December 30, 2022 - January 6, 2023

SUNDAY Morning, 10 am Zoom Worship

https://zoom.us/j/97010988439 Password: betogether

SUNDAY , 12 noon Zoom Bible Study  

https://zoom.us/j/262314649 Note: Resumes January 8, 2023.

MONDAY - FRIDAY, 8 am Morning Devotion

https://zoom.us/j/94276813637

WEDNESDAY Eve., 6:00 pm Midweek Inhale Spiritual Practices

https://zoom.us/j/123020606 NOTE: Resumes January 4, 2023

Sunday, January 1st

Sunday Worship Service

10 am

(in person and on zoom)

Tom Ludwig will be leading worship this coming Sunday while Pastor Bryan is on vacation. Join us for worship, knowing we'll sing our joy for the new year!

https://zoom.us/j/97010988439

Usual password

Note: Communion and Birthday Sunday

will be celebrated next Sunday (January 8).

FINANCIAL COMMITTEE NEWS

Please return by Jan. 1, 2023

As we begin our financial planning for 2023 we are once again seeking financial pledges to help us have a sense of what degree of support we can count on in 2023.

Click here to be taken to the Letter and Form.

Link to a fillable PDF of the 2023 Commitment Form.

Please return Commitment Forms to the Financial Secretary via mail or email FinSec@mcfarlanducc.org by January 1, 2023. Thank you for your continued support!

Members of the MUCC Finance Committee

Geoff Brink    Joan Jacobsen    Barb Janoski     Carol Lemke   

Farrel Smith    Sue Haeffner

Racial Justice

2023 Planning

We have started planning Racial Justice events for 2023 and would love to have your input. We already have a video series planned to begin in February (more info to come), but we are interested in your ideas. What would you like to see or do? Please join us on Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 6:30 p.m., either in person or on Zoom, to be a part of this important ministry. The Zoom link and password is the same as the Sunday service: https://zoom.us/j/97010988439

If you can’t make the meeting, please send your ideas to Jayne Fischer at

jdfischer2@gmail.com. Hope to see you at the meeting!

Salt meeting- Thursday, January 5 at 6 p.m.

Thank You...

As a new activity for McFarland UCC, our Community Potluck Christmas Meal was a success.  We served around 40 meals with people eating in and meals taken out. Many people helped with food, serving, setup, music, etc. There were families, couples and single people helping. A big Thank You for the support of all. We hope that this will become an annual event. If anyone has suggestions or comments, please let us know. 

- Lavon Geasland, Judy Taber, Jean Duchrow and Kathy Paulson

Thank you for the many very generous donations to my request last Sunday for decorations and funds. You brightened Christmas for a family and showed again that you are a church with a very BIG heart! I am so deeply grateful.

-Martha Olsen

2023 Sunday Morning Ministries

Kitchen/Hospitality and Ushers

CAN YOU HELP? Here’s your opportunity to get involved and support some of the activities for Sunday morning – helping in the kitchen or being an usher. 



Kitchen/Hospitality Ministry Team

Team members are responsible for preparing beverages and snacks to be served prior to and after each worship service. This includes set up and clean up. The time commitment is from 9:15 am to about 11:45 am. The goal is to have a minimum of two individuals assigned each Sunday.

Once a month on the first Sunday, in addition to the usual beverage duties, the Kitchen Team is responsible for setting up and serving cake for our monthly birthday celebration. 

Click here to sign up for Kitchen/Hospitality - For more information contact Joan Jacobsen (kitchen) at treasurer@mcfarlanducc.org

Ushers Ministry Team

The ministry of ushering is an important part of worship because it is one of the most visible ministries in the church. Ushers assist the congregation and pastor by greeting and welcoming all members and guests. They serve a role in ensuring the worship service runs smoothly and the sanctuary offers a place conducive for worship. Ushers also respond to requests and any special needs or accommodations of those in worship. Ushers serve from 9:30-11:15; preference is for 2 persons to greet and usher together

Signup sheets for 2023 are posted on the bulletin board near the front entrance and updated signup lists are now available in Sign Up Genius (under “Contact”) on the church’s website.

Click here to sign up to Usher -For more information contact Becky Cohen (usher) at cohenrw@yahoo.com.

Pastor Bryan On Vacation

Tom Ludwig will lead worship on January 1st. Thank you Tom!

If you need pastoral support of any kind during my absence, once again our dear friend Rev. Kris Gorton from Memorial UCC in Fitchburg is on call. Her phone number is 608-438-6307 and her email is pastorkris@memberialucc.org.

I'll be visiting friends and family on the East Coast again from Dec. 26th through January 2nd. Yes, I'll be stepping into the wildness of my daughter's four boys, so pray for me! Kidding. Kind of. It will be a blast as always and who knows what new stories I'll come back with. Those 4 are always good for something funny, and they are going to give grandpa a run for his money on the hockey rink this time!

Ginger is sending out the Pulse in my absence. I told her that I may or may not send any article or update from my vacation, so if you don't here from me, just know I'll be back in action on Tuesday, January 3rd.

Happy New Year!