Please join us on Sunday (20 September 2020) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will continue the next series of Faith Forward — UU Theology.

UU Theology is a planned as a six-session series exploring various theological concepts through a Unitarian Universalist lens.

Each session addresses the question “What does our Unitarian Universalist tradition teach about this concept, and how does that help me clarify and act on my own beliefs?”

This week — Session 5 — “What Are Our Sources?” — We’ll be looking at the diverse sources from which UUs draw wisdom and inspiration and consider which ones inform and enrich our individual paths and that of our congregation.

We’ll also take some time to explore some of the different UU perspectives of Jesus.

Please join us next Wednesday (23 September 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 All Souls middle and high school youth will be meeting via Zoom for religious education this Friday (25 September 2020) at 4:30 PM.

“Ratifying the Eighth Principle” — After a check-in and some planning for the year to come, we will our exploration of the proposed eighth principle of Unitarian Universalism in preparation for its ratification by our congregation along with planning for our Eight Principle worship service in October 2020.

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online on Saturday night  (19 September 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 on Saturday (19 September 2020) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

The group is free and open to all.

For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.

If you wish to join the group, please email Larry Androes for Zoom meeting link, meeting ID, and password.

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online on Saturday night  (12 September 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 6 September 2020 worship video here.

Religious education for children and youth will not be meeting this week (6 September 2020).

We will resume this event the following Sunday (13 September 2020) at 1:00 PM

We encourage all ages to join us in community for our Artist Sunday worship service.

Please join us on Sunday (6 September 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will continue the next series of Faith Forward — UU Theology.

UU Theology is a planned as a six-session series exploring various theological concepts through a Unitarian Universalist lens.

Each session addresses the question “What does our Unitarian Universalist tradition teach about this concept, and how does that help me clarify and act on my own beliefs?”

For this week, we will begin Session 3 — “What Is Our Purpose?”

We’ll explore the ways that a sense of purpose impacts our daily lives and our involvement with the church, and revisit the importance of covenant as the foundation of our faith and community.

Please join us next Wednesday (9 September 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 on Saturday night  (5 September 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 on Saturday (5 September 2020) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

The group is free and open to all.

For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.

If you wish to join the group, please email Larry Androes for Zoom meeting link, meeting ID, and password.

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 30 August 2020 worship video here.

Please join us on Sunday (30 August 2020) at 11:00 AM for
a wonderful sermon (title to be announced later) by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Because of the impact of Hurricane Laura (including the fact that many of our performing artists have no internet and no electricity), we are postponing our online Artist Sunday worship service until next week (6 September 2020).

Rev. Barbara and our worship team will be back this Sunday with yet another inspiring and thought-provoking service on a timely and needed theme.  Please join us.

We will have a  virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in.  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 (30 August 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom at 1:00 PM after the virtual coffee hour is over.

We begin our season of focus on Unitarian Universalist Identity with Love Surrounds Us (a Tapestry of Faith curriculum that explores all of our Unitarian Universalist principles in the context of beloved community).

We can still use your art work illustrating our principles and sources.

You can post it on the All Souls Religious Education page on Facebook or send it to Susan at dre@allsoulsshreveport.org.

We can use more illustrations of the third and fourth principles and — of course — the eighth principle too:

• 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 are working to dismantle racism and create beloved community?

Join us using the religious education Zoom link about 5 minutes after the worship service.

If you aren’t on Facebook, send Susan Caldwell an email or text her at 318-465-3427 to get into Zoom for online religious education class.

The All Souls middle and high school youth will be meeting via Zoom for religious education this Sunday (30 August 2020) at 2:00 PM.

“Ratifying the Eighth Principle” — After a check-in and some planning for the year to come, we’ll take a look at the proposed eighth principle of Unitarian Universalism and talk about introducing this to the congregation later this fall.

Please join us on Sunday (30 August 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will continue the next series of Faith Forward — UU Theology.

UU Theology is a planned as a six-session series exploring various theological concepts through a Unitarian Universalist lens.

