Please join us on Sunday (4 April 2021) at 11:00 AM for our special Easter holiday service with Rev. Barbara Jarrell and friends.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Join us on Easter Sunday when we will celebrate and pay tribute to the common thread of new life that runs through the holidays we celebrate at this time of year– the new life returning to the Earth, the new life of freedom promised in the Passover story, and the spirit of resurrection that brings meaning to the Christian celebration of Easter.

If you are in the local area, check your doorstep (you may find a gift or gifts to help you participate with us).

Our April 2021 give-away-the-plate recipient is Our Give Away the Plate recipient is Volunteers for Youth Justice.  More details 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.

There is no 1:00 PM Zoom classroom on Sunday, 4 April 2021.

Please encourage your children to join us for the 11:00 AM Easter service.  There may be a special guest at today’s worship service.

We do hope you’ll find something on your doorstep to help provide a little family fun as well.

We will return next Sunday (11 April 2021) at 1:00 PM to continue our theme of peace, social justice, and the interdependent web.

Our Give Away the Plate recipient for the month of April 2021 is Volunteers for Youth Justice (VYJ) — an organization created to serve children and families in crisis.

This month, we’re asking that when you donate money for VYJ to All Souls and All Souls will get the money to VYJ at the end of the month.

Two ways to donate:

Online — Go to our donation site using this link.  If you are paying your pledge, select “2021 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution.  Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to Volunteers for Youth Justice.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of April 2021 will go to Volunteers for Youth Justice.

Offline — Please send your Give Away the Plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA  71106.  Please put “VYJ” on the memo line of the check if  you want to have 100% of this check go to Volunteers for Youth Justice.  If you want less than 100% of the check go to Volunteers for Youth Justice, please put the amount you want going to VYJ on the memo line.

Please join us on Sunday (4 April 2021) at 9:30 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom (please note the time change for Easter Sunday only).

Due to Easter holiday distractions, our adult religious education class is meeting for check-in only.

We will resume our White Fragility book study group with Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger (using the book by Robin DiAngelo) next Sunday (11 April 2021) at our regularly scheduled 9:00 AM class time.

We will be discussing chapters two and three of this book.

Please join us next Wednesday (7 April 2021) 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.

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 March 2021 worship video here.

Please join us on Sunday (28 March 2021) at 11:00 AM for “Landscape and Justice” by. Rev. Barbara Jarrell

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Where are you in the landscape of justice?

What part of it is yours to preserve and grow?

Our March 2021 give-away-the-plate recipient is Our Give Away the Plate recipient for March 2021 is Holy Cross Hope House (a day shelter for the homeless).  More details 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 online for our family religious education class on Sunday (28 March 2021) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.

The Zoom link will be available on the All Souls Slack and on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

We will be reading the story Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea by Meena Harris and Ana Ramirez Gonzalez — a true story about our nation’s Vice President and how she was working for big changes in her community even as a young child.

We will also play some games and have some fun.

Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions.

Please join us on Sunday (28 March 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

What Now?  Living the Eight Principle:  Beginning this Sunday — White Fragility book study group with Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger (using the book by Robin DiAngelo)

In December 2020, we celebrated our congregational ratification of the Eighth Principle.

We also noted that the language of the Eighth Principle holds us to be accountable for the work of dismantling systemic racism and white supremacy culture.

Please join us next Wednesday (31 March 2021) 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.

Please join us on Saturday (27 March 2021) 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.

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 March 2021 worship video here.

Please join us on Sunday (14 March 2021) at 11:00 AM for “Of Love and Power” by. Rev. Barbara Jarrell

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Rev. Barbara Jarrell is back in the pulpit this morning speaking on relationship between love, power, and justice.

Our March 2021 give-away-the-plate recipient is Our Give Away the Plate recipient for March 2021 is Holy Cross Hope House (a day shelter for the homeless).  More details 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 online for our family religious education class on Sunday (21 March 2021) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.

The Zoom link will be available on the All Souls Slack and on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

In our continuing theme of learning how to live into the Eighth Principle, we will read the book Not My Idea:  A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham.

That should give us plenty to talk about.

We will also take some time to reconnect and play some games.

Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions.

Please join us on Sunday (21 March 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

What Now? Living the 8th Principle: Revisiting Covenant with Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger.

