Prairie Sunday Programs June 2011 to May 2012

DatePresentersTopicEndnotes
June 5, 2011Peter Anderson"Spirituality in the conifers, holiness in the tall grass"
June 12, 2011Kathy Converse, Anne Pryor and Orange Schroeder"Hail Poetry: A Tribute to Barbara Rames"mp3 oos
June 19, 2011Howard Bellman"Collective Bargaining for Government Workers in Wisconsin: The Challenge of Democracy in the Workplace"mp3 oos
June 26, 2011Cheri Maples"Mindfulness & Social Justice in Our Daily Lives"mp3
July 3, 2011Rose Smith"How Can I Keep from Reading"Bk
July 10, 2011Hannah Roth"The Rainbird Foundation: Ending Child Abuse"oos
July 17, 2011Gary Peterson"Church Life Cycles and Promoting Growth"mp3
July 24, 2011"Humanism"oos
July 31, 2011Dave Johnson"Nuclear Energy and Current Events in Japan"mp3 oos
Aug. 7, 2011Rachel Long, Madeline Arnold, Barb Park & Ken Haydock"What Does It Mean to be Raised a Unitarian Universalist?"mp3
Aug. 14, 2011Frank Siegle"Celtic Spirituality: The Celtic Cross, the Tree of Life, and the Eternal Circle"mp3
Aug. 21, 2011Ian Riddell"Overwork, Work Addiction, and the Blessings of the Sabbath"mp3 oos
Aug. 28, 2011Penny Eiler"Water Ceremony"In oos
Sept. 4, 2011Craig Myrbo"Stand By Me"mp3
Sept. 11, 2011Barbara Park"Ten Years Later: Fear, Fundamentalism and Unitarian Universalism"
Sept. 18, 2011Rosemarie Lester, Phyllis Long, Barb Park, Christina Klock, Marcia Johnson"Let's Agree to Disagree: Notes from the 2011 General Assembly"mp3
Sept. 25, 2011Dennis Glover."21st Century African Youth Movement"
Oct. 2, 2011Drs. Lucille Marchand and Cynthia Haq"A History of How We Have Died in America and the Path of Hope to a Better Future"mp3
Oct. 9, 2011Rachel Long"What Is Mental Illness?"mp3 Tr
Oct. 16, 2011Liz Allen"Death and Dying in America Part II: Hospice Care -- I Don't Know Why You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello."
Oct. 23, 2011Jim Jaeger"Death and Dying in America Part III: Who'll Decide for Mom?"mp3
Oct. 30, 2011Dorothy Krause"Day of the Dead"
Nov. 6, 2011Tara Converse Rollins"Get Moving! An Introduction to Dance/Movement Therapy"mp3 oos
Nov. 13, 2011James Galasinski"John Coltrane and the Truly Religious Life"mp3 oos
Nov. 20, 2011Robin Proud"A Guest at Your Thanksgiving Table"oos
Nov. 27, 2011Carter Dary"We the People"mp3
Dec. 4, 2011John Conowall"Worker Cooperatives - Worker Owned, Democratically Controlled Workplaces"
Dec. 11, 2011Penny Eiler"Karen Armstrong's TED Wish for the World"oos
Dec. 18, 2011Creating Meaning in Our Community: Decorating our Tree with Symbols of our LivesIn oos
Dec. 25, 2011No service on Christmas Day
2012
Jan. 1, 2012"Jazz Funeral for the Old Year"oos
Jan. 8, 2012Phyllis Long"Karen Armstrong's 12 Steps to a Compassionate Life"mp3 Tr oos
Jan. 15, 2012Amy Bellmore"Bullies, Victims and Bystanders in Schools"mp3 oos
Jan. 22, 2012A Time to Share - From the Congregation: Fourth in a series on Death and Dying in Americaoos
Jan. 29, 2012Dr. Myra Marx Ferree"What the United States Can Learn About Improving the Status of Women from Other Countries"mp3 oos
Feb. 5, 2012Rachel Long"Striving for Sanity in a Crazy World"Tr oos
Feb. 12, 2012Patrick Farabaugh"Becoming an LGBT Advocate"mp3 oos
Feb. 19, 2012Pat Watkins"The Story of A Black Family"mp3 oos
Feb. 26, 2012Howard Katz"Inside Humanism Today"mp3 oos
March 4, 2012Saideh Jamshidi"Rumi's Invitation, 'Come, Come Whoever You Are'"mp3 oos
March 11, 2012Dean Hinmon"Our Oneness in Compassion: A Quantum Physics View"mp3 oos
March 18, 2012Rebecca Malke and VeeraRaju (John) Eliganti"Dalit Rights Are Human Rights: The Struggle of a Broken People"oos
March 25, 2012Oriol Mirosa"The Global Politics of Water: Managing Our Most Precious Resource in the 21st Century"mp3 oos
April 1, 2012Paula Pachciarz, Erin Bosch, Judy Skog and Peter Anderson"Putting Your Faith into Action"oos
April 8, 2012Reflections on Renewaloos
April 15, 2012Dean Hinmon"The Power of Letting Go - Making Life Easy 101"mp3 oos
April 22, 2012Robin Proud"The Cat in the UU Hat: Dr Seuss and the 7 Principles"oos
April 29, 2012"Keylog" ceremonyIn
May 6, 2012Nick Abts"Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is"oos
May 13, 2012Mary Mullen"Caroline Norton: Mothers & Women's Rights"mp3 oos
May 20, 2012Field Trip to Prairie Dock FarmIn
May 27, 2012Steve KrallisMemorial Day Servicemp3 oos

Bk = booklist online
In = intergenerational service
mp3 = online audio file of speaker portion of service available
oos = link to order of service
Tr = online transcript available