As always, we will have an Easter Egg Hunt and canned food drive for children and youth, and a service that explores the meaning of Easter for Unitarian Universalists. The Prairie Choir and Eric Moon will provide special music.
In this service of celebration and commemoration, we will recognize current and past board presidents, current and past ministerial associates, as well as current and past staff. Our speakers include Rev. Dr. Stephan Papa, minister emeritus of First Universalist Church which helped found Prairie; Joe Francis; Rev. Lew Dunlap; Michael Meads, Susan Ermisch, and Rev. … Continue reading Come Celebrate Prairie’s 20th Birthday!
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
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
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
What exactly is Kwanzaa and why do we know so little about it? Kim will guide us through the sights, sounds, and aromas of cultural celebrations like Kwanzaa and help us nurture our intercultural sensitivities even while our nation grows more polarized. Through thoughtful exercise, we will identify the intersectionality between the principals of Kwanzaa … Continue reading Kwanzaa: A Multicultural Celebration
All our invited to Prairie’s Traditional Christmas Eve Service, 7 p.m. at the school. Meet early (5 p.m.) to help decorate and the service will be followed by a special “Retro Christmas Cookie Reception.” Christmas Eve Retro Cookie Party Hospitality is pleased to announce our Retro Cookie Party as the theme for social hour Christmas … Continue reading Traditional Christmas Eve Service
Join Prairie member Andrew Paschetto for an informal service focusing on meditation and its use in stabilizing the mind during cycles of stress and change. Please dress comfortably as we will be sitting in meditation for about 25 minutes. If you have a meditation cushion, please bring it. If you have an object that helps … Continue reading Don’t Fear the Dark
Come join us for our traditional Christmas Pageant: fun, education, music, and great community! We’ll also hear an update from the latest class of OWL. In Middle Hour, we’ll continue the discussion about the book White Fragility (you can join even if you haven’t read the book). Open Space Clean Up will be happening (weather permitting) … Continue reading Prairie Christmas Pageant
Please join us on December 2nd as Prairie’s theme turns to our 6th Principle: The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice. We will take time to explore our Jewish roots as we head into Hanukkah at sundown. As we embark on the Festival of Lights, what is the relationship of light to … Continue reading Peace, Liberty, Justice
