Prairie Sunday Programs Sept. 1967 - May 1999

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

Prairie Sunday Programs and Events Starting in 1967
PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY
Sunday Programs 1967-70
DateTopicPresenter(s)
Sept. 17, 1967 A Chance To Grow Bruce Bashore
Sept. 24, 1967 The Church and Today's Youth Msgr. Wirz and Howard Custer
Oct. 1, 1967 The Family's Contribution to a "Chance to Grow" Ray Redding
Oct. 8, 1967 World Peace Through Law William Rice
Oct. 15, 1967 Are Marriages Made in Heaven? George Calden
Oct. 22, 1967 The Hippies: A Sub Culture Discussion
Oct. 29, 1967 Evaluation Discussion
Nov. 5, 1967 Bach to Baez - Varieties of Worship Music George Calden and John Grindrod
Nov. 12, 1967 Why Unitarians Abandon Causes Frank French, Andrew Grimes
Nov. 19, 1967 Govt Computers: Boon or Threat to Privacy? Charles Holt
Nov. 26, 1967 Liberal Values in a Radical World Max Gaebler
Dec. 3, 1967 Racial Confrontation Within Unitarianism June Spencer, Rochelle Lester
Dec. 10, 1967 Techniques of Dissent Jim Greenwald, Mike Josefowicz
Dec. 17, 1967 Our Response to the Black Caucus Ann Patton
Dec. 24, 1967 Family Xmas Program
Dec. 31, 1967 International Brunch
Jan. 7, 1968 Whither 1968? Discussion
Jan. 14, 21, 1968 Unitarian Youth and Tomorrow's Community Tom Savage and MUY
Jan. 28, 1968 Music and Religious Experience Karlos Moser, Junior Choir
Feb. 4, 1968 The Natural Community: Space, Resources and People Jim Zimmerman
Feb. 11, 1968 Up From the Apes, Downed by Pollution Bob Dott
Feb. 18, 1968 Religion and the Natural Environment Lloyd Bitzer
Feb. 25, 1968 Catholicism in Tradition and Change Msgr. Wirz
March 3, 1968 Catholic Folk Mass
March 10, 1968 Dance, Religion and Bodies Maxine Sheets
March 17, 1968 Euthanasia Dr. Gene Bastian
March 24, 1968 Exploring Inner Space Frank French
March 31, 1968 Organization and By Laws
April 7, 1968 Techniques of Influence Pat Cautley
April 14, 1968 Voices of Spring George Calden
April 21, 1968 Images of War Bob Koehl
April 28, 1968 Solidarity with Whom? Hilton Hanna, Henry Hawkins (Meat Cutters Union)
May 5, 1968 Must I Kill? Bob Koehl, Lloyd Bitzer, Eugene Boardman
May 12, 1968 Must I. Kill? - Discussion Bob Koehl
May 19, 1968 A Psychologist Looks at Viet Nam George Calden
May 26, 1968 Television Violence Boris Frank
June 2, 1968 Charting a Course on the Lone Prairie Charlie Davidson
June 9, 1968 Brunch on the Prairie
Nov. 17, 1968 Science and Religion Sir Alister Hardy
Nov. 24, 1968 Science and Religion Orie Loucks
Dec. 1, 1968 Ecology Hugh Iltis
Dec. 8, 1968 The Population Problem Risser and Kabler
Dec. 15, 1968 Commercial Christmas Boris Frank
Dec. 22, 1968 Christmas in Music and Word Lloyd Bitzer and Bob Siegfried
Dec. 29, 1968 Christmas Service (1st Society)
Jan. 5, 1969 Changing Religions - Unitarian Max Gaebler
Jan. 12, 1969 The Jew Rabbi Swarsensky
Jan. 19, 1969 The Protestant Steve Krueger
Jan. 26, 1969 The Catholic John 23rd Society
Feb. 2, 1969 How Changing Religion Affects Us Marv Woerpel
April 13, 1969 Service with John 23rd
April 27, 1969 The Celebration of Life Lanier Clance
Sept. 7, 1969 Mifflin St. and the City Council Alderman Eugene Parks
Sept. 14, 1969 The Police View the Student Disorders Cap't Earl Sorenson
Sept. 21, 1969 Mifflin St. "Committee of 30" - panel discussion Bob Siegfried, Roland Parrish, Ted Peters
Sept. 28, 1969 The Psychologist Looks at Community Problems Pat Cautley
Oct. 5, 1969 3 Days With the Community of Brothers Lilo Koehl
Oct. 12, 1969 Issues Behind the Issues in Welfare Ray Munts
Oct. 19, 1969 Fiddler on the Roof, Revisited: The Jewish Celebration of Life George Calden oos
Oct. 26, 1969 What is Afro-American Culture? Okon Uya
Nov. 2, 1969 The Church in Perpetual Revolution - Report from the Central Midwest District Conference of the UUA Bob Siegfried
Nov. 9, 1969 Sex Education in our Schools Ted Rosenbaum
Nov. 16, 1969 Family Planning and Population Control Hugh Davis
Nov. 23, 1969 Lincoln Center, Chicago Ghetto Mr. Ellis
Nov. 30, 1969 Who's Right in Viet Nam - film David Schoenbrun
Dec. 1, 1969 A Trip to North Viet Nam Joseph Elder
Dec. 14, 1969 The Whole Earth Co-op Co-op members
Dec. 21, 1969 The Family of Man - Christmas Service
Dec. 28, 1969 no service held
Jan. 4, 1970 Reflections on Hinduism Raj Shukla
Jan. 11, 1970 The Essence of Islam Bashir Ahmad
Jan. 18, 1970 The Baha'i World Religion Baha'i members
Feb. 1, 1970 "The Meaning of Life" - based on a presentation of "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett Bob Koehl, Bob Siegfried, John Miller
Feb. 8, 1970 The Suburban Commune and Prairie People John Miller
Feb. 15, 1970 Ingredients of an Optimum Human Environment Orie Loucks
Feb. 22, 1970 Beethoven - Is He Relevant Today? - a psychologist looks at the composer George Calden
March 1, 1970 Decision Making - a look at some of our values Betty French, Ted Peters and the 5th and 6th grade class
March 8, 1970 Transcendental Meditation Jeff Zavik and group
March 15, 1970 The Madison Community School Community school students
March 22, 1970 Bob Dylan - A Search for Meaning through Modern Folk Music Harold Rogers
March 29, 1970 A Celebration of Life - Family Easter Service
Aprril 5, 1970 The Thing and I - Prairie Members show their "Bag" Betty Jallings
April 12, 1970 Urban Aesthetics and Cultural Crowding Barrie Greenbie
April 19, 1970 Discussion led by Barrie Greenbie on previous week's subject Barrie Greenbie
April 26, 1970 Truth as Seen in a Moment of Time Clark Edwards
May 3, 1970 Biological Roots of our Aesthetic Appreciation Hugh Iltis
May 10, 1970 Where are our Priorities? Rachel Siegfried, Pete Guest, Steve Friedman
May 17, 1970 Good (Last of the 5 services on Beauty, Truth and Good) Bob Koehl
May 24, 1970 Second Annual "Go Fly a Kite" Sunday (at Prairie site)
May 31, 1970 The Power of the Individual - Environmental and Political Mary Cunningham, Shirley Abrahamson

PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY
Sunday Programs 1970-71
DateTopicPresenter(s)
Sept. 13, 1970 Women's Liberation Ann Fitzgerald and Rena Gelman (Madison's Women's Coalition)
Sept. 20, 1970 Child Rearing, Day Care and Women's Liberation Jan Roache, Kathy Block and Susan Blakslee
Sept. 27, 1970 Abortion Counseling Dr. Alfred Kennan, Ruth Minter and Elaine Reubin
Oct. 4, 1970 The Armored University Dave Meyer
Oct. 11, 1970 Up Against the Wall - Or where Do We Go From Here Dave Meyer
Oct. 18, 1970 Celebrating the International Community - UNESCO Dave Meyer and Hermine Davidson
Oct. 25, 1970 Simple Gifts - Service at Upham Woods Dave Meyer
Nov. 1, 1970 Installation Service of Dave Meyer as Minister
Nov. 8, 1970 Science - The Center of CuIture Bob Siegfried
Nov. 15, 1970 The New Sexual Morality John Zahn
Nov. 22, 1970 Medical Science and the Unborn Child Dr. Mike McCann
Nov. 29, 1970 Does the Afterlife Begin at 30? George Calden
Dec. 6, 1970 100 and 1 Ways to Argue Boris Frank and the 6, 7, 8th graders
Dec. 13, 1970 Traditional Values in Xmas Dave Meyer
Dec. 20, 1970 Family Xmas Service
Jan. 3, 1971 Quaker Meeting - Thoughts of 1971 Steve Friedman
Jan. 10, 1971 A Unitarian Treasure Hunt Dave Meyer
Jan. 17, 1971 Let Freedom, Truth and Good be Sung George Calden
Jan, 24, 1971 Some Thoughts on Aggression Clark Edwards
Jan. 31, 1971 Therefore a Striped Painted Horse is Not a Zebra Glenn Cox
Feb. 1, 1971 City Steve Friedman
Feb. 14, 1971 Oh Man - Oh Woman Bob and Lilo Koehl
Feb. 21, 1971 Art for Pete's Sake Ted and Rebecca Clark

PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY
Sunday Programs 1971-72
DateTopicPresenter(s)
Sept. 12, 1971 Suzanne and God Dave Meyer
Sept. 19, 1971 Middle Class Values - Introduction Boris Frank
Sept. 26, 1971 Arts of the Prairie Richard Roznoy
Oct. 3, 1971 Computers and Privacy Charles Davidson
Oct. 10, 1971 Middle Class Values - 2 Boris Frank
Oct. 17, 1971 Upham Woods Retreat
Oct. 24, 1971 The Freeze - UNICEF Dinner Boris Frank
Oct. 31, 1971 Halloween - Spirits or Spiritual Pat Meyer
Nov. 7, 1971 Of War and Violence Dave Meyer
Nov. 14, 1971 Middle Class Values Bob Hoffstetter
Nov. 21, 1971 Reflections on Civil Rights William Gorham Rice
Nov. 28, 1971 On Death and Dying Melinda Roznoy
Dec. 5, 1971 A Tribute to Mikis Theodorakis, composer of 'Zorba the Greek' George Calden
Dec. 12, 1971 Christmas Program Dave Meyer
Jan. 2, 1972 Chatty Sunday
Jan. 9, 1972 Racism Marlene Cummings
Jan. 16, 1972 Prairie Program Dave Meyer
Jan . 23, 1972 Problems of Youth Judge Ervin Bruner
Jan. 30, 1972 Middle Class Values - Obscenity Boris Frank
Feb. 6, 1972 Musical Extravaganza Bob Koehl, Mark McElreath
Feb. 13, 1972 Love Vivian Meyer and Diane Remeika
Feb. 20, 1972 Critique of Women's Lib Orie Loucks
Feb. 27, 1972 Environment Dave Meyer
March 5, 1972 Yoga Boyce Totz
March 12, 1972 School Without Walls Baxter Richardson
March 19, 1972 Watching TV Commercials Larry Lichty
March 26, 1972 Upham Woods Retreat
March 31, 1972 Blind Leading the Blind - Good Friday Dave Meyer
April 2, 1972 Easter Service Dave Meyer
April 9, 1972 Prairie Priorities Boris Frank
April 16, 1972 Transcendental Meditation Jeff Zavik and Stella Renz
April 23, 1972 Individual Values Boris Frank
April 30, 1972 May Day Service Dave Meyer
May 7, 1972 Man, Nature and Change Darrel Morrison
May 14, 1972 Electronic Battlefield Dave Meyer
May 21, 1972 Farewell Service Dave meyer
May 29, 1972 Memorial Day Picnic Davidsons

PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY
Sunday Programs 1972-73
DateTopicPresenter(s)Notes
Sept. 10, 1972 Syncretic Humanism Rebecca French
Sept. 17, 1972 Tragedy of the Commons Dan and Barbara Willard
Sept. 24, 1972 Limits of Growth Charles Davidson
Oct. 1, 1972 Prairie Retreat - Camp Onikijig
Oct. 8, 1972 The Drug Scene LRY group
Oct. 15, 1972 Poisons and Food and the Mind Dan and Barbara Willard
Oct. 22, 1972 The Ecology Gods Al Nettleton
Oct. 29, 1972 Awareness I Dan and Barbara Willard
Nov. 5, 1972 Politics '72 Steve Friedman
Nov . 12, 1972 Awareness II Dan and Barbara Willard
Nov. 19, 1972 The Ark Dan and Barbara Willard
Nov. 26, 1972 Music in the Prairie George Calden
Dec. 3, 1972 It Ain't Got Us Yet Dan and Barbara WillardL1
Dec. 10, 1972 Basic Needs of Man Bruce Bashore
Dec. 17, 1972 Nostalgia, Marriage and Separation Counseling Committee
Dec. 24, 1972 Christmas Program Bruce Bashore
Dec. 31, 1972 Fun and Games Al Nettleton
Jan. 7, 1973 Personal Renewal Bruce Bashore
Jan. 14, 1973 Unitarianism - 1973 Vivian Meyer, 1973
Jan. 21, 1973 Thoreau Bruce Bashore
Jan. 28, 1973 Human Sexuality Ann Bashore and Lisa Freedman
Feb. 4, 1973 Pantomine Reid Gilbert
Feb. 11, 1973 Peace of Mind - Yoga Allan Weinstock
Feb. 18, 1973 Long Term Intimate Relations Nancy and Mark McElreath
Feb. 25, 1973 Personal Meaning of Music - I George Calden
March 4, 1973 Our Parents - A Commemoration Bob Koehl
March 11, 1973 Loyalty Bob Koehl
March 18, 1973 Roots for Heroes - Appalachia Betsy Roberts
March 25, 1973 Celebration - The Dance Hermine Davidsonoos
April 1, 1973 Fantasy, Reality and Religion Terri Lawrence
April 8, 1973 What is Unitarianism? Max Gaebler and Bob Koehl
April 15, 1973 Relationship Rebecca French and Bob Koehl
April 22, 1973 Communion Bob Koehl
April 27, 1973 Our Prairie Ministry Willards, Bashore and Koehl
May 6, 1973 Feelings and Intelligence Bob Koehl
May 13, 1973 Affirmation * Prairie Site Bob Koehl

L1 = lay ministry - Dan and Barbara Willard
oos = link to order of service

PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY
Sunday Programs 1973-74
DateTopicPresenter(s)Notes
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Theme: Marriage, Music and Madness -- George Calden ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Sept. 9, 1973 Marriage: I Count - You Count George CaldenL2
Sept. 16, 1973 Prairie Roots - Deep and Shallow Al Nettleton,
Steve Friedman
L5
Sept. 23, 1973 Brave New Marriage George CaldenL2
Sept. 30, 1973 It Just Won't Go Away - Frustration Tim Fast,
Rosemary Dorney
Oct. 7, 1973 Morality, Immorality, Amorality George CaldenL2
Oct. 14, 1973 The Gospel According to the Prairie Chicken Pluckers The PCPoos
Oct. 21, 1973 UN 21st Anniversary - Family Service Vivian MeyerIn
Oct. 28, 1973 The Personal Meaning of Music George CaldenL2
Nov. 4, 1973 What Now for Chile? Maurice Zeitlin
Nov. 11, 1973 The Myth of the Ecological Santa Claus Hugh Iltis
Nov. 18, 1973 A Satire on You and the Mass Media Middle school students
Nov. 25, 1973 Our Strongest Religion - Patriotism George CaldenL2?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Theme: The Individual in Social Action -- Patricia Cautley ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Dec. 2, 1973 Let the Bastards Freeze in the Dark: A Look at our Self-imposed Traps Patricia CautleyL3
Dec. 9, 1973 What Do You Really Want Anyhow? A Discussion of the Quality of Life Patricia CautleyL3
Dec. 16, 1973 The Heavens Proclaim the Glories of God Rolland Parish
Dec. 23, 1973 Family Christmas Program Patricia Cautley,
Aileen Nettleton
In
Dec. 30, 1973 Share a Creation Patricia Cautley
Jan. 6, 1974 Ethical Issues in Medical Care David Carson
Jan. 13, 1974 Economic Issues in the Delivery of Medical Care Panel of physicians and nurses
Jan. 20, 1974 A Look at the Occult Bob Siegfried
Jan. 27, 1974 A Feast for the Eyes - Family Slide Service Patricia Cautley
Feb. 3, 1974 Sex Role Hang-ups -1 Annis Pratt, Fred Seidel, P. Cautley
Feb. 10, 1974 Sex Role Hang-ups -2 Annis Pratt, Fred Seidel, P. Cautley
Feb. 17, 1974 The New China Lorne Taichman
Feb. 24, 1974 Putting it All Together Patrica CautleyL3
March 3, 1974 Beauty and Obscenity - A Multi-Media Presentation Orie LoucksIn L4
March 10, 1974 Ethical Issues in Madison Orie LoucksL4
March 17, 1974 Bloody but Unbowed - Legal Efforts to Stop the Power Companies John Neese
March 24, 1974 The Ethological-Ecological, Socio-behavioristic Interrelationship of Marine Avian Populations - or Confusions of a Seagull Watcher Dan Willard
March 31, 1974 Love, Fear and Aggression in the Development of Young Primates Orie LoucksL4
April 7, 1974 Interpreting Animal Experiments for Human Problems Steven Suomi
April 14, 1974 Easter-Passover Sharing: Potluck Brunch Terri LaurenceIn
April 21, 1974 The Art of Lee Weiss Lee Weiss
April 28, 1974 You Owe me - I Owe You - Reciprocity in the Family Bill Gardner
May 5, 1974 Death Squared -1 - Studies of a Population Explosion Orie LoucksL4
May 12, 1974 Death Squared -2 - A Search for Alternatives Orie LoucksL4
May 19, 1974 Prairie Celebration - A Morning on the Prairie Site FellowshipIn
July 28, 1974 Water Festival at the Davidsons' In
Aug. 4, 1974 Prairie wedding of Bob Park and Debbie Doob

In = intergenerational service or activity
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
oos = link to order of service

Prairie Sunday Programs Sept. 1974 - May 1976

DatePresentersTopicEndnotes
Sept. 8, 1974Mayor Paul Soglin"Power, Politics, and the Civic Center"L
Sept. 15, 1974Theron Caldwell"Focus on Prairie"In L
Sept. 22, 1974Al Nettleton/Steve Friedman"An Expert is Someone From Out of Town with Slides"L5
Sept. 29, 1974Aileen Nettleton"The Post-war War: Continuing Unrest in Indo China"
Oct. 6, 1974Steve Friedman"People in Cities"L5
Oct. 13, 1974 "Harvest Celebration"In
Oct. 20, 1974Al Nettleton"Violence and Violation"L5
Oct. 27, 1974George Calden 
Nov. 17, 1974Dan Willard"Eulogy for the Train"
Nov. 24, 1974Al Nettleton"Power and Other Worldly Virtures (sic)"L5
Dec. 1, 1974Richard Perry"Looking Through the Lens: A Philosophy of Photography"
Dec. 22, 1974Steve Friedman and Al NettletonFamily Christmas ProgramIn
Jan. 5, 1975Pat Watkins"Gold Fever: Then and Now"
Jan. 19, 1975Social Action Committee"Person to Person Action"
Jan. 26, 1975Long Range Planning Committee"Prairie Horizons: Leadership:
March 16, 1975George Calden"Music: Alive and Kicking"notes
March 23, 1975Ceremonies Committee"Death and Dying: The Dead and the Bereaved"
April 13, 1975Joe Hoffman"Michaelangelo's Conception of God"
April 27, 1975Warren Hagstrom"Homage to Leopold Mozart, Parent: with Music by his Son"oos
May 11, 1975Middle school AYS classFamily fun at the Prairie siteIn
May 18, 1975 Picnic at Theron Caldwell'sIn
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 SocietyIn
Sept. 7, 1975Richard Perry"Binding Together"L7
Oct. 17-19, 1975 Fall Retreat - Upham WoodsIn
Oct 26, 1975Rita Wlodarzcyk and Social Action Committee"One World: A Celebration for the United Nations and Glen Turner"
Nov. 9, 1975David Wiley"Humanism and African Religions"
Nov. 23, 1975Richard Perry"Community in Ritual"In L7
Nov. 30, 1975Richard Perry"Bringing it All Back Home"In L7
Dec. 7, 1975Joe Hoffman"The Meaning of Life as Revealed through the Works of the Great Masters - Da Vinci"L6
Dec. 14, 1975Joe Hoffman"The Meaning of Life as Revealed through the Works of the Great Masters"L6
Jan. 11, 1976Joe Hoffman"Bernini: The Exaltation of Vulgarity" or "Why the Italians Love the Opera"L6
Jan. 25, 1976Joe Hoffman"Caravaggio: His Brutal Realism and His Unpopularity"L6
Feb. 1, 1976Joe Hoffman"Rembrandt: From Rags to Riches to Rags"L6
Feb. 8, 1976 Cross-country skiing at the Carsons'
Feb. 22, 1976Joe HoffmanFamily ServiceIn
Feb. 29, 1976Joe Hoffman"Frank Lloyd Wright Changes the Face of Architecture"L6
March 7, 1976Annis Pratt"Everything Goes in a Circular Motion"Tp L8
March 14, 1976Annis Pratt"Quilts"Tp L8
March 21, 1976Robyn Costello"Ourselves Alone...Songs of the Irish"
March 28, 1976Joe Hoffman"Order and Chaos"Tp
April 4, 1976Annis Pratt"You Can Be Anything You Want Yourself to Be"Tp L8
April 11, 1976Ruth Calden"Shaker Life and Rituals"Tp
April 18, 1976Annis PrattFamily Easter ServiceTp In L8
April 25, 1976Henry Pratt"Political Game Playing: The Chippewa River Dam Struggle"Tp
May 2, 1976Jane Cloak, David Carson, and Henry Pratt"Social Concerns and Political Responsibility"
May 9, 1976Annis Pratt"Swiss Cheese, Wormholes, and Talking Bicycles"Tp
May 16, 1976Annis Pratt"Strange Things That Go in a Circular Motion"Tp L8
May 23, 1976 "Final Spring Ritual and Prairie Ceremony"Tp
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
oos = link to order of service
Tp = Cassette tape provided from Mary Lou Diehl collection

Prairie Sunday Programs June 1976 - May 1977

DatePresentersTopicEndnotes
June 19-20, 1976John LewisCanoe trip on Wisconsin River
July 18, 1976 Water Fete and picnic at Davidsons'
Sept. 12, 1976Mike Briggs"Roots"L1
Sept. 19, 1976Avis Parrish and Mike Briggs"No Place Like It"
Sept. 26, 1976Mike Briggs"The People Sing"
Oct. 3, 1976Mike Briggs"The Land & the People"L1
Oct. 8-10, 1976 Retreat at Camp Upham Woods
Oct. 17, 1976John and Laura SmailIndonesian Gamelan Music
Oct. 31, 1976Terri Laurence"Halloween, Holidays and Other Diversions"In
Nov. 7, 1976David Lisman"Our Religious Roots"
Nov. 14, 1976Anne Gaylor"Why Do We Need Freedom from Organized Religion?"
Nov. 21, 1976 Joint Meeting with the Community of John XXIII
Nov. 28, 1976Mike Briggs"Ethical Concerns and the Law"L1
Dec. 5, 1976Warren Hagstrom"The Devil is the Spirit of Gravity: Friedrich Nietzsche Against and for Religion"L2
Dec. 12, 1976Warren Hagstrom"The Decline of the Saturnalia, from Ancient Rome to Contemporary Office Xmas Parties"L2
Dec. 19, 1976 Family Christmas ServiceIn
Dec. 26, 1976George Calden"Varieties of Christmas Music: From Pope Gregory to Odetta"
Jan. 2, 1977David Lisman"Controversial Life Styles"
Jan. 9, 1977Warren Hagstrom"Religion and Social Classes: The Relevance of Karl Marx"L2
Jan. 16, 1977Warren Hagstrom"Four Hindu Holy Men"L2
Jan. 23, 1977Warren Hagstrom"What Does Religion Mean to You? Do You Define Yourself as Religious?"Tp L2
Jan. 31, 1977Warren Hagstrom"Religion and the Decline of Magic: The Relevance of Max Weber"L2
Feb. 6, 1977Warren Hagstrom"Fantasy - Realism - Despair"L2
Feb. 13, 1977Jane Farwell"Fun and Games"
Feb. 20, 1977Lois Hagstrom"Nature and the Americans"L2
Feb. 27, 1977Warren Hagstrom"Music Among Friends: Franz Schubert"L2
March 6, 1977Pat Watkins"Where I Come From is What I Am: Five Generations of a Black Family"L3
April 3, 1977Fred and Ann Seidl"The Human Sexuality Sunday School Curriculum"
April 10, 1977 Family Service and Ceremony to Welcome New Members, Potluck BrunchIn
April 24, 1977Hugh Iltis"Man, Plants, and Land: An Excursion in Latin American Ethno-botany"
May 1, 1977Austin McClendon"Alternatives to Prison"
May 8, 1977Barbara Carson"Ballet Potpourri"
May 14, 1977Betty 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
Tp = Cassette tape provided from Mary Lou Diehl collection

