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
I Commit to Me
Sunday, March 7, 10:30 am
Please join us this Sunday, March 7, as we begin exploring this month's theme of commitment.
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.
Stay with us after the service:
There will be conversation via the same Google Meet after the service and Candles of Community for coffee hour and fellowship.
Watch the Worship Service:
Our Sunday morning service will be available live
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Sunday, March 7, 9:30 am
Kids (and their grown-ups), join us this Sunday for our K-5 religious education program! All through the month of February, we will be exploring the theme of committement. Our Soul Matters curriculum is specifically designed to keep kids engaged and curious over an online platform. So come along for stories, activities, and fun!
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Sunday, March 7, 11:45 am
Welcome to our Middle and Senior High Youth from our PrairieUU and the local community to gather together. Join us for conversation, spiritual growth, and social activities.
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Sunday, March 7, 11:45 am
Please join us at LifeSpan Learning Hour as we explore what it means to be UU.
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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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Hello Fellow Shoppers - Sign up for Scrips NOW!
Shop with Scrip’s gift card program makes earning money for PrairieUU easy! You buy full value gift cards, and the retailers give a rebate of 2-20% back to PrairieUU.
With over 250 brands that offer gift cards, that can be sent right to your email INBOX or right to your home, this is a great way to purchase gifts for others, staying out of stores completely! Click here to sign up!
Sincerely,
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From the Board of Trustees... |
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With Gratitude
The Board and Finance Committee are busy, engaged in a variety of projects and continue our leadership development activities. I am grateful for so many things, I want to share a few:
Thanks to Clark and Renee, we have a second PPP loan, $12,000.
Thanks to Janet we have a chair of the Stewardship Drive
Thanks to Jen, our Diversity and Inclusion Advocate, we are planning the next steps to transition to the new Leadership Development process
Thanks to Calesse and Clark, we can now buy Scrip cards
Thanks to Bill we have a cyber safety advocate
Thanks to Calisse for her COVID Corner
Thanks to Kim and Carol, we are on our way to revising the Membership Resource Book and creating a Board Resource book
Thanks to the entire Board, we will soon have a more defined role and expectations for the Board Liaison to Standing Committees
Thanks to the Board's commitment to learning about leadership, we are reading "Serving with Grace, Lay Leadership as a Spiritual Practice" (Link to slide on Workshop here)
There is more, but you have other things to do!
Thanks to Prairie UU members for your commitment to Prairie UU.
I am grateful!
Vivian, President of Prairie UU
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Calling All Youth and Grownups!
Your LifeSpan and youth staff and volunteers are, as you read this, planning a summer program for middle and high schoolers with our counterparts at First Unitarian, Jefferson, Columbine, and First Universalist! This program in June/July will allow our youth to form teams with each other and their friends from school for friendly competition, games, and fun!
So youth - please start thinking of who you'd like on your team this summer - 5 people on a team, maximum. Registration information is coming soon!
And everyone else? Watch this space for opportunities to volunteer and have a blast with our youth and youth from across the Denver metro area. There will be long term opportunities and one-time opportunities of all sorts. Come and help make this summer a blast for our fabulous youth and their friends - and have a blast yourself!
In Love and Resistance,
LifeSpan Coordinator
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Congratulations to "The Mountain Top" on receiving the UUA Pacific Western Region Widening the Circle of Concern Award which comes with a $2k grant. Jen S, Pastor AJ and PrairieUU were recognized for outstanding work in developing this space. Thank you all for all your work and contributions that you have done towards this end. You all should be commended and very proud of the work you are doing!
Click here to learn more.
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Major Developments in Elijah McClain Case
Read more by clicking here.
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Attention Douglas County Residents!
The Douglas County School District is considering the adoption of a new Board policy regarding Educational Equity. You may have read about the struggles of Black Students in DCSD or of Black administrators. No one in our community should be having to deal with racial slurs and demeaning behavior with few or no disciplinary action or consequences. The policy was created by a newly reformed Equity Advisory Council made up of students, community members, teachers and school district leadership. They know the district has a lot of work to do. After a work session a few weeks ago, the Board of Education had their first public reading of the new Educational Equity Policy on Tuesday night. It is a policy that commits to leadership and support for students, staff and our community to ensure that we are authentically and meaningfully inclusive.
Please take time to read over the policy and ask any questions you may have and/or to give feedback here. It's an easy way for Prairie to live out our principles in the community. If you would like to join us in calling the Board to action and amplifying the voices of Black Students and staff please consider giving public comment at the next Board of Ed meeting on March 2nd.
Please let Melissa know if you have any questions.
