Please join us on Sunday (23 December 2018) at 11:00 AM for “A Force of Light and Hope” with the children, youth, and adults of All Souls.
In this season, our holidays celebrate awaiting the return of light in the darkness and the spirit of the season also calls us to be that light for all who are disenfranchised or suffering in any way.
Join us as we lift up the ancient stories in ways that call us into the service of love and light here in the present day.
Please join us for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on Monday (24 December 2018) at 6:30 PM.
The service features a reading of the Christmas story from the book of Luke in the Christian Testament, singing of the carols, special music by the All Souls Choir and guest musicians, and candle lighting.
All ages are welcome in the sanctuary although nursery care is also offered for infants and toddlers 3 years and under.
In accordance with the Bylaws of our church, and as Secretary of the Board, I hereby announce that All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church will hold a congregational meeting in the sanctuary.
Date / Time: Sunday, 13 January 2019 / 12:15 PM
Agenda:
Please make every effort to attend.
All active members should attend this meeting or give their proxies to those who can attend.
Inactive members and friends of the church are invited and encouraged to participate but bylaws stipulate that only those members who have been active 30 days or longer may vote.
We must have a quorum — childcare provided.
Please join us on Sunday (23 December 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.
We will be watching “Bono and Eugene Peterson: The Psalms.”
The inspiration for this delightful short film started with a thank you note: a video thank you note from noted philanthropist and U2 lead singer Bono to Biblical scholar Eugene Peterson for his modern translation of the Bible (The Message).
Bono, a committed Christian, was particularly moved by Peterson’s translation of the Psalms and this correspondence ultimately resulted in a meeting for the two of them and an afternoon of discussion that is deep, moving, and hilarious — sometimes all at the same time.
Please join us on Sunday (16 December 2018) at 11:00 AM for “A House of Prophecy … Outrunning Times Past” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
What is our vision for the church in changing times?
If the church is (according to Kenneth Patton) “the cradle for our dreams and the workshop of our common endeavor,” what form will that take as we move forward?
A congregational meeting will follow this 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.
Please join us on Sunday (16 December 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class — topic TBA.
Please join us on Sunday (9 September 2018) at 11:00 AM for “One World, Two Pockets, and Three Traditions” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Rev. Jarrell revisits the story of Rabbi Simcha Bunim and how his story still grants us a much-needed perspective over 200 years later.
We will have a newcomer information session immediately following the service. Childcare will be provided.
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 (9 December 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class — topic TBA.
It’s also that time to turn in your pledge for 2019.
Please turn in your pledge forms no later than this Sunday (9 December 2018) so that the Finance Committee can prepare a budget to present at the Congregational Meeting on 16 December 2018.
If you can’t get a form in before then, please take a few minutes to email your pledge amount to Interim Treasurer Melissa Gibson using melissainkdesigns@gmail.com.
In accordance with the Bylaws of our church and as Secretary of the Board, I hereby announce that All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church will hold a Congregational Meeting in the sanctuary.
Agenda
Please make every effort to attend. All active members should attend this meeting or give their proxies to those who can attend.
Inactive members and friends of the church are invited and encouraged to participate, but bylaws stipulate that only those members who have been active 30 days or longer may vote.
We must have a quorum.
Childcare provided.
All Souls has announced a Capital Campaign for $10,000 running through the end of 2018.
You can send your donation using four different methods:
For more than 70 years, All Souls has provided a home for liberal religion in Northwest Louisiana.
The church currently hosts a variety of activities, including Sunday services, adult and children’s religious education, Eastern meditation, yoga, and more.
All Souls is proud to be a Welcoming Congregation (a Unitarian Universalist denominational program for congregations that have done additional study and discernment around issues related to bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender equality).
Your donation helps maintain and improve All Souls. Thanks in advance for your donation.
Please join us on Sunday (2 December 2018) for “The Give and Take Born of Love” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for December 2018 is Queensborough Progressive Citizens.
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 “Give Away the Plate” recipient for December 2018 is Queensborough Progressive Citizens (QPC).
