If you feel as if Annual Meeting 2026 is coming up fast, you’re right. With spring association meetings a thing of the past – and Pride celebrations and graduations taking center stage around our former June meeting date – Annual Meeting is set for April 10-11 at Green Lake Conference Center. Here are some important things to know to make the most of your Annual Meeting experience:

Registration is open. The meeting theme, Cultivating Community: Rooted in Christ and Bearing Fruit, points to the broad, deep relationships the Holy Spirit makes possible across the Conference as we share resources, stories and ministry how-to’s. There’s no time like Annual Meeting to build connections that will enrich your congregation’s mission and ministry. Register for Annual Meeting

Make your room and meal reservations today. The block of rooms at Green Lake reserved specifically for Annual Meeting attendees will be released Feb. 23. After that, you may be competing for accommodations with other groups – and you pay wind up paying more. Don’t delay. Register for accommodations and meals today.

Check out the pre-meeting Intensive Workshop. The theme of the workshop on Thursday, April 9, is Rooted and Reaching, Connecting Within and Beyond the Local Church,  a further nod to the Annual Meeting theme. The day will explore internal connections that form in congregations through worship practices such as preaching, music, prayer, and the arts, and external connections that occur through community ministries and justice initiatives. The Intensive Workshop will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Ley Chapel at Daycholah Center. Learn more and register.

Are you an author who is part of the Wisconsin Conference? The Conference Historical Committee is offering two avenues to showcase your work at Annual Meeting 2026. First, email Eden Theological Seminary bookstore manager Scott Holl and ask him to carry your book or books at the Eden table at Annual Meeting. Your other option is to donate up to 10 copies of your work to be featured at the Historical Committee’s exhibit table, where they’ll be offered for a suggested minimum donation that will benefit history work within the Conference. Email John Helt for more details.

In a new video, Wisconsin Conference Minister Franz Rigert and his Minnesota counterpart, the Rev. Dr. Tanya Sadagopan, discuss the recent bus tour of sites in Alabama and Tennessee that played key roles in the Civil Rights movement – and reflect on how the lessons of the movement can be applied today. Watch the video.

Registration is open for the first two 2026 cohorts of Animating Antiracism in Faith Formation, a program open to all church leaders looking to expand their cultural competency and examine the ways in which race and power are present in ministry. Cohort A will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. on Mondays from Feb. 23 to March 23. Cohort B will meet from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, and 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 13. Cost of the program is $60 for each participant.



Register for Cohort A.

Register for Cohort B.

Join the Rev. Rachel McDonald, the UCC's generosity officer for OCWM and Special Mission Offerings, on Zoom from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, to learn how to promote and celebrate wider giving in the UCC. Explore how a yearly cycle of Special Offering gifts provides a roadmap for generosity. Clergy, mission committee members, and anyone interested in giving will receive an overview of how Our Church's Wider Mission giving works in the UCC and gain helpful tips to bring back to your congregation.

Register today.

The Small Church Working Group will meet by Zoom at 6:30 p.m. today to discuss how small churches can faithfully respond to the immigration crisis.

Register to attend.

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