Please Click on the links within this announcement or find out more here:
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IMPORTANT JL Meeting Coming Up 3/14 – Be there or be square!
Justice League Meeting
Sunday, March 14, 1:00 pm
We’ll prep for Service Sunday, share IDP progress, and so much more! Visit PrairieUU.org to learn more about our passions and initiatives. Contact the Justice League if you have any questions!
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Rethinking Thanksgiving
In a follow-up to the Congregational Meeting- be sure to read Melissa’s important message here.
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Reading Material
Need some reading material to get you through these next few months? Want to educate yourself on anti-racism and white privilege? Check out the new Justice League reading list here.
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The Justice League needs YOU!
With the pandemic continuing to impact unemployment, eviction rates, and homelessness, our community needs information on rights and resources. We’re creating an informational flyer to be distributed at apartment complexes and need volunteers to help distribute. If you are able to help, please contact Kim or Melissa.
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If you are looking for more racial justice information see the following:
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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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Tech Talk
Tuesday, March 2, 4:00 PM
During this time that we may not be able to get out and be with our family and friends, communications via Video Conferencing, and social media are needed more than ever. If you have a question or can you help someone else with Tech? Computers, Phones and Tablets? During this hour we work through getting you up and running to be in better communications with our PrairieUU community and your other personal networks.
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Widening the Circle
Tuesday, March 2, 6:30 PM
Join the Board, COSM and Justice League to Discuss Widening the Circle of Concern: Living Our Values in the World.
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Living Well With Mental Health Issues
Wednesday, March 3, 7:00 PM
Join us on the first Wednesday of each month from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm to share and learn more about Living Well with Mental Health Issues. Join us on Zoom: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/96366722455
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Wednesday, March 3, 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.
With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey (Trachtenberg) from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.
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LifeSpan Meeting
Thursday, March 4, 5:00 pm
Join us on the first Thursday of each month as we engage in planning education for all ages at PrairieUU.
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Healthy Living Small Group
Friday, March 5, 1:00 pm
Join Pastor AJ and others in our community as we engage in a healthy(ier) living time together. We will meet once a week to share ideas, recipes, what works and what doesn’t about exercise. This will be a time to connect Mind, Body and Soul. If you are interested, please join Pastor AJ’s Facebook group UU Healthy Living. Finally, Pastor AJ is also joining Weightwatchers and is inviting you to join with him. If you are interested, there are a couple of special promos that are now running but end tonight. For more information, check with Pastor AJ or sign up with Weightwatchers directly.
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Committee on Shared Ministry
Monday, March 8, 6:30 pm
The COSM is dedicated to growing our Vision, ensuring we live together in Right Relation, and conducting ministerial oversight and connection. All of our PrairieUU community members are welcome to join us for the first 30 minutes from 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm. If you are unable to make it to our meeting, you can always leave a message in our Suggestion Box.
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MUUved to Action
Tuesday, March 9, 6:30 PM
MUUved to Action is a sub-group of our Justice League that meets weekly as a result of being called by our BIPOC community and members to "not sleep through the revolution". We meet to address the urgent and immediate calls for justice action in our community. We have attended protests, written position statements, made phone calls and written letters to public officials and business owners, provided public comment, attended public meetings and had invited guests from the community to provide depth to our understanding of complex justice issues and solutions. We are joined by other Denver Metro UUs and community members. We currently meet virtually on Tuesday nights from 6:30-8 via Google Meet. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Melissa B.
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Life-Transitions Support Group
Wednesday, March 10, at 6:30
Contact: Dave L or Fran L.
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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Wednesday, March 10, 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, March 10 to view: Selma
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
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Children's Chapel
Saturday, March 13 from 11:00 – 11:30 am MT
Monthly on the second Saturday
1st – 7th Grade and Beyond
Every 2nd Saturday through June we/UUCLV/Rev. Gordon Clay Bailey and possibly other UUs will offer a children’s chapel (virtually via zoom). This worshipful time offers our children and youth (maybe other UU congregations kids) a chance to reflect on important life issues, feel uplifted through music, hold others in care, and have time to listen to the still small voice inside. A practice of worship for children and youth grounds them in their faith in such important ways as encouraging religious identity, a sense of belonging in our UU congregation/church community and a space to grow their spirituality.
We will begin our time together with:
Songs/hymns
Chalice lighting
Joys and sorrows
A short meditation
Offertory
A story followed by ritual, meditation, activity or brief sermonette
Closing ritual
The themes for Chapel changes each month. If you are able, please allow your child to have a coin for their collection basket. We, as the Children’s Chapel community, will decide how to share our collection come the end of the congregational year in June.
