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Care Net Pregnancy Center of Dane County has secured state tax credit financing for a $6.4 million, 36-unit, mixed income housing project on the East Side, after failing to get financial support from the city of Madison.
Since making a plea for donations to help release a shipment of medical supplies stuck in an East African port, the Sun Prairie-based nonprofit Hope 2 Others has ratcheted up its plans for delivering health care to a poor region of Tanzania.
A distinguished Christian scholar wrestled with a conundrum of modern faith on the University of Wisconsin campus as part of the annual Geneva Forum lecture series. The question posed to Mark Noll, a professor of history at Notre Dame University and the author of The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind and other books, was “Christianity: Expanding Worldwide Yet Struggling in Universities. Why?”
Before the bombing in Boston and the explosion in Texas one of the top stories of the week, covered by most major media, was the death of singer George Beverly Shea. He died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at the age of 104.I had interviewed Shea once, by telephone, almost ten years ago, and was surprised to hear him say Madison was “one of my favorite cities.”
madisonchristians.com was established to tell the story of Madison’s vibrant Christian community, particularly the evangelical Christian community. The activities of this coming weekend provide evidence of just how thriving that community can be here in “Mad City.”Our calendar shows a major conference at Blackhawk Church called Pulse, with a music focus Friday and Saturday. And a major speaker appearing on the UW campus Friday night, sponsored by Geneva Campus Church and InterVarsity. In addition, on the east side, there’s the monthly Friday night worship event called Gates of Glory at Living Waters Church in Sun Prairie.
The vitality of local private schools could help explain the muted level of interest in Madison for the publicly funded voucher expansion proposal in Governor Scott Walker’s biennial budget proposal…
A Janesville church plans to erect a 60-foot lighted steel cross where it will be visible from the freeway.
MADISON (WKOW)– According to the most recent census, nearly 50 million Americans are uninsured. With rising health care costs many families simply can’t afford medical or dental care. That’s why volunteers organized a free clinic in Madison. It’s all part of the Touched Twice program, a non-profit group that organizes free clinics twice a year.
At the first Madison eatery to take part in “Suspended Coffee,” customers can buy a beverage or pastry for someone in need.
A local Lutheran bishop faces tentative homicide charges after a crash Sunday that killed a 52-year old woman, according to Sun Prairie police and a local pastor. Bruce H. Burnside, 59, of Madison was arrested on tentative charges of homicide by intoxicated driving after he allegedly hit a female pedestrian at the northbound off ramp of Highway 151 at Windsor Street in Sun Prairie.