Each session addresses the question “What does our Unitarian Universalist tradition teach about this concept, and how does that help me clarify and act on my own beliefs?”

For this week (Session 3 – “What Are God and Spirit?”), we will continue explore the range of beliefs about God and Spirit that are encompassed within Unitarian Universalism.

Please join us next Wednesday (2 September 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 on Saturday night  (29 August 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 on Saturday (29 August 2020) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

The group is free and open to all.

For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.

If you wish to join the group, please email Larry Androes for Zoom meeting link, meeting ID, and password.

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 23 August 2020 worship video here.

Please join us on Sunday (23 August 2020) for “Fixing the Pump” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

We will have a  virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

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

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

All Souls members and friends have asked us what is the timeline for getting back into the building for worship services and other gatherings.

The Board has determined that we will not even begin a
discussion of in-person services until the state has entered phase three.  And we will likely take some time to discern whether and how long that phase three will last.

And the UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray recently issued a statement that we should be prepared to continue meeting virtually through at least May 2021.

Please join us for our online religious education for children and youth this Sunday (16 August 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom at 1:00 PM after the virtual coffee hour is over.

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

We begin our season of focus on Unitarian Universalist Identity with Love Surrounds Us (a Tapestry of Faith curriculum that explores all of our Unitarian Universalist principles in the context of beloved community).

We can still use your art work illustrating our principles and sources.

You can post it on the All Souls Religious Education page on Facebook or send it to Susan at dre@allsoulsshreveport.org.

We can use more illustrations of the third and fourth principles and — of course — the eighth principle too:

• 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 are working to dismantle racism and create beloved community?

Join us using the religious education Zoom link about 5 minutes after the worship service.

If you aren’t on Facebook, send Susan Caldwell an email or text her at 318-465-3427 to get into Zoom for online religious education class.

The All Souls middle and high school youth will be meeting via Zoom for religious education this Sunday (23 August 2020) at 2:00 PM.

“Ratifying the Eighth Principle” — After a check-in and some planning for the year to come, we’ll take a look at the proposed eighth principle of Unitarian Universalism and talk about introducing this to the congregation later this fall.

Please join us on Sunday (23 August 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will continue the next series of Faith Forward — UU Theology.

UU Theology is a six-session series exploring various theological concepts through a Unitarian Universalist lens.

Each session addresses the question “What does our Unitarian Universalist tradition teach about this concept, and how does that help me clarify and act on my own beliefs?”

For this week (Session 2 – “What Are God and Spirit?”), we will explore the range of beliefs about God and Spirit that are encompassed within Unitarian Universalism.

Please join us next Wednesday (26 August 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 16 August 2020 worship video here.

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online on Saturday night  (22 August 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 on Sunday (16 August 2020) at 11:00 AM for “As American as Motherhood and Suffrage Pie” with Pamela Carlisle and worship associate Susan Bettinger.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

We welcome Pamela Carter Carlisle (All Souls Member and Outreach Specialist for the Bossier Parish Libraries History Center) who will present “As American as Motherhood and Suffrage Pie” — a look at how far we’ve come in the 100 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment and how far we have yet to go.

We also welcome worship associate Susan Bettinger (All Souls member and President of the Caddo Parish League of Women Voters).

We will have a  virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in.  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 (16 August 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom at 1:00 PM after the virtual coffee hour is over.

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

• Along with the recent surge throughout our state, we keep learning more about this virus and the wider age spectrum of people who are getting sick from this virus.
• With schools reopening and our families in various stages of preparation — in-person or virtual — we don’t feel responsible bringing people together for additional in-person gatherings that — however fun — are not essential.
• When the weather gets cooler, we’ll figure out some multi-generational outdoor activities that require less handing of things from person to person and allow for better physical distancing.
• If your family was looking forward to tie-dye, email Susan and she will get a tie-dye kit to your house with a few colors of dye, some soda ash, and all the instructions.  Otherwise, we promise we’ll get together and tie-dye as soon as it’s safer.

We can still use your art work illustrating our principles and sources.

