| Lay Ministries |
|---|
| 1972-73 |
| Dan and Barbara Willard |
| Bruce Bashore |
| Bob Koehl |
| 1973-74 |
| George Calden: Marriage, Music and Madness |
| Pat Cautley: A look at some of the problems of society |
| Orie Loucks |
| 1974-76 |
| Al Nettleton and Steve Friedman: Community, Myth, and Society |
| Richard Perry: Binding Together |
| Joe Hoffman: The Meaning of Life as Revealed through the Works of the Great Masters |
| Annis Pratt: |
| 1976-77 |
| Mike Briggs: |
| Warren Hagstrom: |
| Pat Watkins: |
| 1977-78 |
| David Carson & David Lisman: Idealists Confront Authority |
| Basic Choices, Inc.: |
| Theron Caldwell: |
| 1978-79 |
| Laura & John Smail: |
| Metje Butler & Lois Hagstrom: |
| Mary Lou Munts: |
| 1979-80 |
| Rod Stevenson: |
| 1980-81 |
| George Calden: Marriage, Music & Miscellaneous |
| John Grindrod: Issues Facing Society in the Area of Medicine |
| Peg Stevenson: the family |
| 1981-82 |
| Dave Zakem: Various Aspects of Culture & Personality |
| Alice & Lee Bullen: The Magnificent Invention: The U.S. Bill of Rights |
| Barb Park: The Disagreements that Unite Us |
| 1982-83 |
| Bob West: Contemporary Problems in American Society |
| Shirley Grindrod: Aging |
| Mary Mullen: |
| 1983-84 |
| Marty Drapkin: Criminal Justice System |
| Lois & Warren Hagstrom: Music & Art |
| Diane Worzalla: History of Feminist Issues |
| 1984-85 |
| Les Lyons: |
| Geoff Bonser, Marty Drapkin, David McKee: |
| Doleta Chapru: |
| 1985-86 |
| Elizabeth Jones: Spirituality & Intellect |
| Judy Spring: Unanswered Questions |
| Marty Drapkin and Pat Watkins: Working |
| 1986-87 |
| Barbara James: Bureaucracy; A Deeper Look |
| Carolyn DeJoie: Tackling Tough Topics |
| George Calden: Eight Who Dared |
| 1987-88 |
| Lynda Lewis: Children of Change |
| Lance Green: A Humanist Search for Religion |
| Julie Bonser: Alcoholism / UU Concept of Evil |
| 1988-89 |
| Alan Nettleton: Unitarian Universalist Principles |
| Jack Jallings: Fundamental Changes are Necessary |
| 1989-90 |
| Warren Hagstrom: |
| Orange Schroeder: Biophilia |
| Mike and Norma Briggs: Man, Woman, and Machine |
| 1990-91 |
| Orton Gray: Death |
| Ann Forbes and Jim Lorman: Focus on the Environment |
| 1991-92 |
| Scott Savage: Spirituality |
| Dave Zakem: |
| Peg Barratt: on the theme "let us reach out to touch and be one with the natural world, and with one another" |
| Judy Skog: |
| 1992-93 |
| Dick Bonser: |
| Terry Krause: |
| 1993-94 |
| Anne Urbanski: |
| Judy Skog: |
| Barb Park: Universalism |
| 1994-95 |
| Warren Hagstrom: |
| Doleta Chapru: |
| Cinda LaMar: |
| Jack Jallings: Welfare |
| 1995-96 |
| Barbara Rames: Harvest |
| Michael Sheehy: Web of Life |
| Betty Jallings: |
| 1996-97 |
| Al Nettleton: the benefits and dangers of information technology |
| Mary Mullen: The Welcoming Congregation |
| Reid Miller: |
| 1997-98 |
| Gail Coover: |
| Barbara Golden: |
| Karen Gross: |
| 1998-99 |
| Rick and Marilyn Ruecking: Hunting for Hope |
| Steve Pierce: Poverty in Dane County |
| Cindy Haq and Gary Giorgi: Health and Social Justice |
| Anne Pryor: Art and Religion |
| 1999-2000 |
| Kay Frazier: Hunting for Hope |
| Pat Watkins: Going About Denominational Business |
| 2000-01 |
| Robin Carré: Our Whole Lives (OWL) |
| Lisa Glueck and Larry Nahlik: Eastern Religions |
| Nancy Schraufnagel: Healthy Congregations and Conflict |
| Susan Hagstrom: Skepticism |
| 2001-02 |
| Jean Matos: Creativity and the Arts |
| Deep Ecology Study Group |
| Sandy Ingham: UU Connections |
Some Prairie Sunday Programs Before June 1976  | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Presenters | Topic | Endnotes |
| April 23, 1969 | Kite flying at the Prairie site | ||
| Sept. 17, 1969 | Pat Cautley | "The Psychologist Looks at Community Problems" | |
| Oct. 19, 1969 | George Calden | "Fiddler on the Roof Revisited - A Discussion of Jewish Folk Music and Culture" | |
| Feb. 22, 1970 | George Calden | "Beethoven – Is He Relevant Today?" | |
| April 5, 1970 | Betty Jallings | "The Thing and I" | |
| May 3, 1970 | Hugh Iltis | "Biological Roots of our Aesthetic Appreciation" | |
| May 24, 1970 | Al & Aileen Nettleton | "Go Fly a Kite" at Prairie site | |
| Nov. 29, 1970 | George Calden | "Does the Afterlife Start at 30?" | |
| Jan. 17, 1971 | George Calden | "Let Beauty, Truth and Good Be Sung" | |
| Dec. 5, 1971 | George Calden | "A Tribute to Minos Theodorakis, composer of 'Zorba the Greek'" | |
| April 30, 1972 | Gala Mayday Celebration | ||
| Nov. 26, 1972 | George Calden | Unstructured good time. (Music, informal conversation.) | |
| Dec. 3, 1972 | Dan and Barbara Willard | "It Ain't Got Us Yet" | L1 |
| Sept. 9, 1973 | George Calden | "Marriage: I Count, You Count" | L2 |
| Sept. 16, 1973 | Al Nettleton and Steve Friedman | "Prairie Roots - Deep and Shallow" | L5 |
| Sept. 23, 1973 | George Calden | "Brave New Marriage" | L2 |
| Sept. 30, 1973 | Tim Fast and Rosemary Dorney | "It Just Won't Go Away" | |
| Oct. 7, 1973 | George Calden | L2? | |
| Oct. 14, 1973 | George Calden et al. | "The Gospel According to the Prairie Chicken Pluckers" | |
| Oct. 21, 1973 | Davidson, Parrish, Meyer and Nettleton | 21st U.N. Family Service | In |
| Oct. 28, 1973 | George Calden | "The Personal Meaning of Music" | L2? |
| Nov. 11, 1973 | Hugh Iltis | "The Myth of the Ecological Santa Claus" | |
| Nov. 25, 1973 | George Calden | "Our Strongest Religion" | L2? |
| Dec. 2, 1973 | Pat Cautley | "Let the Bastards Freeze in the Dark" | L3 |
| Dec. 9, 1973 | Pat Cautley | "What Do We Really Want, Anyhow?" | L3 |
| Dec. 16, 1973 | Roland Parrish | "Let Heavens Proclaim the Glory of God" | |
| Dec. 23, 1973 | Aileen and Pat Cautley | Family Christmas Program | In |
| Feb. 24, 1974 | Pat Cautley | "Putting it All Together" | L3 |
| March 3, 1974 | Orie Loucks | "Beauty and Obscenity: A Multi Media Presentation" | In L4 |
| March 10, 1974 | Orie Loucks | "Ethical Issues in Madison" | L4 |
| March 31, 1974 | Orie Loucks | "Love, Fear, and Agression in the Development of Young Primates" | L4 |
| April 14, 1974 | Easter - Passover - Spring Sharing - Second Annual All-Prairie Easter Morning Pot Luck Brunch | In | |
| May 5, 1974 | Orie Loucks | "Death Squared #1: Studies of a Population Explosion" | L4 |
| May 12, 1974 | Orie Loucks | "Death Squared #2: The Search for Alternatives" | L4 |
| May 19, 1974 | A Morning on the Prairie Site | In | |
| July 28, 1974 | Water Festival at the Davidsons' | In | |
