Join us for the service Bill Baird won at last fall’s auction. Bill will tell a story of instant community which formed in the wake of Hurricane Opal, and Rev. Jann will explore how Prairie has developed its dance of community. The Prairie Band will provide special music. Bring your checkbook! Our offering plate will … Continue reading The Importance of Community in Times of Trouble
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
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?
Every year at the onset of the holiday season, we explore the reality of the holiday blues, especially for those who are grieving or suffering from any form of illness, including mental illnesses. Our hope is to acknowledge the challenges and to build support and care in community, while still celebrating the joy of the … Continue reading A Bit of the Blues
Join Prairie members Andrew Paschetto and Melissa Bishop in a service about how to deal with fear and hatred, when it is unleashed in civil discourse. How do we get past seeing people as “others”?
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
We cannot seem to help creating and living within our tribes, and these tribes are what often divide us from one another. How can we learn to know when we are in our tribe and othering others, Rev. Jann Halloran asks? If we can’t learn to see beyond our tribes, we cannot fully live into our … Continue reading Understanding Othering
Learning to tell our stories is the anecdote to tackling racism in our lives and in our culture. The Rev. Jann Halloran will tell her story of confronting racism and the personal growth she has experienced from the work. Dave Lukaszewski and Jenny Rodman will provide music. Middle and High School youth will have Brunch Bunch … Continue reading Tackling Racism
Attend our shortened service, led by Melissa Bishop followed by Prairie’s third Service Sunday when we will put our faith into action, traveling to a laundromat to join our partners at Aurora Warms the Night for a homeless laundry outreach. We will be there from roughly, 11:30-2:30 p.m. Some of us will assist with laundry, some … Continue reading Continuing Support of Those Who Are Homeless