Prairie Sunday Programs June 1977 - May 1978

DatePresentersTopicEndnotes
June 12, 1977 Potluck supper at Carsons' farmIn
June 26, 1977 Potluck lunch with the Sauk City Unitarian fellowshipIn
July 10, 1977 Water party at the Davidsons'In
Aug. 28, 1977 Joint meeting with First Unitarian Society
Sept. 11, 1977David Carson"Ho Chi Minh confronts Woodrow Wilson"L1
Sept. 18, 1977David Carson"Margaret Sanger"L1
Sept. 25, 1977David Lisman"Personal Testimony: Listening to Our Inner Voices"L1
Oct. 2, 1977 Family SundayIn
Oct. 9, 1977David CarsonEugene DebsL1
Oct. 16, 1977 "Voices from the Depression"
Oct. 23, 1977John OhligerService at Upham Woods RetreatIn
Oct. 30, 1977David Carson?Rachel Carson?L1?
Nov. 6, 1977David Lisman"Self-Help Psychologies"L1
Nov. 13, 1977David Carson"Conflict Resolution in Our Prairie U.U. Society"
Nov. 20, 1977Doleta Chapru and Rose Smith"The Smokey Mountian Pioneers"
Nov. 27, 1977David Lisman"Voluntary Simplicity"
Dec. 4, 1977David Carson and panelIdealists Confront Authority: Prairie members speak of their pastsL1
Dec. 11, 1977Warren Hagstrom"J. S. Bach"oos
Dec. 18, 1977David 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, 1978George Calden, Clark Wright EdWards"Zen & the Path from Psychopath to Cyclepath"notes
Jan. 15, 1978Annis Pratt"Aunt Jennifer's Tigers: Embroidery as a Subversive Act"
Jan. 22, 1978 "Prairie Families and Their Music"In
Jan. 29, 1978Norma Briggs"The Texas Convention"
Feb. 5, 1978Arthur Lloyd, John Ohliger"Why Basic Choices?"L2
Feb. 12, 1978Basic Choices"The Search for Intimacy"L2
Feb. 19, 1978Basic Choices"Education and the Corporate State"L2
Feb. 26, 1978 "Prairie Dances"In
March 5, 1978George Cramer"My Turned on Teacher"L3
March 12, 1978Arnie Clay, Theron Caldwell"The Way We Are, Now That We Mention It"L3
March 19, 1978Warren Moon"Akhenaten; Monotheist With a Hidden Agenda"L3
March 26, 1978 Dedication ServiceIn oos
April 2, 1978Rod Stevenson"Social Action and the Church: The Role of UUA"
April 9, 1978Basic Choices"Working (for Pay) - Survival and/or Change?"L2
April 16, 1978Basic Choices"The Big (and Abstract?) Word - Technology"L2
April 23, 1978Basic Choices"The Politics of Response and Change"L2
April 30, 1978Rosemary Dorney"Tenth Anniversary Festival"
May 7, 1978Theron Caldwell"I feel and That's fine!"L3
May 14, 1978 "A Question of Time"
May 21, 1978 Family ProgramIn

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
oos = link to order of service

Prairie Sunday Programs June 1978 - June 1979

DatePresentersTopicEndnotes
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 ParkIn
Sept. 10, 1978Metje Butler, Mary Lou Munts, John Smail, Laura Smail, Lois Hagstrom"Prairie Preview"
Sept. 17, 1978Laura Smail"Distant Places - The Farthest Place"L1
Sept. 24, 1978 "Distant Places - Getting There and Back"L1
Oct. 1, 1978Al Kadushin"Child Abuse as Parenting?"
Oct. 8, 1978Paul Zindell"The Effect of Gamma Rays on Me in the Moon Marigolds"
Oct. 15, 1978Lois Hagstrom"Mexican Revolutionary Prints and Music - and Mexican dancing"L2
Oct. 22, 1978 Upham Woods RetreatIn
Nov. 5, 1978Mike Briggs"The Risks and Joys of the Small Business Owner: Prairie Owners Tell All"
Nov. 12, 1978Fran Remeika, Pat Cautley, Mike Lyman"A Roof Overhead"
Nov. 19, 1978 "The Home Front"
Nov. 26, 1978 "Prairie Foxfire"
Dec. 3, 1978Metje Butler"Design in Everyday Life"L2
Dec. 10, 1978Metje Butler"Six Approaches to Design"L2
Dec. 17, 1978John Smail"Epic"L1
Dec. 24, 1978 Family Christmas ProgramIn
Jan. 7, 1979John Smail"Mysticism"L1
Jan. 14, 1979 Cancelled due to snow
Jan. 21, 1979Laura Smail"Fairy Tales: Where They Came From & Why They Stick Around"L1
Jan. 28, 1979Mary Lou Munts"Time Perspective of the Role of the Legislature and Executive in State Government"L3
Feb. 4, 1979Lee BullenFamily ProgramIn
Feb. 11, 1979Mary Lou Munts"A Legislator's Personel Perspective"L3
Feb. 18, 1979Charles Uphoff"Food for Thought"
March 4, 1979Terri Lawrence"Share a Creation"
March 11, 1979Mary Lou Munts"Lobbyists in the Legislature"L3
March 18, 1979David Lisman"Is Humanism Arrogant?"
March 25, 1979Warren Hagstrom"Give Me That Old-Time Religion - - Pythagoreanism! or: One of My favorite numbers iS u= 1.618034"
April 1, 1979Annis Pratt"Celebrate Lost Authors"
April 8, 1979Lois Hagstrom"Sandro Botticelli --- Renaissance Art, Religion & Magic"L2
April 15, 1979Holly Loring, Eileen NettletonFamily ProgramIn
April 22, 1979Lois Hagstrom"The Nude: A Study of Ideal form in Art"L2
April 29, 1979Julie Bonser"The Moral Dilemma of Welfare"
May 6, 1979Norma Briggs"Today's Wisconsin Law and Marriage"
May 13, 1979Alice BullenFamily ProgramIn
May 20, 1979Jack Jallings"Will You still Love Me When I'm 64"
May 27, 1979 "In Memoriam"
June 3, 1979Mike Briggs"Summer Time Is Comin' In", at the home of Dick and Julie Bonser
June 17, 1979George 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

PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY SERVICES
1979-80
Rod Stevenson: energy and related topics
DateServicePresented byNotes
9/9/79Passing ThroughMike Briggs,
Dodie Chapru
9/16/79Human Prospects in a Post-Industrial SocietyRod Stevenson
9/23/79Generating Inequality: The Distribution of Wealth, Income, and Power- - - Part 1Rod Stevenson
9/30/79Family Day-- Visit to Turville Point
10/7/79Generating Inequality- - - - Part 2Rod Stevenson
10/14/79The Control of Knowledge: In Early America. Part 1Lee Bullen
10/21/79The Control of Knowledge: Part 2Erwin Knoll
10/28/79Upham Woods Retreat
11/4/79Energy Future and Social Choices: Part IRod Stevenson
11/18/79Paths to Renewable EnergyMichael Ducey
11/25/79Times of Feasting, Times of FastingMike BrIggs,
Holly Loring
12/2/79Populist Movements: Democracy in Action: Part 1Rod Stevenson
12/9/79Populist Movements: Democracy in Action: Part 2Rod Stevenson
12/16/79Reflections from a Distant MirrorRod Stevenson
12/23/79Family Program
12/30/79Surprise Program
1/6/80Family Program
1/13/80Energy Actions on the Community LevelRandy Korda
1/20/80Energy as a Feminist lssueClaire Fullenweider
1/27/80Celebration for a New Home
2/3/80Folk Dancing
2/10/80Prairie's Future
2/17/80Death & Dying---Part I
2/24/80Death & Dying---Part II
3/2/80Songbook SundayMike Briggs,
Holly Loring,
Dodie Chapru
3/9/80Dane County Hospice
3/30/80Clara & Robert Schumann: Music & Madness in the FamilyDodie Chapru,
Warren Hagstrom
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4/6/80Go Fly a Kite
4/13/80Seeing Where We Came FromPeter L. Scott
4/20/80Transylvanian UnitariansLajos Biro
4/27/80The First Six Years of Martial Law in the Philippines
5/4/80Dedication of Prairie Meeting House: The Need for RootsMax Gaebler
5/11/80Rembrandt van RijnLois Hagstrom
5/18/80Women and WordsNorma Briggs
5/25/80no program
6/1/80The Consequence of the InconsequentialRobert Hoagland
6/8/80Growing Together: Family Program
6/15/80Cuban RefugeesRuth Calden,
George Calden
6/29/80Dunn's Marsh: Its Ecology & PoliticsMary Mullen,
Ron Johnson
7/6/80On PatriotismDorothy Lee
8/3/80PrisonsJulie Bonser, Betty Jallings
8/10/80Individual Environmental ResponsibilityPat W. Lehman

PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY SERVICES
1980-81
George Calden: Marriage, Music, & Miscellaneous
John Grindrod: Issues Facing Society in the Area of Medicine
Peg Stevenson: family concerns
DateServicePresented by
9/7/80Is Marriage an Alternate Life Style?George Calden
9/14/80For the Love of Pete (Seeger)George Calden
9/21/80Mental Health and Mental IIInessJoyce Feustel
9/28/80The Stigma of Mental IIInessWilliam Lunney
10/5/80What's So Funny About Marriage?George Calden
10/12/80Upham Woods Retreat
10/26/80Community Responsibility for Mental HealthJoyce Feustel,
William Lunney
11/2/80The Crisis Intervention Line
11/9/80Happy Birthday Ludwig (Beethoven)George Calden
11/16/80Heroines and HeroesGeorge Calden
11/23/80Afghanistan: Then and NowWilliam Spangler
11/30/80Sharing With Others- - - Thanksgiving Service
12/7/80Mexico, An Economic OverviewRobert Abbey
12/14/80Program 0n IranDave Zakem
12/28/80Books That Changed Our Lives
1/4/81Some Medical HistoryJohn Grindrod
1/11/81Holistic MedicineAIan Levine
1/18/81Medical EthicsLowell Mays
1/25/81Legal JusticeMike Briggs
2/1/81Slides on KoreaJohn Grindrod,
Shirley Grindrod
2/8/81A Religious Education for All Seasons: Family Service
2/15/81What's Wrong With Medicine?John Grindrod
2/22/81Whither MedicineJohn Grindrod
3/1/81The Crisis in El SalvadorDavid Kaimowitz
3/8/81Families in the 1980's: Research & TheoryPauline Boss
3/15/81Wisconsin & Federal Resources: In Support of Families?Bob Nelson
3/22/81Integration of Family & WorkPeg Stevenson,
Rod Stevenson
3/29/81The Ghost of Families Past and Your Family TodayJim Kerr
4/5/81Wild Maize and Wild MountainsHugh Iltis
4/12/81All Music ProgramMike Briggs
4/19/81Celebration of SpringDodie Chapru,
Pat Cautley
4/26/81The Changing Faces of FamiliesPeg Stevenson
5/3/81How Your Floor Plan Affects Your FamilyJudy Hooper
5/10/81Family Communication WorkshopPeg Stevenson
5/17/81UA Prairie Quilt
5/24/81no program
5/31/81If I Should Die Before I WakeFran Remeika,
John Grindrod,
Dorothy Lee
6/7/81Family ServicePat Cautley,
Aileen Nettleton
6/14/81The Moonie ExperienceJo Vukelich
6/21/81Hopi Summer Solstice CelebrationRachel Siegfried
7/5/81The War PrayerDave Zakem
7/19/81Northern IrelandChuck Eikel
8/2/81New GamesDodie Chapru
8/16/81Wonderful Wetlands in General, Dunn's Marsh in ParticularMary Mullen,
Anne Forbes

PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY SERVICES
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
DateServicePresented by
9/6/81Willmar 8 (a film)
9/13/81Around the WorId OdysseyDave Zakem
9/20/81If You Know Our Language, You Know UsDave Zakem
9/27/81Africa, The Country We Didn't Learn About in SchoolDave Zakem
10/4/81Sufism, the Flowering of IslamDave Zakem
10/11/81The Cultures of IndiaDave Zakem
10/18/81The Troubles in IrelandCharles Fenn
10/25/81Upham Woods Retreat
11/1/81United Nations Celebration
11/8/81Where Have All the Veterans Gone?
11/15/81Turning PointsDave Zakem
11/22/81Words of InspirationDave Zakem
11/29/81Comforting the Pilgrams- - Thanksgiving Service
12/6/81Close Encounters with the Bill of RightsAlice Bullen,
Lee Bullen
12/13/81A Second Look at ReligionAnne Gaylor
12/20/81Festival of Light: Family Service
12/27/81Peace on Earth - - - What We Must DoLes Lyons
1/3/82Press Freedom: Without Exception?Alice & Lee Bullen,
John OhIiger
1/10/82The Right to Bear ArmsLarry GIeasman,
David Couper
1/17/82Excerpts from Inherit the WindPlayreaders
1/24/82Legal JusticeMike Briggs
1/31/82On Keeping a Personal JournalJudy Spring
2/7/82Economic DemocracyWilliam O. Hart
2/14/82Sending a Cosmic Valentine: Family Service
2/21/82E.R.A.Kay Clarenbach
2/28/82The Rights of the AccusedMike Briggs
3/7/82Threats to the Bill of RightsJoel Grossman
3/14/82El Salvador: What We Can DoJudy Strasma
3/21/82Rites of SpringDave Zakem
3/28/82Our ReIigious RootsBarb Park
4/4/82Tchaikovsky: An All-Music ServiceWarren Hagstrom
4/11/82Are We Religious?Barb Park
4/18/82Are There Closet Christians in Our Midst?Barb Park
4/25/82History of UU Movement in AmericaLionel Barker
5/2/82Kites for Everyone- - - Family ServicePeg Stevenson
5/9/82Disagreements that Divide UsBarb Park
5/16/82Play: "Judgement of Time: Four Voices of Feminism from the 19th Century"
5/23/82Our Religious Linguistic LuggageBarb Park
5/30/82"An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge"- - - Family film
6/6/82Family Service
6/27/82Folk MusicMac Robertson
7/4/82Thomas JeffersonDave Zakem
7/11/82Living SingleDave Zakem
7/25/82UUA United Nations OfficeJim Olson
8/8/82A Compassionate Peace in the Middle EastAmerican Friends ServIce CommIttee
8/15/82Cue-in on Design in Everyday LifeMetje Butler
8/22/82The Earth is One Country: Unity in the B'hai FaithPaul & Ellie Jacobi
8/29/82Expressions of Creativity and Provocation

PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY SERVICES
1982-83
Bob West: Contemporary Problems in American Society
Shirley Grindrod: Aging
Mary Mullen: The Environment, Ecology, and the E-way
DateServicePresented by
9/12/82Science, Humanism, FeminismBob West
9/19/82Abortion: The Ethical QuestionsMarci Bradley
9/26/82An Insider's View of the History & Culture of the PhilippinesGina Cowell
10/3/82WICCA: Life-Affirming Witch-Craft and its Relevance TodaySelena Fox,
Jim Alan
10/10/82Sociobiology - - - A Feminist CritiqueRuth Bleier
10/17/82Upham Woods Retreat
10/24/82Multi-Lateral RelationshipsJoan Constantine,
Larry Constantine
10/31/82What Scares You: Family Program
11/7/82Mobilization for Animal RightsMarty Drapkin
11/14/82Men's LiberationMichael Biernbaum,
Patrick duCharme
11/21/82Coming Apart; Divorces and Other Painful SeparationsDorothy Wetherby
11/28/82World Hunger: Impossible to End Using Our Present MethodsDave Zakem
12/5/82Men and FeminismMichael Biernbaum,
Patrick duCharme
12/12/82Alternative Ways of Growing 0ldShirley Grindrod
12/19/82Christmas Service
12/26/82Sing Out the Old - - Dance in the NewMike Briggs,
Ethnic Impurities
1/2/83Nuclear Free ZonesSam Day
1/9/83The Rights/Rites of AgeShirley Grindrod
1/16/83Celebration of New Lives and OldDorothy Wetherby
1/23/83Community Options ProgramThomas A. Fisher
1/30/83The Equal Opportunities LawMartha Fineman,
Shirley Price-Marcus
2/6/83Aging Programs in Partnership with OthersMarguita Fox
2/13/83Danger WordsDave Zakem
2/20/83Legal Aspects in AgingDeborah Kennedy
2/27/83Artificial Aids to Sustaining LifeMargaret Newton
3/6/83Housing Choices for the Elderly
3/13/83Social Problems of AgingVivian Wood
3/20/83Our Attitudes Toward the Elderly
3/27/83UUA Purposes & Principles: Should They Change With the Times?Barb Park
4/3/83Sanctuary DiscussionLes Lyons,
Barb Park
4/10/83Many Connections: Oak Leaves, Pussy Willows & YouMary Mullen
4/17/83Preserving Nature's TrailsPhillip Lewis,
David Wallner,
Mary Mullen
4/24/83The End of a TrailPhillip Salkin
5/1/83The Circle: Native American Religion & Land UseBrent Haglund
5/8/83The Issue of Phosphorous in Wisconsin WatersBob West
5/15/83Knowing by Hearing: Bird Songs & Frog SongsMary Mullen.
Marian Moran
5/22/83Recognition Day
5/29/83Making a Livable Urban EnvironmentJohn Proctor
6/5/83Keeping the World Safe for Predators & Bringing the Cranes BackJan Petrie
6/19/83In Celebration of NatureMary Mullen
6/26/83On Social HumanismFindley Campbell
7/10/83Unitarian Summer CampsRuth & George Calden,
Jacob Haum,
Les Lyons
7/17/83Nicaragua TodayMirette Siereg
7/24/83The Story of Amos & Sanctuary for Refugees from El SalvadorLes Lyons,
Barb Park,
Amos Arismendi
7/31/83Games New and OldDodie Chapru
8/7/83Wisconsin State Policy on Forest LandsGeorge Hall

PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY SERVICES
1983-84
Marty Drapkin: Criminal Justice System
Lois & Warren Hagstrom: Music & Art
Diane Worzalla: History of feminist Issues
DateServicePresented byNotes
9/4/83Second Annual Banned FiIm Festival
9/11/83Blue Knights In MadtownMarty Drapkin
9/18/83Girls in Trouble: Offenders or Victims?Patricia Warner
9/25/83Criminals and Sinners Among Us?Marty Drapkin,
Bob West
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10/2/83.Just Deserts: The Criminal Sentencing ProcessJudge Mark Frankel
10/9/83Upham Woods Retreat
10/16/83Prisons: Life in the Big HouseGeorge Smullen
10/23/83Around the World in 60 Minutes
10/30/83Prisons: The Inmate Perspective
11/6/83Women Offenders: A Psychological PerspectiveJoy A. Kenworthy
11/13/83Prostitution: A Day in the LifeFai DeMark,
Iris Christensen
11/20/83Wrap-UpMarty Drapkin
11/27/83MichelangeloI was a Univenalist (More or Less)Lois & Warren Hagstrom
12/4/83Deck the Halls - - - - Family Service
12/11/83Mozart: Music in the familyWarren & Lois Hagstrom f_ oos
12/18/83Christmas/Winter Solstice CelebrationErin Boschf_
1/1/84Does the Future Lie Ahead?George Calden
1/8/84Nature, Art & The Americas: The Hudson River Valley School of PaintingLois Hagstrom
1/15/84William Blake, Poet and ArtistLois Hagstrom.
Mary Mullen
1/22/84William Blake's Book of JobLois Hagstrom
1/29/84Mexican Revolution - - - Prints & MusicLois Hagstrom
2/5/84Music Among Friends: Franz SchubertWarren Hagstromf_ oos
2/12/84Valentine's DaySusie Drapkin,
Ruth Calden,
2/19/84Ethical & Spiritual Values in Rock MusicBob West
2/26/84Dimitri Shostakovich: Music, Revolution & TyrannyWarren Hagstromf_ oos
3/4/84Final ChoicesMary Lou Munts,
Arnoldus Goudsmit,
Rick Ruecking,
Marybeth Plane
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3/11/84From Different TraditionsDiane Worzalla
3/18/84The Use.& Abuse of Historical Tradition:The Irish ExampleDiane Worzalla
3/25/84Welcome Spring - - - Family Service
4/1/84Our Ethnic HeritageDiane Worzalla
4/8/84Bob, Belle, & JessieDiane Worzalla
4/15/84One Man Looks at His Jewish HeritageMichael Wiedenf_
4/22/84Easter Service: Intergenerational
4/29/84Report on Trip to Texas/Mexico BorderMary Mullenf_
5/6/84Rituals, Liturgies, CeremoniesDiane Worzallaf_
5/20/84Recognition SundayLynda Lewis
6/3/84A Thousand~'lile:3 on Wisconsin's Ice Age TrailGary Werner
6/10/84Something About BreadMike Briggs
7/1/84Patriotism and Ambivalence: A Living ConstitutionRosemary Dorney
7/8/84Impressions of NicaraguaNanCheney,
Dan DiPiazza
7/22/84How Do You Say It: America DialectsJoan Hallf_
7/29/84Making It On Our 0wnRachel Siegfriedf_
8/5/84Summer ConcertWarren Park,
Mike Briggs,
Joe Laurence
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8/12/84General Assembly ReportBarb Park,
Les Lyons,
Neal Ewers

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oos = link to order of service

PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY SERVICES
1984-85
Les Lyons: music, peace, Bertrand Russell
Geoff Bonser, Marty Drapkin, David McKee: The Male Experience
Doleta Chapru: The Many Faces of Madison
DateServicePresented byNotes
9/2/84Walking- - The Agony & the Ecstacy
9/9/84The WorId We WantLes Lyons
9/16/84Remembering Bertrand RussellLes Lyons
9/23/84Cultures of the Andes: Ancient &.ModernDave Zakemf_
9/30/84Are Music & Religion Strange Bedfellows?Ellsworth Snyder,
Les Lyons,
Susan Chapman
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10/7/84Canada's October Crisis, 1970Les Lyonsf_
10/14/84Upham Woods Retreat
10/21/84The U.N.: Our Best Hope for a Peaceful WorldLes Lyons
10/28/84Where Have All the UU's Gone? Decline & Growth in the UUALes Lyons
11/4/84GrowthCarol Rufton
11/11/84The Great War, My Father & MeLes Lyons
11/18/84Thanksgiving Service
11/25/84Why a Woman Minister?panelf_
12/2/84The Year 2025, Peace on Earth: The First 10 YearsLes Lyons,
Dave Langland
12/9/84Are There Men's Issues?Geoff Bonser,
David McKee,
Rick Ruecking
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12/16/84Male Messages: Growing Up MaleIan Harrisf_
12/23/84Holiday Programf_
12/30/84The Effect of Pornography on ManDan Linzf_
1/6/85Work Roles: "When the Going Gets Tough"Dan Langland
1/13/85William Carlos Williams: PoetNancy Hartogf_
1/20/85Violence and AggressionDan Saunderf_
1/27/85Fathers and Parenting
2/3/85Artistic Presentations: By & About Menf_
2/10/85Valentine's Day
2/17/85Central Midwest District Executive, What The Denomination Is and DoesDenise Tracyf_
2/24/85Beyond The Cage: Androgency & LiberationDavid McKee,
John Ohliger
3/3/85The Future: Where Do We Go From Here?
3/10/85Refugees: Past, Present & FutureMariellen Kuehn,
Harry Kuehn
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3/17/85Discovering 0urselves AgainIlda Thomasf_
3/24/85Winnebago History & Contemporary IssuesJanice Beaudinef_
3/31/85Cultural Survival: Breaking the Hidden Cycle of Cultural DestructionDave Zakem,
Lance Green
4/7/85Flower CommunionRachel Siegfried,
Elisabeth Jones
4/14/85"Toughing It Out" on the Colorado PlainsDoleta Chapruf_
4/21/85Adult Day Programs for Madison's Emotionally Disabled PeopleDoleta Chapru,
Marcus McCoy
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4/28/85From the Belly of the Whale: Saga of a Black FamilyPat Watkinsf_
5/5/85Prairie CreatorsDoleta Chapru, membersf_
5/12/85Madison Adults Learn to ReadJudy Spring,
Lois Schwab
5/19/85Recognition Sunday
6/2/85Coming Of AgeRosemary Dorneyf_
6/16/85About QuakersDoleta Chapru,
Mary Mullen,
Joanne Elder,
Bettina B)orksten
6/23/85Quakerstyle Service
7/7/85Spiritual Bridges to PeaceLance Green,
Rod Stevenson
7/14/85Socially Responsible InvestingDoleta Chapru,
Paul Olson
8/4/85Last Night I Had The Strangest DreamJudy Spring,
Fredericka Schilling.
Mary Mullen
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8/11/85Beyond PrairieCinda LaMar,
Elisabeth Jones,
Les Lyons
8/18/85You AIready Know the WayDavid McKee,
John Ohliger,
Nancy Ohliger
8/25/85How Shall We Grow?Lynda Lewis,
Carol Ives,
Bob Nelson,
Linda Nelson,
Betty Jallings