| Aug. 4, 1974 | Prairie wedding of Debbie Doob and Bob Park | ||
| Sept. 8, 1974 | Mayor Paul Soglin | "Power, Politics, and the Civic Center" | L |
| Sept. 15, 1974 | Theron Caldwell | "Focus on Prairie" | In L |
| Sept. 22, 1974 | Al Nettleton/Steve Friedman | "An Expert is Someone From Out of Town with Slides" | L5 |
| Sept. 29, 1974 | Aileen Nettleton | "The Post-war War: Continuing Unrest in Indo China" | |
| Oct. 6, 1974 | Steve Friedman | "People in Cities" | L5 |
| Oct. 13, 1974 | "Harvest Celebration" | In | |
| Oct. 20, 1974 | Al Nettleton | "Violence and Violation" | L5 |
| Oct. 27, 1974 | George Calden | ||
| Nov. 17, 1974 | Dan Willard | "Eulogy for the Train" | |
| Nov. 24, 1974 | Al Nettleton | "Power and Other Worldly Virtures (sic)" | L5 |
| Dec. 1, 1974 | Richard Perry | "Looking Through the Lens: A Philosophy of Photography" | |
| Dec. 22, 1974 | Steve Friedman and Al Nettleton | Family Christmas Program | In |
| Jan. 5, 1975 | Pat Watkins | "Gold Fever: Then and Now" | |
| Jan. 19, 1975 | Social Action Committee | "Person to Person Action" | |
| Jan. 26, 1975 | Long Range Planning Committee | "Prairie Horizons: Leadership: | |
| March 16, 1975 | George Calden | "Music: Alive and Kicking" | |
| March 23, 1975 | Ceremonies Committee | "Death and Dying: The Dead and the Bereaved" | |
| April 13, 1975 | Joe Hoffman | "Michaelangelo's Conception of God" | |
| April 27, 1975 | Warren Hagstrom | "Homage to Leopold Mozart, Parent: with Music by his Son" | |
| May 11, 1975 | Middle school AYS class | Family fun at the Prairie site | In |
| May 18, 1975 | Picnic at Theron Caldwell's | In | |
| June 22, 1975 | Solstice picnic at the Carsons' | In | |
| July 6, 1975 | Water fete at the Davidsons' | In | |
| Aug. 3, 1975 | Prairie-site picnic with First Unitarian Society | In | |
| Sept. 7, 1975 | Richard Perry | "Binding Together" | L7 |
| Oct. 17-19, 1975 | Fall Retreat - Upham Woods | In | |
| Oct 26, 1975 | Rita Wlodarzcyk and Social Action Committee | "One World: A Celebration for the United Nations and Glen Turner" | |
| Nov. 9, 1975 | David Wiley | "Humanism and African Religions" | |
| Nov. 23, 1975 | Richard Perry | "Community in Ritual" | In L7 |
| Nov. 30, 1975 | Richard Perry | "Bringing it All Back Home" | In L7 |
| Dec. 7, 1975 | Joe Hoffman | "The Meaning of Life as Revealed through the Works of the Great Masters - Da Vinci" | L6 |
| Dec. 14, 1975 | Joe Hoffman | "The Meaning of Life as Revealed through the Works of the Great Masters" | L6 |
| Jan. 11, 1976 | Joe Hoffman | "Bernini: The Exaltation of Vulgarity" or "Why the Italians Love the Opera" | L6 |
| Jan. 25, 1976 | Joe Hoffman | "Caravaggio: His Brutal Realism and His Unpopularity" | L6 |
| Feb. 1, 1976 | Joe Hoffman | "Rembrandt: From Rags to Riches to Rags" | L6 |
| Feb. 8, 1976 | Cross-country skiing at the Carsons' | ||
| Feb. 22, 1976 | Joe Hoffman | Family Service | In |
| Feb. 29, 1976 | Joe Hoffman | "Frank Lloyd Wright Changes the Face of Architecture" | L6 |
| March 7, 1976 | Annis Pratt | "Everything Goes in a Circular Motion" | L8 |
| March 21, 1976 | Robyn Costello | "Ourselves Alone...Songs of the Irish" | |
| March 28, 1976 | Joe Hoffman | "Order and Chaos" | |
| April 4, 1976 | Annis Pratt | "You Can Be Anything You Want Yourself to Be" | L8 |
| April 11, 1976 | Ruth Calden | "Shaker Life and Rituals" | |
| April 18, 1976 | Annis Pratt | Family Easter Service | In L8 |
| May 2, 1976 | Jane Cloak, David Carson, and Henry Pratt | "Social Concerns and Political Responsibility" | |
| May 16, 1976 | Annis Pratt | "Strange Things That Go in a Circular Motion" | L8 |
| May 23, 1976 | "Final Spring Ritual and Prairie Ceremony" | ||
| May 30, 1976 | Picnic at the Prairie Site | ||
|
In = intergenerational service or activity
L1 = lay ministry - Dan and Barbara Willard L2 = lay ministry on Marriage, Music and Madness - George Calden L3 = lay ministry on some of the problems of society - Pat Cautley L4 = lay ministry - Orie Loucks L5 = lay ministry on Community, Myth, and Society - Al Nettleton and Steve Friedman L6 = lay ministry on The Meaning of Life as Revealed through the Works of the Great Masters - Joe Hoffman L7 = lay ministry on Binding Together - Richard Perry L8 = lay ministry - Annis Pratt | |||
| Prairie Sunday Programs June 1976 - May 1977 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Presenters | Topic | Endnotes |
| June 19-20, 1976 | John Lewis | Canoe trip on Wisconsin River | |
| July 18, 1976 | Water Fete and picnic at Davidsons' | ||
| Sept. 12, 1976 | Mike Briggs | "Roots" | L1 |
| Sept. 19, 1976 | Avis Parrish and Mike Briggs | "No Place Like It" | |
| Sept. 26, 1976 | Mike Briggs | "The People Sing" | |
| Oct. 3, 1976 | Mike Briggs | "The Land & the People" | L1 |
| Oct. 8-10, 1976 | Retreat at Camp Upham Woods | ||
| Oct. 17, 1976 | John and Laura Smail | Indonesian Gamelan Music | |
| Oct. 31, 1976 | Terri Laurence | "Halloween, Holidays and Other Diversions" | In |
| Nov. 7, 1976 | David Lisman | "Our Religious Roots" | |
| Nov. 14, 1976 | Anne Gaylor | "Why Do We Need Freedom from Organized Religion?" | |
| Nov. 21, 1976 | Joint Meeting with the Community of John XXIII | ||
| Nov. 28, 1976 | Mike Briggs | "Ethical Concerns and the Law" | L1 |
| Dec. 5, 1976 | Warren Hagstrom | "The Devil is the Spirit of Gravity: Friedrich Nietzsche Against and for Religion" | L2 |
| Dec. 12, 1976 | Warren Hagstrom | "The Decline of the Saturnalia, from Ancient Rome to Contemporary Office Xmas Parties" | L2 |
| Dec. 19, 1976 | Family Christmas Service | In | |
| Dec. 26, 1976 | George Calden | "Varieties of Christmas Music: From Pope Gregory to Odetta" | |
| Jan. 2, 1977 | David Lisman | "Controversial Life Styles" | |
| Jan. 9, 1977 | Warren Hagstrom | "Religion and Social Classes: The Relevance of Karl Marx" | L2 |
| Jan. 16, 1977 | Warren Hagstrom | "Four Hindu Holy Men" | L2 |
| Jan. 23, 1977 | Warren Hagstrom | "What Does Religion Mean to You? Do You Define Yourself as Religious?" | L2 |
| Jan. 31, 1977 | Warren Hagstrom | "Religion and the Decline of Magic: The Relevance of Max Weber" | L2 |
| Feb. 6, 1977 | Warren Hagstrom | "Fantasy - Realism - Despair" | L2 |
| Feb. 13, 1977 | Jane Farwell | "Fun and Games" | |
| Feb. 20, 1977 | Lois Hagstrom | "Nature and the Americans" | L2 |
| Feb. 27, 1977 | Warren Hagstrom | "Music Among Friends: Franz Schubert" | L2 |
