Prairie Fire
| |
     
|
|
|
The Prairie Fire is published by Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society on the 6th and 21st of every month. View past issues at www.uuprairie.org/ newsletter/ Input Deadlines:
|
|
|
|
| Calendar | |
|---|---|
| Monday,
January 23, 2012 6:30 Spanish Speakers Potluck at the home of Ray Nashold. Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:45 Choir rehearsal 10:00 Service - "What the United States Can Learn About Improving the Status of Women from Other Countries," presented by Dr. Myra Marx Ferree. 11:30 Prairie Book Club meets to discuss Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky. Monday, January 30, 2012 7:00 Program Committee meets. Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:45 Choir rehearsal 10:00 Service - "Striving for Sanity in a Crazy World," presented by Rachel Long, MD. 11:30 Showing of the documentary Budrus at Prairie. Sunday, February 12, 2012 8:45 Choir rehearsal 10:00 Service – Standing on the Side of Love |
Monday,
February 13, 2012
7:00 Prairie's Board meets Saturday, February 18, 2012 5:00 Wild Wintering Sunday, February 19, 2012 8:45 Choir Rehearsal 10:00 Service - “The Story of a Black Family,” presented by Pat Watkins. 11:15 Soup Sunday 11:45 Special Parish Meeting Sunday, February 26, 2012 8:45 Choir Rehearsal 10:00 Service - “Inside Humanism Today,” presented by Howard Katz. 11:30 Prairie Book Club meets to discuss Ten Nobodies (and Their Somebodies) by Prairie’s own Marty Drapkin. 11:45 Humanist Union meets starting with a potluck at 11:45, followed by a presentation entitled “Inside Humanism Today – Q&A,”by Howard Katz, president of the Humanist Society. |
|
Upcoming Programs |
|---|
| Sunday,
January 29, 2012, 10:00 a.m.
"What the United States Can
Learn About Improving the Status of Women from Other Countries,"
presented by Dr. Myra Marx Ferree. Contrary to many Americans' idea of American exceptionalism, we could learn from some more progressive countries when it comes to the status of women. Professor Myra Marx Ferree, joint governance professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, has done comparative studies on gender politics in other countries and will share her research. Sunday, February 5, 2012, 10:00 a.m. "Striving for Sanity in a Crazy World," presented by Rachel Long, MD. With constant news of seemingly insurmountable problems on a global scale, and the high levels of stress and losses in our personal lives, how can we keep our balance? What do we do to not only keep our heads above water, but experience some peace and joy? We have many sources from which to draw ideas - our modern science of psychology, our world's religious and philosophical traditions, and practical approaches found in our wealth of literature on self-improvement. In the second session of her lay ministry on mental health, psychiatrist Rachel Long MD will review some strategies and practices that help us in managing stress and staving off depression and anxiety. She hopes in the discussion period some of us will be willing to share what has helped us become psychologically healthier ourselves. |