
Transcripts, Resource Lists, Visual Aids and Photos from Past Presentations
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 archives@uuprairie.org.
June 19, 2022 - "Laura M. Towne: Unitarian Abolitionist & Co-Founder of The Penn Center" PowerPoint slides provided by Anne Pryor
July 18, 2021 - "Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America - Madison" PowerPoint slides provided by Gwyneth Hughes
December 6, 2020 - "Addressing Bias in Healthcare" PowerPoint slides provided by Naomi Takahashi
October 25, 2020 - "What is Nehemiah & Focused Interruption Coalition" PowerPoint slides provided by Anthony Cooper
October 18, 2020 - "Chameleons in Camouflage: Females on the Autism Spectrum" PowerPoint slides
August 30, 2020 - Exploring Equity Choiceboard provided by Holly Tellander
November 24, 2019 - Grief and Self-Care - links to slides and resource lists provided by Deanna Rymaszewski Hear (22 MB mp3)
November 17, 2019 - Through the Looking Glass: Affirming and Living Our Values in a Dominance-Obsessed World - links to PowerPoint slides and other resources provided by Jennifer Parker Hear (22 MB mp3)
September 15 & 22, 2019 - Misinformation Resources 9/15 & 9/22 compiled by Renee Deschard
April 29, 2018 - "Louisa May Alcott"
January 22, 2017 - “Do you know the Sources?” Dawn Hayslett
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)
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)
September 16, 2012 - “Michael Servetus: Unitarian Martyr,” Barbara Park Hear (32 MB mp3)
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)
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
July 4, 2010 - “Reclaiming the Flag: What We Love About Our Country,” Mary Mullen
June 13, 2010 - FAREWELL LITANY For Rev. Ralph Tyksinski, ending his Consulting Ministry
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
July 27, 2008 - “Music that's Meaningful,” script for joint meeting at Sauk City
May 4, 2008 - “The Music of What Happens,” Christina Klock
January 6, 2008 - “This I Believe,” Erin Bosch
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
Feb. 7, 2007 (Wed.) -
Dave Zakem talk and slides of Laos, with Asian craft items sale; Laos photos
August 20, 2006 - “Making Memorial Services Meaningful,” Mary Mullen, Erin Bosch, and Sonya
July 2, 2006 - “Oscar Howe, Artist of the Sioux and the Painting of the Truth,” Rosemarie Lester Slides
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
November 4, 2001 - “Creativity and the Arts - Photography,” Jean Matos, Photos by Dick Bonser
October 14,2001 - “Creativity and the Arts - Painting, Drawing and Printmaking,” Jean Matos, Photos by Dick Bonser
September 23, 2001 - “Creativity and the Arts - Three-Dimentional Art,” Jean Matos, Photos by Dick Bonser
September 9, 2001 - “Creativity and the Arts - Textile Arts,” Jean Matos, Photos by Dick Bonser
September 3, 2000 - “Experiencing Prairie,” Erin Bosch and Mary Mullen
March 15, 1992 -
“Mayan Art and Culture, Past and Present,” Dave Zakem Belize photos
September 11, 1977 - “Ho Chi Minh confronts Woodrow Wilson,” David Carson
October 4, 1970 - “Little Armored Men,” David Meyer
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