| March 6, 1977 | Pat Watkins | "Where I Come From is What I Am: Five Generations of a Black Family" | L3 |
| April 3, 1977 | Fred and Ann Seidl | "The Human Sexuality Sunday School Curriculum" | |
| April 10, 1977 | Family Service and Ceremony to Welcome New Members, Potluck Brunch | In | |
| April 24, 1977 | Hugh Iltis | "Man, Plants, and Land: An Excursion in Latin American Ethno-botany" | |
| May 1, 1977 | Austin McClendon | "Alternatives to Prison" | |
| May 8, 1977 | Barbara Carson | "Ballet Potpourri" | |
| May 14, 1977 | Betty Jallings in charge | "Why We Boycott" | |
| May 22, 1977 | Spring Festival at the Prairie site | ||
|
In = intergenerational service or activity
L1 = lay ministry - Mike Briggs L2 = lay ministry - Warren Hagstrom L3 = lay ministry - Pat Watkins | |||
| Prairie Sunday Programs June 1977 - May 1978 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Presenters | Topic | Endnotes |
| June 12, 1977 | Potluck supper at Carsons' farm | In | |
| June 26, 1977 | Potluck lunch with the Sauk City Unitarian fellowship | In | |
| July 10, 1977 | Water party at the Davidsons' | In | |
| Aug. 28, 1977 | Joint meeting with First Unitarian Society | ||
| Sept. 11, 1977 | David Carson | "Ho Chi Minh confronts Woodrow Wilson" | L1 |
| Sept. 18, 1977 | David Carson | "Margaret Sanger" | L1 |
| Sept. 25, 1977 | David Lisman | "Personal Testimony: Listening to Our Inner Voices" | L1 |
| Oct. 2, 1977 | Family Sunday | In | |
| Oct. 9, 1977 | David Carson | Eugene Debs | L1 |
| Oct. 16, 1977 | "Voices from the Depression" | ||
| Oct. 23, 1977 | John Ohliger | Service at Upham Woods Retreat | In |
| Oct. 30, 1977 | David Carson? | Rachel Carson? | L1? |
| Nov. 6, 1977 | David Lisman | "Self-Help Psychologies" | L1 |
| Nov. 13, 1977 | David Carson | "Conflict Resolution in Our Prairie U.U. Society" | |
| Nov. 20, 1977 | Doleta Chapru and Rose Smith | "The Smokey Mountian Pioneers" | |
| Nov. 27, 1977 | David Lisman | "Voluntary Simplicity" | |
| Dec. 4, 1977 | David Carson and panel | Idealists Confront Authority: Prairie members speak of their pasts | L1 |
| Dec. 11, 1977 | Warren Hagstrom | "J. S. Bach" | |
| Dec. 18, 1977 | David Lisman | "The Role of the Church as an Instrument of Social Policy" | |
| Dec. 25, 1977, 4 pm | "A Christmas Memory" | In | |
| Jan. 1, 1978 | No service | ||
| Jan. 8, 1978 | George Calden, Clark Wright EdWards | "Zen & the Path from Psychopath to Cyclepath" | |
| Jan. 15, 1978 | Annis Pratt | "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers: Embroidery as a Subversive Act" | |
| Jan. 22, 1978 | "Prairie Families and Their Music" | In | |
| Jan. 29, 1978 | Norma Briggs | "The Texas Convention" | |
| Feb. 5, 1978 | Arthur Lloyd, John Ohliger | "Why Basic Choices?" | L2 |
| Feb. 12, 1978 | Basic Choices | "The Search for Intimacy" | L2 |
| Feb. 19, 1978 | Basic Choices | "Education and the Corporate State" | L2 |
| Feb. 26, 1978 | "Prairie Dances" | In | |
| March 5, 1978 | George Cramer | "My Turned on Teacher" | L3 |
| March 12, 1978 | Arnie Clay, Theron Caldwell | "The Way We Are, Now That We Mention It" | L3 |
| March 19, 1978 | Warren Moon | "Akhenaten; Monotheist With a Hidden Agenda" | L3 |
| March 26, 1978 | Dedication Service | In | |
| April 2, 1978 | Rod Stevenson | "Social Action and the Church: The Role of UUA" | |
| April 9, 1978 | Basic Choices | "Working (for Pay) - Survival and/or Change?" | L2 |
| April 16, 1978 | Basic Choices | "The Big (and Abstract?) Word - Technology" | L2 |
| April 23, 1978 | Basic Choices | "The Politics of Response and Change" | L2 |
| April 30, 1978 | Rosemary Dorney | "Tenth Anniversary Festival" | |
| May 7, 1978 | Theron Caldwell | "I feel and That's fine!" | L3 |
| May 14, 1978 | "A Question of Time" | ||
| May 21, 1978 | Family Program | In | |
|
In = intergenerational service or activity
L1 = lay ministry on Idealists Confront Authority - David Carson & David Lisman L2 = lay ministry - Basic Choices L3 = lay ministry - Theron Caldwell | |||
| Prairie Sunday Programs June 1978 - June 1979 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Presenters | Topic | Endnotes |
| July 2, 1978 | Wedding party at the Diehls' after the wedding of Martha Willard and Tim Diehl | ||
| July 9, 1978 | Waterfront party at the Davidsons' | In | |
| Aug. 20, 1978 | Joint picnic with First Unitarian Society at Canyon Park | In | |
| Sept. 10, 1978 | Metje Butler, Mary Lou Munts, John Smail, Laura Smail, Lois Hagstrom | "Prairie Preview" | |
| Sept. 17, 1978 | Laura Smail | "Distant Places - The Farthest Place" | L1 |
| Sept. 24, 1978 | "Distant Places - Getting There and Back" | L1 | |
| Oct. 1, 1978 | Al Kadushin | "Child Abuse as Parenting?" | |
| Oct. 8, 1978 | Paul Zindell | "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Me in the Moon Marigolds" | |
| Oct. 15, 1978 | Lois Hagstrom | "Mexican Revolutionary Prints and Music - and Mexican dancing" | L2 |
| Oct. 22, 1978 | Upham Woods Retreat | In | |
| Nov. 5, 1978 | Mike Briggs | "The Risks and Joys of the Small Business Owner: Prairie Owners Tell All" | |
| Nov. 12, 1978 | Fran Remeika, Pat Cautley, Mike Lyman | "A Roof Overhead" | |
| Nov. 19, 1978 | "The Home Front" | ||
| Nov. 26, 1978 | "Prairie Foxfire" | ||
| Dec. 3, 1978 | Metje Butler | "Design in Everyday Life" | L2 |
| Dec. 10, 1978 | Metje Butler | "Six Approaches to Design" | L2 |
| Dec. 17, 1978 | John Smail | "Epic" | L1 |
| Dec. 24, 1978 | Family Christmas Program | In | |
| Jan. 7, 1979 | John Smail | "Mysticism" | L1 |
| Jan. 14, 1979 | Cancelled due to snow | ||
| Jan. 21, 1979 | Laura Smail | "Fairy Tales: Where They Came From & Why They Stick Around" | L1 |
| Jan. 28, 1979 | Mary Lou Munts | "Time Perspective of the Role of the Legislature and Executive in State Government" | L3 |
| Feb. 4, 1979 | Lee Bullen | Family Program | In |
| Feb. 11, 1979 | Mary Lou Munts | "A Legislator's Personel Perspective" | L3 |
| Feb. 18, 1979 | Charles Uphoff | "Food for Thought" | |
| March 4, 1979 | Terri Lawrence | "Share a Creation" | |
| March 11, 1979 | Mary Lou Munts | "Lobbyists in the Legislature" | L3 |
| March 18, 1979 | David Lisman | "Is Humanism Arrogant?" | |
| March 25, 1979 | Warren Hagstrom | "Give Me That Old-Time Religion - - Pythagoreanism! or: One of My favorite numbers iS u= 1.618034" | |
| April 1, 1979 | Annis Pratt | "Celebrate Lost Authors" | |
| April 8, 1979 | Lois Hagstrom | "Sandro Botticelli --- Renaissance Art, Religion & Magic" | L2 |