In December 2020, we celebrated our congregational ratification of the Eighth Principle.  We noted at the time that the language of this principle holds us accountable to the work of dismantling systemic racism and white supremacy culture.

This Sunday, we will take a look at our congregational covenant of right relations.

In many ways, it’s an excellent covenant created through a thoughtful and thorough process facilitated by thoughtful and thorough people.

We have no need to scrap it — but as always — we don’t know what we don’t know.

Our goal here is to look at our covenant through an anti-racist lens, and see where our language may have unintentionally upheld white supremacy culture.

This is how we “honor the intent, own the impact.”

Beginning on Sunday, 28 March 2021, we will begin a study of the book White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo.

Susan Caldwell will be ordering books for the class for all who request them and is happy to include you in the order whether you attend the class or do not attend (of course we’d love for you to attend the class).

Please join us next Wednesday (24 March 2021) 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.

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 March 2021 worship video here.

Please join us on Sunday (14 March 2021) at 11:00 AM Central Daylight Time (the clocks are “springing forward”) for “The Unified Field” by Catherine Carter Davis.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

We are delighted to welcome meditation teacher Catherine Carter Davis to our virtual pulpit this morning.

Our March 2021 give-away-the-plate recipient is Our Give Away the Plate recipient for March 2021 is Holy Cross Hope House (a day shelter for the homeless).  More details 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 online for our family religious education class on Sunday (14 March 2021) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.  The Zoom link will be available on the All Souls Slack and on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

Today, we will talk about the kinds of things we can do as a church and as individuals to live into our 8th Principle.

We will think about times when someone may have misjudged us without knowing us and how harmful that can be when whole groups of people have wrong ideas about other group of people (especially when they have acted on those wrong ideas for generations).

Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions.

Please join us on Sunday (14 March 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

What Now? Living the 8th Principle with Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger — In December 2020, we celebrated our congregational ratification of the Eighth Principle of Unitarian Universalism.

We noted at the time that the language of this principle holds us accountable to the work of dismantling systemic racism and white supremacy culture.

Susan and Barbara attended the New Day Rising workshop on 28 February 2021 and want to share some ideas from the conference for next steps we can take with the Eighth Principle.

Please join us next Wednesday (17 March 2021) 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.

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 March 2021 worship video here.

Please join us on Saturday (13 March 2021) 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.

Please join us on Sunday (7 March 2021) at 11:00 AM for “Against the Bias” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.  Rev. Barbara is back in the pulpit this week reminding us to acknowledge and challenge our biases.

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.

Our Give Away the Plate recipient for the month of March 2021 is Holy Cross Hope House (a day shelter for the homeless at 762 Austen Place, Shreveport LA  71101).

This month, we’re asking that when you donate money for Hope House to All Souls and All Souls will get the money to Hope House at the end of the month.

Two ways to donate:

Online — Go to our donation site using this link.  If you are paying your pledge, select “2021 Pledges” and enter that amount for your pledge contribution.  Then select “Collection Plate” to give the amount you would like to give to Hope House.  All online collection plate contributions for the month of March 2021 will go to Hope House.

Offline — Please send your Give Away the Plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA  71106.  Please put “Hope House” on the memo line of the check if  you want to have 100% of this check go to Hope House.  If you want less than 100% of the check go to Hope House, please put the amount you want going to Hope House on the memo line.

Please join us online for our family religious education class on Sunday (7 March 2021) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.  The Zoom link will be available on the All Souls Slack and on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

Today we’ll hear a story from the Shinto tradition of Japan about Amaterasu (the Goddess of the Sun) and play some games that were promised last week.

Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions.

Please join us on Sunday (7 March 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.

Shinto — The Indigenous Religion of Japan — We will explore the Shinto tradition, its complicated relationship with the history of Japan, and with the practice of Buddhism in that nation.

Please join us next Wednesday (10 March 2021) 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.

Today (Sunday, 7 March 2021) from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Melissa Lewis will be at All Souls collecting donations for the Noel United Methodist Church food pantry.

The Noel Food Bank is asking for new and unused travel-size toiletries:

• lotion
• toothbrushes
• shampoo
• conditioner
• body wash
• deodorant

No mouthwash please.

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 February 2021 worship video here.

Please join us on Saturday (6 March 2021) 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.

