Our Tuesday Discussion Group meets every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM.

Contact Kathy Osuch for the Zoom info for this group.

This group was formerly known as TED Talks Group (who were formerly known as Great Questions, who were formerly known as Eastern Religions Discussion Group), meeting Tuesday nights at different locations to discuss issues chosen by the group.

Email Kathy Osuch or call her at 318-658-1107 for more information.

On Saturday (23 May 2020) at 10:00 AM CDT (Shreveport local time), we will have a drive-in memorial service to honor the life of Betty Gorey Parent.

The memorial service will happen in the parking lot of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church (9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA)

The service will be broadcast locally in the parking lot to the FM radio into your car (87.9 MHz).

The memorial service will also be a livestream video on the All Souls Facebook page.

We will gather — in physical and virtual space — to celebrate the life of Betty Gorey Parent.

In our efforts to do our best to honor her wishes in an event that is safe for all concerned, we are asking attendees to observe these essential COVID-19 safety precautions:

• All in-person participants (speakers, family members, and designated support volunteers) will be masked and will keep social distance.
• All in-person attendees must remain in their cars in the parking lot. Some will be able to see the service live from their parking spots, but some may not be able to see the service live. These persons can access video and audio via Facebook Live.
• Attendees may also access the memorial service audio via FM frequency 87.9 MHz FM on their car radios.
• Overflow parking will be available in the parking lot of Grace Community Church (with their kind permission). The FM broadcast should be available there as well or you can use Facebook Live on your cell phone.
• Betty wanted a second line out of the church at the end of her service, so in as close an approximation to that as we can muster, we’ll give her a closing parade! Attendees are invited to drive through the circle as they exit after the service. Feel free to bring a white or (tie-dyed) handkerchief to wave out of your window if you are so inclined.
• Attendees who wish to do so may take a packet of wildflower seeds as a gift from Betty as they exit. These will be lovingly and safely put together and distributed by people conscientiously observing safety precautions.
• Finally, we are making virtual attendance as accessible to all as possible from your homes! The All Souls Facebook page is a public page that you can access without a Facebook account, just as many people do for Sunday services. You can participate there and pay your respects in the Comment section for the video stream. This will be saved and remain accessible to the family.

Thank you for your cooperation as we celebrate this one-of-a-kind woman in this first-of-its-kind service at All Souls!

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online on Saturday night  (16 May 2020) at 6:00 PM.

Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association.

If you are interested in being a part of the group, email Melodie here and she will send you the link for the meeting.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 17 May 2020 worship video here.

Please join us next Wednesday (20 May 2020) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.

This a chance to connect and catch up midweek.

At some point we may decide to bring in speakers but for now we’re just hanging out and enjoying each other’s virtual company.

Hope to see you there!

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online tonight (Saturday, 16 May 2020) at 6:00 PM.

Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association.

If you are interested in being a part of the group, email Melodie here and she will send you the link for the meeting.

Our annual spring congregational meeting will be conducted online via Zoom on Sunday (24 May 2020).

Agenda — Election of new Board members

Congregational meetings are open to all though only active members of 30 days standing or longer can vote.

Watch your email for time of day, Zoom link, and additional details.

Bennett Upton (All Souls Board President) has designed surveys to determine how you are faring through the current COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and what kind of help you might need or might be able to give.

We also want to know what kind of online programming you would find most helpful to keep you connected to your church community even when we can’t be together in the same room.

Please take just a few minutes to fill out these surveys and help us shape a strong and resilient congregation for the days to come.

• Coronavirus Check-In — How are you? We’re trying to assess the impact of the coronavirus on the congregation to find our areas of greatest need.  We’ll keep this information held within a small group of staff and lay leadership in the congregation.
• Staying Connected — We’re looking to see how we can serve you better and keep you connected to the community.  We’re interested to hear all of your thoughts on how we could do it better.  We’ll also use this to better target our communications with you.  Your answers will be kept confidential, held in a small group of members only and anonymous whenever possible.
• Share Your Interests — Interested in participating in some guided discussion groups?  We can offer these and would be happy to keep you in the loop on whatever you are interested in.  We are more likely to offer things that people have expressed interest in.

Feel free to share these survey links with people that you feel might be interested as church membership is not a requirement for participation in these surveys.

We welcome the inputs from anyone who participates in the All Souls community.

Due to the recent COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and the  restrictions limiting us from having worship in face-to-face settings, we need to find another ways to keep everything happening at All Souls.

If you want to donate to All Souls, you can click on the link provided to our secure donations server.

On this site, there are four options for your donation:

• 2020 Pledges
• Capital Fund Drive
• Collection Plate
• General Fund

Pick the desired options for your donation.  Your donation can be a one-time donation or a recurring donation (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or yearly).

Note:  If you give online, be sure to include your name in your entry. Several of our pledges are showing up anonymously.  If you wish to remain anonymous, thank you for your generosity and we will certainly honor that.  But if you want credit on your All Souls pledge statement, be sure you are filling in the space that says “Name on Card.”

If the name on the card is different from the pledging member, please specify the name on the pledge account in the Comments section and again — thank you!

If you want to send a check, please mail your check to:

All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
9449 Ellerbe Road
Shreveport LA  71106

Please indicate on the memo line of your check if your check is for the 2020 pledge campaign, the capital fund drive, the collection plate, or the general fund.

Thanks for your continued support during these challenging times.

