Not only were the pastors of First Congregational UCC, Madison, represented at the activities in the aftermath of Corey Ruiz's death, but their youth created, on short notice, a Community Peace Tower. | Memorial UCC, Fitchburg, Middleton Community UCC, and Community UCC, Madison, have called attention to the Dane County Media Initiative in their newsletters. It is a collective effort of the ten UCC congregations in Dane County to publicly share the radically-inclusive and spiritually-grounded love of God as a way to counter the influence of Christian nationalism and to invite persons into local UCC churches. | |
Since flowers have the power not just to beautify but also to uplift, a member of Plymouth Congregational UCC, Madison, created a garden by the church.
| Middleton Community UCC also highlighted the role that volunteers play in the life of their church.. | Redeemer UCC, Sussex, had their 7th annual Praire Fest--a celebration of nature, sustainability, creativity, connection and community. They had a concert. | On the following Saturday thay had a Prairie Fest Open House, with guided prairie walks. It was featured by WTM4 News | |
First Congregational UCC, Madison, the only church represeneted, observed the Disability Pride Festival, with many attendees stopping at their booth. They will celebrate the Magic Pride Festival in August.
Orchard Ridge UCC, Madison, will also observe the Magic Pride Festival with a booth.
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As a part of their ministry to formerly-incarcerated women, the studio will be preparing rag rugs,
| Edgerton Congregational UCC will particpate in their community's Heritage Days with a booth that will sell baked goods. | First Congregational UCC, Lake Geneva, will participate in their community's Venetian Fest with a Cookie Walk Booth. | |
Several of our congregations have a caring ministry, providing visits, phone calls and cards. McFarland UCC goes a step further by regularly providing Befriender training.
| First UCC, Belleville, shared in Belleville's Music in Library Park by serving Walking Tacos. | The thene of the Art Camp of Swiss UCC, New Glarus, will be Craft Me a Story. | Plymouth Congregational UCC, Madison, welcomed cross-country bikers, some of whom left from Oregon on June 6, who are raising funds for guide dogs for the sight-impaired. | St. John's UCC, Merton, will help with their ciommunity's National Night Out, | Middleton Community UCC noted that, since extravagant wecome is a part of their ministry, they provided Safety Trining to membsers. | |
First Congregational UCC, Madison, took items from their Lenten community art project, Transformation, to make prints that they hung in their Chapel Gallery.
| First Congregational UCC, Lake Geneva, put out a call for members to support efforts to help area residents recover from a recent storm that affected the lake and surrounding properties. | Recognizing that many persons do not have gardens, Zwingli UCC, Monticello. has a Crop Swap in which those who do provide their excess garden produce. | Following up an item in the last Shalom,about Zwingli UCC, Paoli, First Congregational UCC, Platteville, notes that a church's records can be digitalized. | |  | Lisa Hart will be ordained on August 9, 3:00, at Salem UCC, Verona (502 Mark Dr.). Clergy are invited to wear their favorite stole. | An Ecclesiastical Council for Peter Morris will be held on Sunday, August 28, 2:00, at Memorial UCC, Fitchburg (5705 Lacy Rd.). Following a short time of worship, Rev. Morris will give a brief presentation about his faith journey and why he wants to be granted Privilege of Call in the UCC. Following, a vote will be taken to grant Privilege of Call. | |
The Committee on Ministry of the Wisconsin Conference, UCC
Invite all members, friends and clergy of the Wisconsin Conference and the Southern Region to the
The Installtion of
Rev. Benjamin J. Barlow
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Sunday, August 2nd, 3:00
Hosted by
First Congregational UCC, Janesville
54 S Jackson Street
Clergy are invited to robe and wear a favorite stole.
An offering will be received for the
Wisconsin Conference Member in Discernment Scholarship Fund.
| On Sunday, July 26, Trinity UCC, Brookfield, installed Chris Faulk as an Authorized Pastor. He will serve as an Associate Pastor. | |
From Plymouth Congregtional UCC, Madison:
"Abiding does not mean sitting idly by. It means resting in the work, resting in the moment, resting in the truth, resting in the confidence that God is your provision." (Robin Bertram)
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UCC WEBINAR
ON CLIMATE JUSTICE
| The question that the United Church of Christ webinar on Wednesday, August 12, 12:00, will try; to answer is, "Can Congress Still Accomplish Anything?" | |
On August 11-13, 8:30-4:30 each day, there will be a Faith and Justice Gathering for Madison youth at Chriist Presbyterian Church. Youth will be encouraged to explore together big questions that really matter, such as, How are we called by God to respond to injustice in our world? Use this link to sign up.
This was in the newsletters of Orchard Ridge UCC, Madison, and Memorial UCC, Fitchburg. It will be an opportunity to hear firsthand the stories of people working for justice in our community.
| The youth of Frst UCC, Belleville will have an Urban Immersion Experience at Bethel-Bethany UCC in August. | The youth of Middleton Community UCC went on a mission trip to Chicago in July. | |
Twenty-two youth from Memorial UCC, Madison, and McFarland UCC went on a mission trip to Oglala Lakota Nation on the Pine Ridge Reservation in Souith Dekota.
Youth from St. John's UCC, Monroe, went to Duluth to participate in a mission camp. They did a variety of things, including sorting clothing, cleaning shelves for their food pantrry and weeding the grounds.
| Members of the youth Sunday School class of Memorial UCC, Fitchburg, created a video, Holy Havoc. Click on this link to access it. | The Book Group of Memorial UCC. Fitchburg, is reading Fire Weather, by John Vailllant. | Middleton Community UCC will discuss Believe:Why Everyone Should Be Religious, by Ross Douthat. | |