Our apologies for posting inaccurate information about this on our web site.

Today (Sunday, 7 March 2021) from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, Melissa Lewis will be at All Souls collecting donations for the Noel United Methodist Church food pantry.

The Noel Food Bank is asking for new and unused travel-size toiletries:

• lotion
• toothbrushes
• shampoo
• conditioner
• body wash
• deodorant

No mouthwash please.

Please join us on Saturday (20 February 2021) 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.

Please join us on Sunday (14 February 2021) at 11:00 AM for “Better Than We Found It” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.  How will we leave it?  Join us this Sunday and find out.

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 online for our family religious education class on Sunday (14 February 2021) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.  The Zoom link will be available on the All Souls Slack and on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook Group.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Love is a recurring big idea of many of the world’s religions including Unitarian Universalism of course.

Join us to learn more and play some games at our virtual Valentine’s Day Party.

Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions.

Please join us on Sunday (14 February 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class.

Druidism with our guest speaker Rovena Windsor — Senior Druid of Thistle Grove — a chapter of Ár nDraíocht Féin (ADF — A Druid Fellowship).

Come and welcome our own Rovena Windsor who will tell us about this modern incarnation of an ancient Earth-based tradition.

Please join us next Wednesday (17 February 2021) 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.

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 February 2021 worship video here.

Please join us on Saturday (13 February 2021) 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.

Please join us on Sunday (7 February 2021) at 11:00 AM for “At the Heart of It” 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 online for our family religious education class on Sunday (7 February 2021) at 1:00 PM via Zoom.

Join us for a short story from the Baha’i Faith and more games to help us look at our world from a different point of view.

Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions.

Please join us on Sunday (7 February 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class.

The Baha’i Faith — Born in what is now Iran, the Baha’i Faith is one of the smaller world religions yet it is the second most geographically widespread after Christianity.

Come and find out how this faith has found a home in such a wide diversity of homes and hearts.

We’ll explore the faith with a little help from Rainn Wilson whom you may better know as Dwight Schrute from The Office or Harcourt Fenton Mudd from Star Trek: Discovery.

Melissa Lewis will be outside in front of the church building collecting food for Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry on the first Sunday afternoon of February 2021 (7 February 2021) from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM.

Requested foods this month:

• canned soup
• canned green beans
• 12 oz boxes of breakfast cereal

Please join us next Wednesday (10 February 2021) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

This day is Inauguration Day so we may get on early to watch together or start a little late after watching the ceremony on our own.

Watch your email as well as the church Caring Connection and Slack channels that day for updates.

At some point, we will eat lunch together via Zoom.

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

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 January 2021 worship video here.

Please join us on Saturday (6 February 2021) 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.

Please join us on Sunday (25 January 2021) at 11:00 AM for “The Big Picture,  The Expanding Circle, The Story” with 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.

Our high school age youth (9th to 12th grade or age-equivalent) will be getting together viz Zoom to touch base and talk about possible plans for the rest of the year.

We will be meeting via Zoom on Friday (5 February 2021) at 4:30 PM.

The Zoom link will be available on our Slack channel, in the RE Facebook group, and on request.

Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions.

Melissa Lewis will be outside in front of the church building collecting food for Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry on the first Sunday afternoon of February 2021 (7 February 2021) from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM.

Requested foods this month:

• canned soup
• canned green beans
• 12 oz boxes of breakfast cereal

Please join us this Sunday (31 January 2021) at 1:00 PM for our weekly family religious education online class via Zoom.

The Zoom link will be on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook group and on the church’s Slack General channel.

Today, we will share a well-known story from the Buddhist tradition and a game that will help us look at things from different points of view.

Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions.

Please join us on Sunday (31 January 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class (please note that we are changing back to our regular time for this class for the rest of the church year).

We will be meeting via Zoom.

Taoism (with our guest speaker Janis Gabriel) — Continuing our exploration of World Religions, we are delighted this morning to welcome a longtime friend of All Souls — Sifu Janis Gabriel.

Janis returns this week for a deeper dive into the Taoist tradition — rites of passage, her training as an Abbot, and the significance of Tai Chi as a part of the tradition.

You will also have a chance to ask any questions you may have had from last week.

Please join us next Wednesday (3 February 2021) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

This day is Inauguration Day so we may get on early to watch together or start a little late after watching the ceremony on our own.

