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 (29 October 2017) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.
We begin a new class discussing new streams of thought in Christianity, drawing on the writings of Father Richard Rohr, Thomas Merton, and others.
We will also explore our relationship to the Christian roots of Unitarian Universalism — whether through our experience or in coming to terms with the presence of Christianity in the culture.
Please join us on Sunday (22 October 2017) at 11:00 AM for “Fine and Flawed, Proud and Problematic” presented by the children, youth, and adults of All Souls.
On 15 and 22 October 2017, Unitarian Universalist congregations across North America have been revisiting the #uuwhitesupremacyteachin that began last spring.
Originally spurred by a hiring decision at the denominational level that revealed a pattern of white supremacy in hiring decisions, the original purpose of the teach-in was to take an honest look at the way white supremacy culture has affected not only the world outside our doors but also the more subtle ways it has been present within our faith tradition as well.
Our history of working for justice is a proud one in many ways but part of beginning to heal the wounds of institutional racism is looking honestly at those wounds — seeing them for what they are, and acknowledging our own complicity.
In this service, the children and youth will look at ways we go forward and build a better world for all of us.
Please join us on Sunday (22 October 2017) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.
On the second weekend of the #uuwhitesupremacyteachin, we will take some time for final thoughts on Waking Up White as well as the videos we have watched over the last two weeks — A Class Divided and How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race.
Please join us on Saturday (21 October 2017) for our monthly building and grounds work day. We will be there from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Beyond basic mowing and cleaning, all of the work of maintaining our building and grounds is done by us — the members and friends of All Souls who volunteer every month.
Come join your church friends and get to know them better as you work side by side to spruce up our church home.
Weather permitting, there are tasks indoors and out, for all ages and levels of ability.
Please join us on Sunday (15 October 2017) at 11:00 AM for “They Left Me for Dead” by Mr. Lynn Cawthorne.
We are pleased to welcome Caddo Parish Commissioner Lynn Cawthorne to our pulpit this Sunday morning.
In the Christian Testament story of “The Good Samaritan,” a traveler on the Jericho road is left for dead by a priest and a Levite (both men of high standing) until he is saved by one known to him as “other” — a Samaritan.
Who are the people who are “left for dead” in the present day? Please join us to welcome Mr. Cawthorne.
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 (15 October 2017) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class. Following on the heels of reading of Waking Up White by Debby Irving, we will discuss A Class Divided (the documentary screened in our class last Sunday).
This is a 1985 documentary on the reunion of an all-white third grade class that learned a valuable lesson about racism with the widely known and praised experiment pitting the “Blue eyes” against the “Brown eyes.”
The first class where teacher Jane Elliott performed the experiment was in 1968, right after the assassination of Martin Luther King. This film was made with her class in 1970.
Continue reading “Adult Religious Education — 15 October 2017”
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“A Damascus Moment” by Rev. Lee Jeter
“But What Kind of Change?” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell
“Church of the Orthodox Heretics” by Rev. Rev. Mark Christian