| April 15, 1979 | Holly Loring, Eileen Nettleton | Family Program | In |
| April 22, 1979 | Lois Hagstrom | "The Nude: A Study of Ideal form in Art" | L2 |
| April 29, 1979 | Julie Bonser | "The Moral Dilemma of Welfare" | |
| May 6, 1979 | Norma Briggs | "Today's Wisconsin Law and Marriage" | |
| May 13, 1979 | Alice Bullen | Family Program | In |
| May 20, 1979 | Jack Jallings | "Will You still Love Me When I'm 64" | |
| May 27, 1979 | "In Memoriam" | ||
| June 3, 1979 | Mike Briggs | "Summer Time Is Comin' In", at the home of Dick and Julie Bonser | |
| June 17, 1979 | George Calden | "Is Marriage an Endangered Species?", at First Unitarian Society | |
|
In = intergenerational service or activity
L1 = lay ministry - Laura & John Smail L2 = lay ministry - Metje Butler & Lois Hagstrom L3 = lay ministry - Mary Lou Munts | |||
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| Prairie Sunday Programs Summer 1988 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Presenter | Event | |
| June 26, 1988 | Potluck picnic, hiking and outdoor sports day at Brigham County Park | ||
| July 17, 1988 | Service at Unity Chapel in Spring Green | ||
| July 24, 1988 | Afternoon Ice Cream Social and Dixieland Jazz music at Free Congregation of Sauk County | ||
| July 31, 1988 | Afternoon beach party at the Grindrods' | ||
| Aug. 28, 1988 | Potluck picnic and theater trip to American Players Theatre in Spring Green | ||
| Sept. 11, 1988 | "Prairie 'Olympics' and Brat Fest" at the home of Bob and Barb Park on Lake Wisconsin | ||
| Sept. 18, 1988 | Warren Hagstrom | "Singing Together" at Garner Park, outdoor games, potluck lunch | |
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Prairie Sunday Programs 1989 - 1992 with audio tapes  | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Presenters | Topic | Endnotes |
| Aug. 6, 1989 | Picnic excursion to American Players Theater at Spring Green for King Lear | ||
| Aug. 13, 1989 | Potluck picnic at the home of Barb and Bob Park on Lake Wisconsin | ||
| Aug. 20, 1989 | Service at Meeting House | ||
| Aug. 27, 1989 | Service at Free Congregation of Sauk County in Sauk City | ||
| Sept. 3, 1989 | No service at Meeting House | ||
| Sept. 10, 1989 | Warren Hagstrom | "Does Religion Have Any Redeeming Value?" | L1 Tp |
| Sept. 17, 1989 | Warren Hagstrom | "Can a U-U Be a Christian?" | L1 Tp |
| Sept. 24, 1989 | Warren Hagstrom | "St. Paul and Power" | L1 Tp |
| Oct. 1, 1989 | Warren Hagstrom | "Bible Stories-Good, Bad, and Awful" | L1 Tp |
| Oct. 8, 1989 | Malcolm Williamson and Deb Servia | "Palestine, Israel, & the Infitada" | Tp |
| Oct. 22, 1989 | Pat Cautley, Norma and Michael Briggs | "The U.N.-A Toothless Giant?" | Tp |
| Oct. 29, 1989 | Warren Hagstrom | "The Devil is the Spirit of Gravity-Through Him All Things Fall" | L1 Tp |
| Nov. 5, 1989 | Warren Hagstrom | "The Politics of Original Sin" | L1 Tp |
| Nov. 12, 1989 | Richard Ringler | "A Personal View of Buddhism" | Tp |
| Nov. 19, 1989 | Warren Hagstrom | "U-U's and Other Denominations - Are We Still All that Different?" | Tp |
| Nov. 26, 1989 | Julie Bonser | "The Fruits of Our Labor", an intergenerational Thanksgiving service | Tp |
| Dec. 3, 1989 | Anne Pryor | "No War Toys" | Tp |
| Dec. 10, 1989 | Mary Mullen and Fredericka Schilling | "Sounds Suspiciously Like Homophobia to Me" | Tp |
| Dec. 17, 1989 | Mary Mullen and Fredericka Schilling | "Better Gay than Grumpy-But what about the rest of the family?" | Tp |
| Jan. 7, 1990 | Rick Ruecking | "Prairie-Year 2000: Resolutions For the Next Decade" | Tp |
| Jan. 14, 1990 | Mary Mullen and Fredericka Schilling | "Dark Days and Dawn: Not a Straight History" | Tp |
| Jan. 21, 1990 | Mary Mullen and Fredericka Schilling | "'We Are a Gentle, Angry People', But Are We Ready To Be a Welcoming Congregation?" | Tp |
| Jan. 28, 1990 | Sam Day | "The Road to Peace Begins at the Prairie UU Society" | Tp |
| Feb. 4, 1990 | "Wisconsin Treaty Rights: Can We Be Partners in Resource Management?" | Tp | |
| Feb. 11, 1990 | Orange Schroeder | "These Are a Few of My Favorite Things" | L2 Tp |
| Feb. 18, 1990 | Orange Schroeder | "Out of Our Hands" | L2 Tp |
| Feb. 25, 1990 | Mike Briggs | "Good Times Music" | L2 Tp |
| March 4, 1990 | Channing-Murray Students | "Transylvania and Back: A Journey of Religious Freedom" | Tp |
| March 11, 1990 | Ted Swetz | "The Play's the Thing" | L2 Tp |
| March 18, 1990 | Social Action Committee | "Sharing a Vision of Justice - UUSC's 50th Anniversary" | Tp |
| March 25, 1990 | Mike and Norma Briggs | "Women, Men, and Machines" | L3 Tp |
| April 1, 1990 | Matt Joseph | "The Automobile: Boon, Bane, or a Bit of Both?" | Tp |
| April 8, 1990 | Peg Stevenson | "Window From the West: A foreigner's view of Japan" | Tp |
| April 15, 1990 | Mike and Norma Briggs | "The Dodo and the Easter Bunny", an intergenerational service | L3 Tp |
| April 22, 1990 | Mike and Norma Briggs | "The Death of the Worker" | L3 Tp |
| April 29, 1990 | Mike and Norma Briggs | "When Shall We Pull the Plug on Grandma?" | L3 Tp |
| May 6, 1990 | Mike and Norma Briggs | "Techno-Cops" | L3 Tp |
| May 13, 1990 | Mike and Norma Briggs | "Who Owns Life?" | L3 Tp |
| May 20, 1990 | Erin Bosch | "Transitions: Celebrating Our Prairie Community" | Tp |
| June 3, 1990 | George Calden | "A Prairie Stir Fry" | Tp |
| June 10, 1990 | Julie Bonser | "Sacred Space, Holy Ground" | Tp |
| June 17, 1990 | Mike Briggs | "People of the Book" | Tp |
| July 1, 1990 | Chuck Irish | "Who Really Runs the World?" | Tp |
| July 15, 1990 | Marcia and Dave Johnson | "Peace Corps Work in Paraguay" | Tp |
| Aug. 12, 1990 | Ruth Gibson | "Life-span Religious Education" | Tp |
| Aug. 26, 1990 | Irwin Knoll | "The Gulf Crisis: A New Perspective" | Tp |
| Sept. 9, 1990 | Orton Gray | "The Bright Side of Death" | L4 Tp |
| Sept. 16, 1990 | Orton Gray | "The Fear of Being Dead" | L4 Tp |
| Sept. 23, 1990 | Orton Gray | "Madison AIDS Support Network" | L4 Tp |
| Sept. 30, 1990 | Orton Gray | "Hospice Care" | L4 Tp |
| Oct. 14, 1990 | Orton Gray and Rachel Siefgried | "Final Choices: Living Wills, Burial Options, Costs" | L4 Tp |
| Oct. 21, 1990 | Orie Loucks | "Lifeboat Ethics" | Tp |
| Oct. 28, 1990 | Orton Gray | "Bereavement" | L4 Tp |
| Nov. 4, 1990 | Peg Stevenson | "Unplug the Christmas Machine" | Tp |
| Nov. 11, 1990 | Annis Pratt and Ruth Calden | "The Magical Child and the Art of Birdwatching" | Tp |