Watch your email as well as the church Caring Connection and Slack channels that day for updates.

At some point, we will eat lunch together via Zoom.

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

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 January 2021 worship video here.

Please join us on Saturday (30 January 2021) 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.

Please join us on Saturday (23 January 2021) 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.

Please join us this Sunday (17 January 2021) at 1:00 PM for our weekly family religious education online class via Zoom.

The Zoom link will be on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook group and on the church’s Slack General channel.

What can kids do?  On this MLK Sunday, we’ll hear the story of Ruby Bridges — a little girl who made big changes.

Not everyone will be at the center of history the way Ruby was but everyone of every age can do something to make the world better.

Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions.

Please join us on Sunday (17 January 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class (please note that we are changing back to our regular time for this class for the rest of the church year).

We will be meeting via Zoom.

Gandhi and King — As we continue our exploration of world religions, we use this Martin Luther King Sunday to look at the way Gandhi’s practice of his Hinduism inspired King’s practice of his Christianity, and how both men felt called by faith to transform their societies for the sake of all people.

Please join us next Wednesday (20 January 2021) at 12 noon for our weekly Zoom lunch.

This day is Inauguration Day so we may get on early to watch together or start a little late after watching the ceremony on our own.

Watch your email as well as the church Caring Connection and Slack channels that day for updates.

At some point, we will eat lunch together via Zoom.

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 10 January 2021 worship video here.

Please join us on Saturday (16 January 2021) 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.

Please join us on Sunday (10 January  2021) at 11:00 AM for “And Again the World Looks Different” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Join us to be virtually with your All Souls community at this critical time in our nation’s history.

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.

This Sunday (10 January 2021) at 1:00 PM — Back by popular demand!

Children’s Play Day on Zoom!

The link will be available on Slack and on the religious education Facebook Group.

Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions.

Please join us on Sunday (10 January 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class (please note that we are changing back to our regular time for this class for the rest of the church year).

We will be meeting via Zoom.

A Buddhist Perspective on Activism — Continuing our series on world religions, we’ll hear an overview of the life story and teachings of the Buddha.

We will also hear from teachers such as Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Jan Willis on the place of activism with a Buddhist path.

Please join us next Wednesday (6 January 2021) 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 3 January 2021 worship video here.

Please join us this Sunday (3 January 2021) at 11:00 AM for “Ever New and Better Balance” with Rev. Barbara Jarrell and friends (Amanda Lawrence, Valerie Loridans, Janis Gabriel, Susan Caldwell, Ken Peterson, Cole Loggins, Lily Loggins, and John Loggins).

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Join us to hear some different perspectives on finding balance in this New Year.

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 this Sunday (3 January 2021) at 1:00 PM for our weekly family religious education online class via Zoom.

The Zoom link will be on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook group and on the church’s Slack General channel.

Our family religious education class is back from our holiday break.

In keeping with the theme of today’s worship service, we’ll take another look at the story of Rabbi Simcha and the Two Pockets and also do some fun stuff with the idea of finding balance.

We moved our next children’s play day to next Saturday (9 January 2021 at 11:00 AM) via Zoom.

Watch for the link in all the usual places — we love to see our All Souls kids and parents too.

Please join us on Sunday (3 January 2021) at 9:30 AM for our adult religious education class (please note that we are changing back to our regular time for this class).

We will be meeting via Zoom.

What is Sikhism? — We begin the New Year with this unit exploring our third source (“Wisdom of the world’s religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life”).

We’ll begin with Sikhism.

There are more Sikhs in the USA than Unitarian Universalists but what do we know of this tradition that originated in 15th century India?

Join us as we endeavor to find out more.

Please join us next Wednesday (6 January 2021) 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!

Melissa Lewis will be outside in front of the church collecting food for Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry on Sunday afternoon (3 January 2021) from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

Requested foods this month:

• Cheese/peanut butter crackers
• Tuna in pop top cans
• Vienna sausages in pop top cans
• 8 oz. juice boxes
• Fruit cups and/or applesauce cups
• Assortments of small cereal boxes
• Breakfast bars
• Pop Tarts

As always, the process will be contactless and you can place your bags of food into the hatch of her car.

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 27 December 2020 worship video here.