Please join us on Sunday (10 May 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Celebrating Mother’s Day” — A service in celebration of Mother’s Day featuring All Souls members James Peck, Pamela Carlisle, and John Allen.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

If you’re on Facebook, just enter All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church- Shreveport, Louisiana in the search bar and go to the All Souls Facebook page around 10:55 to join in.

Because the All Souls Facebook page is a public page, you should be able to see the worship service whether or not you have a Facebook account.

You do need a Facebook account to “like” and comment on the worship service.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing and what you need.  You can let us know using these online surveys.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

Please join us for our online religious education for children and youth this Sunday (10 May 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom about 5 minutes after our worship service is over.

The Zoom link  for this group will be found on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

This Sunday — We’ll talk about the ways we settle our spirits when we are afraid, angry, or upset.

We will take some time to think of ways to thank the Moms and other important grownups in our lives who help us to do that.

We can still use your art work illustrating our principles and sources (especially the 3rd and 4th principles):

• How people act when they support each other and learn together
• How people act when they are free to search for truth in their own lives

You can post it on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group or email it to Susan.

Please join us on Sunday (3 May 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will be starting Faith Forward:  Spiritual Practice with “Session 3 — Keeping Sabbath.”

This morning we’ll explore the idea of Sabbath time, what that means to each of us, and how we carve it out of our days, now and as we begin to transition to a new normal.

As we enter our focus on personal spiritual growth and development, we’ll look at this program (developed by First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Texas) where members are asked to commit to a daily spiritual practice, monthly communal worship, an annual retreat, and at least one once-in-a-lifetime experience of pilgrimage (not necessarily a geographic pigrimage).

The second session will include an experience of meditation as well as a look at the difference between spiritual exploration and spiritual discipline (both of which are important to a spiritual life).

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 3 May 2020 worship video here.

The “New UU” adult religious education class will be resuming this Sunday (10 May 2020) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.

Bennett is once again offering this class for new and not-so-new members alike.

This week’s topic is “Social Justice Philosophy and Practice”

This is a great opportunity to learn more about the history, theology, and polity of Unitarian Universalism , as well as the history and unique character of our own congregation.

If you’re interested, email Bennett and he will send you a link to join the class.

Please join our ongoing series of classes — “What We Choose: Ethics for Unitarian Universalists” facilitated by Bennett Upton (All Souls Board President).

This class will happen at 12:00 Noon every Saturday beginning 9 May 2020.

Check Slack or email Bennett for the Zoom link information to join this class.

This course from UU authors Amber Beland and Manish Mishra-Marzetti offers an intentional process of engagement with others in examining ethical concepts, dilemmas, and questions to help us clarify and expand our ethical understanding.

Participants examine how they have arrived at ethical positions that they hold dear.

They explore new perspectives, identify areas for further questions and exploration, and perhaps more fully embrace ethical positions they reach through careful discernment.

This program will deepen and expand participants’ knowledge and skills for a process of ethical reflection that is central to living our Unitarian Universalist faith.

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online tonight (Saturday, 9 May 2020) at 6:00 PM.

Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association.

If you are interested in being a part of the group, email Melodie here and she will send you the link for the meeting.

Please join us next Wednesday (13 May 2020) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.

This a chance to connect and catch up midweek.

At some point we may decide to bring in speakers but for now we’re just hanging out and enjoying each other’s virtual company.

Hope to see you there!

Please join us on Sunday (3 May 2020) at 11:00 AM for “In Between:  Liminal Time and Space — The Stress of Limbo and Thresholds” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Continuing our season of focus on personal spiritual frowth and development, we explore this time and space between and what it can mean to our spiritual lives — individually and collectively.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

If you’re on Facebook, just enter All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church- Shreveport, Louisiana in the search bar and go to the All Souls Facebook page around 10:55 to join in.

Because the All Souls Facebook page is a public page, you should be able to see the worship service whether or not you have a Facebook account.

You do need a Facebook account to “like” and comment on the worship service.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing and what you need.  You can let us know using these online surveys.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

Please join us for our online religious education for children and youth this Sunday (3 May 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom about 5 minutes after our worship service is over.

The Zoom link  for this group will be found on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

This Sunday — We’ll take some time to think about our fourth Principle (the free and responsible search for truth and meaning).

Perhaps your family has been taking this time to go through things in your house and think about what you still use and what is no longer useful and could be donated to someone else.

Sometimes it’s good to do that with our own beliefs and opinions as well … to examine carefully some of the things we’ve taken for granted and see if they still hold true for us.

We might find out in the process that things are not always what they seem!

We’ll also explore our first source (Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life).

Please join us on Sunday (3 May 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will be starting Faith Forward:  Spiritual Practice with “Session 2 — Finding Your Spiritual Practice.”

As we enter our focus on personal spiritual growth and development, we’ll look at this program (developed by First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Texas) where members are asked to commit to a daily spiritual practice, monthly communal worship, an annual retreat, and at least one once-in-a-lifetime experience of pilgrimage (not necessarily a geographic pigrimage).

The second session will include an experience of meditation as well as a look at the difference between spiritual exploration and spiritual discipline (both of which are important to a spiritual life).

The “New UU” adult religious education class will be resuming this Sunday (3 May 2020) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.

Bennett is once again offering this class for new and not-so-new members alike.

This week’s topic is “How We Grow in Faith — Philosophy of Religious Education.”

This is a great opportunity to learn more about the history, theology, and polity of Unitarian Universalism , as well as the history and unique character of our own congregation.

If you’re interested, email Bennett and he will send you a link to join the class.