You can post it on the All Souls Religious Education page on Facebook or send it to Susan at dre@allsoulsshreveport.org.

We can use more illustrations of the third and fourth principles and — of course — the eighth principle too:

• 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 are working to dismantle racism and create beloved community?

Join us using the religious education Zoom link about 5 minutes after the worship service.

If you aren’t on Facebook, send Susan Caldwell an email or text her at 318-465-3427 to get into Zoom for online religious education class.

Please join us on Sunday (2 August 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will begin the next series of Faith Forward — UU Theology.

UU Theology is a six-session series exploring various theological concepts through a Unitarian Universalist lens.

Each session addresses the question “What does our Unitarian Universalist tradition teach about this concept, and how does that help me clarify and act on my own beliefs?”

Please join us next Wednesday (19 August 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 9 August 2020 worship video here.

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online on Saturday night  (15 August 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 on Saturday (15 August 2020) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

The group is free and open to all.

For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.

If you wish to join the group, please email Larry Androes for Zoom meeting link, meeting ID, and password.

Please join us on Sunday (9 August 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Light Among the Means and Ends” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Means and ends are inseparable.

How could we ever expect to achieve positive ends through negative means?

We must be able to see and be the light — and to believe in something better — if we are to bring it about for our world.

We will have a  virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

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

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

Religious education for children and youth is taking a break for a few weeks and will return on Zoom (with a surprise) on 16 August 2020.

Meanwhile, we will still post ideas and projects for you to do at home and stay in touch via the All Souls Religious Education Group on Facebook.

Parents — email Susan Caldwell if you are not a member of the religious education group on Facebook.

The Sunday morning adult religious education class that normally meets at 9:15 AM every Sunday will not be meeting this Sunday (9 August 2020).

The adult religious education class will resume on 16 August 2020 at 9:15 AM.

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 2 August 2020 worship video here.

Please join us on Saturday (8 August 2020) at 10:30 AM for our weekly meditation group with Larry Androes.

This is a sitting Buddhist meditation including a brief introduction to mindfulness meditation, 20 minutes of sitting, and followed by a weekly teaching.

The group is free and open to all.

For more information, contact Larry via email or phone using (318) 272-0014.

If you wish to join the group, please email Larry Androes for Zoom meeting link, meeting ID, and password.

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online on Saturday night  (8 August 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 on Sunday (2 August 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Committed and Connected” with Eleanora Lawrence and Gretchen Upton.

This week — when we remember the life and legacy of the late John Lewis — we are joined by two of our youth who are both activists and leaders — who will speak about the ways we stay engaged and committed to the work, and the importance of working in community.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

We will have a  virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

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

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

Religious education for children and youth is taking a break for a few weeks and will return on Zoom (with a surprise) on 16 August 2020.

Meanwhile, we will still post ideas and projects for you to do at home and stay in touch via the All Souls Religious Education Group on Facebook.

Parents — email Susan Caldwell if you are not a member of the religious education group on Facebook.

Please join us on Sunday (2 August 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We have just finished the Faith Forward series on Spiritual Practice.

We’ll use this piece by Thich Nhat Hanh to reflect on how our spiritual practice might change us, and how that in turn might be a step toward changing the world.

And the class will not meet next Sunday (9 August 2020) but will resume on 16 August 2020.

Please join us next Wednesday (5 August 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 on Saturday night  (1 August 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 26 July 2020 worship video here.

Please join us on Sunday (26 July 2020) at 11:00 AM for “A Living Tradition?” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

It’s a living tradition only if we keep living into it!

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

This service will also feature the music of Michael Futreal and Twang Darkly.

We will have a  virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

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

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

Religious education for children and youth is taking a break for a few weeks and will return on Zoom (with a surprise) on 16 August 2020.

Meanwhile, we will still post ideas and projects for you to do at home and stay in touch via the All Souls Religious Education Group on Facebook.

Parents — email Susan Caldwell if you are not a member of the religious education group on Facebook.

