21 June 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

FathersDay2015Please join us on Sunday (21 June 2015) at 11:00 AM for “What’s Love Got to Do With It? – And Other Egregiously Borrowed Themes” by Robert W. Smith.

Robert Smith is in the pulpit on this Father’s Day with an exploration of love, God, and our relationship to the Unitarian Universalist Principles and Purposes.

He will also direct the choir in a new piece of music — please join us.

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.

14 June 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

ChineseMoutainPlease join us on Sunday (14 June 2015) at 11:00 AM for “Getting to the Long View” by. Rev. Barbara Jarrell.  The All Souls Choir will sing.

We will have a Newcomer Information Session following the service.

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.

7 June 2015 Affirmation Sunday Worship Service

ToolboxOfFaithPlease join us on Sunday (7 June 2015) at 11:00 AM for “Digging Back into the Toolbox:  An Affirmation Sunday Celebration” led by the children, youth and adults of All Souls.

Our 2nd-5th Grade class has begun and ended the year with lessons adapted from a curriculum called Toolbox of Faith (which explores many of the qualities we employ to practice our faith as Unitarian Universalists and live better lives).

In a similar vein, the Middle School/High School class has spent this past pillar on Personal Spiritual Growth exploring Virtue Ethics (the various virtues at work in our lives that help us to make ethical decisions).

Meanwhile, our Pre-K/K-1 class has spent this pillar exploring all our various emotions.

So as we round out the year, it only makes sense that we open up the toolbox again and see what new tools have been added, and how we might use them.

Join us as we celebrate this capstone event as we find out more about what they’ve been learning and honor their transitions at the end of the church year.

31 May 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Human-Centric-UUPlease join us on Sunday (31 May 2015) at 11:00 AM for “Companions for the Journey: The Fifth Source” with Steve Caldwell, Barbara Deger, and  Eric First.

We are continuing our series of services on the fifth source of Unitarian Universalism (“Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and to avoid idolatries of the mind and spirit”).

We will hear three very different perspectives on the fifth source and how it informs each person’s experience of Unitarian Universalism.

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.

24 May 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

SingularitiesPlease join us on Sunday (24 May 2015) at 11:00 AM for “Infinity and Potential” by Amanda Lawrence.

Continuing our series of services on the Fifth Source (“Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and to avoid idolatries of the mind and spirit”), we welcome Amanda Lawrence to the pulpit this morning.

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.

17 May 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

 

CarlSaganQuoteMay2015Please join us on Sunday (17 May 2015) at 11:00 AM for “Short of the Glory” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

We will continue our exploration of our fifth source (“Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and to avoid idolatries of the mind and spirit”).

We will have a second collection for the Financial Ministry of Highland Center Ministries and Pelican State Credit Union (which offers lower cost loans that are a viable alternative to the payday lending debt trap.  Several members of the Board are collaborating to match up to $1000 so know that whatever you contribute is likely to be doubled and then matched again by Pelican.  Plan now to give to this very worthy cause tomorrow morning.

After our Sunday worship service, we will be holding a very important congregational business meeting — please attend.

10 May 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

RosePlease join us on Sunday (10 May 2015) at 11:00 AM for “One of the Hardest Things” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our Mother’s Day service will also include special music featuring the All Souls Choir along with Barbara Jarrell, Gail Burt, and Robert Smith.  Also appearing are guest musicians Lane Bayliss, Alan Dyson, Dan Garner, and Greg Williams.

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.

3 May 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

BrianSalvatorePlease join us on Sunday (3 May 2015) at 11:00 AM for the annual presentation of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to Dr. Brian Salvatore during our worship service.

Each year All Souls presents the Emerson Award to an individual or organization who has best exemplified the principles and values of liberal religion.

This year, a number of our congregants nominated Dr. Salvatore for his relentless work to raise public awareness of the proposed open burn of the M6 propellents at Camp Minden and for his commitment to follow through as a member of the Dialogue Committee for the purpose of finding a safer method of disposal.

Dr. Salvatore will also be our guest speaker for the service which will also feature music from the All Souls Choir, Sandra Odom and Lip Service Trio (Barbara Jarrell, Sandra Odom, and Cookie Garner)

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.

26 April 2015 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

RevLeeJeterPlease join us on Sunday (26 April 2015) at 11:00 AM for “My Brother’s Keeper” by Rev. Lee Jeter (Director of the Fuller Center for Housing of Northwest Louisiana).  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.

19 April 2015 All-Ages Worship Service

earth_day_2010_by_CrypticDisdainPlease join us on Sunday (19 April 2015) at 11:00 AM for “Living on a Living Planet” — A Celebration of Earth Day with the Children, Youth and Adults of All Souls

Continuing our focus on the “Interdependent Web of All Existence” — we celebrate Earth Day with a focus not only on what we can do to take care of the planet, but also on the realization that taking care of the home we share includes taking care of each other.

Therefore, our focus is on “Peace, Social Justice and the Interdependent Web” — knowing, as Radha Sahar has said, that “everything relates to everything else.”  Please join us in celebration.

The All Souls Choir will sing (featuring Robert Smith on soprano sax) and we will have guest guitarists Mason Upton and Bob Jordan as well.