For the past several months, Upper House has been working behind the scenes with the Wisconsin Council of Churches, Collaboration Project, and the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary to apply for a grant from the Lilly Endowment Thriving Congregations Initiative. We were thrilled to recently learn that the endowment awarded the partnership a $1 million grant for the Awaken Dane initiative. We look forward to working with initiative leader, Rev. Kerri Parker of the Wisconsin Council of Churches, the collaborating partners, and local churches and congregations, on this five-year effort.