We can still use your art work illustrating our principles and sources.

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

We can use more illustrations of the third and fourth principles and — of course — the eighth principle too:

• 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 are working to dismantle racism and create beloved community?

Please join us on Sunday (19 July 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will be continuing Faith Forward:  Spiritual Practice with “Life as Spiritual Practice.”

In the last session of this series, we will explore the idea of pilgrimage as a spiritual journey to a sacred place, as practiced in other faiths and our own.

We’ll think about where we might want to make a pilgrimage of our own some day — whether near or far — or share experiences of pilgrimages we may have already made.

As we wrap up the series, we’ll also examine the idea of living a life of intentionality, and the ways in which our faith calls us to do that.

Please join us next Wednesday (29 July 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 July 2020 worship video here.

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online on Saturday night  (25 July 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 12 July 2020 worship video here.

Please join us for our 12 July 2020 Sunday worship at 11:00 AM for “Universalism in the Breach” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

We will have a  virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in.  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 (12 July 2020) — we will start this online Zoom classroom at 1:00 PM after the virtual coffee hour is over.

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

I look forward to seeing pictures of your peace and justice message stones, hear your stories of where you left them, and who you hope will get your messages.

And if you still haven’t painted your message stones, no worries — we will also be having a Seven Principles Scavenger Hunt in your house.

We can still use your art work illustrating our principles and sources.

You can post it on the All Souls Religious Education page on Facebook or send it to Susan at dre@allsoulsshreveport.org.

We can use more illustrations of the third and fourth principles and — of course — the eighth principle too:

• 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 are working to dismantle racism and create beloved community?

Join us using the religious education Zoom link about 5 minutes after the worship service.

If you aren’t on Facebook, send Susan Caldwell an email or text her at 318-465-3427 to get into Zoom for online religious education class.

Any and all interested middle and high school youth are invited join a Zoom check-in next Sunday (12 July 2020) at 2:00 PM.

Join Noah Wagstaff and Susan Caldwell for a check-in with sharing of ideas on how you may want to stay connected this summer and beyond (and possibly a game or two).

If you have suggestions for games that have worked well on Zoom, let us know.

We hope to see you soon!

Please join us on Sunday (12 July 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will be continuing Faith Forward:  Spiritual Practice with “Hospitality and Belonging as a Spiritual Practice”:

How do we make true hospitality a spiritual practice?  And how — in the present moment — do we do that as a virtual community?

What would it mean to you to view hospitality and welcome as a spiritual practice?  What would change in you?  In our community?

Please join us next Wednesday (8 July 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 5 July 2020 worship video here.

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online on Saturday night  (11 July 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 for our 5 July 2020 Sunday worship at 11:00 AM for the presentation of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to Dr. Pamela McPherson.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

We will have a  virtual coffee hour reception after the service for Dr. McPherson on Zoom.

The Emerson Award is given annually by the congregation of All Souls to the individual or organization from the wider community who has exemplified the Principles and values of liberal religion.

Past recipients have included the late Sister Margaret McCaffrey, Rev. Lee Jeter of the Fuller Center for Housing, the Philadelphia Center,  Frances Kelley, Lady Carlson of Together Louisiana, Brian Salvatore, and many others.

We are honored to announce that the 2020 Emerson award goes to child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Pamela McPherson for her role as a federal whistle-blower, revealing the conditions under which migrant children are held in detention at the border, and testifying before Congress on the deleterious effects on the children’s psychological and emotional well-being.

Ordinarily, we would have a reception, with cake and everything, for our honoree.  So Dr. McPherson — we owe you cake — but in the meantime — we will have a virtual coffee hour via Zoom after the service.

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

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

The online religious education Zoom class for children and youth will take a break this Sunday (5 July 2020) and will resume next Sunday (12 July 2020) after the 11:00 AM worship service.

Please join us on Sunday (5 July 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will be continuing Faith Forward:  Spiritual Practice with “Hospitality and Belonging as a Spiritual Practice”:

How do we make true hospitality a spiritual practice?  And how — in the present moment — do we do that as a virtual community?

