Please join us for our Grand 2019 Canvass Kick-Off: Make Dreams Come True – we’re celebrating in true Mardi Gras style! There will be a Mardi Gras parade – ALL AGES are encouraged to don a costume and participate! Traditional Mardi Gras parade costumes include fairies, woodland/mythical creatures, clowns/jesters, and animals. Evening gowns and tuxes – with masks – … Continue reading 2019 Canvass Kick-Off
Service Cancelled for 3/3/19 Dear Prairie members and friends, The timing and cold of this snow storm is predicted to leave the roads treacherous tomorrow morning, with the snow still falling, so it seems best to cancel our service. We will move our Mardi Gras canvass theme and pancake breakfast to next Sunday, March 10. … Continue reading 2019 Canvass Kick-Off – Cancelled
Renew Your Vows Join us in a special service of love at which many of our members will renew their vows with their partners. If you are interested in participating, please contact Rev. Jann, [email protected]. The Prairie Choir, Eric Moon and Bob Rogers will provide special music. Our Fellowship will be a reception with cakes … Continue reading Vow Renewal Service
Melissa Bishop and Rev. Jann Halloran invite us to redefine love in a way that moves us from a superficial understanding to one that entreats us to walk through discomfort and pain order to deeply hear and create relationships that humanize all of us bringing compassion, justice and equity. Dave Lukaszewski and Eric Moon will provide … Continue reading Humanizing Love
Rev. Jann Halloran and Michael Meads will lead a service focused on developing kindness in our relationships. Our 2nd Principle calls us to covenant and affirm justice, equity and compassion in human relations — starting with kindness helps us to achieve all three. The Prairie Band will provide special music. During Learning Hour (11:35 a.m.), … Continue reading The Spiritual Practice of Kindness
Our First Principle is probably the most beloved by Unitarian Universalists, but detecting the ideal of inherent worth and dignity in day-to-day life can be elusive. Rev. Jann Halloran will explore Anne Lamott’s new book, Almost Everything, Notes on Hope, as a way to remind us about how hope and love can keep us in … Continue reading Inherent Worth and Dignity – In Short Supply?
Happy New Year! Join us for our traditional New Year’s service of burning away those things which hold us back or keep us from being our best selves. Instead of taking on new resolutions, we write on strips of paper those things we want to leave behind, and Rev. Jann burns them away after the … Continue reading Burning Away Our Burdens
“Is Democracy Dying?” This question was the October cover headline of a special addition of The Atlantic magazine. The Rev. Jann Halloran will explore the status of democracy in our country this Sunday before the national election on Tuesday. November’s theme is our Unitarian Universalist 5th Principle, The Democratic Process. The Prairie Band will provide … Continue reading Is Democracy Dying?
Prairie’s Caring Circle does an amazing job of reaching out to people when they are going through a crisis or celebrating a joy. We create our caring community intentionally, and, in this service, the Rev. Jann Halloran speaks about how to continue to grow our caring and compassion. You will also learn how to participate … Continue reading Creating the Caring Community
Changes to Upcoming Service Sunday 5/27: Our help is needed with honoring fallen veterans! In honor of Memorial Day, please join us for our last Service Sunday of the church year. We will have a shortened service followed by a special outreach project that will honor our fallen vets. Learn more about Prairie’s Tie a … Continue reading Honoring Veterans on Memorial Day
