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Damascus Road Church welcomed its new pastor, Tim Dunn, on July 10, 2011. Dunn was the final selection in a nationwide search that attracted more than 300 applicants. Prior to coming to Damascus Road Church, Tim served as the lead pastor of The Bridge, a replanted, revitalized urban, university-oriented church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tim Dunn brings a history of empowering leadership and a solid commitment to the gospel to a congregation known for its cutting edge commitment to social justice and recovery ministries.
Just a few hours after comedian Mike Vecchione finished his set on a recent Saturday night at The Comedy Club on State, the space was turned over to a rental customer. Bibles replaced beer. The jokes largely disappeared. This is where Madison Alliance Church holds Sunday services.
Star Parker’s personal experience has shaped her Christ-centered, pro-life crusade against abortion. “My aggressive lifestyle included, drugs, alcohol, sexual promiscuity, and criminal behavior. After four abortions, it occurred to me that it just wasn’t right to kill the life inside of me,” she told the audience at the annual banquet for Care Net Pregnancy Center of Dane County. Parker decided against the fifth abortion and gave birth to a girl some 25 years ago. Having a child with no source of income forced her to go on and off welfare for the next seven years.
Now that November is here it’s a great time to share about SHARE because although you can get a great deal on food from SHARE every month of the year, November has the best deal of all. SHARE stands for Self Help And Resource Exchange. “SHARE is a nonprofit food buying club that offers good, nutritious products at reduced cost through a volunteer-run, community-based, distribution system.” Many of SHARE’s distribution sites (where orders are picked up) are located in churches and the program is run primarily by volunteers.
It’s Friday night, and things are hopping at The River. A bluegrass band plays as diners move down the serving line for a plate of chicken and vegetables, then sit at long tables topped with cloths and fresh flowers, and dig in. The music and church dinner atmosphere may not sound like what you think of when you think of a food pantry, but founders Andy and Jenny Czerkas mean to build a community, and more people from more walks of life are swallowing their pride and getting acquainted with being on the receiving end of charity at The River…
For the past month 37 area artists have had their unique artistic creations on display in 18 different galleries in the Madison area, all to benefit Habitat for Humanity. The art displays end this Saturday, Oct. 29th. The art is created from salvaged materials, and the proceeds from their sale go to benefit Habitat for Humanity. In 2012 Habitat for Humanity of Dane County will be celebrating its 25th anniversary.
This week, Nashotah House will install a new dean and president, the Right Rev. Edward Salmon. A retired South Carolina bishop, Salmon will have to balance the school’s traditional mission against shifting economic and technological forces, and lead it at a time of great division within the Anglican Communion. “Our vision is to continue to do, impressively and strongly, what we’ve done for 170 years,” said Salmon, a longtime Nashotah House trustee, who will be installed during a convocation Friday – where former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey is scheduled to speak.
MADISON — After decades in which “women’s ordination” was openly discussed, Pope John Paul II declared, in the encyclical Ordinatio Sacerdotalis in 1994, that priestly ordination is reserved to men and the Church has no authority to change this. To this day, however, many Catholics remain puzzled as to how or even whether the question has been fully resolved. If anything, public dissent is growing stronger with high-profile cases of priests and others declaring opposition to the teaching. The Diocese of Madison invites all to attend a St. Thérèse of Lisieux Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 8, in which Sr. Sara…
Methodist Bishop Linda Lee, who has led the Wisconsin Conference of the United Methodist Church since 2004, has announced plans to retire, effective Sept. 1, 2012. In a letter to members of the conference, she said she continues to feel God’s calling in her life and plans to pursue future service to God in the church.
Madison Catholic Bishop Robert Morlino has asked priests in the diocese to move toward using only bread during regular communion services, reserving the use of both bread and wine for more solemn or special occasions. The change would be a significant departure from current U.S. Catholic custom, although bread-only is the norm in many other parts of the world.