Join Us for Worship, Sundays at 10 a.m.
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Our Mission:
“We gather as a welcoming, caring community to nurture mind and spirit, celebrate diversity, and work for justice.”
Sunday Worship:
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October 27th –
Ordinary Prophets
Join us this Sunday as we build an Ofrenda in honor of the Day of the Dead. We will celebrate our UU prophets and ancestors and memorializing our loved ones that have transcended from this physical world to the next. We will celebrate with costumes, a parade, and games for all ages. Don’t be shy this Sunday, this morning will be filled with joy laughter and celebration of life of those who are with us both in the physical and not so physical world around us.
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Fall Festival - Day of the Dead/Día De Los Muertos
October 27th
Hospitality would like to invite you to this year's themed Fall Festival, Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos, which is about our ancestors. Have a food that reminds you of Mom or Grandma or Great Aunt Jewell, recipe or commercial? Did Grandpa always ask for apple cake in the Fall? That's the idea... or a traditional Dia de los Muertos dish, recipes and ideas can be found in Pinterest or on the internet. There will be games and bragging rights for Best Costume. This is a whole community event for contributions. Please contact Cindy to let her know you will be contributing so she can ensure table space, serving equipment and serviceware, and power, if you need it! Looking for setup/cleanup volunteers that day! Questions? Email
Cindy
or contact her on Facebook (Cindy Schaeffer Williams) Messenger or text at 720-305-3437.
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ALTAR
– Please bring pictures or small mementos of anybody you would like to honor on our special Day of the Dead altar which will be placed as a side altar with our "silent candles" for Fall Festival.
COSTUME PARADE –
There will be a Costume Parade during service this Sunday to show off your Halloween efforts for all those who wish to participate!
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Notes from Pastor AJ
I would like to invite you all to mark you calendar for the Learning Hour on 11/3. During this Learning Hour, we will be taking some time to discuss where we are and check-in. How are we doing? Do you have a question for me, The Board, or the Committee on Shared Ministry? This will be our first time together as a leadership team to chat in an open forum with the entire congregation since I have come on board. We are looking forward to seeing you there.
I have been asked by the hospitality team to make an appeal to you all. As you know, it takes a lot of effort and hard work to prepare, setup, host, and then teardown the coffee, food, and other things every Sunday Morning. The hospitality team needs your help. We are looking for a set of volunteers to help one Sunday a month. Please contact Cindy or Fran if you are able to help. (embed emails.)
In Service,
Pastor AJ
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Prairie UU Church's New Mailing Address
Mailing Address:
Prairie UU Church
P.O. Box 1684
Parker, CO 80134
We would like to let you know that we are transitioning our Mailing Address to the Parker Post Office. Please update your contact information for the church. Any mail sent to the old mailing address will be forwarded. If you have any questions or concerns please let me know.
Clark Huff.
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Childcare Providers Needed
We need a new team of providers.
Until we have recruited the team, we may need volunteers to assist on Sundays. Please email
Susan Ermisch
if you are interested in helping and/or you have recommendations for future providers.
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Office Administrator
We are looking for a church office administrator to provide a variety of clerical and ministry support services. The position is supervised by the minister and is responsible to the Board of Trustees. It is a 15-20 hours per week job at $15-20 an hour, depending on skills. The office administrator will be expected to work Sundays from 9:30 to 11:30 but most other time will be from. Regular “office” hours are negotiable. Basic office equipment will be provided. (Given the nature of this position, PrairieUU members are not eligible for this position.)
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Hospitality Help
Looking for something to do Sunday Morning? The hospitality team would welcome your help. We are looking for volunteers to help one Sunday a month. Please contact
Cindy
and
Fran
if you are able to help.
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Church Management Software Study
This past week the Board of Trustees voted to purchase a church management software within the next 3-4 months. The goal is to have a place to securely house all essential data - membership, financial, canvass, scheduling, etc. We are looking for one or two people to help Clark, Pastor AJ and Renee our Accountant look at possible options by testing some demo/beta versions to see what will best fit the congregation. Please contact
Clark
or
Pastor AJ
if you are interested in helping.