f_ = full service recording available on request

PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY SERVICES
1985-86
Elisabeth Jones: Spirituality & Intellect
Judy Spring: Unanswered Questions
Marty Drapkin and Pat Watkins: Working
DateServicePresented byNotes
9/8/85What is Spirituality?Elisabeth Jonesf_
9/15/85Transpersonal Psychology: A New Paradigm of MindElisabeth Jones,
Beth Wortzel,
Jim Powell
9/22/85Connections: The Earth, The People, The UniverseElisabeth Jonesf_
9/29/85Unanswered Questions- - Why Do We Keep Looking for Answers?Judy Springf_
10/6/85When Will Prejudice End? or You've Got To Be Carefully TaughtJudy Spring
Doleta Chapru
Fredericka Schilling
Pat Watkins
David Lake
Shirley Grindrod
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10/13/85What Time Is It?Judy Springf_
10/20/85Upham Woods Retreat
10/27/85Life After 40 For the United NationsPat Cautleyf_
11/3/85Whaddya Wanna Be When You Grow Up?Marty Drapkinf_
11/10/85Is Work Satisfying?Marty Drapkin,
Martha Fineman,
Gerald Beroldi,
Pat Watkins
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11/17/85Life Without WorkPat Watkins,
Doleta Chapru,
Jack Jallings,
Rachel Siegfried,
Marty Drapkin
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11/24/85Celebration of Thanks for LifeMary Beth O'Halloranf_
12/1/85Cancelled- - -due to SNOW
12/8/85Sound & Silence: The Tuning of the WorldElisabeth Jones,
Neal Ewers
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12/15/85Close Encounters: The Rationalist & The MysticElisabeth Jonesf_
12/22/85A Season for CelebrationMary Mullen,
Fredericka Schilling,
Anne Forbes
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12/29/85Get Rid Of that GuiltMarty Drapkinf_
1/5/86Back to the FuturePat Watkinsf_
1/12/86Sanctuary RefugeeJose Riva,
Leslie Rothaus
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1/19/86I'll Be Late Again, HoneyMarty Drapkinf_
1/26/86Reproductive Rights- - No Easy ChoiceBarbara Kavadios,
Mary Mullen,
Shirley Czoschke,
Fredericka Schilling
2/2/86A Celebration of the SunJudy Springf_
2/9/86Valentine's Intergenerational Love StoryAlice Bullen,
Mary Beth O'Halloran
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2/16/86What Comes Next? On Death & Dying & Its Effects on the LivingJudy Springf_
2/23/86Where Does Creativity Come From?Judy Spring,
Christopher McKee,
Bob West,
Annis Pratt
3/2/86Gaia: The Living EarthAnne Forbes,
Jim Lorman
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3/9/86Lights, Camera, Action--Spirituality in Sports, Dance, MartiaI ArtsElisabeth Jones,
Mary Mullen,
Norma Briggs,
David McKee,
Phillip Zarrilli
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3/16/86Experiments in U.U. RitualElisabeth Jonesf_
3/23/86What Does Liberal Religion Mean?Elisabeth Jonesf_
3/30/86Rainbows and RenewaIJudy Springf_
4/6/86Science & Religion: Personal ConnectionsElisabeth Jones,
Lance Green
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4/13/86Comes a VolunteerPat Watkinsf_
4/20/86Uncle Sam Doesn't Want You: One Woman's Struggle to Rejoin the ArmyMiriam Ben Shalomf_
4/27/86UU Service Committee----What We are DoingLee Bullenf_
5/4/86What's on the Minds of Young Adults?Judy Spring,
Channing Murray
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5/11/86Where Are The Answers?Judy Springf_
5/18/86A U.U. Home CompanionGordon Gibsonf_
6/1/86Recognition Sunday
6/8/86Work & Song in LiteraturePat Watkins,
Mike Briggs,
Barb James,
Joe Lawrence
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6/22/86The Printer & The BossLee Bullen,
7/13/86From Pogo to ToscaElisabeth Jonesf_
7/20/86Building Bridges With the Soviet Union through Children's ArtAnn Stoll
8/3/86Come CeIebrate PeaceLori Bose
8/10/86Growing PainsCinda LaMar,
Lynda Lewis
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8/24/86"We Affirm and Promote"Gordon Gibsonf_
8/31/86Violence and Non-Violence in Central AmericaChris Smithf_

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PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY SERVICES
1986-87
Barb James: Bureaucracy; A Deeper look
Carolyn DeJoie: Tackling Tough Topics
George Calden: Eight Who Dared
DateServicePresented byNotes
9/7/86The Gospel According to Woody AllenGeorge Calden
9/14/86The Liberation Theology of Father CarneyGeorge Caldenf_
9/21/86Barbara Savage: Around the World on a BicycleGeorge Caldenf_
9/28/86Prairie People - - - Who Are We? Warren Hagstrom
10/5/86A Refusenick Trapped in the Soviet UnionGeorge Caldenf_
10/12/86Upham Woods Retreat
10/19/86Covenant for a Nuclear - Free SocietyAnne Forbes
10/26/86Me and EleanorRachel Siegfriedf_
11/2/86Margaret Mead, One Who DaredPat Cautley
11/9/86Woodie Guthrie Or "I Ain't Gonna Be Treated Thisa-Way"George Calden
11/16/86Rediscovering the Power of the TheaterTed Swetzf_
11/23/86Intergenerational Servlce -- Rite of Passage
11/30/86Dare When the Night is DarkestAnnis Prattf_
12/7/86Introducing the Musical BureaucracyBarbara Jamesf_
12/14/86Is This Bureaucracy Necessary?Barbara Jamesf_
12/21/86A U. U. Christmasf_
12/28/86We Have Met the Bureaucrat, and He is UsBarbara Jamesf_
1/4/87Resolutions for 1987f_
1/11/87If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus: Intergenerational Servicef_
1/18/87Politicians & BureaucratsStanley Yorkf_
1/25/87Bureaucracy, Inside and OutBarbara James
2/1/87Global Theology in a Pluralistic AgeSunrit Mullickf_
2/8/87Humanizing the WorkplaceBarbara Jamesf_
2/15/87Elm Farm Ollie Day CelebrationsBarbara Jamesf_
2/22/87A Liberal Mens' Agenda for the 1980'sJim Novakf_
3/1/87Tackling Tough Topics - - - ParapsychologyCarolyn Dejoie,
Walter Uphoff
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3/8/87Tackling Tough Topics - - - GamblingCarolyn Dejoie,
Fred Risser,
Debra Jenkins
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3/15/87Tackling Tough Topics - - - Holistic HealthCarolyn Dejoie,
Alan Levine
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3/22/87Handel's BirthdayWarren Hagstromf_ oos
3/29/87Tackling Tough Topics - - - Homeless & HungryCarolyn Dejoie,
Clare Stapleton-Concord
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4/5/87Tackling Tough Topics - - - AIDS and HIV InfectionCarolyn Dejoie,
Dennis Maki
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4/12/87Forum on Race RelationsAngela Ramirez-Silva,
Alan Caldwell
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4/19/87Intergenerational Easter Service
4/26/87Addictive BehavioursMort Pearlmutter,
Liz Briskin
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5/3/87A Doctor's Experience in AfricaCynthia Haqf_
5/10/87Aging in AmericaCarol Ryfff_
5/17/87Aging: The Best is Yet to Be?f_
5/31/87Time Marches On: Intergenerational Servicef_
6/7/87Freedom and CommunityMax Gaebler
6/21/87Reflections on the Church Next Doorgroup discussionf_
6/28/87Living with Religious DifferencesCarla Blum-Aslam,
Sahail Aslam
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8/9/87Of Patriotism, Soldiers and WarPat Watkinsf_
8/16/87Report on Little Rock General AssemblyCinda LaMar,
Lynda Lewis
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8/30/87Words from Behind Barsf_

f_ = full service recording available on request
oos = link to order of service

PRAIRIE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY SERVICES
1987 - 88

Lynda Lewis: Children of Change
Lance Green: A Humanist Search for Religion
Julie Bonser: Alcoholism / UU Concept of Evil
DateServicePresented byNotes
9/6/87Remembering Our TeachersDorothy Wetherbyf_
9/13/87Peace EconomicsRobert Reuschleinf_
9/20/87Locking up ChildrenLynda Lewisf_ broken tape
9/27/87Report Card --- Educating Every Child?Lynda Lewisf_
10/4/87ChiIdren Don't WaitFrankie Fullerf_
10/11/87Upham Woods Retreat
10/18/87What Will I Be? : Finding One's Self at an Early AgeBetty Franklinf_
10/25/87United Nation's Celebration: Intergenerational Servicef_ In oos
11/1/87Spirits of Renewal --- Prairie Passages.f_
11/8/87Growing Up in Modern AfricaMichael Afolayanf_
11/15/87Children As Oracles of ChangeTerry Krausef_
11/22/87The Puzzle of Pondering Prairie PeopleKristy Spring,
David Stevenson.
Geoff Bonser
11/29/87Prairie: Past, Present and FutureRuth Caldenf_
12/6/87Searching for ReligionLance Greenf_
12/13/87What is Secular Humanism?Lance Greenf_
12/20/87Christmas Intergenerational Servicef_ In
1/3/88Exploring Unitarian PrincipIesLance Green
1/10/88A SeIf-Conversion to SecularismDan Barkerf_
1/17/88The Dream Today --- It Still Ain't Easy: Intergenerational Servicef_ In
1/24/88Our Larger Religious CommunityScotty Meek
1/31/88Religion: Legalities and LimitsRichard Jacobsonf_
2/7/88'Prairie ReIigion' In a MirrorLance Greenf_
2/14/88Scrooge 0n Valentine's DayKristy Springf_
2/21/88Humanism Through Religious EyesLance Green,
Richard Schoenherr,
David McKee
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2/28/88Ecological Humanism --- Love is All You NeedLance Green
3/6/88Hitler On Trial: Was He Human?Julie Bonser,
Norma Briggs,
Dave Johnson
3/13/88Poisonous Pedagogy vs. Non-Violent TeachingAnnis Pratt,
Laura Leigh Rampey
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3/20/88Who Knows What Evil Lurks Within The Heart? The Shadow Knows Julie Bonserf_
3/27/88There are Those too GentleChanning Murrayf_
4/3/88Intergenerational ServiceDorothy WetherbyIn
4/10/88The Violenee of 0ur KnowledgeParker Palmerf_
4/17/88Do You Remember Your First Drink?Julie Bonserf_
4/24/88Bewitched, Bothered and BewilderedJulie Bonserf_
5/1/88Stephen Foster: From Pittsburg to BellevueWarren Hagstromf_ oos
5/8/88Let the Sunshine InJulie Bonserf_
5/15/88Somewhere, Over the RainbowJulie Bonserf_
5/22/88Recognition Sunday: Musical Tribute to Some Special Prairie People
6/5/88Iroquois Religion: The False Face SocietyEric Hagstrom
6/12/88PerestroikaLee Bullenf_

f_ = full service recording available on request
oos = link to order of service

Prairie Sunday Programs Summer 1988

DatePresenterEvent
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, 1988Warren Hagstrom  "Singing Together" at Garner Park, outdoor games, potluck lunch
Sept. 25, 1988DickBonser  "Wrestle With the Wind- - -Go Fly A Kite"