QPC is an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for citizens of the Queensborough neighborhood of Shreveport.
For December 2018, we are returning to the practice of devoting all the non-pledge income for one Sunday a month to a selected non-profit.
As we make this transition, please know that for any Sunday you want to donate to QPC, just put the money in an envelope and indicate that.
If you are writing one check, indicate in the memo line the amounts to go to pledge and QPC respectively.
NOW (National Organization for Women) Shreveport – Bossier and All Souls in partnership are offering a parent / caregiver orientation for the Our Whole Lives (OWL) comprehensive sexuality education curriculum for grades 10-12.
This orientation will happen on Monday (3 December 2018) from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM at All Souls
If you are a parent or adult caregiver / guardian of a high school-age youth in grades 10-12 (ages 15-18), we invite you to come and learn from our trained facilitators about the OWL program.
We we will be offering to youth from All Souls and the wider community after the first of the year.
OWL is a comprehensive lifespan sexuality education curriculum jointly created by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ.
OWL can be taught in the church setting or in a secular community setting (we plan to offer it in an effort to make it available to as many youth as possible in the wider community).
OWL is a series of age-appropriate sexuality education programs that cover the lifespan from K-1 through older adults (ages 50+).
We plan to offer the curriculum for high school youth (grades 10-12 or equivalent) in early winter – spring 2019 and then offer the longer program for grades 7-9 next year (2019-2020 school year).
OWL is built on the foundation that parents are their children’s first sexuality educators. However, research shows that (given a choice) parents would expand the scope of the sex education offered in their children’s schools or that they can offer themselves.
That is probably nowhere more true than in Louisiana where abstinence-only sex education is not only incomplete but also often woefully inaccurate.
Created using the standards of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), OWL meets or exceeds the National Standards for Sexuality Education Core Curriculum (grades K-12) in every category of assessment.
OWL Offers:
To RSVP for the orientation or for more information, call or text Susan Caldwell at 318-465-3427 or email her using dre@allsoulsshreveport.org.
Please join us on Sunday (2 December 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.
We will hear more from Father Richard Rohr in an audio presentation of his “On Being” interview with Krista Tippett (“Living in Deep Time”).
Join us for this continued exploration of the contemplative path in Christianity.
At this time of year when we consider our roots in the Jewish and Christian traditions, join us to hear a different take on God and Christianity as something relational, inclusive, and all-encompassing, as opposed to what Father Rohr calls the “supernatural Santa Claus handing out cosmic lottery tickets to those who attend the right church or say the right prayer.”
Please join us for our holiday Festivus Marketplace this Sunday (2 December 2018) from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Please email Melissa with the following:
Monster Cookie Swap — Sunday (2 December 2018) after the worship service.
Everyone: Gather up an assortment of your favorite cookies and baked goods. Great gifts for neighbors and friends or bring them to holiday parties to share. Take as many as you like and just toss your worthy donation in the basket on the table.
Bakers: Bring a batch of your favorite cookies and drop them off at the Cookie Swap table in the hallway.
Questions: Email Amanda Lawrence or text her at 318-402-3314.
Please join us on Sunday (25 November 2018) at 11:00 AM for “The Evolution of God” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Rev. Jarrell is in the pulpit this morning — exploring the ways that God has grown with us in the continuing co-creative process as our own minds and hearts expand.
Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for November 2019 is The Philadelphia Center.
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 (25 November 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.
We will be viewing “Divine Dance” — a video by Father Richard Rohr from Talks at Google.
At this time of year when we consider our roots in the Jewish and Christian traditions, join us to hear a different take on God and Christianity as something relational, inclusive, and all-encompassing, as opposed to what Father Rohr calls the “supernatural Santa Claus handing out cosmic lottery tickets to those who attend the right church or say the right prayer.”
Please join us on Sunday (18 November 2018) at 11:00 AM for our annual all-ages Thanksgiving service, communion ritual, and feast — “Finding Gratitude” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
As we do each year, we will begin with a shorter service in the sanctuary and then process to the social hall for an inclusive bread and water communion (focused on the community we share and the need to feed the hungry people of the world).