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Living Well with Mental Health Issues
Join us on the first Wednesday of each month from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m
to learn more about Living Well with Mental Health Issues. Parker Road Fire Station, 7320 S Parker Road. Weather and Attendance permitting.
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Prairie Stitchers
The Prairie Stitchers meets on the third Saturday of each month to stitch and chat. Whether you knit, crochet, spin, embroider, cross-stitch, quilt, loom knit, or would like to learn any of these needle arts, you are welcome to join. Time 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, locations vary. Learn more about
Prairie Stitchers
.
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The Suggestion Box
As we continue this adventure of transition together, Pastor AJ and the Committee on Shared Ministry want to let you know that they are very interested in your feedback. We want to encourage you to communicate with us in a variety of ways ~ meetings, phone, email, etc. We also want to invite you to give feedback through our new online
Suggestion Box
in addition to the physical suggestion box available Sunday mornings. Please take a moment to let us know how we are doing. All information will be collected and reviewed by Pastor AJ and the Committee on Shared Ministry and then passed on to the appropriate committee or team, as necessary.
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Caring Circle
If you have a pastoral concern
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Share the News!
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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Restorative Listening Circles
We will be engaging in a new process that will be available to our members, a Restorative Listening Circle. Based in UU values, the goal of the spiritual Restorative Listening Circle is to facilitate deep listening, learning, and trust, promoting living in covenant as a community. The underlying goal for Prairie’s culture is to maintain loving relationships, respect, listen, hear, understand perspectives of all by truly understanding grievances, compassionately identifying agreement, compassionately identifying disagreement; seeking consensus, developing a mutually respectful action plan which maintains/restores loving relationship, implements the action plan, and evaluates the effectiveness of the plan for achieving the goal.
Please contact
Pastor AJ
or the
COSM
with any questions or to request a circle.
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Calling All Quilters or Wanna Be Quilters!
New member Lucille Hughes is an experienced quilter and would like to share her expertise and love of quilting with other interested folks. Carol Foster is excited about this opportunity and is exploring the idea of a monthly "Prairie Quilter's" group. Please email
Carol
or talk to her at service if you're interested. Let's get stitching!
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The Justice League Thanks YOU!
Thank you for a successful Supplies Drive and Open Space Clean Up last Service Sunday! We packed two SUVs to the brim with blankets, coats, socks, underwear, hand warmers, freshly crocheted hats (we’re talking completed during the church service) for Ready to Work/Bridge House and Aurora Warms the Night. We ALSO picked up four massive bags of trash from our open space!
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The Justice League Still Needs YOU – Complete our Service Survey!
We are collecting data and information on all the good justice work you are doing – which is tons! If you have not done so already, please complete our
Service Survey by clicking here
.
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Prairie's Justice League Library
Prairie's Justice League Library is now available. We have a wide variety of
Justice-related books are available to check out during Fellowship. Please see a Justice League member for details and recommendations. Be looking for a growing Children's Section!
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Individual Intercultural Development Plans
Prairie has committed to learning about and working toward eliminating systemic white supremacy and the culture that perpetuates it. To that end, we are encouraging our community to create Individual Intercultural Development Plans (IDPs.) The purpose of IDPs is to develop actionable goals and to work toward them by supporting and holding one another accountable. It’s an important first step in our justice work together. Please contact
Melissa Bishop
or
Nancy Long
or a Justice League member for more information about how to get started. The Justice League spends time every meeting discussing IDPs and you are always welcome to join them. See the Prairie announcement and eblast for details about our upcoming meeting. Learn more about our efforts for racial justice and Prairie’s Intercultural Development Inventory
here.
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We Believe Survivors Fund
Prairie Unitarian Universalist Church is committed to centering the needs of survivors of sexual assault and abuse. We know that when sexual assault and abuse happens in relation to people in a position of trust, particularly through a church or other religious organization, that the trauma can be especially profound. Prairie is participating with other UU churches in Colorado to provide crisis support to help survivors navigate the various systems they may come in contact with legal, organizational, healthcare, etc.
