Prairie Fire Bulletin

November 6, 2010

In this issue:
-calendar
-programs

The Prairie Fire Bulletin is a calendar- only newsletter that
is published by
Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society on the 6th of every month. The full featured Prairie Fire is published on the 21st of every month. View past issues at www.uuprairie.org

Contact Us:

Consulting Minister
Rev. Jane Esbensen
jlesbensen@gmail.com
770-5486

President
Barbara Park
barpark@gmail.com
608-273-8775

Director of Religious Education
Rebecca Malke-Eliganti
youthcoordinator@
uuprairie.org
695-3435

Editor/ Congregational Administrator
Kate Liu
admin@uuprairie.org
271-8218

Prairie Web
Sites:

Home Page
www.uuprairie.org

News Group
http://groups.yahoo.
com/group/prairie
news/

Views
http://groups.yahoo.
com/group/prairie
views/

Social Action
http://socialaction.
madisonwi.us

Humanist Union
http://humanist.
madisonwi.us

Input Deadlines:

Calendar items and program descriptions are due on the 1st and 15th of each month. Feature articles for the full Prairie Fire are due on the 15th of each month. Please send to Kate Liu at admin@uuprairie.org or call 271-8218.

Calendar

Saturday, November 6, 2010
9:00 WOW (Prairie's women's group) meets at Prairie for breakfast potluck and conversation.
10-12 Adult Ed, “What it Means to be a UU” with Rev. Jane Esbensen.

Sunday, November 7, 2010
8:45 Choir Rehearsal. New singers always welcome.
10:00 Service- “Respect for the Web of All Existence: How Wicca Affirms and Promotes Our 7th Principle,” presented by Rev. Selena Fox.
11:45 Humanist Union - Potluck lunch 11:45 am, 12:30 pm presentation by Susan Hagstrom.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010
7:00 Caring Committee meets.

Sunday, November 14, 2010
8:45 Choir rehearsal
10:00 Service - "Words, Words, Words," presented by Rev. Jane Esbensen.
11:45 Fall Parish Meeting and Potluck

Wednesday, November 17, 2010
7:00 Program committee meets.

Thursday, November 18, 2010
6:30 Spanish Speaker's potluck at the home of Laura Mason, 4808 Schofield St, 221-0237. Call Laura for directions; call Rosemary Dorney 238-4382 for more information or to arrange a ride.

Saturday, November 20, 2010
10-12 Adult Ed, “What it Means to be a UU” part 2, with Rev. Jane Esbensen.

Sunday, November 21, 2010
8:45 Choir rehearsal
10:00 Service – “Stone Soup,” Thanksgiving Intergenerational.
11:30 Soup Sunday!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010
2:00 Prairie Elders meet at Oakwood. Topic is mid-term election outcomes.

Looking Ahead:
Thurs. Dec 2, Prairie Board at 7pm
Sat. Dec. 4. WOW meets at 9am
Sun. Dec. 12, Nifty Gifty at 9:45 am.
Sun. Dec 19, Santa Lucia & Symbol Tree at 10am, Soup Sunday at 11:45 am.

Upcoming Programs

Sunday, November 7, 2010, 10:00 am: “Respect for the Web of All Existence: How Wicca Affirms and Promotes Our 7th Principle,” presented by Rev. Selena Fox. This is the first in the lay series: How the world's religions use their beliefs and practices to care for our environment. Wicca is a nature-based religion that celebrates the cycles of nature with believers who seek to live in harmony with Mother Earth. Internationally known Wiccan priestess, Selena Fox, will tell us how followers of the Craft respect and care for our ecosphere. Selena is founder and co-executive director of Circle Sanctuary in Barneveld, WI, a 200 acre nature preserve in Barneveld, WI.

Sunday, November 14, 2010, 10:00 am: "Words, Words, Words," presented by Rev. Jane Esbensen. One of the things that can be said without dispute about UUs is that we talk a lot! One of the other things that can be said about UUs is that we are very particular about the words that we use, especially in our Sunday morning services. This Sunday will be a service about the power of words, and how they can open hearts and minds, or turn us away from the greater causes that lie before us.

Sunday, November 21, 2010, 10:00 am: “Stone Soup,” Thanksgiving Intergenerational, led by Robin Proud. When it feels as though we are living in a time of scarcity, how can we act from a place of abundance? This service relates a familiar story, reminding us of the power of sharing and giving. The cast of this drama will be our Religious Education students and members of the congregation. We encourage you to bring non-perishable food items to donate to a local food shelter, and to join us for Soup Sunday after the service.