Please RSVP to The Reverend Gordon Clay Bailey at minister@uuclv.org and for the password.
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Rev Gordon Clay Bailey,
Minister (he/his/him)
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas
3616 E Lake Meade Blvd
Las Vegas NV 89115-6306
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To UU Churches of the Mountain Desert District: We think your members will enjoy participating in the upcoming virtual Peter Mayer Concert, hosted by the High Plains Church UU Fellowship Team in Colorado Springs. We invite you to share the attached html file, jpg file -- or the email below in your weekly communications and your March newsletter. Questions? Please contact us at fundraisers@hpcuu.org. Many thanks!
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Community
Information and Resources
If you have other community resources that we should share, please let us know.
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From the UUA President - You Are Held In Care
To view the announcement from Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, UUA President, click here.
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UUA Guidance on Gathering In-Person When COVID-19 Subsides
The UUA continues to carefully monitor developments with testing and vaccinations. Last May, we recommended congregations plan for virtual operations until at least May 2021. By now, we recognize this timeline will likely be longer. As the Biden administration develops a coordinated federal response, we expect it will be March before we have a reasonable sense of the vaccine horizon and timeline for when we might reach herd immunity. In the meantime, our current UUA Guidance on Gathering offers recommendations for specific metrics to monitor in your own community as you consider decisions about gathering when the pandemic subsides.
The full link to the UUA press release can be viewed here.
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Looking for ways to have some fun with others?
Sign up for this upcoming Auction Events!
Jackbox Game Night
$50 per Family
Julie and I will host a night of Jackbox games (see jackbox.tv) on Saturday, March 13th at 7:30 PM until no one is left who wants to play.
These are interactive on-line games appropriate (or perhaps almost appropriate) for all ages.
People participating need one device per household to use for a Zoom call, and then one device per participant to play.
It is super fun and easy
There will be a prize for the highest and lowest score!
Saturday, March 13, 2021at 7:30 pm
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Bill's Be-Cyber-Safe Box - Episode 1
Welcome to Bill’s Be-Cyber-Safe Box, Episode #1. This space will attempt to help those interested in keeping their use of smart devices – computers, smart phones, tablets, etc. – free from hackers and viruses that might make life more stressful.
Just as most of us lock our doors at night and when we are away from home, so we might want to secure our valuable data from those who may be watching for an opportunity to enter our smart devices and steal information about us that they can use in ways we would not approve. And we may not want others to read “private” email messages. Especially if they contain passwords, account numbers, or other information best kept to ourselves.
“Hacking” means trying to enter private spaces in a smart device or network to steal something. Like money. It is less likely to succeed if there are strong defenses in place to prevent it. Defenses include applications that watch out for attempts and security safeguards you can activate as part of your web browser. And avoiding use of the “free Wi-Fi” at public places where wireless eyes are watching for someone nearby to enter a password or account number into their laptop or smartphone. Think of your smart device as a doorway to your private world – and don’t forget to lock those doors against hackers.
The next episode will explore ways to keep hackers out.
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Hello Virtually Close Friends!
Click on this link, for answers to some very commonly asked questions about the vaccine. If your question isn't answered, there are also further links given to explore:
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So far, 158,253 Tri-County Health Department residents have been vaccinated. This information continues to be updated daily on our COVID-19 Data page.
- Educators and those 65 years and older are eligible for the vaccine as of Feb. 8, 2021.
- TCHD clinics are open for healthcare workers, first responders, and licensed childcare workers and pre-K-12 educators. Our open scheduling appointments are primarily for licensed childcare workers since they have not had the same opportunity as school district employees to be matched with a COVID-19 vaccine provider.
- We ask that all school district employees go with their district plans and vaccine partners to obtain an appointment. Most districts are now matched with vaccine providers.
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Community-based organizations can apply for funding to provide community clinic space or navigation to vaccine opportunities. Interested partners should complete this google form. Email questions to COVIDvaccine@tchd.org.
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Walmart and Kroger pharmacies are now vaccinating Coloradans as part of a program at the federal level for national pharmacy chains. Please see TCHD’s website for an up to date list of COVID-19 vaccine providers: https://www.tchd.org/866/COVID-19-Vaccine
Yours (from at least 6 feet away),
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More COVID19 Vaccination Information
UC Health has additional Covid19 vaccination information, click here.
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COVID Assistance Funds and Resources |
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Arapahoe County Rent and Mortgage assistance for Covid related loss of income, click here for more information.
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Douglas County is offering Covid-19 assistance funds to individuals and families. Please click here for more information.
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City of Aurora Covid-19 resources please click here for more information.
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Parker Covid-19 information and resources - please click here for more information.
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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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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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