Prairie Sunday Programs 1988 - 1989

DatePresentersTopicEndnotes/
Order of Service
Oct. 2, 1988Al Nettleton"If I Could Clone You UU"
Oct. 9, 1988Al Nettleton"Going to the Sources: An Introduction to UU Principles"oos
Oct. 16, 1988Al Nettleton"Inherent Worth and Dignity: UU PrincipIe #1"oos
Oct. 23, 1988Upham Woods Retreat
Oct. 30, 1988Al Nettleton"Justice, Equity and Compassion in Human Relations"oos
Nov. 6, 1988Al Nettleton"Acceptance of One Another and Encouragement of Spiritual Growth in Our Congregations"oos
Nov. 13, 1988Warren Hagstrom"Can the famiIy Be a Model for Morality in the Larger Society?"
Nov. 20, 1988Al Nettleton"A free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning"oos
Nov. 27, 1988Lee BullenPrairie's Own "Hyde Park Speakers' Corner"
Dec. 4, 1988Al Nettleton"The Freedom to Say "YES" Even if Everyone Else Says "NO""oos
Dec. 11, 1988Al Nettleton"The Hope for One World United, Living in Peace/with Freedom and Fairness for Everyone"oos
Dec. 18, 1988Intergenerational Holiday Service
Jan. 8, 1989Al Nettleton"The Interdependence of All Living Things"oos
Jan. 15, 1989Pat Watkins"White Women, Black Men, Brown Children"Tp
Jan. 22, 1989Mary Mullen"Japan and Us: Deep Differences - and Similarities?"Tp oos
Jan. 29, 1989Mary Mullen, Sally Henshaw, Wu Weidong"East Asia --- Myths and Reality"Tp
Feb. 6, 1989Mary Mullen, Sally Henshaw"Making Peace with the East"Tp
Feb. 12, 1989"A Kinder, Gentler Valentine's Day"Tp
Feb. 19, 1989Mary Mullen, Warren Hagstrom, Max Gaebler, Charles and Hermine Davidson, Jack Jallings, Lee Bullen, Al and Aileen Nettleton, Dick and Julie Bonser, Bob Park, Anne Urbanski, and Donna Murdock"Prairie: Past, Present, and Future" (re-dedication of the Meeting House)Tp oos
Feb. 26, 1989Warren Hagstrom"Can a Secular Humanist Love Cats?"oos
March 5, 1989 Malcolm Williamson"The Glorious Revolution of 1688 & Religious Freedom"Tp
March 12, 1989Norma Briggs"Children's Rights vs Parent's Rights"Tp
March 19, 1989Annie Laurie Gaylor"Blind Spots"Tp
March 26, 1989Anne Pryor"Rise and Shine: Easter Intergenerational Service"Tp
April 2, 1989John Ohliger"If Learning Never Ends, Does Living Ever End?"Tp
April 9, 1989Dan Wikler"The Ethics of Rationing Health Care"Tp
April 16, 1989Sue Hensel"Introducing Amnesty International"Tp
April 23, 1989Diane Greenley, Robert Mohelnitzke"The Stigma of MentaI Illness"Tp
April 30, 1989Denny Caneff"Rural Wisconsin"Tp
May 7, 1989Channing-Murray"Hope for the Flowers"Tp
May 14, 1989Rory Nelson, Diane Derouen, Mary Mullen, Aileen Nettleton, Ruth Calden, George Calden, Brent Haglund, Elizabeth Alexander"In Celebration of Prairies" (Linking Place and PrincipIe - A Prairie Landscape for Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society)Tp oos
May 21, 1989"Celebrating Transitions: Intergenerational Service"
June 4, 1989Clarence Kailin"What's the Future of Socialism?"Tp
June 11, 1989Sally Franz"A Non-Violent Terrorist Prepares for the 21st Century"
June 18, 1989Madison CUUP"Father Sun's Day: Ra! Ra! Ra! (Summer Solstice)"Tp
June 25, 1989Van R. Potter"Global Bioethics"Tp
July 16, 1989Warren Hagstrom."Bastille Day Service"Tp
July 23, 1989Social Action Committee"Texas Border Update: Needs & Opportunities"Tp
July 30, 1989Social Action Committee"El Salvador:The Forgotten War"Tp

oos = link to order of service
Tp = recorded on audio cassette.

Prairie Sunday Programs in 1989 - 1992 with audio tapes or orders of service

DatePresentersTopicEndnotes/
Order of Service
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, 1989Warren Hagstrom"Does Religion Have Any Redeeming Value?"L1 Tp
Sept. 17, 1989Warren Hagstrom"Can a U-U Be a Christian?"L1 Tp
Sept. 24, 1989Warren Hagstrom"St. Paul and Power"L1 Tp
Oct. 1, 1989Warren Hagstrom"Bible Stories-Good, Bad, and Awful"L1 Tp
Oct. 8, 1989Malcolm Williamson and Deb Servia"Palestine, Israel, & the Intifada"Tp
Oct. 22, 1989Pat Cautley, Norma and Michael Briggs"The U.N.-A Toothless Giant?"Tp
Oct. 29, 1989Warren Hagstrom"The Devil is the Spirit of Gravity-Through Him All Things Fall"L1 Tp
Nov. 5, 1989Warren Hagstrom"The Politics of Original Sin"L1 Tp
Nov. 12, 1989Richard Ringler"A Personal View of Buddhism"Tp
Nov. 19, 1989Warren Hagstrom"U-U's and Other Denominations - Are We Still All that Different?"Tp
Nov. 26, 1989Julie Bonser"The Fruits of Our Labor", an intergenerational Thanksgiving serviceTp
Dec. 3, 1989Anne Pryor"No War Toys"Tp
Dec. 10, 1989Mary Mullen and Fredericka Schilling"Sounds Suspiciously Like Homophobia to Me"Tp
Dec. 17, 1989Mary Mullen and Fredericka Schilling"Better Gay than Grumpy-But what about the rest of the family?"Tp
Jan. 7, 1990Rick Ruecking"Prairie-Year 2000: Resolutions For the Next Decade"Tp
Jan. 14, 1990Mary Mullen and Fredericka Schilling"Dark Days and Dawn: Not a Straight History"Tp
Jan. 21, 1990Mary Mullen and Fredericka Schilling"'We Are a Gentle, Angry People', But Are We Ready To Be a Welcoming Congregation?"Tp
Jan. 28, 1990Sam 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, 1990Orange Schroeder"These Are a Few of My Favorite Things"L2 Tp
Feb. 18, 1990Orange Schroeder"Out of Our Hands"L2 Tp
Feb. 25, 1990Mike Briggs"Good Times Music"L2 Tp
March 4, 1990Channing-Murray Students"Transylvania and Back: A Journey of Religious Freedom"Tp
March 11, 1990Ted Swetz"The Play's the Thing"L2 Tp
March 18, 1990Social Action Committee"Sharing a Vision of Justice - UUSC's 50th Anniversary"Tp
March 25, 1990Mike and Norma Briggs"Women, Men, and Machines"L3 Tp
April 1, 1990Matt Joseph"The Automobile: Boon, Bane, or a Bit of Both?"Tp
April 8, 1990Peg Stevenson"Window From the West: A foreigner's view of Japan"Tp
April 15, 1990Mike and Norma Briggs"The Dodo and the Easter Bunny", an intergenerational serviceL3 Tp
April 22, 1990Mike and Norma Briggs"The Death of the Worker"L3 Tp
April 29, 1990Mike and Norma Briggs"When Shall We Pull the Plug on Grandma?"L3 Tp
May 6, 1990Mike and Norma Briggs"Techno-Cops"L3 Tp
May 13, 1990Mike and Norma Briggs"Who Owns Life?"L3 Tp
May 20, 1990Erin Bosch"Transitions: Celebrating Our Prairie Community"Tp
June 3, 1990George Calden"A Prairie Stir Fry"Tp
June 10, 1990Julie Bonser"Sacred Space, Holy Ground"Tp
June 17, 1990Mike Briggs"People of the Book"Tp
July 1, 1990Chuck Irish"Who Really Runs the World?"Tp
July 15, 1990Marcia and Dave Johnson"Peace Corps Work in Paraguay"Tp
Aug. 12, 1990Ruth Gibson"Life-span Religious Education"Tp
Aug. 26, 1990Irwin Knoll"The Gulf Crisis: A New Perspective"Tp
Sept. 9, 1990Orton Gray"The Bright Side of Death"L4 Tp
Sept. 16, 1990Orton Gray"The Fear of Being Dead"L4 Tp
Sept. 23, 1990Orton Gray"Madison AIDS Support Network"L4 Tp
Sept. 30, 1990Orton Gray"Hospice Care"L4 Tp
Oct. 14, 1990Orton Gray and Rachel Siegfried"Final Choices: Living Wills, Burial Options, Costs"L4 Tp
Oct. 21, 1990Orie Loucks"Lifeboat Ethics"Tp
Oct. 28, 1990Orton Gray"Bereavement"L4 Tp
Nov. 4, 1990Peg Stevenson"Unplug the Christmas Machine"Tp
Nov. 11, 1990Annis Pratt and Ruth Calden"The Magical Child and the Art of Birdwatching"Tp
Nov. 18, 1990Annis Pratt"Prairiemonies: A Reprise and Farewell"Tp
Dec. 2, 1990Middle school class"Afterlife: What Do You Believe?"Tp
Dec. 9, 1990Mark Wagler"Personal Growth Through Storytelling"Tp
Dec. 16, 1990Mark Wagler"Building a Community With Stories"Tp
Dec. 23, 1990Mike and Norma BriggsIntergenerational Holiday ServiceTp
Dec. 30, 1990Jean Matos"Making Books", an intergenerational serviceTp
Jan. 6, 1991Al Nettleton"Prairie Resolve"Tp
Jan. 13, 1991Roger Faulkner"Hidden Issues in the Environmental Policy Debate"Tp
Jan. 20, 1991Mary Mullen and Julie BonserMartin Luther King - intergenerational serviceTp
Jan. 27, 1991Robert Willoughby"Homelessness"Tp
Feb. 3, 1991Lee Bullen"Freedom of Conscience in America"Tp
Feb. 10, 1991Elizabeth AlexanderValentine's Day serviceTp
Feb. 17, 1991Bill Robbins and Michelle Honore"'Results' World Summit for Children"Tp
Feb. 24, 1991Lee Bullen"Adventures in Conscience"Tp
March 10, 1991Al Nettleton and Rosemarie Lester"The Music of Kurt Weill"Tp
March 17, 1991Middle school class"First Amendment Rights"Tp
March 31, 1991Orange Schroeder"Family Spring Celebration"Tp
April 7, 1991Mark Wagler"Where Do I Fit In?: Stories of Being Outsiders"Tp
April 14, 1991Ann Forbes and Jim Lorman"Sharing the Commons: Use and Misuse of Natural Resources"L5 Tp
April 28, 1991Marsha Huemoeller"The Head Start Program"Tp
May 5, 1991Prairie middle schoolers"Role Models"Tp
May 12, 1991Erin Bosch"Transitions Sunday"Tp
May 19, 1991Douglas Strong"For My Eyes Only: on Censorship"Tp
June 2, 1991Beth 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, 1991John Grindrod, Rachel Siegfried and Beverly Theilman"The Business of Dying: A Graceful Exit"Tp
Aug. 11, 1991Karen Gross"Essays About Early Religious Thinking"Tp
Aug. 25, 1991Warren Hagstrom"Celebrating Our German Free Thought Heritage" (joint program with the Free Congregation of Sauk County)
Sept. 8, 1991Scott Savage"An Exploration of Spirituality"L6 Tp
Sept. 15, 1991Scott Savage"Another Perspective on Spirituality"L6 Tp
Sept. 22, 1991Warren Hagstrom"Spirituality and its Antithesis"Tp
Sept. 29, 1991Melinda P.?"Native American Spirituality"L6 Tp
Oct. 13, 1991Julie Bonser"The Stigma of Mental Illness"Tp
Nov. 10, 1991Warren Hagstrom"In Celebration of the Life and Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)"Tp oos
Nov. 24, 1991Lynette Delgado"Gandhi and Eco-feminism"Tp
Dec. 8, 1991Cindy Haq"Reflections on a Year In Pakistan"Tp
Dec. 15, 1991Marty Drapkin"Prairie Photographers"Tp
Jan. 12, 1992Annie Booth"Loving Life: Ecofeminst and Native American Perspectives"Tp
Jan. 19, 1992 "Celebrating America's Black Heritage in Story and Song"Tp
Jan. 26, 1992Judy Skog"Abortion: Is It a Life or a Potential Life?"Tp
Feb. 2, 1992John Patrick Hunter"The Bill of Rights"Tp
Feb. 9, 1992Pat Watkins"It's Love that Makes the World Go Round", intergenerational serviceTp
Feb. 16, 1992Dave Riley"The Role of Social Support In Our Lives"L7 Tp
March 1, 1992Peg Barratt"Programs that Provide Personal Support"L7 Tp
March 15, 1992Dave Zakem"Mayan Art and Culture, Past and Present"Tp
March 22, 1992Peg Barratt"Our Ties To Nature" intergenerational serviceL7 Tp
April 12, 1992Michael Schuler"Unitarian Universalist Haven't Got a Prayer"Tp
April 19, 1992Susan Hagstrom and Metje Butler"The Flowers that Bloom In the Spring, Tra-la", an intergenerational serviceTp
April 26, 1992Peg Barratt"Let Us Reach Out to Touch and Be One With the Natural World, and With One Another"L7 Tp
May 31, 1992Shirley and John Grindrod  "Mission to Moscow"Tp
June 14, 1992Ruth Gibson"Pentecostal Revival"Tp
June 21, 1992Mike Briggs"Life Without Father"Tp
July 5, 1992Erwin Knoll"Patriots and Scoundrels"Tp
July 12, 1992Jean Feraca"Not Just a Way to Make a Living: Why I Like My Job"Tp
July 19, 1992Julie Bonser"Building the Global Village: A Report from General Assembly"
Aug. 2, 1992David Clarenbach"Who Needs Congress?"
Aug. 9, 1992Channing Murray students"Women Ministers"
Aug. 16, 1992Ada Deer"Who Needs Congress?"
Aug. 30, 1992Mike Briggs"Making a Poem"
Sept. 20, 1992Michael Fox"Old Testament Woman: A New View"Tp
Oct. 4, 1992Hugh Danforth"Columbus - Myth and Reality"Tp
Oct. 11, 1992guest speaker"Homophobia"Tp
Oct. 25, 1992 "Gee, It Doesn't Seem that Long....Prairie's 25th Anniversary Celebration"Tp
Nov. 1, 1992Jackie Ziegler"Our Honored Dead" intergenerational serviceTp
Nov. 22, 1992 "Dear Bill...a letter to the president elect"Tp
Dec. 6, 1992Metje and Geoff Butler"We Are the World"Tp?
Dec. 13, 1992Mike Briggs"Epithets: Putting Down and Lifting Up"Tp

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
oos = link to order of service
Tp = recorded on audio cassette.

