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
September 28, 2020 Greetings! The Board has several projects underway that we hope will make our governance and business work more smoothly and transparently. We are developing handbooks for Members, Personnel, and the Board. Let me know if you have suggestions for what would be helpful to have in writing and available on our shared … Continue reading Updates from the Board – September 2020
Dear Prairie UU Church, Over the weekend, news broke that the Homestead Child Detention Center was emptied of all migrant children. This was quickly followed by tragic news of a racially-motivated mass shooting in El Paso and last night’s massive workplace raid in Mississippi (the single largest statewide ICE raid in over a decade). We … Continue reading An open letter to Prairie UU Church from Love Resists
Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association Apologizes for Failures to Take Appropriate Action on Sexual Misconduct The national professional association for Unitarian Universalist ministers has issued a letter of apology for failing to always act and/or respond appropriately throughout its history in cases of sexual misconduct involving clergy. The June 3 letter was sent to all UU … Continue reading UUMA Apology Letter for Sexual Misconduct
The content of this letter addressing racism is used with permission. To see the original post, visit: Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray’s Facebook page. Dear Ones, It is with such a heavy heart that I share with you a terrible incident that happened at the UUA this weekend, when both the UUA Board of Trustees and … Continue reading UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray Addresses Racism in Our Larger UU Community
