Our Mission:
“We gather as a welcoming, caring community to nurture mind and spirit, celebrate diversity, and work for justice.”
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Sunday Morning Experience
Join us for Worship Online at 10:30 am
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Sunday Worship - The Songs of Our Ancestors
Sunday, November 1st, 10:30 am
Please join us on Sunday, November 1st for our Sunday worship service. Pastor AJ will be leading us in a celebration of Dia De Los Muertos. We will be listening to the healing songs and messages of our ancestors.
Join us for Conversation:
Beginning at 10:15 via Google Meet . This will be our space to chat and socialize before and during the service. We will also share Candles of Community immediately following the service in this same meet.
Watch the Worship Service:
Our Sunday morning service will be available live
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Sunday, November 1st, 11:45 am
Welcome to our Middle and Senior High Youth from our PrairieUU and local community to gather together. Join us for conversation, spiritual growth, and social activities.
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Sunday, November 1, 11:45 am
All are welcome! Join us after fellowship for a conversation with Pastor AJ and our membership team. This time is targeted to provide time and space for visitors and newer members to discuss and ask questions about Unitarian Universalism and living in covenant at PrairieUU.
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Harvest Festival
Sunday, November 1st, 1:00 pm
Stonegate Village Park
This year's harvest festival will take place on November 1st at 1:00, most likely at Stonegate Village Park, there will be more information coming later this week! There will be a pinata, socially-distanced costume parade, and socializing! Bring masks, costumes, lawn chairs, a sack lunch, and a pumpkin/bag for candy.
There will be no 9:30 children's RE on this date.
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What You Missed:
If you missed Worship over the last few weeks, you are invited to visit our Facebook page, YouTube or on our website to view our services.
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Ralph Waldo Mouse Says:
"I am everyone who played a role in creating me...my ancestors."
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To get the most up to date information visit us on Facebook. Register here. Download the PDF of the Speaker series here
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From the Board ...
Greetings!
On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, we had a meaningful, thoughtful and challenging discussion about Theolory based on the ideas presented in Widening the Circle of Concern. We missed those of you who didn't attend. We need wide congregational feedback and sharing of ideas and ways forward to be more inclusive, in this case, faith traditions, practices and beliefs. Our next discussion is on November 1, 2020 at 6:30 pm. Mark your calendar and click on google meet in the calendar.
The Board has agreed to attend a virtual Board Development workshop presented by the Pacific Western Regional UUA. We will be able to learn and share with other UU Boards and regional leaders.
We also will have a Tech Workshop on the use of Breeze and Google Suites on November 7 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, all are welcome. We aim to be a learning Board!
The UUA is urging congregations to plan for the post election reaction in communities since there could be unrest and challenges to our members' safety, click here for the information. There is a UUA Guide to Becoming a Safer Congregation. I encourage you to read it and look for Prairie UU congregational virtual gathering to better understand and respond to members' needs.
I hope you survived the cold on the 25th and are looking forward to a "warm winter."
In Covenant,
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Rhonda’s Ribbons
Please know that I am normally available every Tuesday afternoon at Tech Talk from 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm to assist with questions regarding Breeze or your PrairieUU email account.
My office hours for other general church business are Monday through Thursday 11:00 am - 2:00 pm. We can make an appointment outside of those hours as needed.
Sincerely,
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Support PrairieUU - Amazon Smile
If you shop on Amazon, please remember to use the special link and Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchases to PrairieUU! This is through the Amazon Smile program. http://ow.ly/8zJi50BOssx
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Support PrairieUU - King Soopers Rewards Program
Our assigned Non-Profit Organization (NPO) number is UC596.
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LifeSpan Volunteers Needed
LifeSpan is looking for volunteers: teachers, facilitators, storage cleanup, committee members - one-time or ongoing opportunities are available to become involved in faith formation at PrairieUU! Soul Matters includes an easy-to-follow, fun curriculum that your LifeSpan Team stands ready to support you in leading with instructions and material.
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Monday, October 26, 6:30 PM
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.
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MUUved to Action (M2A)
Tuesday, October 27, 6:30 pm
Please join us for an important M2A meeting. The Unitarian Universalist's President, Susan Frederick-Gray calls us to prepare to defend democracy. Read her message here.
As a result Prairie's Pastor, AJ Blackwood, joins us to help lead us in doing a needs and resource mapping assessment as urged by the UUA president. "... we must also prepare for how we will continue to work for justice, democracy, and the protection of our loved ones and our communities after November 3rd. So much is uncertain, and rhetoric that encourages white supremacists to threaten public officials, watch polling locations, and that questions election results is dangerous."
Please let us know if you have any questions and we hope to see you there!
