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A coalition of interfaith leaders is calling on Gov. Scott Walker to clarify his recent remarks implying most Muslims are extremists, saying such incendiary rhetoric endangers American Muslims in Wisconsin and across the country.
The Madison Christian Giving Fund will be leading a forum to discuss our communities’ most pressing needs and how the faith community can help to alleviate those. The forum will be facilitated by Henry Sanders, of the Giving Fund and will also look to the future and a vision for Madison and the surrounding area. Many communities across the country are beginning Gospel Movements which have demonstrated that Churches, Businesses and Government units can work together to transform our communities.
For Jaelle Weinberger, giving to less fortunate people has become commonplace. The 5-year-old from Waupun has learned the practice from her mother, Sarah. “She and I have donated toys to collection boxes at Walgreens at Christmas since she was 2. We also put together Operation Christmas boxes for children in third-world countries. We look for opportunities to help good causes each year” Sarah said.
Lyons — They walked, mother and son, along a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. Angie Roscioli had come with other Catholic women for a spiritual retreat led by the Rev. Domenic Roscioli on the infinite nature of God’s love. During a lull, they broke away, just the two of them, to walk and talk for a while. To this day, Angie cannot say why she chose that moment to tell him. Maybe, she says, the prayers of the day spoke to her. Or the lesson he was trying to impart: Nothing they could do, he told them, no experience in their…
When Pastor Harold E. Rayford isn’t preaching at his church, he’s making music. Rayford is the pastor of Faith, Hope and Love Family Church in Sun Prairie. He is also an accomplished musician and songwriter. Rayford performs gospel jazz, which combines the two genres of music. He began playing the saxophone in sixth grade and has played ever since, for 39 years.
As director of community relations for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Everett Mitchell often draws upon multiple aspects of his identity — attorney, pastor, community leader — to bridge divides through engagement with people he serves.
Matt Foley the motivational speaker lived in a van down by the river. The real Matt Foley — the one Chris Farley named his iconic “Saturday Night Live” character after — is head pastor at St. James Catholic Church in Arlington Heights and still misses his good friend.
Denise Jackson was just 16 when she landed a spot on the long-running TV phenomenon known as “American Idol,” and a lengthy profile on the front page of her hometown newspaper. That was 2007. Her magnificent voice would return the Madison teenager to the “American Idol” audition stage four more times. She’d sing for a who’s-who of “Idol” judges, beating out tens of thousands of would-be singers in the process, though she didn’t make the reality TV show’s final cut. The La Follette High School graduate hasn’t yet crossed the bridge to stardom. But her journey helped her cross a…
Go ahead and get both the pulled pork pizza with barbecue sauce and the “Burgertime” pie, with ground beef, bacon, onions and extra cheddar cheese. It’s for a good cause. Uncle E’s Pizza, launched earlier this month, is a food cart with a twist: a mobile frozen pizza business paired with community service. Uncle E’s is the creation of Kelly Erdman and his wife, Lori Erdman, who live on the north side of Madison. They and their children attend the nondenominational Christian Living Water Church in Sun Prairie, and they have taken Jesus’ biblical directive to “feed my sheep” to heart.
The Catholic student center at UW-Madison has slightly downsized its proposed new building, dropping the number of stories from six to five. The revision is a further cut from the initial 14-story proposal. As for this latest move, the Rev. Eric Nielsen, director of St. Paul’s University Catholic Center, said fundraising is going well but that rising construction costs are eating into what the center can afford.