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If you are a new member or even just a friend of Prairie, you may be wondering where the contact information is for meetings and other activities. In order to try to preserve the privacy of our members (as well as trying to reduce the amount of spam), we have purposefully not put up individual email addresses or phone numbers. If you would like this contact information, please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to obtain a copy of the Prairie UU directory.

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UUA Offers New Immigration Curriculum for Children's Religious Education
<p>The UUA's Ministries and Faith Development Staff Group has announced publication of a new curriculum titled "With Justice and Compassion: Immigration Sessions for Children’s Religious Education," by Mandy Neff. This curriculum invites children in grades 1-3 and children in grades 4-6 to explore their own family stories while learning about immigration in the United States. It lifts up justice and compassion as guiding values as we consider immigration justice issues in our own time.</p>
Annual Program Fund Contribution Remains the Same
<p>After much discernment with congregational leaders and considering the financial challenges still facing many of our congregations, the Rev. Peter Morales, our Unitarian Universalist Association President, decided that the requested Annual Program Fund contribution will remain at the current $58 per member for the new Fiscal Year 2013 (begins July 1, 2012). Our greatest strength comes from our interconnectedness as partners in this religious community. Thank you for your continued support.</p>
UUA Board of Trustees Nominates Two Candidates for Moderator
The UUA Board of Trustees was charged with nominating one or more persons for the Moderator position effective with the election that will occur at GA in 2013. The Board has interviewed the recommended candidates and has selected two very fine UU leaders as our nominees for the position of Moderator of the UUA: Jim Key from Beaufort, SC and Tamara Payne-Alex from San Jose, CA.

Minister's Message - April 2011

Now, the dust is settling and we have made our fourth move to our fifth home in 12 years. Our new home is not perfect (none of them have been!), and it’s different.

The big issue for us as a community is not whether there is too much or too little lighting, when coffee is available, or what it feels like to have fellowship hour and worship in the same space- the big issue is can we recreate our loving, caring community again in new space. Can we create new sacred space?

Project Prairie - April

The agenda for the Initial Assessment Visit with our UUA Stewardship Consultant, Kay Crider, is taking shape. The first set of discussions begin at 3:00pm on Friday, May 13, when Kay will have individual meetings with members of Prairie’s staff, including Kristin Famula, Diane Lavinder, and Rev. Jann Halloran. We have reserved the Pine Drive Fire Station Meeting Room for these meetings. A Dinner Meeting with Kay and our current and incoming Board Members will conclude the first day’s activities.

Habitat Update

It's an exciting time to be involved with Habitat Interfaith Alliance. Our partner family this year is going to be the Dulla-Robe family, and the build is going to start May 12th.

Gebi Dulla & Jaware Robe and three of their children: Amina (12, f), Abdirahman (10, m), Medina (2, f), (and approved for immigration are Abdurirazaki (13, m), and Abdisa (16, f) ), moved to Denver from Ethiopia. The two children still in Ethiopia are awaiting immigration status and will move here as soon as possible. Gebi is a taxi driver and Jaware works for a day care provider. They are excited to finally have a safe, decent and affordable home to raise their 5 children. The build is located at 765 Joliet St. in Aurora.

For more information, see the Habitat Interfaith Alliance website at www.hiadenver.org.

Policy and Governance

Prairie's Board is forming a new Ministry and Governance Task Force to create written policies for Prairie. We will be pulling together a handbook of committees, job descriptions and how different parts of the church relate to one another.

If you are interested in working on church process and policy -- how we govern ourselves as a ministry -- and would like to serve on this task force please contact chair Kristen Gentala or Jann Halloran.

Japan Relief Fund

Following the devastating earthquake and resulting tsunamis, the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) have established the UUA/UUSC Japan Relief Fund.

Please join with Unitarian Universalists throughout the United States by contributing to the UUA/UUSC Japan Relief Fund by making a gift online at www.uua.kintera.org/japan, or over the phone by calling UUA Stewardship and Development staff at 888-792-5885

The Geek Team Wants You

Have you ever installed a lightbulb without being electrocuted? Have you changed the batteries in your TV remote control without having a panic attack? Do your ears and eyes work fairly well most of the time, either with or without eye glasses or hearing aids? Are you tall enough to go on the adult rides at amusement parks? Have you ever considered pursuing a hobby or career in the rewarding fields of broadcasting, electronics, entertainment or aerospace engineering? If you can answer affirmatively to most of these questions, then the Prairie UU "Geek Team" wants you!

Go Green With Vanco Electronic Giving

Please take this opportunity to consider the convenience of electronic giving - an easier, more secure way to make your regular contributions to our church. By signing up for Vanco electronic giving, your pledge is automatically withdrawn from your bank account each month. No need to write or mail checks, contribution dates and amounts are automatically recorded on your bank statements, and it costs you nothing. Electronic giving is also the green choice - paperless, with no trips to the mailbox or the bank.

Public Radio Project Into Its Second Year

If you like hearing those UU messages on public radio stations, and you were one of the people who helped make it happen by donating to the Public Radio (PR) Project last fall, now would be a great time to "re-up" your support. That way we can keep those great underwriting messages going through the holiday season. We've had thousands of hits on the Project web site, which shows that people are hearing about us on the air.

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