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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November 17th –
Service Sunday
One Sunday a month, Prairie puts its principles into action by rather than having our traditional Sunday Service, we have Service Sunday. After a shortened Service, exploring how we can support the physical connection and self-care of those in our community, particularly those who have experienced homelessness, we will go to Ready to Work Aurora/Bridge House for card making and connection from
11:45 am – 2:00 pm where we will prepare and serve food, and then engage in holiday card-making and music.
12:00 pm Bridge House Lunch
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
.
2:00 pm Tattered Cover Bookstore
After fun times at Ready-to-Work, we will head over to the Tattered Cover Bookstore
(2526 East Colfax Avenue)
for the
Journeys Out of Homelessness
Book Signing and Reading. This conversation will touch on at least two of our justice initiatives: justice for the homeless and the chronically ill. In this book, the authors gather the first-person stories of some who have not only survived but thrived, going on to find positive home situations. Learn more
here
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Bring A Friend, Neighbor, Work Colleague To Church
November 24, 10:00 am
PrairieUU, Parker
Let's showcase what PrairieUU has to offer: our faith, our community, our new minister and our activities in social justice! This includes youth and teens as well. Invite a friend or a classmate.
The Membership and Communications Committees invite you to join us into engaging in activities that create a stronger UU presence in Parker and surrounding communities.
Let's join together to increase the number of visitors present and encourage our visitors and friends to stay for a potluck after the service! Share what Prairie UU means to you!
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Choir Schedule
11/17 Rehearsal, 9:15 am
11/24 Rehearsal and Performance
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Ralph Waldo Mouse is on vacation this week. Can you guess where?
Scroll to the bottom to see the answer.
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Notes from Pastor AJ
I would like to welcome “Bobby” Blasiotti to our Childcare Ministry team. Bobby started with us this past Sunday and will be working as a childcare provider two Sundays a month. We ask that you give him a warm welcome!
We care! Do you have a pastoral care concern for yourself or someone else? In the past, these referrals were directed to our administrator via email. Going forward I would like to be able to hear these concerns directly, therefore, I have created an online form for your convenience. The form can be found
here
or via our website’s
Pastor Care
page. This is an additional tool for use, as always you are welcomed to contact me directly via any of my contact information listed below.
It has come to our attention that we have had a long-standing typo in my phone number in a couple of listings. We believe this has been corrected. My correct number is 720-549-0531.
Please note the number is 0531, not 5031.
Finally, I would also like to invite you all to review my monthly Minister’s Report the website.
Minister’s Report to PrairieUU – November 11, 2019
It is hard to believe that we are already in November. We are well underway with planning for December, the holidays and even into 2020. We have reserved several spaces at the libraries for the 2020 year ~ I would like to thank Brenda P, Carol F, and Denard T for their help in getting this task completed.
Read more
In Service,
Pastor AJ
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Communications Update
We want to inform you that next week we will be changing “Weekly News” email address to
NEWS@PrairieUU.org
. Please update your address book so that you do not miss our Weekly News. For more information please contact our
Communications Team
.
Mary S.
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Announcements! Announcements!! Announcements!!!
Where are the Sunday Announcements ??? Starting Sunday morning the Announcements page will be placed at the Greeter’s Table. If you would like a printed version of the Announcements page, please stop by the Greeter’s table to pick it up.
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Childcare Providers Needed
We need a new team of providers. We are looking to hire 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 are able to 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 are able to help in any of these areas.
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Calendar & Upcoming Events
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Bring A Friend, Neighbor, Work Colleague to Church
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Bridge House/Ready to Work - Thanksgiving
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Prairie Stitchers
November 16, 3:00 pm
TBD
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.
We meet from 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm and locations vary. Learn more about
Prairie Stitchers
or join our
facebook group
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Circle Suppers
November 23, TBD
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 get on our mailing list, email
Gerry B
or call at 303-495-0765.
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Bridge House/Ready to Work Needs a Great Thanksgiving!
November 28, TBD
Bridge House, Aurora
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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Calling All Quilters or Wanna Be Quilters!
New member, Lucille H, 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 "PrairieUU Quilters" group. Please email
Carol F
or Lucille H to her at service if you're interested. Let's get stitching!
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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
Pastor 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 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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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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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 our
Justice League
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.
If you or someone you know is a survivor of sexual assault or abuse at the hands of someone connected to a church and in a position of trust, please contact our Fund Administrator and fellow survivor
Melissa B
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Upcoming Justice League Events and Community Events
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Two-Part Webinar on Quaker Social Change Ministry
November 13 & 20, 7:30 pm
This webinar provides the very background behind the format of our Justice League meetings! Learn more about collective spirit-based social change work, supporting folks most impacted by injustice, and the long-haul work needed to bring about deeper change. Review the model we have used over the past few years – a powerful model of small group collective social change work that brings mystics and activists together to support one another in long-term sustainable social change work.
The webinars will take place respectively on November 13 and 20, from 8:30 p.m. EDT// 7:30 pm CDT // 6:30 pm MDT // 5 pm PDT. The first session will focus on the spiritual practices, the second on accompaniment.
Find out more and register here.
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November 16, 6:00 pm
Savoy, 2700 Arapahoe St, Denver CO 80205
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, the 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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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 Wednesday at 12 pm.
(PLEASE NOTE: All submissions are subject to editing for content and space.)
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Call, Text, Smoke Signals?
General 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
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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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The Leaning Tower of Cheeza!
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