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online tonight (Saturday, 2 May 2020) at 6:00 PM.

Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association.

If you are interested in being a part of the group, email Melodie here and she will send you the link for the meeting.

The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.

Melodie Armstrong has started a group in our community through All Souls.

They have already started meeting but they welcome new participants to join them.

Please join us next Wednesday (6 May 2020) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

Bring your lunch and meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch, and just catch up.

This a chance to connect and catch up midweek.

At some point we may decide to bring in speakers but for now we’re just hanging out and enjoying each other’s virtual company.

Hope to see you there!

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 19 April 2020 worship video here.

Please join us on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Coming Back Thoughtfully: Reflections on Earth Day” — a collaborative service presented by children, youth, and adult representatives of All Souls.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

If you’re on Facebook, just enter All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church- Shreveport, Louisiana in the search bar and go to the All Souls Facebook page around 10:55 to join in.

Because the All Souls Facebook page is a public page, you should be able to see the worship service whether or not you have a Facebook account.

You do need a Facebook account to “like” and comment on the worship service.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing and what you need.  You can let us know using these online surveys.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

Please join us for our online religious education for children and this Sunday (19 April 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom about 5 minutes after our worship service is over.

The Zoom link  for this group will be found on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

This Sunday — We will look at the ways we can care for the Earth in our daily lives, how we can talk with our leaders about changes that need to be made, and how all of that fits in with our Unitarian Universalist principles.

If you aren’t on Facebook, send me an email or text me at 318-465-3427 and I’ll see that you get onto Zoom for the session.

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online tonight (Saturday, 18 April 2020) at 6:00 PM.

Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association.

If you are interested in being a part of the group, email Melodie here and she will send you the link for the meeting.

The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.

Melodie Armstrong has started a group in our community through All Souls.

They have already started meeting but they welcome new participants to join them.

Please join us on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 9:15 AM for our online adult religious education class — “Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution, Part II” with facilitator Susan Caldwell

We will be meeting online via Zoom using this link.

This is a 2018 documentary exploring the life of Peter Kalmus PhD — climate scientist, father of two, and Zen Buddhist — on the personal changes he and his family have made in the ongoing struggle against climate change.

If you are a member of All Souls, you should have already received an email announcement a Special Virtual Congregational Meeting lasting through Sunday (19 April 2020) at 3:00 PM.

On the Agenda:

Application for a small business loan through the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) for the purpose of paying our employees through the time that COVID-19 (Coronavirus) restrictions are in place.

Check your email for a form which will allow you to vote for or against this loan application.

You may vote upon receipt of the form.

Or if you have questions, you may pose those questions at any time between now and 19 April 2020 using the church’s Slack channel using #board-agenda tag.

We will also hold a meeting via Zoom on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 1 PM where you may ask questions of the Board using Zoom (we will supply a link for this before the Zoom meeting).

The deadline for voting will be on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 3 PM.

Please join us next Wednesday (22 April 2020) at 12:00 Noon for an Earth Day Zoom Lunch.  If you want to socialize with maintaining the COVID-19 curve-flattening distance, please join us

You can use this link to join your All Souls friends for lunch.

Bring your lunch, meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch (or don’t – it’s up to you), and just catch up.

That’s it.

Just a chance to connect and catch up midweek.

We’ll make this a weekly thing.  We may decide in the future to bring in guest speakers but for now we’re just hanging out and enjoying each other’s virtual company.

Hope to see you there.

The New UU  class is cancelled this Sunday only (19 April 2020) for the special congregational meeting.

The New UU class should resume next Sunday (26 April 2020) at 1:00 PM via Zoom (email facilitator Bennett Upton for the class link).

If you want to socialize with maintaining the COVID-19 curve-flattening distance, please join us today for our weekly Zoom Lunch (Wednesday, 15 April 2020 at 12 noon).

You can use this link to join your All Souls friends for lunch.

Bring your lunch, meet up with your All Souls friends, have lunch (or don’t – it’s up to you), and just catch up.

That’s it.

Just a chance to connect and catch up midweek.

We’ll make this a weekly thing.  We may decide in the future to bring in guest speakers but for now we’re just hanging out and enjoying each other’s virtual company.

Hope to see you there.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 12 April 2020 worship video here.

Please join us on Sunday (12 April 2020) at 11:00 AM for our Easter Sunday worship service “Is It Spring Yet?” with Rev. Barbara Jarrell and Friends.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Although we can’t be together in our church building, the church is everywhere we are and we will celebrate life rising up again.

If you’re on Facebook, just enter All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church- Shreveport, Louisiana in the search bar and go to the All Souls Facebook page around 10:55 to join in.

Because the All Souls Facebook page is a public page, you should be able to see the worship service whether or not you have a Facebook account.

You do need a Facebook account to “like” and comment on the worship service.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing and what you need.  You can let us know using these online surveys.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

Please join us for our online religious education for children and this Sunday (12 April 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom about 5 minutes after our worship service is over.

The Zoom link  for this group will be found on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

This Sunday — Easter fun, including a virtual egg hunt throughout the worship service and during family religious education, and perhaps a few more surprises.

The Great Decisions Group meets online every Saturday at 6:00 PM.

Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association.

If you are interested in being a part of the group, email Melodie here and she will send you the link for the meeting.

The program provides background information and policy options for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country.

Melodie Armstrong has started a group in our community through All Souls.

They have already met twice but welcome new participants to join them.