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Men’s Group
Wednesday, October 28, 6:30 pm
Please join us for this month’s Men’s Group!
We will be discussing what each of us may have learned as a result of some of the more difficult times we've experienced in our lives. Some of us have experienced a job loss, loss of a loved one, relationship issues, such as divorce...perhaps life-threatening accidents, illnesses...both physical or emotional. What 'positives' came out of these 'negative' experiences? We will have a short discussion after each story.
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Wednesday, October 28, 6:30 PM
This is space for Middle/Senior High Youth and 20something Young Adults from our PrairieUU and local community to gather together. Join us for conversation, spiritual growth, and social activities.
Please join us on Wednesday, October 28 to view: InsideOut
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.
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Membership Committee
Thursday, October 29, 6:30 pm
This is the membership committee’s first meeting in this new fiscal year. If you would like more information or are interested in joining this committee, please contact Brenda P, the Membership Committee chair.
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Thursday, October 29, 7:00 PM
Plans for the PrairieUU Auction are underway. If you are interested in joining in on the fun of planning this traditional PrairieUU event, please join us for our always fun, planning meeting.
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Widening the Circle
Tuesday, November 1st, 7:00 PM
Join the COSM, Board and members of the Justice League to discuss the specific Prairie UU recommendations for how we respond to the UUA report, Widening the Circle of Concern. (iew the GA presentation of the report here).
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Tech Meeting
Saturday, November 7th at 10:00 am
Please join us as Pastor AJ will review Google Suites (Workspaces) and Breeze. All are welcome to attend.
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Sunday, November 8, 6:30 pm
Discussion Night
Join us for an evening of Discussion with BIPoC in Colorado and across the Front Range.
This Session will be open to BIPoC community members and their white family members only. The discussion will center on creating BIPoC and family space for the future.
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Life-Transitions Support Group
Wednesday, November 11th at 6:30
This new Prairie online support group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. You can access this meeting from the Prairie Calendar, on our website.
If you, or a friend or relative of yours, would like to attend our support group, please contact either Fran or me, before the group's normal meeting time, so that we know how many attendees to expect. If we don't hear from anyone by the 2nd Tuesday of the month, we won't bother to initiate the online meeting for that month. Thank you for your understanding.
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Three times the Fun!
(We will be having 3 parts to our Auction this year!)
The Online Auction
November 7 at 5:00 pm - November 13 at 5:00 pm
The Gala and Live Auction (virtual)
November 14th, Save the Date!
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Community Resources
If you have other community resources that we should share, please let us know.
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Vote
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As citizens and as Unitarian Universalists, we have the awesome responsibility and privilege of participating in our representative democracy. In Colorado voting is easy and virtually fool-proof. Remember to complete and submit your ballot well in advance of November 3 and to fill out your ballot from top to bottom. State and local governments have profound impacts on our lives and on redistricting that will soon occur. Educate yourselves about the 11 ballot measures by consulting the 2020 State Ballot Information Booklet (Blue Book.) If you have any questions about voting or about the ballot measures, you may contact Clark Huff at clarkh@prairieuu.org for assistance.
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A Good Source for Election Information is here
- A women's choice has been a long held resolution at the UUA general assemblies. Ballots are out and there are many propositions and amendments on them. Say NO to proposition 115 to support a Women's Choice. The Colorado 22-Week Abortion Ban Initiative (Proposition 115) would prohibit abortion procedures after 22 weeks of gestational age. Under the rule, an abortion after 22 weeks would only be permitted in an immediate life-threatening emergency with no exceptions for rape, incest, a lethal fetal diagnosis, or the health or medical needs of the patient. Abortion after 22 weeks only accounts for about 1% of total abortion procedures and in many cases is the result of major gestational complications that are found later in pregnancy. Any physician who performs an abortion after 22 weeks would be found in violation of this initiative and face criminal charges and suspension of their medical license by the Colorado Medical Board.This should remain a personal medical decision between a woman and her doctor, not the government. Women should have a choice, if they wish to continue a pregnancy.
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Newsletter & Announcement Contributions
All requests for the Monday newsletter and Orders of Service are due on Wednesday at 12 pm. (PLEASE NOTE: All submissions are subject to editing for content and space.)
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General Office Hours
Mon-Thur - 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Office Hours - M-Th 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Phone/Text: 720-549-0530
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Office Hours - M-Th 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Phone/Text - 720-549-0531
Schedule an Appointment via Google Calendar
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Committee Emails
LifeSpan - Religious Exploration for all ages
Membership - Visitors, becoming a Covenantal member
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Mailing Address:
PrairieUU Church
P.O. Box 1684
Parker, CO 80134
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