Our Mission:
“We gather as a welcoming, caring community to nurture mind and spirit, celebrate diversity, and work for justice.”
Sunday Worship:
Have a friend who would enjoy our community? Invite them to join our
mailing list.
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Candles of Community
If you have a pastoral concern to share, please let us know at
Pastoral Care
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The Suggestion Box
If you have a kudos, suggestion or concern. Please let us know.
Suggestion Box
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Join Us for Worship, Sundays at 10 a.m.
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January 19 –
Insufficient Funds
Worship
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., Pastor AJ will be reflecting on a portion of his 1963 “I have a Dream” speech. We will be specifically asking how does the portion of the speech regarding reparations applies to both the US Government and Unitarian Universalism.
Fellowship
We gather together and snack in the fellowship hall on delicious treats prepared by our Hospitality Committee. Whether you’re sipping on a cup of tea or savoring a tasty slice of cake, this is an excellent opportunity to make friends, reflect on the day’s service, and just talk.
Meeting
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Ralph Waldo Mouse Says:
"I have a dream, too...just like yours!"
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Notes from Pastor AJ
In order to better communicate with our PrairieUU community, over the next few weeks we will be rolling out our new communications program to the entire congregation hosted by Google through the Google Suite system. Via this system you will be soon be able to have direct access to the PrairieUU email system, calendars, member directories, online meetings, classrooms and much more. All members will be receiving this access over the next few weeks. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
In Service,
Pastor AJ
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President's Corner
The winter Congregational Meeting required by the Prairie By-Laws, will be held after the service on Sunday, January 19 from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm at Pine Grove Elementary School. Please plan on attending. Click here to view the
Congregational Meeting Agenda.
Thank you,
Clark Huff, President
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Rhonda’s Ribbons
New Hours - My office hours have changed to M-Th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. This change is to better meet the workflow needs for Prairie.
If you have any announcements that you would like included in the weekly newsletter or announcement please email our
Communications Team
by Tuesday at 12:00 pm.
Beginning the week of January 26, the deadline for announcements to be included in the weekly newsletter, Sunday announcements and Order of Service will change to
Monday at 12:00 pm
. This will allow us more time to change the many places that these events are being publicized.
Thank you,
Rhonda W
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Supporting Cory
Our dear friend Cory L loves to attend church and otherwise get out to socialize, but can't do so without our help. She has her own wheelchair van, so just drive your car over to her place and then go out with her in her van. Click here for more information and/or to
sign up
for a Sunday.
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Become an Associate
Are you interested in the direction of the mission of PrairieUU? Is long term mission and vision important to you? If so we would like to hear from you. The Committee on Shared Ministry and Pastor AJ have consulted with several members of congregational leadership as well as the former Appreciative Inquiry Visioning Team to assess how to move forward with both of the Appreciative Inquiry process and the Associates program. Join us as we will roll out the new re-envisioned Associates program that will be rooted in the 5 priorities established by the congregation through the
Appreciative Inquiry Visioning
process (ie. Impactful Social Justice, Spiritual Growth, Thriving and Engaged Community, Engaged Youth, Stable and Inspired Home of Our Own).
Being an Associate will remain a two year commitment to one of these areas through a deepening of your own understanding, and spiritual growth. The Associates will then also assist the Committee on Shared Ministry and Pastor AJ on setting ministerial priorities. If you are interested in becoming an Associate please contact
Pastor AJ
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Childcare
Providers Needed
We are happy to welcome Bobby and Katie to our team of providers. We are well on our way with our new team but we are still looking to hire 1-2 more childcare providers for Sunday mornings and other events. If you know anyone who would be interested, please have them email our
Search Team
. Until we have recruited the team, we may need volunteers to assist on Sundays, if you can help please contact
Susan E
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Multimedia and Hospitality Crews
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 W
and
Fran L
if you can help.
Pastor AJ
and the
Core Team
are looking for help with our running our multimedia slides, sound, and video/audio recording our services. Please contact
Pastor AJ
if you can help in any of these areas.
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Calendar & Upcoming Events
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Social Justice Film Series:
Blood Monday
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First Universalist Church of Denver
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Cancelled
Constructive Theology & Creative Expression
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Civic Center Park, Denver
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Pine Grove Elementary School
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Constructive Theology & Creative Expression
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Parker Library, Event Hall A
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Parker Library, Event Hall A
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Service Sunday - Meal Kit Assembly
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Pine Grove Elementary School
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Parker Library, 2nd Fl Conf Room
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Habitat Interfaith Alliance Soup Cook-off
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First Universalist Church
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Constructive Theology & Creative Expression Workshop
January 11 - Apr 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
(Cancelled on Jan 18 because of Womxn’s March)
Parker Library, Event Hall A
Are you a movie buff?