Please join us online today (Sunday, 12 April 2020) at 3:00 PM for our weekly middle and high school check-in.

We will be meeting online using this Zoom link.

Our middle and high school youth will meet Sunday afternoon for an online check-in with Noah Wagstaff and Susan Caldwell.

We’ll see how everyone is doing, and also think about some other ideas for keeping the group connected online during this time.

We hope to see you Sunday afternoon.

Please watch your emails for notice of a Special Virtual Congregational Meeting beginning in the next few days and lasting through Sunday (19 April 2020) at 3 PM.

On the Agenda:

Application for a small business loan through the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) for the purpose of paying our employees through the time that COVID-19 (Coronavirus) restrictions are in place.

You will receive via email a form which will allow you to vote for or against this loan application.

You may vote upon receipt of the form.

Or if you have questions, you may pose those questions at any time between now and 19 April 2020 using the church’s Slack channel using #board-agenda tag.

We will also hold a meeting via Zoom on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 1 PM where you may ask questions of the Board using Zoom (we will supply a link for this before the Zoom meeting).

The deadline for voting will be on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 3 PM.

If you want to know more about Unitarian Universalism, “The New UU” class for adults begins this Sunday (12 April 2020) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.

All Souls Board President Bennett Upton will facilitate this class via Zoom.

If you’re interested, email Bennett and he will send you a link to join the class this Sunday.

Bennett is once again offering this class for new and not-so-new members alike.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about the history, theology, and polity of Unitarian Universalism along with the history and unique character of our own congregation.

Please join us on Sunday (12 April 2020) at 9:15 AM for our online adult religious education class “Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19 – Part 2” with facilitator Susan Caldwell (we will be meeting online via Zoom using this link).

We all need to stay in our homes to flatten the curve of the spreading COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and yet our activism is needed now more than ever.

We’ll look at updates from the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Amnesty International, the Poor People’s Campaign, and the Industrial Areas Foundation for ways to stay engaged even as we stay home.

And we’ll check in to see how everyone is doing this week.

Please note this is a new link for the adult religious education class.

Because of security concerns, Zoom is now requiring a meeting ID and password for meetings.  If you are a regular (or even semi-regular) class participant, please use this link to join the adult religious education class.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 5 April 2020 worship video here.

Please join us online this Sunday (5 April 2020) at 11:00 AM for our online streaming worship service — “Reclaiming Our Stories” by Mollie Corbett.

The worship video will be available on the All Souls Facebook page (live streaming and recorded).

Mollie is the creator of “Outlier” — a unique multimedia arts installation and advocacy vehicle for survivors of sexual abuse and assault.

With the Outlier project, many victims have become survivors who have then become advocates for others like themselves.

We are proud to present “Reclaiming Our Stories” — a service dedicated to people who rise from the worst moments of their lives to step into their own power and help others step into theirs.

Because the church page is a public Facebook page, you will be able to see the worship service whether or not you have a Facebook account.

You do need log into your Facebook account to “like” and comment on the service.

A note for parents of younger children:  Your family is still welcome to join us for worship.  Mollie is also a parent and will be cognizant of a family audience.  At the same time, if you are at all concerned about the topic, you’re welcome to join us for the first part of the service and wait to watch the recording of the sermon afterward.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing and what you need.  You can let us know using these online surveys.

And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.

Please join us for our online religious education for children and this Sunday (5 April 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom about 5 minutes after our worship service is over.

The Zoom link  for this group will be found on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

This Sunday: Every Person is Important and Valuable!

Last week, we talked about the importance of covenant in our faith and the fact that our seven principles are a covenant.

In the next seven weeks, we’ll look at each of those principles and the ways that we live them every day — even now — when we must “stick together by staying apart.”

This week — “the inherent worth and dignity of every person” — or in the words for younger people — “every person is important and valuable.”

What are some ways we practice that Principle, respect for the worth of every person, even when we can’t be together in the same place?

From week to week in the worship service, we’ll be using your art work to illustrate our principles and sources.  You can post it on the All Souls Religious Education group on Facebook,or email your artwork to Susan Caldwell.

For this Sunday, think about:

• How people act when they consider every person important and valuable
• How people act when they believe everyone should be treated fairly and kindly
• How people act when they support each other and learn together
• How people act when they are free to search for truth in their own lives
• How people act when they work to see that everyone gets a vote
  How people act when they believe in peace, liberty, and justice for all
• How people act when they believe that we are connected to each other and to all life on earth?

Send Susan Caldwell a picture illustrating any of the principles or sources and we will see that it’s used in a worship service (if not this week then next week)

Join us on the new Zoom link about 5 minutes after the worship service.

NOTE: Zoom now requires a meeting ID and password.  This information will be on the All Souls Shreveport Religious Education Group on Facebook.

If you’re on Facebook but haven’t asked to join the group yet, please do so.

If you aren’t on Facebook, send Susan Caldwell an email or text Susan at 318-465-3427 to join the children and youth on Zoom.

Please join us online today (Sunday, 5 April 2020) at 2:00 PM for our weekly middle and high school check-in.

We will be meeting online using this Zoom link.

Our middle and high school youth will meet Sunday afternoon for an online check-in with Noah Wagstaff and Susan Caldwell.

We’re trying this again, getting the word out a little more widely this time.

We’ll see how everyone is doing, and also think about some other ideas for keeping the group connected online during this time.

We hope to see you Sunday afternoon.