Memorial services
Sunday, February 11, 1990  Dorothy Lee Wetherby, Esq.oos
Saturday, April 17, 1993  A Celebration of the Life of Betsy Caton Robertsoos

Prairie Sunday Programs in 1993-1996 with audio tapes or orders of service

DatePresentersTopicEndnotes/
Order of Service
Jan. 3, 1993Rosemarie Lester"Cowboys, Injuns, Hogan's Heroes: What Images About the 'Other' Tell Us About Ourselves"Tp
Jan. 10, 1993Dave Zakem"Somalia: A Withered Beautiful Flower"
Jan. 17, 1993Cheryl and Isadora Knox"The Message of Martin Luther King"Tp
Feb. 7, 1993Judy Skog"Taking Chances: Contraceptive Risk Taking"Tp
Feb. 14, 1993Mike Briggs"Valentine's Day Intergenerational Service"Tp
Feb. 28, 1993Dick Bonser"Modern Rites of Passage: Coming Out Stories"
March 7, 1993Julie Bonser"Menopause/Crone - Rites of Passage"Tp
March 14, 1993Dick Bonser"Modern Rites of Passage: The First Time Ever"Tp
March 21, 1993Peg Barratt"Small is Still Beautiful"Tp
March 28, 1993Terry Krause"Megaskills"Tp
April 11, 1993Barbara Rames"Three Immortalities"oos
April 18, 1993Terry Krause"Breaking Out of Our Stockade: problem solving techniques"Tp
April 25, 1993Jackie Ziegler"Unitarian Universalists Walking With Confucianism and Taoism"Tp
May 2, 1993Terry Krause"Advice to the Needlorn: words to live by"Tp
May 9, 1993Sam Day, Jr."Mordechai Vanunu, Israel's Nuclear Weapons Whistleblower, and the Problem of Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East"Tp
June 6, 1993Randy and Kathy Converse"Living In Tune With the Environment"Tp
July 11, 1993George Calden"Everyone Should Leave Tracks"Tp
July 18, 1993Nancy Graham"Women Peacemakers in Northern Ireland"Tp
July 25, 1993Mark Bernstein"The Latest in Big Bang Cosmology"Tp
Aug. 1, 1993Julie Bonser, Dick Bonser, and Cinda LaMar"Universalism/Racial Justice: For Such a Time as This"Tp
Aug. 29, 1993Doleta Chapru"Introducing - Singing the Living Tradition"Tp
Sept. 12, 1993Anne Urbanski"In the Beginning: A Look at Creation Myths"Tp
Sept. 19, 1993Anne Urbanski"The God as Archetype - Part I: The Great Goddess and the Supreme Being"Tp
Oct. 17, 1993Anne Urbanski"Myths In Modern Drama"Tp oos
Oct. 31, 1993Pat Cautley"The International Year of the World's Indigenous People: UN Sunday"Tp oos
Nov. 7, 1993Judy Skog"Unplug the Christmas Machine: Holiday Inventory, or Who Does What?"Tp
Nov. 14, 1993Judy Skog"Unplug the Christmas Machine: What's Really Important?"Tp
Dec. 5, 1993Judy Skog"Unplug the Christmas Machine: Plans for Change"Tp
Dec. 12, 1993George Calden"Precious Memories"Tp oos
Dec. 19, 1993Rick Ruecking"Why the Pygmy Dance"Tp
Jan. 9, 1994Barb Park, Dick Bonser, Jackie Kaplan, Karen Shevet Dinah"Evolving Religions: Reconstructionist Jews and UU"Tp
Jan. 16, 1994Bob Reuschlein"Honoring Martin Luther King"Tp
Jan. 23, 1994Warren Hagstrom"Music and Madness in the Family: The Schumanns and Brahms"oos
Jan. 30, 1994Nancy Graham and Rosemary Dorney"White Privilege"Tp
March 20, 1994Pat Watkins"The Ranking Game"Tp
March 27, 1994Judy Skog and Nancy Graham"Environmental Justice"Tp
April 10, 1994Barb Park"Roots: Our Personal Religious Heritage"L1 Tp
May 1, 1994Aileen Nettleton"Celebrate the Earth"oos
May 8, 1994Peg Barratt"Raising Our Voices for Children"Tp
May 15, 1994Barb Park"Is There Still Meaning for Today in Universalist Ideology?"L1 Tp
May 22, 1994Erin Bosch"Ages and Stages"Tp
June 26, 1994Caryl Terrell"Planning for the Land"Tp
Sept. 11, 1994Warren Hagstrom"Everyday Morality: Misrepresentation"oos
Sept. 18, 1994Warren Hagstrom"Everyday Morality: Embarrassment, Poise and Tact"oos
Oct. 9, 1994Warren Hagstrom"Everyday Morality 111: Vicious Circles of Deviance"oos
Nov. 20, 1994Warren Hagstrom"Music in the Family: J.S. Bach (1685-1750)"oos
Dec. 4, 1994George Calden"Lifestyles of the Not So Rich or Famous"oos
Jan. 8, 1995ellsworth snyder"Seeing the Aesthetic: Can It Be Religious?"Tp
Jan. 29, 1995Cinda LaMar"The Path To Creativity"Tp
Feb. 5, 1995Rachel Siegfried"Who's Calling the Shots?: Responding Effectively To Children;s Fascination With War and War Toys"Tp
Feb. 12, 1995Prairie middle schoolIntergenerational serviceTp oos
Feb. 19, 1995Alice and Lee Bullen"Housing for All"Tp oos
Feb. 26, 1995Tomoko Ukei"Never Again Campaign: Hiroshima Testimony through Paintings"Tp oos
March 5, 1995Jonalu Johnstone"Been In the Storm So Long: African-American Unitarian Universalists"Tp oos
March 12, 1995Ruth Conniff"What's Wrong With Welfare Reform?"L2 Tp oos
March 19, 1995Panel: Nancy Anderson;
Kathleen Crennizk;
with Betty Jallings
"Handicapped Access;" "Domestic Violence"L2 Tp oos
March 26, 1995Nan Brien"Issues in Welfare Reform"L2 Tp oos
April 2, 1995Jackie Ziegler"Process Philosophy and Theology: A Unitarian Universalist Spirituality for the 21st Century"Tp
April 9, 1995Louise Trubek"Experiences In Legal Defense of Welfare"L2 Tp oos
April 23, 1995Charlotte Zieve"Report from Cairo Population Conference"Tp
April 30, 1995Warren Hagstrom"Strike Up the Band! The Life and Music of George Gershwin (1898-1937)" oos
May 7, 1995Pat Watkins"A Jury of One's Peers? What's wrong with the jury system and what Dane County is doing to fix it"Tp oos
May 21, 1995Erin Bosch and Anne Pryor"Transitions", an intergenerational serviceTp oos
June 11, 1995Robert Alpern"Speaking Truth To Power"Tp oos
June 18, 1995Dietrich Gruen"Fathers"
June 25, 1995Dave Johnson"Fifteen Years In the Developing World"Tp
July 9, 1995Sam Lin"American Society Through Chinese Eyes"Tp oos
July 16, 1995Anne Pryor"Visions of the Virgin Mary"
July 23, 1995Channing-Murray"A Celebration of Friendship"Tp oos
July 30, 1995Jackson Tiffany"The Allied Drive Neighborhood"Tp oos
Aug. 6, 1995Julie Bonser, Cinda LaMar, and Pat Watkins"UU General Assembly"Tp
Aug. 13, 1995Rick RueckingSauk City joint service
Aug. 20, 1995Pat Watkins"Neither Abridged Nor Denied"Tp oos
Aug. 27, 1995Barb Park and Rosemarie Lester"Summer Music Special"Tp oos
Sept. 10, 1995Barbara Rames"The Road...Taken"L3 Tp
Sept. 17, 1995Michael Sheehy"Ecological Theatre"
Sept. 24, 1995Mike Boehm"Vietnam: Healing and Reconciliation"Tp oos
Oct. 1, 1995Barbara Rames"Wisdom in One Sentence"
Oct. 8, 1995Michael Sheehy"Can Humans Save the Earth from Humans?"L4 Tp oos
Oct. 15, 1995Greg Schultz"1000 Years"Tp oos
Oct. 22, 1995Pat Cautley"UN 50th Anniversary"Tp oos
Oct. 29, 1995Jane Lind and Susan Munkres"Beijing Women's Conference"Tp oos
Nov. 5, 1995Spencer Black"Ecology Politics "
Nov. 12, 1995Upham Woods fall retreat
Nov. 19, 1995Ed Lanphier"A Philosophy of Life"
Nov. 26, 1995Paula Pachciarz & Mary MullenThanksgiving Intergenerational
Dec. 3, 1995Robert Dahl"Land Stewardship: The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin"Tp oos
Dec. 10, 1995George Calden, Barbara Rames and Mike Briggs"Let Every Little Light Shine"Tp oos
Dec. 17, 1995John-Brian Paprock & Erin BoschChristmas intergenerational serviceTp
Dec. 24, 1995Barbara Park & Mike BriggsA program of traditional Christmas readings and carolsTp oos
Dec. 31, 1995Bob Reuschlein"That Was the Year That Was"Tp oos
Jan. 7, 1996Barbara Rames"Emerson"L3 Tp
Jan. 14, 1996Cephus Childs"Million Man March"L2 Tp oos
Jan. 21, 1996Arliegh Birchler"Early Unitarians"Tp oos
Jan. 28, 1996Anne Urbanski"What Does It Mean to Be A Religious Liberal in Madison, Wisconsin?"Tp
Feb. 4, 1996Hugh Iltis"How To Be a Good Ancestor: An Ecological Look at Life Being Trashed"L4 Tp oos
Feb. 11, 1996Judy Skog"Speak Out for Children" - Valentine's Day
Feb. 18, 1996Leona Balek"Countering the Religious Right"Tp oos
Feb. 25, 1996Gene Farley"Community"Tp oos
March 3, 1996Betty Jallings"The Bible and the Koran"Tp oos
March 10, 1996Barbara Rames"Of Babies and Bathwater"
March 17, 1996Warren Hagstrom"Mendelsohn"Tp oos
March 24, 1996Nancy Vedder-Shults"Spring Equinox"Tp oos
March 31, 1996Betty Jallings"The Chalice and the Blade"Tp oos
April 7, 1996Doleta Chapru"Fun is a Family Value", intergenerational serviceTp oos
April 14, 1996Betty Jallings"Das Capital", intergenerational service
April 21, 1996Sam Day"Mordecai Vanunu"Tp oos
April 28, 1996Nancy Vedder-Shults"Beltane: Celebrating Passion and Partnership"Tp oos
May 5, 1996Betty Jallings"Uncle Tom's Cabin"Tp oos
May 12, 1996Mike Sheehy"Nature and Philosophy" - at Picnic Point
May 19, 1996Erin Bosch"Transitions" intergenerational serviceTp

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
oos = link to order of service
Tp = audio cassette available.

