7 February 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (7 February 2016) at 11:00 AM  for “In Community with the World” by. Rev. Barbara Jarrell

As we enter the Season of the Peacemaker, we turn our attention to our 6th principle — “The Goal of World Community with Peace, Liberty and Justice for All.”

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.

31 January 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

KiyaHeartwoodPlease join us on Sunday (31 January 2016) at 11:00 AM for “When Smart People Fail” by Kiya Heartwood.

Kiya Heartwood is an award winning, internationally touring Unitarian Universalist roots/folk singer songwriter, and change artist.

We are excited to welcome her to our pulpit this Sunday, to hear her speak and listen to her original music.

Kiya will be presenting:

When Smart People Fail – How failures sometimes open the door to great success.  Thoughts and strategies to move through your failures and glean insights that lead to better futures. A discussion of ‘failing forward.’

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 January 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Xtian-Jewish-Islam-UUPlease join us on Sunday (24 January 2016) at 11:00 AM for “In Support of Our Neighbors.”

Imam Orsen El Amin, Rabbi Jana De Benedetti, Rev. John Henson, and Rev. Barbara Jarrell will share the pulpit this morning in a service celebrating our standing in solidarity with our Muslim neighbors at a time when some would say we should let fear rule.

Rev, Henson will deliver the message, with readings, remarks, prayers and music provided by the other three clergy.

Please plan to be here to make them all welcome, and afterward we will all go to the Highland Center for the celebration of World Religion Day.

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 January 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

MaxineSarpy1Please join us on Sunday (17 January 2016) at 11:00 AM for our guest speaker Ms. Maxine Sarpy — “Honoring the Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”

Ms. Sarpy is our guest in the pulpit this morning as we honor Dr. King’s legacy along with the struggles and triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement right here in Shreveport.

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.

10 January 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

OpenDoorPlease join us on Sunday (10 January 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Yes is the Door” 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.

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

AllSoulsChoirPlease join us on Sunday (3 January 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Grow Into Harmony … ” 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.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service — 24 December 2015

XmasEveCandlesPlease join us tonight (Thursday, 24 December 2015) at 6:30 PM for our annual Christmas Eve service that includes a reading of the Christmas story as well as special music and carol singing.

Please bring the children by 6:00 as they have a special part at the beginning of the service.

All children are welcome in the sanctuary for this service — nursery care is available for infants and toddlers.

20 December 2015 All-Ages Worship

Holiday_LightsPlease join us on Sunday (20 December 2015) at 11:00 AM for “The Gifts We Bring” — an all-ages worship.

The season of light is also the season of giving — yet the kind of giving encouraged by our consumerist society can leave many of us feeling not only depressed and inadequate but broke as well.

Join the children, youth and adults of All Souls for this Winter Holiday celebration of the gifts we can all learn to give, and to receive. The All Souls Choir will sing.

Please join us after the service for our all-ages holiday party.

BOLT Training — 19 December 2015

BOLT_ChalicePlease join us on Saturday (19 December 2015) at 11:30 AM for BOLT Training (BOLT = “Bearers of Light and Tradition”).

Our BOLTs are children and youth entrusted each Sunday with the lighting of the chalice and the reading and candle lighting celebrating the principles and sources we are lifting up during each season of our Unitarian Universalist liturgical year.

Children and youth of middle elementary grades through high school age are welcome to become BOLTs.

Requirements include reading and the ability and willingness to follow instructions and learn good techniques for speaking into the microphone, lighting the chalice, using the long candle lighter, and appropriate demeanor in the pulpit.