On Sunday (5 April 2020) at 1:30 PM, the Shreveport chapter of Louisiana Trans Advocates  will meeting online via Zoom (information for this meeting can be found on the Shreveport LTA Facebook group).

The Shreveport chapter of Louisiana Trans Advocates (LTA) meets on the first Sunday of every month at 1:30 PM.

Before the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, Shreveport LTA would meet in the All Souls Social Hall.

Shreveport LTA is meeting online for the 5 April 2020 meeting in order to flatten the Coronavirus curve.

All transgender, non-binary, and gender-fluid individuals are welcome along their supportive family and friends.

This group provides social support as well as practical advice for people at all points on the spectrum of gender identity and sexual orientation.

Please watch your emails for notice of a Special Virtual Congregational Meeting beginning in the next few days and lasting through Sunday (19 April 2020) at 3 PM.

On the Agenda:

Application for a small business loan through the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) for the purpose of paying our employees through the time that COVID-19 (Coronavirus) restrictions are in place.

You will receive via email a form which will allow you to vote for or against this loan application.

You may vote upon receipt of the form.

Or if you have questions, you may pose those questions at any time between now and 19 April 2020 using the church’s Slack channel using #board-agenda tag.

We will also hold a meeting via Zoom on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 1 PM where you may ask questions of the Board using Zoom (we will supply a link for this before the Zoom meeting).

The deadline for voting will be on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 3 PM.

Please join us on Sunday (5 April 2020) at 9:15 AM for our online adult religious education class “Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19” with facilitator Susan Caldwell (we will be meeting online via Zoom using this link).

We all need to stay in our homes to flatten the curve of the spreading COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and yet our activism is needed now more than ever.

We’ll look at updates from the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Amnesty International, the Poor People’s Campaign, and the Industrial Areas Foundation for ways to stay engaged even as we stay home.

And we’ll check in to see how everyone is doing this week.

Please note this is a new link for the adult religious education class.

Because of security concerns, Zoom is now requiring a meeting ID and password for meetings.  If you are a regular (or even semi-regular) class participant, please use this link to join the adult religious education class.

The scammers are at it again.

During the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, our congregants are once again receiving scam emails that are fraudulent and that claim to be sent from our minister Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

The first one arrives as as brief cursory email saying “email me right back.”

Many people, seeing such a message from the pastor, are inclined to do as asked.

Please do not!  Mark as spam and delete immediately.

If you missed the last round of scam warnings and have already responded to the first email and received the second asking for gift cards for cancer patients, coronavirus patients, anyone or any cause at all, do not send anything.

The fraudulent email sender may claim to be Rev. Jarrell or All Souls Board President Bennett Upton.

Rev. Jarrell and Bennett Upton did not send these emails.

These types of email are scams — please do not fall for the scam.

The Federal Trade Commission has more information on this type of scam on their web site.

Neither Rev. Jarrell nor anyone in congregational leadership at All Souls will ever ask you for money, gift cards, or anything like this for any reason.

We are grateful to the congregants who received it this time around and and took the time to let us know.

If you ever receive a pitch for donations that is not part of a pledge drive nor part of our monthly “Give Away the Plate” efforts, please do not reply to that address and do not send them anything.

Please do take the time to call, text, or email us at our legitimate email addresses and phone numbers which are available in all church materials and on our web site.

Due to the recent COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and the  restrictions limiting us from having worship in face-to-face settings, we need to find another ways to keep everything happening at All Souls.

If you want to donate to All Souls, you can click on the link provided to our secure donations server.

On this site, there are four options for your donation — 2020 Pledges,  Capital Fund Drive, Collection Plate, and General Fund.

Pick the desired options for your donation.  Your donation can be a one-time donation or a recurring donation (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or yearly).

If you want to send a check, please mail your check to:

All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
9449 Ellerbe Road
Shreveport LA  71106

Please indicate on the memo line of your check if your check is for the 2020 pledge campaign, the capital fund drive, the collection plate, or the general fund.

We will post a link with this information every week when we post information on our Sunday worship service.

Thanks for your continued support during these challenging times.

Please join us online today (Sunday, 29 March 2020) at 2:00 PM for our weekly middle and high school check-in.

We will be meeting online using this Zoom link.

Our middle and high school youth will meet Sunday afternoon for an online check-in with Noah Wagstaff and Susan Caldwell.

We’re trying this again, getting the word out a little more widely this time.

We’ll see how everyone is doing, and also think about some other ideas for keeping the group connected online during this time.

We hope to see you Sunday afternoon.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our third attempt at livestreaming our worship, we have used Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 29 March 2020 worship video here.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our second attempt at livestreaming our worship, we have used Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook or have a Facebook account to view this video.

You can find the 22 March 2020 worship video here.

Bennett Upton (All Souls Board President) has designed two surveys to determine how you are faring through the current COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and what kind of help you might need or might be able to give.

We also want to know what kind of online programming you would find most helpful to keep you connected to your church community even when we can’t be together in the same room.

Please take just a few minutes to fill out both of them and help us shape a strong and resilient congregation for the days to come.

• Coronavirus Check-In — How are you? We’re trying to assess the impact of the coronavirus on the congregation to find our areas of greatest need.  We’ll keep this information held within a small group of staff and lay leadership in the congregation.
• Staying Connected — We’re looking to see how we can serve you better and keep you connected to the community.  We’re interested to hear all of your thoughts on how we could do it better.  We’ll also use this to better target our communications with you.  Your answers will be kept confidential, held in a small group of members only and anonymous whenever possible.