| Nov. 18, 1990 | Annis Pratt | "Prairie Monies: A Reprise and Farewell" | Tp |
| Dec. 2, 1990 | Middle school class | "Afterlife: What Do You Believe?" | Tp |
| Dec. 16, 1990 | Mark Wagler | "Building a Community With Stories" | Tp |
| Dec. 23, 1990 | Mike and Norma Briggs | Intergenerational Holiday Service | Tp |
| Dec. 30, 1990 | Jean Matos | "Making Books", an intergenerational service | Tp |
| Jan. 6, 1991 | Al Nettleton | "Prairie Resolve" | Tp |
| Jan. 13, 1991 | Roger Faulkner | "Hidden Issues in the Environmental Policy Debate" | Tp |
| Jan. 20, 1991 | Mary Mullen and Julie Bonser | Martin Luther King - intergenerational service | Tp |
| Jan. 27, 1991 | Robert Willoughby | "Homelessness" | Tp |
| Feb. 3, 1991 | Lee Bullen | "Freedom of Conscience in America" | Tp |
| Feb. 10, 1991 | Elizabeth Alexander | Valentine's Day service | Tp |
| Feb. 17, 1991 | Bill Robbins and Michelle Honore | "'Results' World Summit for Children" | Tp |
| Feb. 24, 1991 | Lee Bullen | "Adventures in Conscience" | Tp |
| March 10, 1991 | Al Nettleton and Rosemarie Lester | "The Music of Kurt Weill" | Tp |
| March 31, 1991 | Orange Schroeder | "Family Spring Celebration" | Tp |
| April 7, 1991 | Mark Wagler | "Where Do I Fit In?: Stories of Being Outsiders" | Tp |
| April 14, 1991 | Ann Forbes and Jim Lorman | "Sharing the Commons: Use and Misuse of Natural Resources" | L5 Tp |
| April 28, 1991 | Marsha Huemoeller | "The Head Start Program" | Tp |
| May 5, 1991 | Prairie middle schoolers | "Role Models" | Tp |
| May 12, 1991 | Erin Bosch | "Transitions Sunday" | Tp |
| May 19, 1991 | Douglas Strong | "For My Eyes Only: on Censorship" | Tp |
| June 2, 1991 | Beth Kaplan and Karen Timberlake | "Reproductive Health Issues: What can be done at the Capitol?" | Tp |
| June 16, 1991 | "Role Models: The Adults Turn to Talk" | Tp | |
| Aug. 4, 1991 | John Grindrod, Rachel Siegfried and Beverly Theilman | "The Business of Dying: A Graceful Exit" | Tp |
| Aug. 11, 1991 | Karen Gross | "Essays About Early Religious Thinking" | Tp |
| Sept. 8, 1991 | Scott Savage | "An Exploration of Spirituality" | L6 Tp |
| Sept. 15, 1991 | Scott Savage | "Another Perspective on Spirituality" | L6 Tp |
| Sept. 22, 1991 | Warren Hagstrom | "Spirituality and its Antithesis" | Tp |
| Sept. 29, 1991 | Melinda P.? | "Native American Spirituality" | L6 Tp |
| Oct. 13, 1991 | Julie Bonser | "The Stigma of Mental Illness" | Tp |
| Nov. 10, 1991 | Warren Hagstrom | "In Celebration of the Life of W. A. Mozart" | Tp |
| Nov. 24, 1991 | Lynette Delgado | "Gandhi and Eco-feminism" | Tp |
| Dec. 8, 1991 | Cindy Haq | "Reflections on a Year In Pakistan" | Tp |
| Dec. 15, 1991 | Marty Drapkin | "Prairie Photographers" | Tp |
| Jan. 12, 1992 | Annie Booth | "Loving Life: Ecofeminst and Native American Perspectives" | Tp |
| Jan. 19, 1992 | "Celebrating America's Black Heritage in Story and Song" | Tp | |
| Jan. 26, 1992 | Judy Skog | "Abortion: Is It a Life or a Potential Life?" | Tp |
| Feb. 2, 1992 | John Patrick Hunter | "The Bill of Rights" | Tp |
| Feb. 9, 1992 | Pat Watkins | "It's Love that Makes the World Go Round", intergenerational service | Tp |
| Feb. 16, 1992 | Dave Riley | "The Role of Social Support In Our Lives" | L7 Tp |
| March 1, 1992 | Peg Barratt | "Programs that Provide Personal Support" | L7 Tp |
| March 15, 1992 | Dave Zakem | "Mayan Art and Culture, Past and Present" | Tp |
| March 22, 1992 | Peg Barratt | "Our Ties To Nature" intergenerational service | L7 Tp |
| April 12, 1992 | Michael Schuler | "Unitarian Universalist Haven't Got a Prayer" | Tp |
| April 19, 1992 | Susan Hagstrom and Metje Butler | "The Flowers that Bloom In the Spring, Tra-la", an intergenerational service | Tp |
| April 26, 1992 | Peg Barratt | "Let Us Reach Out to Touch and Be One With the Natural World, and With One Another" | L7 Tp |
| May 31, 1992 | Shirley and John Grindrod | "Mission to Moscow" | Tp |
| June 14, 1992 | Ruth Gibson | "Pentecostal Revival" | Tp |
| June 21, 1992 | Robert Bly | "Life Without Father" | Tp |
| July 5, 1992 | Erwin Knoll | "Patriots and Scoundrels" | Tp |
| July 12, 1992 | Jean Feraca | "Not Just a Way to Make a Living: Why I Like My Job" | Tp |
| July 19, 1992 | Julie Bonser | "Building the Global Village: A Report from General Assembly" | Tp |
| Aug. 2, 1992 | David Clarenbach | "Who Needs Congress?" | Tp |
| Aug. 9, 1992 | Channing Murray students | "Women Ministers" | |
| Aug. 16, 1992 | Ada Deer | "Who Needs Congress?" | Tp |
| Aug. 30, 1992 | Mike Briggs | "Making a Poem" | Tp |
| Sept. 20, 1992 | Michael Fox | "Old Testament Woman: A New View" | Tp |
| Oct. 4, 1992 | Hugh Danforth | "Columbus - Myth and Reality" | Tp |
| Oct. 11, 1992 | guest speaker | "Homophobia" | Tp |
| Oct. 25, 1992 | "Gee, It Doesn't Seem that Long....Prairie's 25th Anniversary Celebration" | Tp | |
| Nov. 1, 1992 | Jackie Ziegler | "Our Honored Dead" intergenerational service | Tp |
| Nov. 22, 1992 | "Dear Bill...a letter to the president elect" | Tp | |
| Dec. 6, 1992 | Metje and Geoff Butler | "We Are the World" | Tp |
| Dec. 13, 1992 | "Epethets: Putting Down and Lifting Up" | Tp | |
|
Tp = audio cassette available. L1 = lay ministry - Warren Hagstrom L2 = lay ministry on Biophilia - Orange Schroeder L3 = lay ministry on Man, Woman, and Machine - Mike and Norma Briggs L4 = lay ministry on Death - Orton Gray L5 = lay ministry on Focus on the Environment - Ann Forbes and Jim Lorman L6 = lay ministry - Scott Savage L7 = lay ministry - Peg Barratt | |||
| Prairie Sunday Programs in 1993-1996 with audio tapes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Presenters | Topic | Endnotes |
| Jan. 3, 1993 | Rosemarie Lester | "Cowboys, Injuns, Hogan's Heroes: What Images About the 'Other' Tell Us About Ourselves" | Tp |
| Jan. 10, 1993 | Dave Zakem | "Somalia: A Withered Beautiful Flower" | Tp |
| Jan. 17, 1993 | Cheryl and Isadora Knox | "The Message of Martin Luther King" | Tp |
| Feb. 7, 1993 | Judy Skog | "Taking Chances: Contraceptive Risk Taking" | Tp |
| Feb. 14, 1993 | "Valentine's Day Intergenerational Service" | Tp | |
| Feb. 28, 1993 | Dick Bonser | "Modern Rites of Passage: Coming Out Stories" | Tp |
| March 7, 1993 | Julie Bonser | "Menopause/Crone - Rites of Passage" | Tp |
| March 14, 1993 | Dick Bonser | "Modern Rites of Passage: The First Time Ever" | Tp |
| March 21, 1993 | Peg Barratt | "Small is Still Beautiful" | Tp |
| March 28, 1993 | Terry Krause | "Megaskills" | Tp |
