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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November 3rd –
Let's Get Physical
Happy Snow Days! As we enter these next two seasons of colder weather, we are sometimes discouraged from leaving the house, and staying cuddled up with a good book, and a hot cup of cocoa. Sometimes we even think to ourselves, I might just stay in today and not go to church (the horror! Say it isn’t so!) Low and behold this week, we held three meetings online to avoid the snow.
Michael Meads, Pastor AJ and the Prairie UU Band will leading the service this morning. Please join us this Sunday as we come together to discuss the importance of physical self-care. How do we find balance between having personal/physical contact with people, and contact via social media, telephone and text, and other methods of communications.
Be sure to save time after worship for the Learning Hour!
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11/3 No Rehearsal
11/10 Rehearsal, 9:15 am
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11/17
Rehearsal, 9:15 am
11/24
Rehearsal
and Performance
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Change is in the Air - Town Hall Meeting
The Board of Trustees, Committee on Shared Ministry and Pastor AJ would like to invite you to a town hall meeting this Sunday during the Learning Hour. As many of you know, PrairieUU has undergone a series of changes in the last few months with Rev Jann retiring in June, not having a minister over the summer, and now Pastor AJ starting with us in September. We would like to update you on the current happenings and receive your feedback on how we are doing. Please plan to attend.
Michael and Marjorie, Co-Chairs of the Committee on Shared Ministry
Clark, President of the Board of Trustees
Pastor AJ
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Notes from Pastor AJ
Today, we wish Linda, our administrator, a fond farewell. I would like to thank Linda from the bottom of heart for all that she has given to Prairie UU this past year and to me personally over the past two months. She has been a wonderful source of support and assistance. I know that many of you, like me, will miss seeing and chatting with her on Sunday mornings and during the week. On behalf of all of us at PrarieUU, I want to thank you Linda and wish you many blessings on your adventures to come.
Please note the following:
In Service,
Pastor AJ
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Thank you Prairie UU
Thank you Prairie UU for the opportunity to serve you this past year. I appreciated your warm welcome and patience as I gained knowledge and efficiency in the Administrative Assistant position. I’ve enjoyed working with you and it is with heavy heart that I step aside to make room for someone with different skills and experience to help Prairie UU move forward.
You will always hold a special place in my heart.
Linda Kulinski
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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.
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Prairie UU Board Meeting
November 13th
The Prairie Board of Trustees will next meet on Wednesday November 13 at 6:30 pm at the Lone Tree Library. The draft agenda for the meeting should be available by November 6th.
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Email Scammers
A number of congregations have again been hit with an email scam. It involves making a fake Gmail account in the minister’s name, and then sending a request for gift cards allegedly from that minister to the congregation’s directory. Apparently when you send the gift card it gets cashed by the scammer.
Unfortunately, Prairie UU has experienced this again. As explained in this article,
Gift card scammers targeting congregations
. A scammer creates an email account similar to the minister’s account, by adding one letter or exchanging the domain of the church (@
church.org
) for a different one (@
gmail.com
). They then send a sympathetic plea to church members, supposedly from the minister, seeking help for a person, often saying that person has an illness like cancer. The scammers request that the receiver buy Google Play gift cards (or other similar products) and send the code on the back via email. Once that is done, the scammer can access the money and it is difficult, if not impossible, to trace.
In addition from
UUA
...A good rule of thumb with emails you’re not expecting is to: (1) reach out to the sender through another channel (call, text, visit website) and (2) not click on a link (or send money, gift cards, etc.) without clarifying from the trusted source.
A
gift card scam
has been making the rounds of churches of all denominations.
To get a better sense of what to look for when receiving unsolicited emails, try this
Google Phishing Quiz.
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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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Brenda Peterson
Kristen Gentala
Clark Huff
Patty Wright
Connor Jones
Sandy Nicholson
Iris von Gustedt-Gonda
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Sheila Jagla
Iva Grant
Virginia Rodman
Jennifer Lee
Xander Kelty
Kevin Reardon
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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
to share, please let us know at
Pastor AJ
.
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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 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!
November 28th
Five families have indicated interest in helping plan, prepare, serve, and clean up a Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day November 28th – the more the merrier! Please let Kim, Melissa, or Nancy at
Justice League
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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Service 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 am – 3:00 pm)! 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
Communications Team.
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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