Additionally, Prairie has established a dedicated We Believe Survivors Fund to assist survivors with the costs of mental health support and legal fees. While we recognize that this in and of itself is not likely to completely cover either the financial and emotional costs of survivorship, our hope is that survivors will know that here, they are believed and supported.
Donations are tax-deductible and while they are made to Prairie Unitarian Universalist Church, they will be allocated to the We Believe Survivors Fund to be distributed by our Fund Administrator or Prairie’s Executive Board’s designee. Survivor and donor anonymity will be protected.
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Upcoming Justice League Events
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Ready to Work/Bridge House Needs a Great Thanksgiving!
Five families have indicated interest in helping plan, prepare, serve, and clean up a Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day 11/28 – the more the merrier! Please let Kim, Melissa, or Nancy know if you, too, would be willing to help!
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Justice Film Series at First Plymouth Church: Blood Memory
November 8th
5:30 Potluck supper (bring something to share), 6:30 Film begins, lively discussion afterwards.
Battles over blood quantum and “best interests” resurface in this documentary featuring the untold history of America’s Indian Adoption Era – a time when nearly one-third of children were removed from tribal communities nationwide. As political scrutiny over Indian child welfare intensifies, an adoption survivor helps others find their way home through song and ceremony.
Contact
Nancy
if interested in carpooling or for additional info.
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Justice League Meeting
November 10th
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November 16th
Support Habitat for Humanity in a Trivia Night Fundraiser on November 16th at the Savoy (2700 Arapahoe St, Denver 80205). Doors open at 6:00 pm, game starts promptly at 7:00 pm.
The cost is $20/per person. If you preregister and prepay Deena Lawrence or
Jim Rogo
you get VIP status: skip the check-in line and go straight to your reserved team table.
Form a team of 4-6 people or register individually and we will get you on a team.
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S
ervice Sunday
November 17th
Right after our shortened service, we will travel to Ready to Work/Bridge House in Aurora for a day of holiday cheer (11:45-3)! We will prepare and service food, and then engage in holiday card-making and music. All families and friends of Prairie are invited to attend, as we encourage everyone, even our youngest community members, to work for justice. Please bring a dessert to share and sack lunch if you think you’ll need it! Click here to learn more about
Service Sunday.
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New King Soopers Rewards Program Benefits Prairie
Prairie is enrolled in the King Soopers or City Market Community Rewards Program. Our assigned NPO (Non-Profit Organization) number
is UC596
.
To Use the King Soopers or City Market Community Rewards Program:
Please visit the appropriate link below..
Once logged you can search for Prairie Unitarian Universalist Church either by name or UC596 and then click Enroll. New users will need to create an account which requires some basic information, a valid email address and, a
loyalty
card.
*Customers must have a registered King Soopers or City Market
loyalty
card account to link to your organization.
*If you do not have a King Soopers or City Market
loyalty
card, please get one at the customer service desk at any King Soopers or City Market.
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We Look Forward to Hearing From You
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Newsletter and Announcement Contributions
Your contributions are always appreciated! All requests should be sent to
Linda
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 production schedule deadlines for contributions:
- Weekly email newsletter and announcements deadline Tuesday at noon.
- Order of Service deadline Wednesday at 12 pm.
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Call, Text, Smoke Signals?
Office Hours - Mon-Thur 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Phone/Text at 720-549-0530
Office Hours - Mon-Thur 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
(If you need to contact him outside these hours please let him know)
Phone/Text at 720-549-0531
Schedule an Appointment via Google
Calendar
Prairie Board of Trustees:
Prairie Committee on Shared Ministry:
Samera Baird
,
Right Relations
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Sunday Worship:
Pine Grove Elementary
10450 Stonegate Parkway
Parker, CO 80134
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Mailing Address:
Prairie UU Church
P.O. Box 1684
Parker, CO 80134
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