for “I Cannot Do Everything, But I Can Do Something” presented by the children, youth, and adults of All Souls.

 

ICannotDoEverything-StarfishInspired by the words of Edward Everett Hale (often attributed to Helen Keller who did live them whether she originally said them or not), this morning’s service celebrates our pillar on peace, social justice and the interdependent web along with our sixth and seventh principles.

Our connection to each other and all life calls us to do what we can do for the good of all whatever that may be.

Children in the 2nd-5th Grade Class and Middle/High School youth should meet their teachers in their respective classrooms at 10:30 AM.

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3 April 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

CaringPlease join us this Sunday (3 April 2016) at 11:00 AM for “A Legacy of Caring” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

This morning’s message is inspired by this poem by Unitarian Universalist minister and theologian Thandeka.

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 and then are dismissed to class.

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27 March 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

EasterLilyPlease join us on Easter Sunday (27 March 2016) at 11:00 AM for “To Let the Spirit Rise” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Join us to celebrate the return of new life to the Earth and the spirit of resurrection available all around and within each of us.

The service includes an optional communion ritual that is open to all and inclusive of all theologies and none.

The All Souls Choir will sing and we will have special music from guest trumpeter Don “Dirty Redd” Crenshaw.

Join us before the service at 9:45 AM for an Easter Brunch Potluck before the service and stay afterward for fun and fellowship as the children enjoy our annual Easter Egg Hunt.

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 and then are dismissed to class.

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20 March 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

ChaliceAllSoulsFlamePlease join us on Sunday (20 March 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Into the Fire” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

This Sunday we continue our celebration of our second principle — justice, equity and compassion in human relations.

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 and then are dismissed to class.

Immediately following the worship service, we will have a newcomer information session.  All persons interested in learning more about the All Souls congregation, Unitarian Universalism, and the path to membership are welcome.

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13 March 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

AllSoulsChalicePlease join us on Sunday (13 March 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Can Justice Evolve?” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.  We continue to celebrate our second principle — justice, equity and compassion in human relations.

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 and then are dismissed to class.

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