Please join us on Sunday (27 December 2020) at 11:00 AM for “A Little Wisdom Along the Way” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell with Eric First, Kathy Osuch, Bennett Upton, Diana Teeters, and Susan Caldwell.

As we enter the New Year, we will hear bits of wisdom that have sustained some of our members as well as some wisdom from one of the best sources around — children’s literature.

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.

Our family religious education Zoom class is taking a holiday break as well, but watch this space and other communication on Facebook and Slack from All Souls for news on the winter holiday edition of the kids play day on Zoom.

The tentative date for our next kids play date is Saturday (2 January 2021) time TBA.

Regular family religious education sessions will resume after the first of the year on Sundays at 1:00 PM unless we find a time that works better for more people.

Again, watch this space and all other online places for religious education updates for any upcoming changes.

Please email Susan Caldwell (All Souls Director of Religious Education) if you want to know when the next play date is happening.

Please join us on Sunday (27 December 2020) at 9:30 AM for our adult religious education class (please note the time change).

We will be meeting via Zoom.

We are taking a bit of a break from structed class and curriculum for the next two weeks but not a break from our time with each other.

In order not to go two whole weeks without visiting each other and seeing each other’s faces, we will get together during the holiday weekend Sundays at 9:30 AM (a slightly later time for check-in only and of whatever free-form discussion might evolve in the time we have).

Even if you’re not one of the regular class participants, you are more than welcome to join us and become a part of this kind, funny, supportive and positively brilliant group.

Think of it as a virtual coffee hour before church or a youth group for adults — join us at the link provided above.

Please join us next Wednesday (30 December 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 24 December 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 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 20 December 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 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 13 December 2020 worship video here.

Please join us on Sunday (13 December 2020) at 11:00 AM for “The Birth of Light, Evolution, and the Birth of Love” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Due to our congregational business meeting, there will not be a Zoom coffee hour after today’s 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.

The online religious education class for families with children will be taking a break this Sunday (13 December 2020) only due to our congregational meeting after the worship service.

Watch your emails for another kids play time online scheduled during the school holiday break in December.

And please send Susan Caldwell (All Souls Director of Religious Education) your chalice lighting videos if you haven’t done so already.

Please join us on Sunday (6 December 2020) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class.  We will be meeting via Zoom.

Join us as we explore the history of our seven Unitarian Universalist principles and the process by which we will eventually add the eighth principle.

At our 13 December 2020 congregational meeting, we will vote on ratification of the eighth principle as a congregation.

For this Sunday, we welcome anyone who would like to attend and ask questions about the eight principle [although we do encourage you to read this FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) document first because you may find that your questions have already been answered by the FAQ].

We also recommend that you watch the 18 October 2020 worship service presented by the youth on the eighth principle.

On Sunday (13 December 2020) at 12:30 PM, All Souls will hold a congregational meeting online via Zoom.

All are welcome although only active members may vote.

On the agenda:

1. A vote on the 2021 budget.
2. Changes to the bylaws (These are non-controversial updates and can be found here.  The purpose of these revisions is to streamline the language.  Proposed changes are highlighted in green and language to be struck is highlighted in dark red)
3. Selection of the Nominating Committee members by congregation
4. Ratification of the Eighth Principle by our congregation

In addition to the eighth principle link provided in item #4 of our agenda, you may also want to check out this frequently asked question document written and complied the the adult and high school religious education classes.

You may want to watch the 18 October 2020 worship service presented by the youth on the eighth principle.

Please join us next Wednesday (16 December 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 6 December 2020 worship video here.

Please join us on Saturday (12 December 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.

Please join us on Sunday (6 December 2020) at 11:00 AM for “Peace and Missing Pieces” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Rev. Barbara is back in the pulpit this morning with a message for this season of light.

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.

This event is happening next Saturday (12 December 2020) from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (last shoppers are admitted at 3:30 PM).

What is needed:

• Donations of new gift items for children and adults costing $20 or less including toys, clothing for children and adults, household items, miscellaneous fun gifts, etc.
• Gifts can be dropped off at the Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA 71104 using the Topeka Street entrance in the rear) all this week during business hours.
• Or you may order from their Amazon Wish List here. These items are made available to shoppers who can purchase them for $5 or less.
• Donations of giftwrap supplies are also needed: paper, tape, ribbon, gift bags, etc.
• Volunteers willing to help with setup, cleanup, guiding shoppers, etc.

