Strengthen your faith and connect with our community.
Join us for worship, Sundays at 10 a.m.
Pine Grove Elementary School
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More, the choice will draw you into community, the endeavor shared,
the heritage passed on, the companionship of struggle,
the importance of keeping faith, the life of ritual and praise,
the comfort of human friendship, the company of earth
the chorus of life welcoming you.
-Rebecca Ann Parker, from "Choose to Bless the World"
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Join us in July!
All sermons in July will be based on
The Book of Joy
, by Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu
July 8th:
Don't Worry ... Be Happy!
We'll start exploring the Eight Pillars of Joy, specifically focusing on Perspective, Humility, and Humor this Sunday. The remaining pillars will be covered in future services.
July 15th:
Dance with Joy
We'll continue with the Eight Pillars of Joy from THE BOOK OF JOY. On July 15, we'll turn our attention to
focusing on Acceptance and Forgiveness as well as incorporating movement into our Joy Practices.
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Friendly Reminders:
- Children must have adult supervision at all times and should only be in designated areas rented by Prairie in the school.
- All doors are to remain shut and locked from 9:30am - 12:30pm (end of service)
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Let's Welcome Our New Office Assistant!
Valerie Senger is the new office assistant for Prairie UU. She comes to us after having served as office assistant in several other churches in the Denver Metro area. She has lived in Colorado all her life, has two children and six grandchildren. She looks forward to meeting each one of you, encouraging you in your faith, and supporting you in your purpose and mission.
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Marketing Committee Meeting: Tues., July 17, 6-8 p.m.
Calling anyone and everyone interested in helping spread the word about Prairie! Join us at the
Parker Library
(the “Loft” meeting room). If you are a writer, artist, or are just generally have interest/expertise in traditional, web, and social media marketing, you are encouraged and welcome to attend!!
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Religious Education Visioning Day for All Ages
Saturday, August 11, 9am - 3pm
We will have a regional Unitarian Universalist Education Specialist lead us through a day of examining how we conduct our educational programming for all ages.
Every Prairie member is invited, and every voice is needed: parents, youth, and adults.
- What would you like to learn about and how would you like to learn it?
- How can we provide programming that meets the diverse needs of our congregation?
- How can we rebuild our program so that it can become a vital part of our community?
- How can we make our Learning Hour fun all ages?
- We invite and encourage you to come and be a part of this important visioning conversation.
Look for more details in the coming weeks.
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Pastoral Care Training Workshop
Saturday, August 18, 10am - 2pm
Join our Prairie Caring Circle and learn how to develop your pastoral skills in areas such as; when visiting someone at the hospital, or being with someone who has experienced a major loss in their lives.
Rev. Jann Halloran, Marjorie Bezdek and Fran Lukaszewski will be leading this training. More details coming soon.
This training is for anyone; whether you are part of the Caring Circle, or whether you are interested in how better to approach loss and grief in your personal life.
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Prairie Spiritual Retreat - Labor Day Weekend - Be There!
Our Prairie
Spiritual Retreat
is coming up later this summer, on Labor Day Weekend: Fri (Aug 31), Sat (Sept 1), and Sun (Sept 2). It will be held at the
Franciscan Retreat Center
on the Northwest side of Colorado Springs, as it has been for the last few years.
Please consider joining us this year for a peaceful, beautiful, and inspirational experience…
taking a break from your normal day-to-day routine. Please review the newly
published brochure
, and direct all questions to Dave Lukaszewski or Jann Halloran. Hope to see many of you there!
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Urgent Action Needed!
Back in May we were visited by the Metro Denver Sanctuary Coalition (MDSC), a partnership we formally committed to in January. They educated us on ways that we can act. In particular, we can help Araceli, who is currently in sanctuary.
Please take a few moments to read her story:
metrodenversanctuary.org
.
There are specific needs for Sanctuary Support (Day-time door monitoring and overnight accompaniment) that we can address via this
sign-up
. Please consider putting your FAITH INTO ACTION. Araceli needs us, and Prairie can step up and make a difference!
Thank you!
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Update!
Summer is here, school is out, vacations are almost started and Sanctuary is almost into its tenth month. We are hopeful that the lawyers are about to start the court proceedings but we also have to remain committed to having Araceli and her family with us.
Sign ups especially for overnights are much needed!
Thank you all for the time you have given every single day since August 2017.
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Interfaith Symposium on Homelessness
Thursday July 19, 8:30am - 2:30pm
Please consider supporting our partnership with
Aurora Warms the Night
even further by attending this informative and inspirational event. For more information or to set up a meetup and/or carpool, contact Maurice:
maurice.murray58@gmail.com
or 303.356.9014.
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Together Colorado Civic Engagement Meeting
Thursday, July 19, 6-8 pm
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Save the Date!
Justice League Picnic Retreat -
August 4
Celebrate and plan our justice work! Justice League Picnic Retreat – details to come!
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Remember to collect waters on summer trips.
Every year, the Sunday after Labor Day weekend, we have our fall Water Communion service, during which you are welcome to bring waters from any summer trips or from your kitchen sink. We pour our waters symbolizing ourselves and our families into our communion bowl. Water Communion will be Sunday, September 9.
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Like Us on Facebook!
While you are out there... Remember to:
- Like us!
- Follow us!
- Write a review! If you wrote one a few years ago, please refresh!
- Share with your friends!
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Pictures Needed!
Please send us your favorite pictures of Prairie! We need activities, events, places and faces. We are putting together a memory lane for the September 29 auction. Our theme for this year's auction is:
The Journey Continues... Keep Dreaming!
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Have a friend who would enjoy
our community? Share
this link
with them and invite them to
join our mailing list.
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We look forward to hearing from you:
Newsletter and Announcement Contributions
Your contributions are always appreciated! All requests should be sent to
prairie@prairieuu.org
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To streamline incoming notifications, please put the word 'announcement' and/or 'newsletter' in the subject line of your email.
Please make a note of our new production schedule deadlines:
- Weekly email newsletter deadline Tuesday at noon.
- Order of Service and Sunday Announcements deadline Wednesday by 5pm.
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There's nothing simpler than giving while you grocery shop!
Go to our fundraising table during Fellowship Hour
or see Margaux Jones to purchase your $20 re-loadable card.
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Prairie UU Church
7424 South University Blvd. Unit E-135
Centennial, CO 80122
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Our Mission:
We gather as a welcoming, caring community to nurture mind and spirit,
celebrate diversity, and work for justice.
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