Feel free to share this with people that you feel might be interested as church membership is not a requirement of participation.  We welcome the inputs from anyone who participates in the All Souls community.

Please join us online this Sunday (22 March 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Companions for the Journey” with Kathy Osuch and Bob Jordan.

As we continue our season focusing on peace, social justice, and the interdependent web, we are blessed to have two of our members share their spiritual paths which are centered around their love and respect for the Earth and nature.

Due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, our worship service will be an online streaming video service and we will not be meeting in person.  You can join us online here.

After the worship service, we are asking children and youth to join us on the religious education Zoom link.  We’ll have a time for sharing joys and concerns and a very short lesson.

Click on the link to download Zoom (if you don’t have it already) and to join the class.

Please join us on Sunday (22 March 2020) at 9:15 AM (via Zoom) for our adult religious education class — “Who is a Prophet?” with facilitator Susan Caldwell.

Please note that this class will be an online interactive class and we will not be meeting in person due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.  Please use the Zoom link if you wish to participate.

This week (after a check-in to find out how we’re all doing and a small tutorial on the features of Zoom) we’ll look at the writings of Paul Rasor, Father Richard Rohr, Rev. William Barber, and others.

We will also talk about what it means to speak with a prophetic voice in turbulent times.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services.

This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats.

For our first attempt at livestreaming our worship, we have used Facebook Live.

You can find the 15 March 2020 worship video here.

Starting next week (22 March 2020), we will only have the online livestream worship to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our community and our community’s medical resources (this is known as “flattening the curve” and NPR explains why this is important here).

We will monitor the risks and make an evidence-based decision to resume in-person worship when it is appropriate.

We will announce that decision when it happens online through email announcements, social media, and our website.

“The Soul Felt Its Worth” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110123906/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/15December2019Worship.mp3

“Two Notions of God and Their Effect on Movements” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110123833/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/8December2019Worship.mp3

Please join us on Sunday (23 February 2020) at 11:00 AM for “The Love of Justice” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell and special guests.

This is a special service featuring songs of social justice and calls to action on many fronts featuring guest musicians Bob Jordan and Loren and Gus Demerath.

We’ll also hear an update from Gretchen Upton on the Sunrise Movement.

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 (23 February 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.  Topic to be announced.

Day of the Dead Service with Lee Spruell

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110115416/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/27October2019Worship.mp3

“Truth or Dare: The Quest and the Calling” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110115330/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/13October2019Worship.mp3

“Finding Balance Before the Download” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110115253/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/6October2019Worship.mp3

“What Unitarian Universalism Holds Sacred” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110115227/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/22September2019Worship.mp3

Annual Homecoming Service Message with Rev. Barbara Jarrell

Attached media: http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/15September2019Worship.mp3

“Someone Else’s Truth” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110115039/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/1September2019Worship.mp3

“When Lady Liberty Weeps” by Dr. Pamela McPherson

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110114754/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/14July2019Worship.mp3

“The Myth of Self-Sufficiency” by Susan Caldwell

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110114722/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/7July2019Worship.mp3

Please join us on Sunday (9 February 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Life in the Riddle:  Inseparable and Contradictory Opposites” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

A newcomer session will follow the worship service in the Middle/High School classroom as the Carnival Art Market continues after 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.

Please join us on Sunday (2 February 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Amid the Noise and Haste – We Choose” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Rev. Barbara is back in the pulpit this morning, revisiting Desiderata (a 1927 piece by Max Ehrmann that saw a resurgence of popularity in the 1970s and bears another look in the present age).

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 (2 February 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education classes.  For this Sunday, you have choices:

• The New UU –Bennett Upton, Facilitator
  New and not-so-new Unitarian Universalists will benefit from this comprehensive introduction to our faith tradition and our congregation. Hear stories from our history and learn more about our covenantal living tradition in the here and now.
• The Wisdom of the World’s Religions — Susan Caldwell, Facilitator
  “Zoroastrianism:  A Look Inside the World’s Oldest Monotheistic Religion” The subject of Zoroastrianism has come up a few times in our recent discussions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, so let’s go back and take a closer look at its origins, its influence on the Abrahamic traditions, and its current practice.

Please join us on Sunday (19 January 2020) at 11:00 AM for “The Power of One” by Carolyn Jones.

Please join us on this Martin Luther King Sunday to welcome one of Shreveport’s own civil rights trailblazers.

From her childhood as the first African-American child to integrate Creswell Elementary to her current life as a businesswoman, musician, tireless community volunteer and activist, hers has been and is a remarkable life.

Ms. Jones will tell her story and (along with her nephew guitarist Maurice White III) will share music with us as well.  Together, they make up the duo Acoustic Standard.

And in celebration of the holiday, please take the time to revisit this moment in Unitarian Universalist history, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the Ware Lecture at UUA General Assembly 1966.

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 (19 January 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education classes.  For this Sunday, you have choices:

• The New UU –Bennett Upton, Facilitator
  New and not-so-new Unitarian Universalists will benefit from this comprehensive introduction to our faith tradition and our congregation. Hear stories from our history and learn more about our covenantal living tradition in the here and now.
• The Wisdom of the World’s Religions — Susan Caldwell, Facilitator
  Inside Mecca, Part I — We begin a 2-session exploration of Islam viewing the first half of a National Geographic documentary showing a rare view of the Hajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca that is one of the Five Pillars of the Islamic faith) through the eyes of three different pilgrims.

Please join us for the 21st annual World Religion Day celebration on 26 January 2020.