What would it mean to you to view hospitality and welcome as a spiritual practice?  What would change in you?  In our community?

On Sunday (5 July 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 July 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.

Any and all interested middle and high school youth are invited join a Zoom check-in next Sunday (12 July 2020) at 2:00 PM.

Join Noah Wagstaff and Susan Caldwell for a check-in with sharing of ideas on how you may want to stay connected this summer and beyond (and possibly a game or two).

If you have suggestions for games that have worked well on Zoom, let us know.

We hope to see you soon!

Please join us next Wednesday (8 July 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 28 June 2020 worship video here.

The Great Decisions Group is not meeting online on Saturday night  (4 July 2020) at 6:00 PM.

Their next meeting will be on Saturday (11 July 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 on Sunday (28 June 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Out of the Middle” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Rev Barbara has been at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly this week and is bringing back some thoughts to share.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in.  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 (21 June 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.

I look forward to seeing pictures of your peace and justice message stones, hear your stories of where you left them, and who you hope will get your messages.

And if you still haven’t painted your message stones, no worries — we will also be having a Seven Principles Scavenger Hunt in your house.

We can still use your art work illustrating our principles and sources.

You can post it on the All Souls Religious Education page on Facebook or send it to Susan at dre@allsoulsshreveport.org.

We can use more illustrations of the third and fourth principles and — of course — the eighth principle too:

• 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 are working to dismantle racism and create beloved community?

Join us using the religious education Zoom link about 5 minutes after the worship service.

If you aren’t on Facebook, send Susan Caldwell an email or text her at 318-465-3427 to get into Zoom for online religious education class.

There is no adult religious education class this Sunday morning (28 June 2020).

Instead, we have an opportunity to watch the UUA General Assembly 2020 Sunday Morning Worship at 9:00 AM CDT via livestream video.

The livestream video will be available at 9:00 AM CDT with a playback available at noon CDT if you decide to sleep in.

Our Sunday morning adult religious education class will resume next Sunday (5 July 2020) at 9:15 AM.

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 21 June 2020 worship video here.

Please join us next Wednesday (1 July 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 on Saturday night  (27 June 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 on Sunday (21 June 2020) at 11:00 AM for “A Celebration of Father’s Day” with Wealthia Jackson, Cole Loggins, and Robin Harris.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in.  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 (21 June 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.

Summer is here and art kits really are headed your way on Saturday afternoon (20 June 2020) — this week’s summer project is Peace and Justice Stones.

You’ll get some paint suitable for outdoors (non-toxic but not washable so wear clothes that can be stained by paint), some brushes, and some black river rocks.

The art boxes also contain some markers and colored glue for later projects.

The idea is to paint messages of Hope, Love, Peace, and Justice on the rocks and leave them in places where others can find them. Then take a picture of your rocks in the spots where you’ve left them, and we’ll share those on our Sunday Zoom worship service.

If you haven’t had a chance yet to paint them, we can work on them together and share on the religious education Facebook group in the coming week or on next Sunday.

Please join us on Sunday (21 June 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will be continuing Faith Forward:  Spiritual Practice with “Session 8 — Discernment and Devotional Reading (Lectio Divina).”

Discernment is the practice of listening to the “small, still voice” within. One way that we can practice discernment is with a kind of devotional reading that calls us to contemplate a particular passage and to break it open to find the message inside that speaks to us.

We will try this in our session with a short passage by Thomas Merton, and we will also think about how as Unitarian Universalists we might create our own lectionary (a cycle of readings that have meaning for us and call us to revisit them and contemplate how that meaning grows and changes with us).

Please join us next Wednesday (24 June 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 on Saturday night  (20 June 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 14 June 2020 worship video here.

Please join us on Sunday (14 June 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Inequity is Our Iniquity” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Our Second Principle calls us to affirm and promote “justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.”

How are we living into that?

Also click the picture to learn more about the ten books listed above which are a good start for your reading list if you are ready to work or want to learn more about dismantling racism and white supremacy culture.