Are you interested in digging deeper into your understanding of your theology, and world view? Are you looking for a creative outlet?
If you said, “yes” to any of these questions then this is a wonderful opportunity to do just that. During this workshop series led by Pastor AJ, we will each look to determine a social need, issue or good that we would like to effect in the world and then reflect on how our personal theology and worldview motivate us to make change in the world based on own personhood.
The workshop will be interactive and come to a conclusion with an Art Show on April 19th during Sunday morning worship. Don’t worry you don’t have to be Picasso, just have a desire to change the world and have some fun while doing it. (Actual Dates: 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/15, 2/15, 2/22, 2/29, 3/7, 3/21, 4/4)
We will be providing a number of resources online. You can access these Resources via
Google Classroom
using Class Code: bmw2iye
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PrairieUU Stitchers
January 18, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
TBD
The PrairieUU 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. We meet from 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm and locations vary. Learn more about
PrairieUU Stitchers
or join our
Facebook group.
Contact
Emi D
with questions.
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Music & the Spirit
January 18, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Ermish Home, Parker
Come join an impromptu sing-along of fun & favorite songs with Paul. No rehearsal required - just bring your voice, your spirit, and a song or two to share. If you play an instrument, bring that along too. For more information and address please contact
Paul E.
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Congregational Meeting
January 19, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Pine Grove Elementary School
We will be sharing reports from Pastor AJ, Committee on Shared Ministry, Board of Trustees, and Finance. Please join us! You can find the
Congregational Meeting Agenda
here.
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Youth Nite
January 22, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Parker Library, Loft
Let’s hangout? Game Night? Pizza and a movie? Just do some homework? Join us for a night away from your parents and home. Let’s chill in the Loft. All High and Junior High youth are welcome. For more information contact
Molly E
or
Pastor AJ
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PrairieUU Quilters
January 25, 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Parker Library, Event Hall A
We are excited to announce our new PrairieUU Quilters group. Anyone interested is welcome to join us! We will be starting a beginner's project using 10" squares. Please contact
Carol F
for a supply list or more information.
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Circle Suppers
January 25, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Various Locations
The 4th Saturday of every other month, (January, March, May, July, September, and November) is the time to get together with friends from church and enjoy an evening of good food and friendship. Circle Suppers are a wonderful way to get to know each other in a more personal way and to create a support network of lifelong friendships. We take turns hosting a pot luck dinner in our homes with 4 to 10 other PrairieUU friends.
To join us this month or to get on our mailing list, email
Gerry B
or call at 303-495-0765. Locations and times will be provided by our hosts.
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Core Team Meeting
January 27, 6:30 pm
Parker Library, 2nd Fl Conf Room
Ever wonder how Sunday mornings come together? You are welcome to come and find out and even join our Core Team. The Core Team is a compilation of individuals and representatives from the Justice League, Hospitality, Membership, Communications, and many more. All are welcome. Please let
Pastor AJ
know if you have any questions or would like more information.
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PrairieUU Men's Group Forming
We will be starting a special Prairie men's group.
We are hoping that members of this group would be willing to get into conversations about what's important in our lives...what's going on that we'd like to get off of our chests...what problems are we facing in our daily lives. The hope is that we can share at a deeper level than just talking about sports, politics, ailments, etc. We need, sometimes, to tell our own stories about our issues, our successes, our failures, and our worries. Guys have emotions, too...and it's healthy to talk about them in a trusting, confidential setting. Please email
Dave L
or call 303-895-5771 if you're interested.
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Small-Group Ministries Forming
If you are interested in forming a small group ministry please contact
Pastor AJ
. Groups now in discussion and forming are a men’s group, people of color, Wiccan/Pagan group, environmental group (under the Justice League), and a healthy eating/living group.
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Caring Circle
The
Caring Circle provides compassionate support to members of PrairieUU during life transitions, hospitalizations or other crises.
If you have a pastoral concern to share, please let us know at
Pastoral Care.
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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 PrairieUU’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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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 our
Justice League
member for more information.
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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. Prairie has established a dedicated We Believe Survivors Fund to assist survivors with crisis support to navigate the various systems they may come in contact with legal, organizational, healthcare, etc.
If you or someone you know is a survivor of sexual assault or abuse at the hands of someone in a position of trust, please contact our Fund Administrator and fellow survivor
Melissa B
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Donations are tax-deductible and will be distributed by our Fund Administrator. Survivor and donor anonymity will be protected.