This event will be happening at The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA 71104) from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

As many as 18 different faith traditions have participated in this event, which includes table displays by each faith group as well as panel discussions and musical presentations throughout the afternoon.

We’re delighted to welcome as our keynote this year the Rev. Theron Jackson of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church — a dynamic speaker and longtime proponent of interfaith engagement and understanding.

Please join us on Monday (3 February 2020) at 7:00 PM for RiZe Up! — Roy Zimmerman in Concert at All Souls.

Admission is $25.00 (or whatever you can pay).

If you want to come to the concert, don’t let money stand in your way.

Join us, and bring your friends, to welcome Roy Zimmerman back to Shreveport and All Souls.

Roy’s signature blend of heart and hilarity has never been more necessary.

RiZe Up is ninety minutes of Roy Zimmerman’s original songs — a funny and forceful affirmation of peace and social justice.

It’s laughter and encouragement for progressive-minded people who need a lot of both.

Please join us on Sunday (29 December 2019) at 11:00 AM for “You Have a Point There” with Rev. Barbara Jarrell and Susan Caldwell.

Some “sermonating,” some storytelling, some music, but what’s the point?

Come and find out.

For this week’s religious education for children and youth, we will have a low-key movie and crafts day.

Regular classes will resume next Sunday (5 January 2020) as we begin our pillar on World Religions.

Send in your 2020 pledge form now or bring it to church this Sunday (28 December 2019).

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 — Sunday services, adult and children’s religious education, Buddhist meditation, yoga, Earth-Based Spirituality, and more.

All Souls is proud to be recognized as a Welcoming Congregation (Unitarian Universalist program for congregations that have done additional study and discernment around issues related to bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender equality).

We are also honored and thankful to be the host location for the monthly meetings of Louisiana Trans Advocates (Shreveport Chapter).

Your donation helps maintain and improve All Souls.

Thank you to all who support this congregation with your time, talent, and treasure.

You did it again!

Thanks to everyone who helped make the season brighter for 20 children in this community support program!

There will be no 9:15 AM adult religious education classes this Sunday (29 December 2019).

We will be back on 5 January 2020 with a new session of The New UU and the continuation of Understanding the Bible with an exploration of the Christian scriptures.

Check back next week for details.

Please join us on Sunday (22 December 2019) at 11:00 AM for “Don’t Let the Lights Go Out” with the children, youth, and adults of All Souls.

Our winter holiday celebrations were born of a need to remember in the darkest times of winter that the Light will return.  It is in telling the stories and hearing their messages that call to us even now that we become the bringers of the light to a dark and hurting world.

The next congregational meeting will happen this Sunday (22 December 2019) immediately after our worship service.

You can read about it here.

Join us on Christmas Eve (Tuesday, 24 December 2019) at 6:30 PM for our annual Christmas Eve candlelight service.

We’ll hear the Christmas story and we’ll sing the carols with the original words as we watch the candlelight growing in the window.

The service includes special music by the All Souls Choir and guest musicians.

Afterward, we have a very low-key reception in the social hall, where you can bring any extra goodies you want out of the house and spend some time in the holiday spirit in community with your All Souls friends.

Children and youth are invited to arrive at 6 p.m. to participate in an All Souls Christmas Eve tradition.

Please join us on Sunday (22 December 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education classes.  For this Sunday, you have choices:

• The New UU –Bennett Upton, Facilitator
  New and not-so-new Unitarian Universalists will benefit from this comprehensive introduction to our faith tradition and our congregation. Hear stories from our history, and learn more about our covenantal Living Tradition in the here and now.  This Sunday — Session 6 — “Membership” — This workshop ties up loose ends and also explicitly invites those who have not yet done so to take the next step into membership.
• Understanding the Bible — Susan Caldwell, Facilitator
  Understanding the Bible provides an opportunity to engage with the scriptures and read them “against the grain.”  As our very tradition was born because our forebears took the initiative to do exactly that, often at the risk of their reputations and even their lives, it’s only right that we take on for ourselves the right and privilege of doing so.  This week — Session 6 — “Meet the Prophets” — As we’ve discussed before in different contexts, the act of prophesying is often more of a “forthtelling,” than a “foretelling,” as in calling forth the powers that be and holding them accountable for the injustices of their regimes.  As we explore the prophetic tradition of the Hebrew Scriptures, we will look at the necessary tension between prophetic leadership, which is essential, and prophets that set themselves in a position to speak truth to the power of leadership, which is also essential.

Please join us on Sunday (8 December 2019) at 11:00 AM for “Two Notions of God and Their Effect on Movements” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

We continue our season of focus on the Jewish and Christian roots of Unitarian Universalism.

Look for the Mitten Tree this Sunday as well as an opportunity to pay tribute to loved ones by purchasing poinsettias for the sanctuary.

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 (8 December 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education classes.  For this Sunday, you have choices:

• The New UU –Bennett Upton, Facilitator
  New and not-so-new Unitarian Universalists will benefit from this comprehensive introduction to our faith tradition and our congregation. Hear stories from our history, and learn more about our covenantal Living Tradition in the here and now.  This Sunday — Session 5 — “How Are Decisions Made?  Governance and Polity.”  This workshop explores the workings of a free congregation and the history of our movement behind it.
• Understanding the Bible — Susan Caldwell, Facilitator
  Understanding the Bible provides an opportunity to engage with the scriptures and read them “against the grain.”  As our very tradition was born because our forebears took the initiative to do exactly that, often at the risk of their reputations and even their lives, it’s only right that we take on for ourselves the right and privilege of doing so.  This week — Session 3 — “Generations” — The story of Abraham (including the Akedah, The Binding of Isaac).  This is a story that horrifies many of us but what value did the story have to the people who told and heard it?