After the ritual, we have a feast that really is our best potluck of the year.
If you don’t cook, no worries.
There are plenty of people who do cook and there are plenty of things we need that you can pick up from the store.
And even if you can’t bring anything, come anyway. There are plenty of ways you can help with this feast.
Sign up here to let us know what you can bring.
There will be no religious education classes for children and youth today — these classes will resume next Sunday (25 November 2018).
Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for November 2019 is The Philadelphia Center.
NOW (National Organization for Women) Shreveport – Bossier and All Souls in partnership are offering a parent / caregiver orientation for the Our Whole Lives (OWL) comprehensive sexuality education curriculum for grades 10-12.
This orientation will happen on Monday (26 November 2018) from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM at All Souls
If you are a parent or adult caregiver / guardian of a high school-age youth in grades 10-12 (ages 15-18), we invite you to come and learn from our trained facilitators about the OWL program.
We we will be offering to youth from All Souls and the wider community after the first of the year.
OWL is a comprehensive lifespan sexuality education curriculum jointly created by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ.
OWL can be taught in the church setting or in a secular community setting (we plan to offer it in an effort to make it available to as many youth as possible in the wider community).
OWL is a series of age-appropriate sexuality education programs that cover the lifespan from K-1 through older adults (ages 50+).
We plan to offer the curriculum for high school youth (grades 10-12 or equivalent) in early winter – spring 2019 and then offer the longer program for grades 7-9 next year (2019-2020 school year).
OWL is built on the foundation that parents are their children’s first sexuality educators. However, research shows that (given a choice) parents would expand the scope of the sex education offered in their children’s schools or that they can offer themselves.
That is probably nowhere more true than in Louisiana where abstinence-only sex education is not only incomplete but also often woefully inaccurate.
Created using the standards of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), OWL meets or exceeds the National Standards for Sexuality Education Core Curriculum (grades K-12) in every category of assessment.
OWL Offers:
To RSVP for the orientation or for more information, call or text Susan Caldwell at 318-465-3427 or email her using dre@allsoulsshreveport.org.
No 9:15 AM adult religious education class this Sunday (18 November 2018) due to preparation for our annual Thanksgiving worship service and potluck.
Our 9:15 AM adult religious education class will resume next Sunday (25 November 2018).
Please join us on Sunday (11 November 2018) at 11:00 AM for “Tribute, Solace, Challenge: Some Thoughts on Veteran’s Day” with Steve Caldwell, Jennifer Russell, and Susan Caldwell.
On this Sunday morning at 11:00 AM in every time zone, bells of peace will ring from churches, universities, cemeteries, ships at sea, and war memorials around the world in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that ended the Great War (ostensibly the “war to end all wars” which sadly would later come to be called “World War I”).
On this day, we will pay tribute to those who serve and have served, exploring what “tribute” may and may not mean.
We’ll also take some time to lift up the values on which our nation was ostensibly founded and how we grow a nation that ultimately upholds those values for all — bending the arc always toward justice even when it’s heartbreaking, even when it’s easy to believe we are moving backward.
A newcomer’s class will follow the service — child care provided.
Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for November 2019 is The Philadelphia Center.
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 (11 November 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class — “From Jesus to Nicea: A Flash History of the Early, Early Christian Church.”
Although the Unitarianism and Universalism that form the two streams of our faith largely evolved on this continent, we do look back to the theologians considered heretics of the early Church as the earliest forerunners of our faith.
The journey to what came to be orthodox Christianity was a long one — full of many often cacophonous voices.
Come take a whirlwind tour.
Please join us on Saturday (10 November 2018) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM for our monthly building and grounds work day.
On the second Saturday of each month is our building and grounds work day.
Most of the work on our physical space is done by you — the members and friends of All Souls.
We have tasks available for all ages and all levels of ability.
Stay the whole time or just an hour or so if your day is already full.
