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 10:30 AM on Sunday (23 March 2014) for our worship for all ages — “Something Real” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
The service will include the Dedication of Natalie Laurel Carlisle. Join us to celebrate with Pam and Rick along with the proud grandparents at the service and afterwards in the Social Hall.
Please join us on Sunday (16 March 2014) at 10:30 AM for “The Spirit of Friendship” with Phil Boswell and John Ratcliff.
The worship service features music from the All Souls Choir and special guest musicians.
A newcomer’s information session will follow the service at 12 noon. Childcare will be available for worship and the newcomer’s class.
Please join us on Sunday (2 March 2014) at 10:30 AM for worship service featuring guest speaker Melissa Flournoy (State Director of Planned Parenthood, Chair of Louisiana Progress, Former State Legislator from Shreveport). Melissa will be speaking on “Celebrating the Wisdom of Women.”
At our 9:00 AM Religious Education for All Ages, our children and youth begin their “Peace, Social Justice and the Interdependent Web” pillar.
Our adults will continue the course “Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers and Religious Liberals” (based on the book by the same name) and we will continue our exploration of the Christian Testaments.
Please join us on Sunday (22 February 2014) at 9:00 AM for an all-ages brunch.
We will be following brunch with an all-ages Worship Service — “This Holy Inclination” where we will explore our First Source (“transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures”) though the lens of our Third Source (“Wisdom of the world’s religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life”). This will be a service of music, scripture and story from the great traditions of the world.
We will be having a brunch at 9:00 AM instead of the all-ages Religious Education classes. Please bring a breakfast or brunch-type dish to share, and join us before the worship service.
Our 9:00 AM classes will resume next Sunday (2 March 2014).
“Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches had bellies with stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars.”
So begins a great spiritual teaching on accepting diversity, rejecting classism and honoring each one’s inherent worth and dignity, by none other than that literary master, Dr. Seuss which we will be hearing more about during our 10:30 AM worship service this Sunday (9 February 2014).
A newcomer information session will follow immediately after the worship service.
Religious Education Classes for Children, Youth and Adults will happen at 9:00 AM.
Focusing on our Third Source, the children and youth continue their pillar on World Religions this Sunday.
At 9:00 AM, we continue our new adult class — Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers and Religious Liberals.
This is a companion curriculum to the book by the same name by John Buehrens. We’ve been having a good bit of fun examining our own relationship to the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, engaging the text and claiming or reclaiming what is there for us.
For this week’s class, please read “Passions” and “Proclamations” in the Buehrens book.
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On Sunday (19 January 2014) at 9:00 AM in honor of the birthday celebration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, All Souls will host a Social Justice Fair in conjunction with our Sunday service. Local organizations working for justice in various arenas are invited to have a table in the Social Hall to distribute literature, to promote the work of your organization, and to network with others.
For our 10:30 AM worship service, retired Shreveport civil rights attorney Henry Walker will speak on “Foxes in the Hen House” which discusses the civil rights issues currently confronting our community, our state and our nation. Henry is always an inspiring speaker and will help you get recharged for the work ahead as we begin 2014.
Focusing on our Third Source, the children and youth begin their pillar on World Religions this Sunday. The Social Justice Fair will begin at 9:00 AM in lieu of our adult religious education hour and will continue after the 10:30 service — ending between 12:00 PM and 12:30 PM.
Please joins on Sunday (12 January 2014) at 10:30 AM for “A Few Words from the Wise” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell. The All Souls Choir will sing. We will also have an Ingathering of New Members and take some time today to reflect on our Gratitude Jars.
Please join us to give a warm welcome to the newest members of our faith community. Contact Membership Chair Ron Thurston for more information.
Religious Education Classes for Children, Youth and Adults will happen at 9:00 AM.
Focusing on our Third Source, the children and youth begin their pillar on World Religions this Sunday.
At 9:00 AM, we continue our new adult class — Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers and Religious Liberals.
This is a companion curriculum to the book by the same name by John Buehrens. We’ve been having a good bit of fun examining our own relationship to the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, engaging the text and claiming or reclaiming what is there for us.
Continue reading “12 January 2014 Worship and Religious Education Classes”
Please join us at 10:30 AM on Sunday (5 January 2014) for “The Elephant and the Pope” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell. The All Souls Choir will be singing.
Religious Education Classes for Children, Youth and Adults will happen at 9:00 AM.
Focusing on our Third Source, the children and youth begin their pillar on World Religions this Sunday.
At 9:00 AM, we continue our new adult class — Understanding the Bible: A Guide for Skeptics, Seekers and Religious Liberals.
This is a companion curriculum to the book by the same name by John Buehrens. We’ve been having a good bit of fun examining our own relationship to the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, engaging the text and claiming or reclaiming what is there for us.
Continue reading “5 January 2014 Worship and Religious Education Classes”
Please join us on Sunday (29 December 2013) at 10:30 AM for “It’s a Stretch” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell. The All Souls Choir will sing and we will have special guest poets and musicians.
We will also be having an all-ages Sunday Brunch at 9:15 AM.
Religious Education Classes for Children, Youth, and Adults will resume next Sunday (5 January 2014) at 9:00 AM.
Nursery care will be available this Sunday (29 December 2013) for younger children who may find worship to last too long.
Please join us tonight (24 December 2013) at 6:30 PM for Christmas Eve Candlelight Service.
The service will include traditional holiday carols, the Christmas story, music from the All Souls choir and our guest musicians, and the beauty of the faces of your community in candlelight reflected in the window.
Please bring the children and youth to the church no later than 6:00 PM if they wish to participate in “The 12 Days of Christmas” sing-along event at the beginning of the worship service.
Do you have any leftover cookies or other treats you want to get out of the house? If so, please bring them to share at a brief, informal, optional, “don’t-obsess-about-it” reception in the Social Hall immediately following the Christmas Eve service.
