Prairie Sunday Programs June 2008 to May 2009

DatePresentersTopicEndnotes/
Order of Service
June 1, 2008RE CommitteeTransition SundayIn
June 8, 2008Rev. Ralph Tyksinski"Flower Communion and its Founder, Norbert Capek"In Tp
June 15, 2008Anne Urbanski "Getting to Know the DNR Website"
June 22, 2008Andy Somer"Sex, Religion, Politics and the Law"Tp
June 29, 2008Joe & Joann Elder and Mike Boehm"The 40th Anniversary of the My Lai Massacre"Tp
July 6, 2008Rose Smith"Summer Reads"oos
July 13, 2008Shawn Peters"Religious Convictions: Reflections on Faith Healing, Children, and the Law"oos
July 20, 2008Marcia Marino"Bioethics: Cases and Conundrums"Tp oos
July 27, 2008Multi-congregation joint service at the Free Congregation of Sauk County in Sauk Cityoos
Aug. 3, 2008Rev. Sarah Oelberg"The Prairie in My Soul"Tp oos
Aug. 10, 2008Dirk Herr-Hoyman, Robin Proud, and Heidi Hughes"This I Believe"Tp
Aug. 17, 2008Dave and Marcia Johnson"Eighteen Years in Asia and Latin America: Some Observations and Impressions"Tp
Aug. 24, 2008Jamie Kobishop-Herold"A Journey through Bilingual Education"Tp
Aug. 31, 2008Steve Blank"The American Worker - From Joe Hill to Joe Walmart"Tp Tr
Sept. 7, 2008Key Log Ceremonyoos
Sept. 14, 2008Rev. Ralph Tyksinski and Barbara ChattertonWater Ceremonyoos
Sept. 21, 2008Randy Converse"Practical Acts of Peace"Tp
Sept. 28, 2008Sarah Babcock, Jim Carpenter, Orange Schroeder"This I Believe"
Oct. 5, 2008Shaarei Shamayim members"The High Holidays: A Jewish Reconstructionist/Renewal approach"Tp
Oct. 12, 2008Dr. Majid Sarmadi "Iran: Myth and Reality"Tp
Oct. 19, 2008Rev. Ralph Tyksinski"Growing Our Spirit"Tp
Oct. 26, 2008Pat Watkins"The United Nations Charter of Human Rights"oos
Nov. 2, 2008Dorothy Krause"Remembering our Beloved Dead"oos
Nov. 9, 2008Rev. Ralph Tyksinski"Mending Fences, Building Bridges"Tp
Nov. 16, 2008Jean Feraca"Facing Death"oos
Nov. 23, 2008RE CommitteeThanksgiving Intergenerational Service, "A Global Banquet"In
Nov. 30, 2008Ruth Calden, Warren Hagstrom, and AL Nettleton"Prairie Reflections"Tp oos
Dec. 7, 2008Marcia Johnson, Rick Ruecking, and Tom Lovett"This I Believe"Tr
Dec. 14, 2008Erin BoschSymbol TreeIn oos
Dec. 21, 2008Rev. Ralph Tyksinski"A Child's Christmas in Wales"Tp oos
Dec. 28, 2008RE Committee"Moving Forward"oos
2009
Jan. 4, 2009Rev. Ralph Tyksinski"Your Resolutions for Prairie - 2009"
Jan. 11, 2009Rev. Darrel Richey"Journey to Selma"oos
Jan. 18, 2009Rev. Ralph Tyksinski"Coincidence and Ambiguity"
Jan. 25, 2009Pat Watkins"The Pain of War; The Joy of Peace"Tp oos
Feb. 1, 2009Jane Shoup"Darwin and His Dangerous Idea"Tp Tr mp3
Feb. 8, 2009RE Committee"Love Thy Neighbor"In oos
Feb. 15, 2009Rev. Ralph Tyksinski"Nurturing Respect in Our Families: at Home and in Community"Tp
Feb. 22, 2009Amy Owen"Forgiveness and Justice"Tp
March 1, 2009Phyllis Long, Rachel Long, and Reuben Arnold"This I Believe"Tp Tr oos
March 8, 2009Vicki Berenson"Military Recruiting Abuse - What We Can Do"
March 15, 2009Rev. Ralph Tyksinski"From Principles and Purposes to Covenantal Relationships" Part OneTp
March 22, 2009Rev. Ralph Tyksinski"From Principles and Purposes to Covenantal Relationships" Part TwoTp
March 29, 2009Rev. Ralph Tyksinski"From Principles and Purposes to Covenantal Relationships" Part ThreeTp
April 5, 2009Andy Somers"First Amendment: Right or Slogan"
April 12, 2009Selena Fox"Easter Customs and Traditions: Old and New"In mp3
April 19, 2009Florence Chenoweth"Feeding the hungry in the face of the global economic crisis" - for Earth DayTp
April 26, 2009Bob Mohelnitzky"Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime"Tp
May 3, 2009Sam Dennis"Curing Nature Deficit Disorder"Tp oos
May 10, 2009Jim Reilly"Women Composers or Who was Hilda Neupert?"Tp mp3 oos
May 17, 2009RE Committee"Transition Sunday"In oos
May 24, 2009Rev. Ralph Tyksinski"Minding the Gaps in Our Lives"Tp
May 31, 2009Mary Mullen"The Zen of Gardens and Gardening - Prairie People Talk about the Spirituality of Gardening"Tp oos

In = intergenerational service
mp3 = online audio file of speaker portion of service available
Tp = audio cassette of entire service available
Tr = online transcript available
oos = link to order of service