| April 18, 1993 | Terry Krause | "Breaking Out of Our Stockade: problem solving techniques" | Tp |
| April 25, 1993 | Jackie Ziegler | "Unitarian Universalists Walking With Confucianism and Taoism" | Tp |
| May 2, 1993 | Terry Krause | "Advice to the Needlorn: words to live by" | Tp |
| May 9, 1993 | Sam Day, Jr. | "Mordechai Vanunu, Israel's Nuclear Weapons Whistleblower, and the Problem of Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East" | Tp |
| June 6, 1993 | Randy and Kathy Converse | "Living In Tune With the Environment" | Tp |
| July 11, 1993 | George Calden | "Everyone Should Leave Tracks" | Tp |
| July 18, 1993 | Nancy Graham | "Women Peacemakers in Northern Ireland" | Tp |
| July 25, 1993 | Mark Bernstein | "The Latest in Big Bang Cosmology" | Tp |
| Aug. 1, 1993 | Julie Bonser, Dick Bonser, and Cinda LaMar | "Universalism/Racial Justice: For Such a Time as This" | Tp |
| Aug. 29, 1993 | Doleta Chapru | "Introducing - Singing the Living Tradition" | Tp |
| Sept. 12, 1993 | Anne Urbanski | "In the Beginning: A Look at Creation Myths" | Tp |
| Sept. 19, 1993 | Anne Urbanski | "The God as Archethype - Part I: The Great Goddess and the Supreme Being" | Tp |
| Oct. 17, 1993 | Anne Urbanski | "Myths In Modern Drama" | Tp |
| Oct. 31, 1993 | Pat Cautley | "The International Year of the World's Indigenous People: UN Sunday" | Tp |
| Nov. 7, 1993 | Judy Skog | "Unplug the Christmas Machine: Holiday Inventory, or Who Does What?" | Tp |
| Nov. 14, 1993 | Judy Skog | "Unplug the Christmas Machine: What's Really Important?" | Tp |
| Dec. 5, 1993 | Judy Skog | "Unplug the Christmas Machine: Plans for Change" | Tp |
| Dec. 12, 1993 | George Calden | "Precious Memories" | Tp |
| Dec. 19, 1993 | Rick Ruecking | "Why the Pygmy Dance" | Tp |
| Jan. 9, 1994 | Barb Park and Dick Bonser | "Evolving Religions: Reconstructionist Jews and UU" | Tp |
| Jan. 16, 1994 | Bob Reuschlein | "Honoring Martin Luther King" | Tp |
| Jan. 30, 1994 | Nancy Graham and Rosemary Dorney | "White Privilege" | Tp |
| March 20, 1994 | Pat Watkins | "The Ranking Game" | Tp |
| March 27, 1994 | Judy Skog and Nancy Graham | "Environmental Justice" | Tp |
| April 10, 1994 | Barb Park | "Roots: Our Personal Religious Heritage" | L1 Tp |
| May 8, 1994 | Peg Barratt | "Raising Our Voices for Children" | Tp |
| May 15, 1994 | Barb Park | "Is There Still Meaning for Today in Universalist Ideology?" | L1 Tp |
| May 22, 1994 | Erin Bosch | "Ages and Stages" | Tp |
| June 26, 1994 | Caryl Terrell | "Planning for the Land" | Tp |
| Jan. 8, 1995 | ellsworth snyder | "Seeing the Aesthetic: Can It Be Religious?" | Tp |
| Jan. 29, 1995 | Cinda LaMar | "The Path To Creativity" | Tp |
| Feb. 5, 1995 | Rachel Siegfried | "Who's Calling the Shots?: Responding Effectively To Children;s Fascination With War and War Toys" | Tp |
| Feb. 12, 1995 | Prairie middle school | Intergenerational service | Tp |
| Feb. 19, 1995 | Alice and Lee Bullen | "Housing for All" | Tp |
| Feb. 26, 1995 | Tomoko Ukei | "Never Again Foundation" | Tp |
| March 5, 1995 | Jonalu Johnstone | "Been In the Storm So Long: African-Americans, Unitarians and Universalists" | Tp |
| March 12, 1995 | Ruth Conniff | "Welfare Today" | L2 Tp |
| March 19, 1995 | Jack Jallings | "Welfare Issues" | L2 Tp |
| March 26, 1995 | Jack Jallings | "Welfare Issues" | L2 Tp |
| April 2, 1995 | Jackie Ziegler | "Process Philosophy and Theology: A Unitarian Universalist Spirituality for the 21st Century" | Tp |
| April 9, 1995 | Louise Trubek | "Experiences In Legal Defense of Welfare" | L2 Tp |
| April 23, 1995 | Charlotte Zieve | "Report from Cairo Population Conference" | Tp |
| May 7, 1995 | Pat Watkins | "A Jury of One's Peers? What's wrong with the jury system and what Dane County is doing to fix it" | Tp |
| May 21, 1995 | Erin Bosch and Anne Pryor | "Transitions", an intergenerational service | Tp |
| June 11, 1995 | Robert Alpern | "Speaking Truth To Power" | Tp |
| June 25, 1995 | Dave Johnson | "Fifteen Years In the Developing World" | Tp |
| July 9, 1995 | Sam Lin | "American Society Through Chinese Eyes" | Tp |
| July 23, 1995 | Peg Barratt | "Channing Murray, the UU's on the UW Campus" | Tp |
| July 30, 1995 | Jackson Tiffany | "Allied-Dunn's Marsh Neighborhood" | Tp |
| Aug. 6, 1995 | Julie Bonser, Cinda LaMar, and Pat Watkins | "UU General Assembly" | Tp |
| Aug. 20, 1995 | Pat Watkins | "Neither Abridged Nor Denied" | Tp |
| Aug. 27, 1995 | Barb Park and Rosemarie Lester | "Summer Music Special" | Tp |
| Sept. 10, 1995 | Barbara Rames | "The Road...Taken" | L3 Tp |
| Sept. 24, 1995 | Mike Boehm | "Vietnam: Healing and Reconciliation" | Tp |
| Oct. 8, 1995 | Michael Sheehy | "Can Humans Save the Earth from Humans?" | L4 Tp |
| Oct. 15, 1995 | Greg Schultz | "1000 Years" | Tp |
| Oct. 22, 1995 | Pat Cautley | "UN 50th Anniversary" | Tp |
| Oct. 29, 1995 | Jane Lind and Susan Munkres | "Beijing Women's Conference" | Tp |
| Dec. 3, 1995 | Robert Dahl | "Land Stewardship: The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin" | Tp |
| Dec. 10, 1995 | George Calden, Barbara Rames and Mike Briggs | "Let Every Little Light Shine" | Tp |
| Dec. 17, 1995 | Christmas intergenerational service | Tp | |
| Dec. 24, 1995 | A program of traditional Christmas readings and carols | Tp | |
| Dec. 31, 1995 | Bob Reuschlein | New Year's Eve Service | Tp |
| Jan. 7, 1996 | Barbara Rames | "Emerson" | L3 Tp |
| Jan. 14, 1996 | Cephus Childs | "Million Man March" | L2 Tp |
| Jan. 21, 1996 | Arliegh Birchler | "Early Unitarians" | Tp |
| Jan. 28, 1996 | Anne Urbanski | "What It Means to be a Religious Liberal" | Tp |
| Feb. 4, 1996 | Hugh Iltis | "How To Be a Good Ancestor: An Ecological Look at Life Being Trashed" | L4 Tp |
| Feb. 18, 1996 | Leona Balek | "Countering the Religious Right" | Tp |
| Feb. 25, 1996 | Gene Farley | "Community" | Tp |
| March 3, 1996 | Betty Jallings | "The Bible and the Koran" | Tp |
| March 17, 1996 | Warren Hagstrom | "Mendelsohn" | Tp |
| March 24, 1996 | Nancy Vedder-Shults | "Spring Equinox" | Tp |
| March 31, 1996 | Betty Jallings | "The Chalice and the Blade" | Tp |
| April 7, 1996 | Doleta Chapru | "Fun is a Family Value", intergenerational service | Tp |
| April 21, 1996 | Sam Day | "Mordecai Vanunu" | Tp |
| April 28, 1996 | Nancy Vedder-Shults | "Beltane: Celebrating Passion and Partnership" | Tp |
| May 5, 1996 | Betty Jallings | "Uncle Tom's Cabin" | Tp |