If you can’t stay, consider dropping off snacks for the crew.
Please join us on Sunday (4 November 2018) at 11:00 AM for “Loving the Hell Out of the World: The Universalist Belief of Hosea Ballou” by Rev. Jacqueline Anne Luck.
Please be here to welcome our guest minister – Rev. Jacqueline Anne Luck.
Many of you may remember her as a member here years ago.
Rev. Jacqueline left Shreveport to attend Starr King School of the Ministry followed by serving three churches in Jackson MS, Laurel MS, and Gray TN before retiring to New Orleans LA.
As we focus this season on our Jewish and Christian heritage, it’s appropriate that we look to the Christian roots of our Universalist history.
Music will be provided by our guest pianist, Ms. Gulya Chandler.
Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for November 2019 is The Philadelphia Center.
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 (4 November 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class — topic TBA.
Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for November 2018 is The Philadelphia Center. From their website:
The Philadelphia Center developed in the spring of 1990 as concerned citizens responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic as it spread into the Shreveport area of Louisiana. Over the past 20 years, The Philadelphia Center has expanded to become the only HIV/AIDS resource center in Region VII. The Philadelphia Center serves the parishes of Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, Red River, DeSoto, Sabine, and Natchitoches.
For the month of November 2018, All Souls will donate half of all our non-pledge income to the Philadelphia Center for a sponsorship of their 2019 Resolution Run in January.
Please join us on Sunday (21 October 2018) at 11:00 AM for “Good News in Difficult Times” presented by the children, youth, and adults of All Souls.
The 20 th Century Unitarian Universalist theologian James Luther Adams said:
Religious liberalism holds that the resources (divine and human) that are available for the achievement of meaningful change justify an attitude of ultimate optimism.
Do we truly have right and reason to be hopeful?
Our children and youth will present some reasons.
This service will also include a brief memorial tribute to Carol Graywing (former member of All Souls who had moved to Seattle several years ago to be closer to her daughter and grandson, and who also passed away in September 2018).
Carol was very active in the women’s movement of the 1970’s and 1980’s along with the women’s movement within our own denomination as well.
Throughout her life, she remained a powerful voice for women, a thoughtful poet, and a seasoned leader of worship with a wonderful sense of reverence and drama. Carol’s obituary can be found here.
This Sunday is her daughter and Carol’s daughter Lauren Gaddy has bought flowers to be placed on the altar of every Unitarian Universalist church where Carol held membership — San Francisco, Little Rock, Shreveport, and Seattle. She has also has asked that we remember her in the service. Knowing the depth of this loss to our national faith community, we are honored to honor her.
A newcomer session will follow the service — all interested persons are welcome to attend
We will see a video about our faith and hear your stories as you are comfortable sharing them along with answering any questions you may have about Unitarian Universalism and about membership in our congregation.
Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for September 2019 is Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith.
Please join us on Sunday (21 October 2018) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.
This fall, we’re excited to introduce Faith Forward — a multi-part adult religious education series that will not only introduce visitors and new members to our faith but will also help those who’ve been here awhile to deepen their faith journeys.
This morning, we continue with Session 6 of UU History 101 — “A Question of Calling.”
We’ll look at the roles of two figures in our recent history:
Child care will be provided — See you then.
Please join us on Sunday (14 October 2018) at 11:00 AM for “This I Believe” with Rebecca Tuggle, Kevin Henry, and Tena Hines. John Allen will be our worship associate.
Three All Souls members will speak about the foundational principles that guide their lives today and the continuing journey that has brought them here thus far.
#RONFEST2018 continues in this service and in a brief celebration afterward. We celebrate the service that Ron Thurston has provided to All Souls as we bid him farewell.
Our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for September 2019 is Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith.
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.
“The Soul of Animals” by Cherrie Groves-Moussaoui
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211109023002/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/7October2018Worship.mp3
“One Universalist” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211109021717/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/30September2018Worship.mp3
“The Power of a Timid Revolutionary” by Jeff Gauger
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211109020912/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/23September2018Worship.mp3
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