Prairie Sunday Programs June 1996 to May 1997

DatePresentersTopicEndnotes/
Order of Service
June 2, 1996Bob Reuschlein"Weather, Wealth and Wars" 
June 9Kathy Kelly"Iraq After the War" 
June 16Elizabeth Bardwell"Urban Sprawl" 
June 23Barbara Herrick"W-2 - Welfare Deform"Tp oos
June 30Andrew Somers"Northern Ireland"Tp oos
July 7 Picnic potluck at Shirley Grindrod's 
July 14Mike and Norma Briggs"Contra Dancing" 
July 21Fran Zell"The Truth About Fiction"Tp oos
July 28Ruth Gibson and Feketa Bela"Unitarians in Rumania Today"Tp oos
Aug. 4Nancy Graham"Sauk Free Congregation" joint four society program" 
Aug. 11Jonalu Johnstone"Margaret Fuller" 
Aug. 18Cinda LaMar, Barb Park, and Nancy Graham"UU General Assembly" 
Aug. 25Barb Park & Rosemarie Lester"Summer Musicale"oos
Aug. 31Arleigh Birchler"Founders' Day"Tp
Sept. 1 Canoeing at Wingra Canoe & Sailing Center 
Sept. 8Paul Soglin"Education Builds Futures"Tp
Sept. 15Reid Miller"Dance of the Storyteller"L3 Tp
Sept. 22Esther Heffernan"Criminal Justice"Tp
Sept. 29Bob Dopp"Virtual Chicken Soup"L1 Tp oos
Oct. 6Judy Faulkner"The Virtual Medical Record"L1 Tp oos
Oct. 12Mary Mullen"Introduction and Expectations" (at Upham Woods fall retreat)L2
Oct. 20Mary Mullen"Twenty Questions About Homosexuality"L2
Oct. 27Mary Mullen"Gender Socialization and Homophobia"L2 Tp oos
Nov. 3George Calden"A Prairie Stir Fry"oos
Nov. 10Doleta Chapru"A UU's View of Promise Keepers" 
Nov. 17Rick RueckingAnnual Meeting & serviceTp
Nov. 24Reid Miller"Thanksgiving Intergenerational"In L3
Dec. 1Hans Adler"Religious Dissidents in Nineteenth Century Germany" 
Dec. 8Max Gaebler"German Free Thinkers" 
Dec. 15Mary Mullen"Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Perspectives"L2 Tp oos
Dec. 22Nancy Graham"About Yule" - Symbol Tree service 
Dec. 29Michael Sheehy"Newspaper Sunday" 
Jan. 5, 1997Al Nettleton"Time and the Crystal"L1
Jan. 12Jean Darling"Should the Devil Take the Hindmost" 
Jan. 19Mary Mullen"Biblical Perspectives on Homosexuality"L2
Jan. 26Brent Haglund"Earth's Stewardship"Tp
Feb. 2Nancy Vedder-Shults"Brigid: Returning Sun" 
Feb. 9Warren Porter"UUA Resolution on Toxic Threats to Children"Tp oos
Feb. 16John-Brian Paprock"Valentine Tree" 
Feb. 23Al Nettleton"Gold Keys and Blue Ribbons: Internet Security and Censorship"L1 Tp oos
March 2Carole Doeppers"Jeopardies to Civil Liberties from New Technologies"L1 Tp
March 9Sunshine Jones"What About the Kids? Challenges of Gay & Lesbian Families"L2
March 16Mary Mullen"How Homophobia Hurts Heterosexuals"L2 Tp oos
March 23Dave Cieslewicz"From Porches and Sidewalks to 6-Lanes and Cul de Sacs: The Evolution of American Neighborhoods"Tp oos
March 30Reid Miller"Swing Into Spring" intergenerational serviceIn L3 Tp
April 6Rebecca Dumlao"Wellsprings: Movement to Classical Music" 
April 13Francis Hole"The Earth Beneath Our Feet" 
April 20Mary Mullen"This Little Light of Mine: Individual and Community Strategies Regarding Homophobia"L2Tp oos
April 27Al Nettleton"Being Digital Today"L1 Tp oos
May 4Gail Coover"Race in the 90s: Can't We All Just Get Along on TV?"L4 Tp
May 11Warren Hagstrom"How the Irish Saved Civilization with Music"Tp
May 18 "Transitions" intergenerational serviceIn Tp oos
May 25 Memorial Day weekend picnic at Carl & Marian Thompson'sIn

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
oos = link to order of service
Tp = audio cassette available

Prairie Sunday Programs June 1997 - May 1998 with audio tapes

DatePresentersTopicEndnotes/
Order of Service
June 8, 1997Doleta Chapru and panel"Personal Strategies for Emotional Healing"Tp
June 15, 1997Rosemarie Lester and Nikki Bromberg"The Images We Live With I"Tp
June 22, 1997Rosemarie Lester and Nikki Bromberg"The Images We Live With II"Tp
June 29, 1997Joanne Seckman"An Indian Experience"Tp
July 13, 1997Social Action Committee"What Drum Do You March To?"Tp
July 20, 1997Jody Whelden"A Practical Experience In Conflict Transformation"Tp
Aug. 3, 1997Nancy Graham and Pat WatkinsReport on 1997 UU General AssemblyTp oos
Aug. 10, 1997Channing Murray members"Community, Village and Other Buzzwords"Tp oos
Aug. 17, 1997Phran Khru Warasak"Buddhist Philosophy"Tp
Aug. 24, 1997Nancy Vedder-Shults"Rise Up and Call Her Name"Tp
Aug. 31, 1997Midge Miller"Whatever Happened to Social Justice"Tp
Sept. 7, 1997Erin Bosch"Building Community at Prairie"Tp
Sept. 14, 1997Gail Coover"Racism from a Global Perspective"L1 Tp
Sept. 28, 1997Ray Allen"Issues in Public Education"L2 Tp
Oct. 5, 1997Gail Loder"The Homeless and the Hungry"Tp
Oct. 19, 1997Gail Coover"Interethnic Community and Identity"L1 Tp
Oct. 26, 1997Pat Watkins"Our Global Community: The UN and UUSC"Tp
Nov. 2, 1997Karen Gross"My Communion With Nature in Door County"Tp
Nov. 9, 1997Phoebe Rosebear"Tracing Jewish Life Through Cooking"Tp oos
Nov. 16, 1997Virginia Henderson"Issues of Diversity in Public Education"L2 Tp oos
Nov. 23, 1997Dave and Marcia Johnson"Abraham's Dream: Two and a half months in South India"Tp oos
Nov. 30, 1997Randy and Kathy Converse, Robin Carré, Mei Lien, Judy and Toby"Thanksgiving Intergenerational Program"In Tp
Dec. 7, 1997Rosemarie Lester"Christmas Eve: From the Outside Looking In"Tp oos
Dec. 14, 1997Matthew Menne"El Nino and Wisconsin Weather"Tp oos
Dec. 21, 1997Erin Bosch"Intergenerational Solstice and Symbol Tree Celebration"In Tp oos
Jan. 11, 1998Darlene Cole"Creating a Personal Journal"L3
Jan. 18, 1998Gail Coover"Revealing the Contents of Our Character: The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King"L1 Tp oos
Jan. 25, 1998Anne Pryor"About 'Living with Heart'"Tp
Feb. 1, 1998Dennis Presser"The Spirituality of Hunting"Tp
Feb. 8, 1998Pat Watkins"Suffer the Little Children"Tp oos
Feb. 15, 1998Eric Schroeder, Ian Park"Valentine's Day Intergenerational Program"In Tp
Feb. 22, 1998Keri Beheler-Amass"Woman the Hunter"Tp oos
March 1, 1998Barbara Rames"Welsh Voices in Unitarianism"Tp
March 15, 1998Jackie Ziegler"Extending Equality Beyond Humanity"Tp oos
March 22, 1998Kaleem Caire"Minority Student Education in Madison"L2 Tp oos
March 29, 1998Gail Coover"Political Correctness: Using language to include versus using language to censor"L1 Tp oos
April 5, 1998Rebecca Dumlao"Moving Through Conflict: Lessons from life and research"Tp oos
April 12, 1998Anne Pryor"Easter Intergenerational Service"Tp
April 19, 1998Al Nettleton"Who are you UU?"Tp oos
April 26, 1998Warren Hagstrom"Richard Rogers and his collaborators"Tp oos
May 3, 1998George Calden"To Life - L'Chaim!"Tp oos
May 10, 1998Gail Coover"Embracing Difference"L1 Tp
May 17, 1998Orange Schroeder"Taking Care of Business: The Soul of Selling"Tp oos
May 24, 1998Erin Bosch and Robin CarréTransitions Intergenerational ServiceTp oos

In = intergenerational service
L1 = lay ministry - Gail Coover
L2 = lay ministry - Barbara Golden
L3 = lay ministry - Karen Gross
oos = link to order of service
Tp = audio cassette available

Prairie Sunday Programs June 1998 - May 1999

DatePresentersTopicEndnotes/
Order of Service
June 7, 1998Zoe Murphy"Homelessness: Realities and Relationships"oos
June 14Zoe Murphy"Homelessness: Experiencing and Responding"Tp oos
June 21Doleta Chapru"The Boy Scouts of America and the Right of Conscience"Tp
June 28Metje Butler and Susan Hagstrom"Making Connection with the Natural World" 
July 5 Independence Day Picnic 
July 12Dave and Marcia JohnsonVolunteer work at Oxford federal prisonTp
July 19Molly Fifield Murray"The UW Arboretum - Green Prairie and the Savannah Project"Tp
July 26 Three U-U Societies' Joint Program at Sauk City 
Aug. 2Maria Hansa and Mark Rosenthal"The Realities of Sister City in the Post-Cold War Era: the Madison-Arcatao Project"Tp oos
Aug. 9Larry Nahlik"A Day in the Life of a Western Monk in Thailand"Tp oos
Aug. 16Bob Reuschlein"Why We Go To War"Tp
Aug. 23Nikki Bromberg"Vippassana Meditation"Tp oos
Aug. 30Pat Watkins"If I Were a Rich Man or Woman: What and to Which Causes Would I Give?"Tp
Sept. 6Betty Jallings and Karen Gross"Putting Labor Back in Labor Day"Tp
Sept. 13Erin Bosch"Introduction to Prairie People, Programs, and Religious Education"Tp oos
Sept. 20George Calden"Off the Top of Your Head"Tp
Sept. 27Bob Alpern"The UUA and the Struggle to Eliminate Land Mines"Tp oos
Oct. 4Cindy Haq"Health, Equity and Social Justice"Tp oos
Oct. 18Anne Urbanski"Sidney and God"Tp
Oct. 25Kathy Kelly"Medical Aid to Iraq"Tp oos
Nov. 1Ruth Calden"All Souls' Day"Tp oos
Nov. 8Steve Pierce"Poverty in Dane County"L3 Tp oos
Nov. 15Cindy Haq and Gary Giorgi"Doctor/Patient Relationships"Tp oos
Nov. 22Ngawang Chojor"Religion and Art: a Buddhist Perspective"Tp
Nov. 29Randy ConverseThanksgiving Intergenerational Service 
Dec. 6Gary Giorgi and Cindy Haq"Death and Dying"Tp oos
Dec. 13Deb Phelps and Mary Mullen"Transformations"Tp
Dec. 20Erin BoschWinter Solstice Intergenerational ServiceTp oos
Dec. 27Arleigh Birchler"I Remember the Year..." 
Jan. 3, 1999Rick & Marilyn Ruecking"Hunting for Hope" 
Jan. 10Ken Skog"Fulfilling the Promise"L1 Tp oos
Jan. 17Allied Drive-Dunn's Marsh residents and service providers"Getting to Know You"Tp oos
Jan. 24Anne Pryor(second in her lay ministry on art and religion)L2 Tp
Jan. 31Fran Zell"The Spirituality of Small Book Publishing"Tp oos
Feb. 7Steve Pierce and Jonathan Bader"Hunger and Food Security"L3 Tp oos
Feb.14Lisa Glueck and Rachel Long"Valentine's Day - Simple Acts of Love" (Intergenerational)Tp
Feb. 21Cindy Haq and Gary Giorgi"Ethical Issues and Quality at the End of Life"L4 Tp oos
Feb. 28Marilyn Feil"Homelessness in Dane County"L3 Tp oos
March 7Anne Pryor"Shrines and Grottoes of the Wisconsin Landscape"L2 Tp oos
March 14Will and Dot Williams"The Madison Gospelaires"L2 Tp
March 21Orange SchroederIntroduction to her series, "The Church Across the Street"L5 Tp oos
March 28Speaker from the BahaiAll About BahaiL5 Tp
April 4Warren Hagstrom and Co."Gonna Make This Garden Grow" (Easter Intergenerational) 
April 11Orange SchroederPrairie members visit other churchesL5
April 18Orange Schroeder Panel"Sharing in our Spiritual Community" (Panel discussion about our experiences April 11)L5 Tp oos
April 25David Giffey"Windows to the World"L2 Tp oos
May 2Doleta Chapru"Prairie People Serve: How Are We Living up to Our UU Principles?"Tp oos
May 9Warren Hagstrom, with music by members of the congregation"Franz Liszt: A Really Romantic Composer"Tp oos
May 16Ken Skog"Developing a Prairie Mission Statement"Tp oos
May 23Erin BoschTransition Sunday 
May 30 Picnic at the home of Carl and Marian Thompson, no service at Meeting House 

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)
oos = link to order of service
Tp = audio cassette available

Updated December 13, 2019, by Archives Committee