While we are remaining physically distant, we want to know how you are doing, what you need, and what you are interested in.  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 (14 June 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.

If you aren’t on Facebook, send Susan an email or text Susan at 318-465-3427 and she will send you the Zoom link for the session.

We are back this week to explore the 8th principle that has been proposed as an addition to the existing UU principles:

We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.

It’s a lot of words but we’ll take the time to take those words apart and find out what they really mean. 

Please join us on Sunday (14 June 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will be continuing Faith Forward:  Spiritual Practice with “Session 7 — Worship and Ritual.”

We’ll look at how we approach our weekly worship as a spiritual practice and how that might change in our current virtual setting.

We’ll also examine the role of ritual in our communal and individual lives.

The “New UU” adult religious education class will be meeting this Sunday (14 June 2020) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.

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

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

As a member of a congregation, the power within our faith tradition lies with you.

Today’s session explores the rights and responsibilities of holding that power.

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

Please join us next Wednesday (17 June 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 on Saturday night  (13 June 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 7 June 2020 worship video here.

The Great Decisions Group is meeting online on Saturday night  (6 June 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 31 May 2020 worship video here.

Please join us next Wednesday (3 June 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 on Saturday night  (30 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 24 May 2020 worship video here.

Please join us on Sunday (24 May 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Re-imagining” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Imagine the turns this service might take, and then join us to find out!

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, what you need, and what you are interested in.  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 (24 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.

If you aren’t on Facebook, send Susan an email or text Susan at 318-465-3427 and she will send you the Zoom link for the session.

This Sunday — Imagination as a spiritual practice.

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.

Our annual spring congregational meeting will be conducted online via Zoom on Sunday (24 May 2020) at 1:00 PM

Agenda — Election of new Board members and new Committee on Ministry members.

New Board Members and terms are:

• Vice President: Amanda Lawrence (June 2022)
• Secretary: Kathy Osuch (June 2022)
• Dawn Subasic (at-large, June 2022)
• Steve Nicksic (at-large, June 2022)
• Ken Peterson (at-large, June 2022)

Current members remaining on the Board are Bennett Upton (President, June 2021), Rebecca Tuggle (Treasurer, June 2021), Ernie Cowger (At-Large, June 2021).

New Committee on Ministry Members and Terms are:

• Sally Wood (June 2023)
• Bob Jordan (June 2022)
• Melodie Armstrong (June 2023)

Current members remaining on the Committee on Ministry are Leigh Anne Chambers (June 2021), Jennifer Russell (June 2022), and Judy Cantil (June 2022)

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

Please join us on Sunday (24 May 2020) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

We will be sting Faith Forward:  Spiritual Practice with “Session 4 — Prayer.”

This is a re-attempt at last week’s class that was cancelled due to an unscheduled Zoom videoconferencing outage.

We will explore questions like “what is prayer?” and “what is prayer for you?”

The first question may have several definitions in the dictionary but the second one is very much your own.

I am including this passage from Anne Lamott as a way of reassuring you that all are included in this session regardless of one’s relationship to a higher power or lack thereof:

You may in fact be wondering what I even mean when I use the word “prayer.”  It is communication from the heart to that which surpasses understanding. Let’s say it is communication from one’s heart to God.  Or if that is too triggering or ludicrous a concept for you, to the Good, the force that is beyond our comprehension but that in our pain or supplication or relief we don’t need to define or have proof of or any established contact with.  Let’s say it is what the Greeks called the Really Real, what lies within us, beyond the scrim of our values, positions, convictions, and wounds.  Or let’s say it is a cry from deep within to Life or Love, with capital L’s.

So let’s say it is any and all of those things plus whatever it is for you.

And if it’s nothing for you, we want to talk about that too.

See you on Sunday.

The New UU will not meet this Sunday (24 May 2020) because of the congregational meeting.

This class will resume next Sunday (31 May 2020) at 1:00 PM via Zoom — Bennett Upton, Facilitator.

Please join us next Wednesday (27 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!