| May 19, 1996 | Erin Bosch | "Transitions" intergenerational service | Tp |
|
Tp = audio cassette available. L1 = lay ministry on Universalism - Barb Park L2 = lay ministry on welfare - Jack Jallings L3 = lay ministry on UU History and Thought - Barbara Rames and Arliegh Birchler L4 = lay ministry on the Web of Life - Michael Sheehy | |||
| Prairie Sunday Programs June 1996 to May 1997 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Presenters | Topic | Endnotes |
| June 2, 1996 | Bob Reuschlein | "Weather, Wealth and Wars" | |
| June 9 | Kathy Kelly | "Iraq After the War" | |
| June 16 | Elizabeth Bardwell | "Urban Sprawl" | |
| June 23 | Barbara Herrick | "W-2 - Welfare Deform" | Tp |
| June 30 | Andrew Somers | "Northern Ireland" | Tp |
| July 7 | Picnic potluck at Shirley Grindrod's | ||
| July 14 | Mike and Norma Briggs | "Contra Dancing" | |
| July 21 | Fran Zell | "The Truth About Fiction" | Tp |
| July 28 | Ruth Gibson and Feketa Bela | "Unitarians in Rumania Today" | Tp |
| Aug. 4 | Nancy Graham | "Sauk Free Congregation" joint four society program" | |
| Aug. 11 | Jonalu Johnstone | "Margaret Fuller" | |
| Aug. 18 | Cinda LaMar, Barb Park, and Nancy Graham | "UU General Assembly" | |
| Aug. 25 | Barb Park & Rosemarie Lester | "Summer Musicale" | |
| Aug. 31 | Arleigh Birchler | "Founders' Day" | Tp |
| Sept. 1 | Canoeing at Wingra Canoe & Sailing Center | ||
| Sept. 8 | Paul Soglin | "Education Builds Futures" | Tp |
| Sept. 15 | Reid Miller | "Dance of the Storyteller" | L3 Tp |
| Sept. 22 | Esther Heffernan | "Criminal Justice" | Tp |
| Sept. 29 | Bob Dopp | "Virtual Chicken Soup" | L1 Tp |
| Oct. 6 | Judy Faulkner | "The Virtual Medical Record" | L1 Tp |
| Oct. 12 | Mary Mullen | "Introduction and Expectations" (at Upham Woods fall retreat) | L2 |
| Oct. 20 | Mary Mullen | "Twenty Questions About Homosexuality" | L2 Tp |
| Oct. 27 | Mary Mullen | "Gender Socialization and Homophobia" | L2 Tp |
| Nov. 3 | George Calden | "A Prairie Stir Fry" | |
| Nov. 10 | Doleta Chapru | "A UU's View of Promise Keepers" | |
| Nov. 17 | Rick Ruecking | Annual Meeting & service | Tp |
| Nov. 24 | Reid Miller | "Thanksgiving Intergenerational" | In L3 |
| Dec. 1 | Hans Adler | "Religious Dissidents in Nineteenth Century Germany" | |
| Dec. 8 | Max Gaebler | "German Free Thinkers" | |
| Dec. 15 | Mary Mullen | "Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Perspectives" | L2 Tp |
| Dec. 22 | Nancy Graham | "About Yule" - Symbol Tree service | |
| Dec. 29 | Michael Sheehy | "Newspaper Sunday" | |
| Jan. 5, 1997 | Al Nettleton | "Time and the Crystal" | L1 |
| Jan. 12 | Jean Darling | "Should the Devil Take the Hindmost" | |
| Jan. 19 | Mary Mullen | "Biblical Perspectives on Homosexuality" | L2 |
| Jan. 26 | Brent Haglund | "Earth's Stewardship" | Tp |
| Feb. 2 | Nancy Vedder-Shults | "Brigid: Returning Sun" | |
| Feb. 9 | Warren Porter | "Toxic Threats to Children" | Tp |
| Feb. 16 | John-Brian Paprock | "Valentine Tree" | |
| Feb. 23 | Al Nettleton | "Internet Security and Censorship" | L1 Tp |
| March 2 | Carole Doeppers | "Jeopardies to Civil Liberties from New Technologies" | L1 Tp |
| March 9 | Sunshine Jones | "What About the Kids? Challenges of Gay & Lesbian Families" | L2 |
| March 16 | Mary Mullen | "How Homophobia Hurts Heterosexuals" | L2 Tp |
| March 23 | Dave Cieslewicz | "From Porches and Sidewalks to 6-Lanes and Cul de Sacs: The Evolution of American Neighborhoods" | Tp |
| March 30 | Reid Miller | "Swing Into Spring" intergenerational service | In L3 Tp |
| April 6 | Rebecca Dumlao | "Wellsprings: Movement to Classical Music" | |
| April 13 | Francis Hole | "The Earth Beneath Our Feet" | |
| April 20 | Mary Mullen | "This Little Light of Mine: Individual and Community Strategies Regarding Homophobia" | L2Tp |
| April 27 | Al Nettleton | "Being Digital Today" | L1 Tp |
| May 4 | Gail Coover | "Race in the 90s: Can't We All Just Get Along on TV?" | L4 Tp |
| May 11 | Warren Hagstrom | "How the Irish Saved Civilization with Music" | Tp |
| May 18 | "Transitions" intergenerational service | In Tp | |
| May 25 | Memorial Day weekend picnic at Carl & Marian Thompson's | In | |
|
In = intergenerational service or activity L1 = lay ministry on the benefits and dangers of information technology - Al Nettleton L2 = lay ministry on The Welcoming Congregation - Mary Mullen L3 = lay ministry - Reid Miller L4 = lay ministry - Gail Coover Tp = audio cassette available | |||
| Prairie Sunday Programs June 1997 - May 1998 with audio tapes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Presenters | Topic | Endnotes |
| June 8, 1997 | Doleta Chapru and panel | "Personal Strategies for Emotional Healing" | Tp |
| June 15, 1997 | Rosemarie Lester and Nikki Bromberg | "The Images We Live With I" | Tp |
| June 22, 1997 | Rosemarie Lester and Nikki Bromberg | "The Images We Live With II" | Tp |
| June 29, 1997 | Joanne Seckman | "An Indian Experience" | Tp |
| July 13, 1997 | Social Action Committee | "What Drum Do You March To?" | Tp |
| July 20, 1997 | Jody Whelden | "A Practical Experience In Conflict Transformation" | Tp |
| Aug. 3, 1997 | Nancy Graham and Pat Watkins | Report on 1997 UU General Assembly | Tp |
| Aug. 10, 1997 | Channing Murray members | "Community, Village and Other Buzzwords" | Tp |
| Aug. 17, 1997 | Phran Khru Warasak | "Buddhist Philosophy" | Tp |
| Aug. 24, 1997 | Nancy Vedder-Shults | "Rise Up and Call Her Name" | Tp |
| Aug. 31, 1997 | Midge Miller | "Whatever Happened to Social Justice" | Tp |
| Sept. 7, 1997 | Erin Bosch | "Building Community at Prairie" | Tp |
| Sept. 14, 1997 | Gail Coover | "Racism from a Global Perspective" | L1 Tp |
| Sept. 28, 1997 | Ray Allen | "Issues in Public Education" | L2 Tp |
| Oct. 5, 1997 | Gail Loder | "The Homeless and the Hungry" | Tp |
| Oct. 19, 1997 | Gail Coover | "Interethnic Community and Identity" | L1 Tp |
| Oct. 26, 1997 | Pat Watkins | "Our Global Community: The UN and UUSC" | Tp |
| Nov. 2, 1997 | Karen Gross | "My Communion With Nature in Door County" | Tp |
| Nov. 9, 1997 | Phoebe Rosebear | "Tracing Jewish Life Through Cooking" | Tp |
| Nov. 16, 1997 | Virginia Henderson | "Issues in Public Education" | L2 Tp |
| Nov. 23, 1997 | Dave and Marcia Johnson | "Abraham's Dream" | Tp |
| Nov. 30, 1997 | Randy and Kathy Converse, Robin Carré, Mei Lien, Judy and Toby | "Thanksgiving Intergenerational Program" | In Tp |
| Dec. 7, 1997 | Rosemarie Lester | "Christmas Eve: From the Outside Looking In" | Tp |
