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 (19 June 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Celebrating Father’s Day” by Abbas Moussaoui and members of the All Souls Men’s Group.
Join several of the dads in our congregation for this service of reflection on fatherhood.
The All Souls Choir will sing, and several children and youth of the congregation will share their talents in honor of their dads.
The summer fun activity for children and youth for this Sunday will be Giant Sub Sandwich Sunday.
Please join us on Sunday (12 June 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Coming Home to Myself” by Dr. Deborah Fabian.
In celebration of Pride month, we welcome to our pulpit orthopedic surgeon Dr. Deborah Fabian, speaking on her personal journey as a transgender woman, and how coming to accept her authentic self has empowered her to make a difference in the world.
The summer fun activity for children and youth for this Sunday will be Tie-Dye Sunday.
Please join us on Sunday (5 June 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Crowd Control on the Road Less Traveled” by Rev. Susan M. Smith.
Please join us to welcome Rev. Susan Smith back to our pulpit — Susan says:
We get our first UU Source — direct experience of mystery and wonder — from our Transcendentalist ancestors who put great store in connecting with The Holy through their senses, the natural world, quiet time to think and very long walks. In their time, they were considered heretics but now they would fit in beautifully with the large group of us who identify ourselves as “spiritual but not religious.” Even though it seems that everyone is going their own way and doing their own thing, it is possible to live a life both authentic and unique.
In observance of President Obama’s recent visit to Hiroshima, the children will revisit the story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, and learn a variety of origami projects spanning a range of degrees of difficulty. Richard Denton will lead this activity.
Please join us on Sunday (29 May 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Within and All Around Us: Seeking the Source” (an all-ages worship service)
This is a service honoring the journeys and transitions of our children and youth. It is also a Bridging Ceremony for our graduate — Grant Upton. And the All Souls Choir will sing.
This service is for the entire church community — celebrating the milestones in the spiritual lives of our children and youth this past year and in our most recent pillar — Personal Spiritual Growth and Development.
The service contains some time-honored traditions and a few surprises.
Please join us on Sunday (22 May 2016) for “Reason and Science: Dancing with My Short Suit” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
The All Souls Choir will sing.
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.
Our congregational meeting will follow this worship service.
Please 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).
Continue reading “15 May 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth”
Please 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.
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.
(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.
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.
Please 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.