From:  Board of Directors (All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Shreveport, Louisiana)

To:  All Members, Inactive Members, and Friends

In accordance with the Bylaws of our church and the Fifth Principle of Unitarian Universalism, we hereby announce that All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church will hold a Congregational Meeting on Sunday (22 December 2019) immediately following the 11:00 AM worship service.

On the Agenda:

• The 2020 Budget
• A change to the bylaws regarding membership categories

Please make every effort to attend.

All active members should attend this meeting or give their proxies to those who can.

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 (24 November 2019) at 11:00 AM for our annual Thanksgiving ritual and feast with Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

This is a holiday with a tortured history that needs recognition and reckoning.  At the same time, we need time and space to recognize those people, events, and everyday gifts in our lives that cause us to feel gratitude.  It is another part of the great paradox in which we live our lives.  Join us as we celebrate this gratitude and sit down to a meal together.

We begin with a shorter service in the sanctuary and end with a procession to the social hall for a ritual of gratitude and our potluck feast.

If you are unable to prepare or pick up anything, please come anyway.  There will be plenty.  And we need people to help with set-up and clean-up which is just as good as bringing food.

Please join us on Sunday (24 November 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class — “The New UU” with facilitator Bennett Upton.

New and not-so-new Unitarian Universalists will benefit from this comprehensive introduction to our faith tradition and our congregation.

Hear stories from our history, and learn more about our covenantal Living Tradition in the here and now.

For this Sunday — Session 3 – “Philosophy of Religious Education.”
This workshop introduces the philosophy of Unitarian Universalist religious education, especially the concept of lifespan faith development as the search for truth and meaning that goes on throughout our lives. Activities emphasize the role of narrative and the need for religious education to provide ways to respond to all that life presents. This session will feature a guest panel including  Susan Caldwell (Director of Lifespan Religious Education) as well as a longtime teacher in our religious education program (Eric First) and a teacher who has also grown up in the program (Noah Wagstaff).

The “Understanding the Bible” class is on a one-week break and will return next week (1 December 2019) at 9:15 AM with facilitator Susan Caldwell.

This Sunday (3 November 2019) is the Green Bag Sunday for
Noel Food Pantry.

Foods needed at Noel this month are:

• Jiffy Cornbread Mix (8.5 oz.)
• Canned green beans (15-16 oz.)
• boxed cereal (12 oz.)

Bring your bag of food (any color bag) to church with the requested food items and JoDel Adkins will have her green Kia Soul parked out in front with the hatch open for you to place your bag inside.

JoDel volunteers at Noel and will see that the food is delivered to the Noel Food Pantry.

Please join us on Sunday (3 November 2019) at 11:00 AM for “Companions for the Journey” with Rebecca Tuggle, Diana Teeters, and Ken Peterson.

Join three of our members as they talk about the journeys that brought them here, the reasons they stay, and where they are on their respective spiritual paths.

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 (3 November 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class:

After the Elevator Speech: But What Do You Believe?
Forming your personal credo

This week we will continue discussing some of the “big questions” that will ultimately help us to clarify and express our own personal credos and how they fit within the context of our Unitarian Universalist Principles and values.  We will also hear any credos that class members have written and want to share with the group.

Please join us on Sunday (27 October 2019) at 11:00 AM for “Returning to All Souls:  A Celebration of Dia de Los Muertos  (The Day of the Dead)” with Lee Spruell and Virginia Villarreal.

We are thankful and honored to welcome back Lee Spruell to our sanctuary, who will once again share his family’s celebration of the Day of the Dead, as has been celebrated in Mexico for years.

You are invited to bring a picture of a departed loved one to place on the ofrenda.

Although the theme is death, the Day of the Dead is not considered a solemn or spooky holiday.  It is not Halloween.

In many traditions, this is the time of year to feel closer to those who have departed this world, and the celebration is for the expression of our love and joy at having known them.

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 (27 October 2019) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class:

After the Elevator Speech: But What Do You Believe?
Forming your personal credo

This week we will continue discussing some of the “big questions” that will ultimately help us to clarify and express our own personal credos and how they fit within the context of our Unitarian Universalist Principles and values.

On this Sunday (27 October 2019), bring your worthy donations so you can scarf up some delicious treats after church and support Laughing Dog Ranch.

Our middle and high school youth are hosting a cookie sale to benefit Laughing Dog Ranch.

Laughing Dog Ranch is an animal rescue in Oil City LA run by our great friend Pepper Lumina.

Check out her website to see the adoptable pets and other ways to help.

If you would like to help contribute some of the goodies to sell, contact
Eric First or Kathy Osuch.

“Rule-Breakers and Heretics”

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110070920/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/30June2019Worship.mp3

“Loving Unconditionally in a Conditional Society” by Elias Capello

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110070853/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/23June2019Worship.mp3

“Carry the Flame” by James Peck

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110070832/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/16June2019Worship.mp3

2019 Graduating Senior Sermons by Ashford McLain, Sarah Allen, and Sarah Lord

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110070804/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/9June2019Worship.mp3

“Ain’t Got No Home” by Earlene Venable

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110070743/http://allsoulsshreveport.org/podcasts/2June2019Worship.mp3