A sampling of presentations enjoyed by Prairie members at Sunday services in past years (most recent at the top) are available through the links below. For the many services with online audio recordings of speaker's remarks but no transcripts, see our Archive of Past Audio Recordings page. Full service digital recordings from 2010 to the present are available on request emailed to the Webkeeper.

• June 9, 2019 - book list from Summer Reads 2019 with Karen Deaton

• June 17, 2018 - book list from Summer Reads 2018 with Dawn Hayslett

• April 29, 2018 - "Louisa May Alcott"

• June 18, 2017 - book list from Summer Reads with Karen Deaton

• January 22, 2017 - “Do you know the Sources?” Dawn Hayslett  

• June 12, 2016 - book list from Summer Reads with Rose and Nevenah Smith

• June 14, 2015 - book list from Summer Reads with Rose Smith

• April 12, 2015 - “This We Beilieve - what?” slide show, RE High School class  

• February 15, 2015 - “Our Place in the Cosmos” slide show, John Wunderlin   Hear (55 MB mp3)

• June 22, 2014 - book list from “Summer Reads,” Rose Smith

• May 18, 2014 - “The Secret Life of Julia Ward Howe,” Robin Proud   Hear (39 MB mp3)

• February 16, 2014 - “People, Places or Things that Inspire Awe,” Kathy and Mei Lien Converse

• October 20, 2013 - “Lydia Maria Child,” Robin Proud   Hear (54 MB mp3)

• July 14, 2013 - book list from “Summer Reads,” Rose Smith

• September 16, 2012 - “Michael Servetus: Unitarian Martyr,” Barbara Park   Hear (32 MB mp3)

• August 5, 2012 - book list from “Summer Reads,” Rose Smith

• February 5, 2012 - “Striving for Sanity in a Crazy World,” Rachel Long

• January 29, 2012 - Slides from “What the United States Can Learn About Improving the Status of Women from Other Countries,” Dr. Myra Marx Ferrer

• January 8, 2012 - “Karen Armstrong's 12 Steps to a Compassionate Life,” Phyllis Long   Hear (46 MB mp3)

• October 9, 2011 - “What Is Mental Illness?,” Rachel Long   Hear (51 MB mp3)

• July 3, 2011 - book list from “How Can I Keep from Reading,” Rose Smith

• May 22, 2011 - “Singing the First 100 Years of Universalism,” Barbara Park (unabridged)

• April 3, 2011 - “A Humanist Look at Myth, Symbol, and Art,” Fred Edwords

• August 22, 2010 - “Testing and Teacher Accountability,” Dr. Jim Carpenter

• August 15, 2010 - “To Do Good is My Religion,” Rev. Jane Esbensen

• August 8, 2010 - resource list from “Worth and Dignity of All People: UU's and Arizona Migrants,” Prairie's delegates to GA 2010 in Minneapolis

• August 1, 2010 - book list from “Summer Reads,” Rose Smith

• July 4, 2010 - “Reclaiming the Flag: What We Love About Our Country,” Mary Mullen

• June 28, 2009 - book list from “Summer Reads,” Rose Smith

• March 1, 2009 - “This I Believe,”: Phyllis, Rachel

• February 1, 2009 - “Darwin and His 'Dangerous Idea',” Jane R. Shoup   Hear (40 MB mp3)

• December 7, 2008 - “What I Believe,” Marcia

• December 7, 2008 - “This I Believe,” Rick Ruecking

• August 31, 2008 - “The American Worker - From Joe Hill to Joe Walmart,” Steve Blank

• May 4, 2008 - “The Music of What Happens,” Christina Klock

• January 6, 2008 - “This I Believe,” Erin Bosch

• August 12, 2007 - book list from “How Can I Keep from Reading?,” Rose Smith

• April 8, 2007 - The poems from “A Line of Poetry Strays Into Memory,” Mary Mullen and Anne Lundin

• March 25, 2007 - “Molly Ivins, A Heroine of Our Time,” Paula Pachciarz

• August 20, 2006 - “Making Memorial Services Meaningful,” Mary Mullen, Erin Bosch, and Sonya

• April 16, 2006 - “The Wilderness Requirement for Change: Easter, Passover and the State of the Congregation,” the Rev. Jody Whelden

• February 5, 2006 - flipcharts from “God's Shadow: The Archetypes of Antichrist and Apocalypse,” Steve Vorass (audio tape available)

• December 11, 2005 - “Lighting Our Lives with Hope - The Christmas Message,” the Rev. Jody Whelden

• December 4, 2005 - “Jesus and Empire,” Bob Reuschlein

• November 20, 2005 - “Our Blessings: Apparent Or Not,” the Rev. Jody Whelden

• October 16, 2005 - “The Language and Practice of Reverence,” the Rev. Jody Whelden

• October 9, 2005 - “Gaylord Nelson: Not a Unitarian Universalist, But...,” Mary Mullen

• August 21, 2005 - “Citizenship, Politics, and Liberal Religion,” the Rev. Jody Whelden

• October 3, 2004 - “Church/State Issues 2004,” Leona Balek

• September 26, 2004 - “Coming Together,” the Rev. Sarah Oelberg

• July 18, 2004 - “Pledging Allegiance,” the Rev. Sarah Oelberg

• April 4, 2004 - “Reasonable Religion,” the Rev. Sarah Oelberg

• January 20, 2002 - “Martin Luther King - Nonviolent Peace Activist,” the Social Action Committee