It’s December! Let’s bring our Thanksgiving gratitude of hope for a healing and healthy 2021! Update on Board Activities: Revised Nomination Policy and Procedures: The Board recommended more work on the revised policies developed with revisions from the COSM and Board members. The COSM is now working on another draft for Board approval in December. We … Continue reading Updates from the Board – December 2020
Book Drive! Get RRRReady for Service Sunday: Book Drive! On 12/27 we will be collecting new books for library donation. Download guidelines here. More info soon, but contact Melissa or Kim for more details!! Contact Kim M. or Melissa B. with any questions. Prairie’s Family Christmas As is our tradition, Prairie is adopting a family … Continue reading Updates from the Justice League – December 2020
Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe holiday! Teams in CoSM have been working on coordinating our AI visioning and Widening the Circle recommendations into one document. We continue to work on the last section of the Circle program on Theology. Susan E. presented updated information on Restoration and Reparations after service this past Sunday! Thank … Continue reading Updates from CoSM – December 2020
See the PrairieUU Calendar for Justice League meetings MUUved to Action meetings and Service Sunday details. Dear Friends: I am writing to you today on behalf of the Justice League and want to ask you to take time to reframe and re-envision what have been our annual Thanksgiving traditions. We have been blessed that our … Continue reading Update from the Justice League – November 2020
November 9, 2020 Greetings! At Prairie UU we address the challenges and issues within our faith, principles and touchstones. We commit to covenant to each other in love and support. The business of the church continues and is steady. The last meeting of the Board on October 20, 2020 was productive and active. We approved 2020-2021 goals (here). Please review … Continue reading Updates from the Board – November 2020
November 16, 2020 The CoSM (Committee on Shared Ministry) team is beginning to integrate our AI visioning and Widening the Circle goals together. This will be a challenging project and very exciting. The Right Relations projects are nearing completion soon. We look forward to continuing to help Prairie accomplish our many worthy goals! Have a … Continue reading Updates from COSM – November 2020
On November 4, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could allow private agencies that receive taxpayer-funding in order to provide government services — such as foster care, adoption, food banks, homeless shelters, and more — to deny services to people such as LGBTQ+, single women, Jewish, Muslim, or Mormon. They claim they have … Continue reading Updates from the Justice League – October 2020
October 19, 2020 CoSM is proud to announce that Susan Ermisch has agreed to be the co-chair of our team. She will be learning the ropes and will be ready to chair CoSM in the next fiscal year! Yay, Susan and thanks so much!!! Our next new project will be to review the Visioning section regarding … Continue reading Updates from the CoSM – October 2020
October 26, 2020 Greetings! On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, we had a meaningful, thoughtful, and challenging discussion about Theology 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 … Continue reading Updates from the Board – October 2020
September 21, 2020 We have been working hard on making recommendations on the draft for the Nominating Committee policy/procedures and have sent our suggestions to the Board. We are currently working on the Listening Circle presentation for the October 11th PrairieUU Town Hall. In Faith, Fran L COSM Chair September 9, 2020 The CoSM and … Continue reading Updates from the CoSM – September 2020
