Please join us on Sunday (2 May 2021) at 11:00 AM for “Empty Space” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.
Our May 2021 give-away-the-plate recipient is Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention (LA-AID).
More details and information on how to donate to LA-AID can be found here.
We will have a virtual coffee hour after the service on Zoom.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Please join us online for our family religious education class on Sunday (2 May 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.
“Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights” — We will watch a video combining this story read aloud with video from protests of last summer.
We will also spend some time talking about which of the activities in the book we have done and which we might like to do or need to do in working on the issues that face us now.
Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions.
Our High School youth will be meeting on Tuesday (4 May 2021) at 7:00 PM via Zoom.
The group is getting together for updates on congregational work on the Eighth Principle, calendaring / planning the end of the year Affirmation Sunday service, and updates on denominational opportunities for youth and young adults.
Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions or need information on this upcoming Zoom meeting.
Please join us on Sunday (2 May 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
We will resume our White Fragility book study group with Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger (using the book by Robin DiAngelo).
This week we will concentrate on Chapter 5 — “The Good/Bad Binary.”
White people often buy into the notion that “since only bad people are racist, and I am a good person, I have no complicity in racism and no responsibility to work on dismantling it.”
How do we move away from that kind of thinking into a more constructive mindset?
We have one additional copy of this book available if anyone else needs a copy. And we can also order more if needed.
Many thanks to all the people (including several All Souls members) who have been helping to transport, feed, and shelter a large number of immigrants who are being released from detention centers around the state awaiting the outcome of their asylum claims with family members here in the US.
Check the All Souls Caring Connection Facebook Group or text Susan Caldwell to be connected to folks who can give you the details on how you can help.
Melissa Lewis will be outside at the church from 2:00 to 4:00 PM on Sunday afternoon (2 May 2021) to collect food for Noel Food Pantry.
Requested items this week are canned mixed vegetables, cereal, and Jiffy Cornbread Mix.
Our May 2021 give away the plate recipient is Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention (LA-AID).
Under the Biden administration, immigrants are being released from detention centers around the state just about every day so they can join family members around the nation as they await adjudication of their asylum claims.
LA-AID has been helping to house and feed them temporarily along with transporting them to their destinations. Funds are used to buy plane and bus tickets, food, hotel rooms, clothing and other necessities along with reimbursing those who have stepped up to provide those things.
LA-AID is a volunteer organization dedicated to the abolition of immigrant detention.
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 LA-AID. All online collection plate contributions for the month of May 2021 will go to LA-AID.
Offline — Please send your give away the plate contribution checks to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport LA 71106. Please put “LA-AID” on the memo line of the check if you want to have 100% of this check go to LA-AID. If you want less than 100% of the check go to LA-AID, please put the amount you want going to LA-AID on the memo line.
Please join us next Wednesday (5 May 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 (1 May 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 25 April 2021 worship video here.
Our High School youth will be meeting on Tuesday (27 April 2021) at 6:00 PM via Zoom.
The group is getting together for updated information on congregational work with the Eight Principle, scheduling / planning our end of the year Affirmation Sunday service, and updates on denominational opportunities for youth and young adults.
Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions or need information on this upcoming Zoom meeting.
Please join us next Wednesday (28 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.
Please join us on Saturday (24 April 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 18 April 2021 worship video here.
Please join us on Sunday (18 April 2021) at 11:00 AM for “Rise, Realize, Return” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.
Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.
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.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
Please join us online for our family religious education class on Sunday (18 April 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.
This Sunday we continue our theme of peace, social justice, and the interdependent web with the story “Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots” — an age-appropriate exploration of the world of misinformation and how to spot it.
Please join us on Sunday (18 April 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
We will resume our White Fragility book study group with Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger (using the book by Robin DiAngelo).
This week we will concentrate on Chapter 3 (“Racism After the Civil Rights Movement”) with a specific focus on the section “Aversive Racism” on pages 43 through 47.
Many thanks to all the people (including several All Souls members) who have been helping to transport, feed, and shelter a large number of immigrants who are being released from detention centers around the state awaiting the outcome of their asylum claims with family members here in the US.
Check the All Souls Caring Connection Facebook Group or text Susan Caldwell to be connected to folks who can give you the details on how you can help.
Please join us next Wednesday (21 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.
Our High School youth will be meeting on Tuesday (27 April 2021) at 6:00 PM via Zoom.
The group is getting together for updated information on congregational work with the Eight Principle, scheduling / planning our end of the year Affirmation Sunday service, and updates on denominational opportunities for youth and young adults.
Contact Susan Caldwell by email if you have any questions or need information on this upcoming Zoom meeting.
Please join us on Saturday (17 April 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 11 April 2021 worship video here.
Please join us on Sunday (11 April 2021) at 11:00 AM for “Reparations: A Debt Owed” by Candice Battiste.
Our service will be livestreamed on Facebook Live here.
We are delighted to have the opportunity to welcome Candice Battiste (Northwest Louisiana lead organizer for the Power Coalition) speaking on “Reparations: A Debt Owed.”
Candice had to cancel in February to coordinate water relief efforts after the snow and ice emergency.
We are happy and grateful to welcome her back just as the city of Evanston, Illinois has passed its first reparations measure.
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.
And you can contribute to All Souls using this online resource.
The People’s Assembly for the 2021 Louisiana state legislative session will happen on Monday (12 April 2021) at 6:00 PM.
Join 500 citizens from across the state to preview and prepare for the upcoming state legislative session hosted by Together Louisiana.
We have pledged at least 20 people from All Souls to attend this Zoom event — we know we can do even better.
What bills have been introduced that would harm community interests?
What bills would benefit the people?
How we can organize ourselves to make a difference?
Please join us online for our family religious education class on Sunday (11 April 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 are continuing our theme of peace, social justice, and the interdependent web with the story What Do You Do with an Idea?
Every great thing that happens — every bit of progress we make — starts with a big idea.
What’s your big idea?
Please join us on Sunday (11 April 2021) at 9:00 AM for our adult religious education class via Zoom.
We will resume our White Fragility book study group with Susan Caldwell and Barbara Deger (using the book by Robin DiAngelo).
We will concentrate on Chapter 2 (“Racism and White Supremacy”) paying particular attention to the questions for reflection on pages 34-36.
Many thanks to all the people (including several All Souls members) who have been helping to transport, feed, and shelter a large number of immigrants who are being released from detention centers around the state awaiting the outcome of their asylum claims with family members here in the US.
Check the All Souls Caring Connection Facebook Group or text Susan Caldwell to be connected to folks who can give you the details on how you can help.
Please join us on Saturday (10 April 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 Saturday (10 April 2021) from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM for our monthly building and grounds work day.
We have been pretty good at working safely, wearing our masks, and taking care of our physical church home until we can meet together in person again.
And the time when we can come together in person again is not yet here but it’s coming closer.
The time to work on getting our house ready to welcome everyone back is now.
Safe and socially distanced tasks inside and outside (weather permitting).
Wear your mask, bring your own snacks, and join us for all or part of the time.
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 4 April 2021 worship video here.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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:
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.
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.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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.
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!
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