| Dec. 14, 1997 | Matthew Menne | "El Nino and Wisconsin Weather" | Tp |
| Dec. 21, 1997 | Erin Bosch | "Intergenerational Solstice and Symbol Tree Celebration" | In Tp |
| Jan. 11, 1998 | Darlene Cole | "Creating a Personal Journal" | L3 |
| Jan. 18, 1998 | Gail Coover | "Revealing the Contents of Our Character: The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King" | L1 Tp |
| Jan. 25, 1998 | Anne Pryor | "About 'Living with Heart'" | Tp |
| Feb. 1, 1998 | Dennis Presser | "The Spirituality of Hunting" | Tp |
| Feb. 8, 1998 | Pat Watkins | "Suffer the Little Children" | Tp |
| Feb. 15, 1998 | Eric Schroeder, Ian Park | "Valentine's Day Intergenerational Program" | In Tp |
| Feb. 22, 1998 | Keri Beheler-Amass | "Woman the Hunter" | Tp |
| March 1, 1998 | Barbara Rames | "Welsh Voices in Unitarianism" | Tp |
| March 15, 1998 | Jackie Ziegler | "Extending Equality Beyond Humanity" | Tp |
| March 22, 1998 | Kaleem Caire | "Minority Student Education in Madison" | L2 Tp |
| March 29, 1998 | Gail Coover | "Political Correctness: Using language to include versus using language to censor" | L1 Tp |
| April 5, 1998 | Rebecca Dumlao | "Moving Through Conflict: Lessons from life and research" | Tp |
| April 12, 1998 | Anne Pryor | "Easter Intergenerational Service" | Tp |
| April 19, 1998 | Al Nettleton | "UU's in the Media" | Tp |
| April 26, 1998 | Warren Hagstrom | "Richard Rogers and his collaborators" | Tp |
| May 3, 1998 | George Calden | "To Life - L'Chaim!" | Tp |
| May 10, 1998 | Gail Coover | "Embracing Difference" | L1 Tp |
| May 17, 1998 | Orange Schroeder | "Taking Care of Business: The Soul of Selling" | Tp |
| May 24, 1998 | Erin Bosch and Robin Carré | Transitions Intergenerational Service | Tp |
|
In = intergenerational service L1 = lay ministry - Gail Coover L2 = lay ministry - Barbara Golden L3 = lay ministry - Karen Gross Tp = audio cassette available | |||
| Prairie Sunday Programs June 1998 - May 1999 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Presenters | Topic | Endnotes |
| June 7, 1998 | Zoe Murphy | "Homelessness: Realities and Relationships" | |
| June 14 | Zoe Murphy | "Homelessness: Experiencing and Responding" | Tp |
| June 21 | Doleta Chapru | "The Boy Scouts of America and the Right of Conscience" | Tp |
| June 28 | Metje Butler and Susan Hagstrom | "Making Connection with the Natural World" | |
| July 5 | Independence Day Picnic | ||
| July 12 | Dave and Marcia Johnson | Volunteer work at Oxford federal prison | Tp |
| July 19 | Molly Fifield Murray | "The UW Arboretum - Green Prairie and the Savannah Project" | Tp |
| July 26 | Three U-U Societies' Joint Program at Sauk City | ||
| Aug. 2 | Maria Hansa and Mark Rosenthal | "The Realities of Sister City in the Post-Cold War Era: the Madison-Arcatao Project" | Tp |
| Aug. 9 | Larry Nahlik | "A Day in the Life of a Western Monk in Thailand" | Tp |
| Aug. 16 | Bob Reuschlein | "Why We Go To War" | Tp |
| Aug. 23 | Nikki Bromberg | "Vippassana Meditation" | Tp |
| Aug. 30 | Pat Watkins | "If I Were a Rich Man or Woman: What and to Which Causes Would I Give?" | Tp |
| Sept. 6 | Betty Jallings and Karen Gross | "Putting Labor Back in Labor Day" | Tp |
| Sept. 13 | Erin Bosch | "Introduction to Prairie People, Programs, and Religious Education" | Tp |
| Sept. 20 | George Calden | "Off the Top of Your Head" | Tp |
| Sept. 27 | Bob Alpern | "The UUA and the Struggle to Eliminate Land Mines" | Tp |
| Oct. 4 | Cindy Haq | "Health, Equity and Social Justice" | Tp |
| Oct. 18 | Anne Urbanski | "Sidney and God" | Tp |
| Oct. 25 | Kathy Kelly | "Medical Aid to Iraq" | Tp |
| Nov. 1 | Ruth Calden | "All Souls' Day" | Tp |
| Nov. 8 | Steve Pierce | "Poverty in Dane County" | L3 Tp |
| Nov. 15 | Cindy Haq and Gary Giorgi | "Doctor/Patient Relationships" | Tp |
| Nov. 22 | Ngawang Chojor | "Religion and Art: a Buddhist Perspective" | Tp |
| Nov. 29 | Randy Converse | Thanksgiving Intergenerational Service | |
| Dec. 6 | Gary Giorgi and Cindy Haq | "Death and Dying" | Tp |
| Dec. 13 | Deb Phelps and Mary Mullen | "Transformations" | Tp |
| Dec. 20 | Erin Bosch | Winter Solstice Intergenerational Service | Tp |
| Dec. 27 | Arleigh Birchler | "I Remember the Year..." | |
| Jan. 3, 1999 | Rick & Marilyn Ruecking | "Hunting for Hope" | |
| Jan. 10 | Ken Skog | "Fulfilling the Promise" | L1 Tp |
| Jan. 17 | Allied Drive-Dunn's Marsh residents and service providers | "Getting to Know You" | Tp |
| Jan. 24 | Anne Pryor | (second in her lay ministry on art and religion) | L2 Tp |
| Jan. 31 | Fran Zell | "The Spirituality of Small Book Publishing" | Tp |
| Feb. 7 | Steve Pierce and Jonathan Bader | "Hunger and Food Security" | L3 Tp |
| Feb.14 | Lisa Glueck and Rachel Long | "Valentine's Day - Simple Acts of Love" (Intergenerational) | Tp |
| Feb. 21 | Cindy Haq and Gary Giorgi | "On Death and Dying" | L4 Tp |
| Feb. 28 | Marilyn Feil | "Homelessness in Dane County" | L3 Tp |
| March 7 | Anne Pryor | "Shrines and Grottoes of the Wisconsin Landscape" | L2 Tp |
| March 14 | Will and Dot Williams | "The Madison Gospelaires" | L2 Tp |
| March 21 | Orange Schroeder | Introduction to her series, "The Church Across the Street" | L5 Tp |
| March 28 | Speaker from the Bahai | About the Bahai | L5 Tp |
| April 4 | Warren Hagstrom and Co. | "Gonna Make This Garden Grow" (Easter Intergenerational) | |
| April 11 | Orange Schroeder | Prairie members visit other churches | L5 |
| April 18 | Orange Schroeder Panel | Panel discussion about our experiences April 11 | L5 Tp |
| April 25 | David Giffey | "Windows to the World" | L2 Tp |
| May 2 | Doleta Chapru | "Prairie People Serve: How Are We Living up to Our UU Principles?" | Tp |
| May 9 | Warren Hagstrom, with music by members of the congregation | "Franz Liszt: A Really Romantic Composer" | Tp |
| May 16 | Ken Skog | "Developing Prairie's Mission Statement" | Tp |
| May 23 | Erin Bosch | Transition Sunday | |
| May 30 | Picnic at the home of Carl and Marian Thompson, no service at Meeting House | ||
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L1 = (for the mission statement project) L2 = lay ministry on Art and Religion - Anne Pryor L3 = lay ministry on Poverty in Dane County - Steve Pierce L4 = lay ministry on Health and Social Justice - Cindy Haq and Gary Giorgi L5 = lay ministry - Orange Schroeder (The Church Across the Street) Tp = audio cassette available | |||