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Upcoming Justice League Events
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Social Justice Film Series:
Blood Memor
y
January 17, 6:00 pm
The Justice League strongly encourages you to attend. Battles over blood quantum and “best interests” frame the untold history of America’s Indian Adoption Era - a time when nearly one-third of children were removed from tribal communities nationwide. Through one brave woman’s story, we learn about the effect of adoption and dislocation on children taken from their homes, families and culture; the use of “blood quantum” as a method to determine tribal membership; the Indian Child Welfare Act (“ICWA”), meant to protect children and tribal identities but controversial with its sometimes devastating unintended consequences; and finally, how adoptees are welcomed back to their communities with ceremony and song.
his is a very personal story. Sandy White Hawk, members of her family and other Native adoptees share stories, memories, and the deep sadness of lost community and identity. It is also a political story, revealing truth about an issue that has been hidden. Finally, it is an inspirational story, as Sandy finds ways to help herself and others come home. Viewing and discussion at First Universalist,
4101 E Hampden, Denver
6:00 to 9. No potluck but please consider a donation to cover the cost of the screening and support the filmmaker.Contact the
Justice League
for more details or if interested in carpooling.
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Womxn’s March
January 18, 8:45 am
Civic Center Park, Denver
“We march in solidarity for social justice, human rights, and equality for women and
all
marginalized people nationwide.” Options for meetup: Join other UUs on the west side of Capitol, steps facing Civic Center Park between 8:30 am and 9:00 am. Look for the Prairie banner! We will then march and meet our MEAction friends at 9:30 cross the street from the old Denver Post Building downtown at
101 E Colfax
. That's at the edge of Civic Center Park by the Greek columns. Call/text Kim at 720-636-1912 or John at 720-312-2643 that day to aid in coordination efforts as needed. Lean more about
Denver’s Womxn’s March
and
MEAction.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We are in need of a mobility scooter to borrow for the day. Please contact
Kim
if you know of any options and with any questions regarding the march.
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MLK Marade
January 20, 9:30 am
City Park
Now, more than ever, we must keep Dr. King’s vision alive! Let’s gather with other Denver-area UU congregations at City Park (begins there, ends at the Capitol) near the MLK statue. Just look for our BLM banner! Contact
Nancy
,
Melissa
, or
Kim
if you have any questions!
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Meal Kit Assembly (Service Sunday)
January 26, 11:00 am
Pine Grove Elementary School
For this month’s service, we will gather during Fellowship to prepare meal kits to distribute to our homeless community members living outside during the winter.
Everyone – all ages– are invited to help assemble the kits and write/illustrate uplifting notes to include in the kits! A list of what we need is below. Sign up to bring supplies via
Sign-Up Genius.
Contact
Nancy
,
Melissa
, or
Kim
if you have any questions!
- Bio-degradable bowls
- Plasticware
- Hand wipes
- Kleenex packets
- Mints, cough drops, gum
- Juice boxes
- Tuna pouches
- Granola/cereal bars
- Fruit/applesauce cups
- Canned soup with tab lid
- Mac and cheese cups
- Oatmeal pouches
- Fast food gift cards
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Habitat Interfaith Alliance Fundraiser
Soup Cook-Off
February 1, 6:30 pm
First Universalist Church, Denver
Questions? To attend, or carpool there with friends, contact PrairieUU’s liaisons to the Habitat Interfaith Alliance,
Deena Lawrence
or
Jim Rogo
. Buy tickets at the door ~ $15/person or $35/family.
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New Auction Item
Item #109 - Winter Park Ski Weekend with Joe & Coni Francis
Dates: February 28, 29, and March 1, 2020
Enjoy a weekend as our pampered guests in our Winter Park condo. Expect a great weekend of downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, and/or snowshoeing in addition to dining and relaxing in front of a romantic fire. Also enjoy the new recreation center within walking distance, featuring indoor and outdoor hot tubs and indoor pool. We do the food buying and cooking! Six meals provided, Friday dinner through Sunday lunch.
Bid PER PERSON. Minimum bid per person $75
Retail value $200 per person
Maximum: 6 people
Lift Tickets are NOT Included.
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New King Soopers Rewards Program Benefits PrairieUU
PrairieUU 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 & Announcement Contributions
All requests for Weekly News, Sunday Morning Announcements, and Orders of Service are due on Tuesday at 12 pm.
(PLEASE NOTE: All submissions are subject to editing for content and space.)
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General
Office Hours
Mon-Thur - 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Office Hours - M-Th 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Phone/Text: 720-549-0530
Schedule an Appointment via Google
Calendar
Office Hours - M-Th 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Phone/Text - 720-549-0531
Schedule an Appointment via Google
Calendar
Committee Emails
LifeSpan
- Religious Exploration for all ages
Membership
- Visitors, Greeters, and becoming a Covenantal member
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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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