The hours are been expanded so that fewer shoppers will be admitted to the building at a time.

Masks are required and social distancing will be practiced to the greatest extent possible.

If you are not high risk for COVID-19 and you are available to help, please sign up here to volunteer.

Please join us this Sunday (6 December 2020) at 1:00 PM for our weekly family religious education online class via Zoom.

The Zoom link will be on the All Souls Religious Education Facebook group and on the church’s Slack General channel.

Email Susan Caldwell if you would like to be added to either online forum.

This week we will begin our celebration of the season of light with an exploration of the different holidays celebrated at this time of year in the Pagan, Jewish, and Christian traditions.

How are these holidays different?

What are the common threads that unites these different traditions and us today?

Please join us on Sunday (6 December 2020) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class.  We will be meeting via Zoom.

Join us as we explore the history of our seven Unitarian Universalist principles and the process by which we will eventually add the eighth principle.

At our 13 December 2020 congregational meeting, we will vote on ratification of the eighth principle as a congregation.

In these Sunday morning sessions, we are exploring the ways that we are not only making a statement but also living into the eighth principle as a congregation.

On this Sunday, we will review the “frequently asked question” (FAQ) document that we’ve created together and explore the ways we will honor the eighth principle as a part of our congregation’s covenant.

This Sunday (6 December 2020), Melissa Lewis will be at All Souls from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM to collect monthly contributions for the Noel United Methodist Church Food Pantry.

Requested donations for this month:

• Jiffy Cornbread Mix
• Canned green beans
• Canned cranberry sauce.

Of course, any and all non-expired non-perishable food is accepted but these are the items they are specifically requesting this month.

There are lots of hungry people in our area right now and both Noel and Highland Center Ministries are two organizations that we support are working to feed them.

If you can’t get out to do this, please consider a donation to one of these food-centered non-profits.

Noel Food Pantry has been our “Give Away the Plate” recipient for November  2020 and their Amazon Wish List is here.

You may also give online to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana which provides much of the food for Noel Food Pantry, the Highland Blessing Dinner, and other non-profits who to reduce food insecurity in our community.

On Sunday (13 December 2020) at 12:30 PM, All Souls will hold a congregational meeting online via Zoom.

All are welcome although only active members may vote.

On the agenda:

1. A vote on the 2021 budget.
2. Changes to the bylaws (These are non-controversial updates and can be found here.  The purpose of these revisions is to streamline the language.  Proposed changes are highlighted in green and language to be struck is highlighted in dark red)
3. Selection of the Nominating Committee members by congregation
4. Ratification of the Eight Principle by our congregation

Please join us next Wednesday (9 December 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 29 November 2020 worship video here.

Please join us on Saturday (5 December 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.

Please join us this Sunday (29 November 2020) at 11:00 AM for  “Following the Thread” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.

Rev. Barbara will be back in the pulpit this Sunday with help from a few members of the All Souls choir.

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 on Sunday (29 November 2020) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class.  We will be meeting via Zoom.

Join us as we explore the history of our seven Unitarian Universalist principles and the process by which we will eventually add the eighth principle.

At our 13 December 2020 congregational meeting, we will vote on ratification of the eighth principle as a congregation.

Many congregations throughout the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) have already ratified the eighth principle and the hope is to bring it before the General Assembly in an expedited process to adopt it throughout the UUA.

In our sessions, we are exploring the ways we will not only make the statement but also live into it as a congregation.

We’ll explore the questions that still remain and also discuss the ways we have put the eighth principle into practice and the ways we will continue to do so.

On Sunday (13 December 2020) at 12:30 PM, All Souls will hold a congregational meeting online via Zoom.

All are welcome although only active members may vote.

On the agenda:

1. A vote on the 2021 budget.
2. Changes to the bylaws (These are non-controversial updates and can be found here.  The purpose of these revisions is to streamline the language.  Proposed changes are highlighted in green and language to be struck is highlighted in dark red)
3. Selection of the Nominating Committee members by congregation
4. Ratification of the Eight Principle by our congregation

Our regular Zoom sessions will take a break for the Thanksgiving holiday including this Sunday (29 November 2020) and resume on Sunday, 6 December 2020, at 1:00 PM.

Please join us next Wednesday (2 December 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!