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How can churches use their building space in a collaborative way? Here are 3 impactful stories of ways that Dane County churches are currently sharing space for the greater good: (clip and paste URL) Read the story here: https://www.collaborationproject.us/stories/sharing-buildings-building-community
Just when the Easter bustle started picking up, three teams from Faith Community Bible Church, City Church, and a Northside collaborative group at the YWAM Madison base dedicated rooms in their buildings for a 24-7 prayer vigil through all of Holy Week (the week leading up to Easter). In preparing for Easter, these churches created spaces for Christians from around the community to come together in prayer. Read more of this story here: https://www.collaborationproject.us/stories/holy-week-prayer
MADISON, Wis. — When he was a little boy roaming the forests and marshes of Illinois, Rick Lindroth adored catching frogs and climbing trees. His dream came true when he became a full-time scientist, paid to make observations in nature. Even when he’s not on officially on the job, with binoculars dangling from his neck, he will effortlessly spot a bald eagle’s nest from his fly-fishing stream in Big Spring valley. The University of Wisconsin-Madison ecologist also belongs to an evangelical church and has struggled with deep despair over climate change. He has had a front-row seat observing the effects…
When Nick and Kerri Laper left Ukraine for an international vacation in mid-February, they had pondered to their travel agent about whether they’d be able to come back. At that point, there were rumblings of military action by the Russian military, but the Lapers’ travel agent had been more flippant about it, convinced an invasion wouldn’t happen. So the couple packed up their momentos just in case before leaving for vacation in Egypt – and haven’t returned since, as a no-fly zone was established in Ukraine. Instead, the Lapers are now back at their Fitchburg home – where they…
This website, madisonchristians.com, is ancient by internet standards, having first gone online in 2006. It needs an overhaul. And, thanks to the Madison Christian Giving Fund, an overhaul is coming. madisonchristians.com was among the 2022 grantees. That will enable this totally volunteer Madison Christian community internet portal to achieve a new look and new functionality. Finally, we can be mobile phone friendly, for instance.
Seventeen years ago, Fred Grossenbach, an advocate of the transforming power of the gospel, got a vision for 24-7 prayer on campus at the UW. He approached Peter Horton, on staff with InterVarsity and a member of Faith Community Bible Church, inviting him to consider spearheading a 24-7 prayer room. Peter asked the Lord about it, and he heard God clearly say, “This is for you.” He felt led to aim for 40 days of 24-7 prayer during Lent. Read more of this story at: https://www.collaborationproject.us/stories/holy-week-of-prayer
MADISON, Wis. (RNS) — When she first became pastor of Lakeview Moravian Community, the Rev. Staci Marrese-Wheeler got a bit of advice from the church’s former pastor. “Get to know your neighbors,” she recalled him saying. She took the advice to heart, for both pragmatic and spiritual reasons. As a small congregation, Lakeview needed to work with other churches to serve their community. And working together sent a message that God was bigger than a single denomination. Read the rest of this story: https://religionnews.com/2022/03/08/in-madison-mainline-and-evangelicals-work-together-to-help-their-churches-thrive/
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Eleven Wisconsin couples are proof that love is still alive and well after it was announced that they will be the first members inducted into the state’s Marriage Hall of Fame, the Wisconsin Family Council stated Monday. Married couples in Wisconsin had the chance to apply if they had been married 60 years or more. As part of this inaugural group, the council put the cut-off at 65 years. Read more of this story: https://www.nbc15.com/2022/02/28/11-couples-named-first-members-wisconsin-marriage-hall-fame/
Awaken Dane is a two-year cohort program consisting of three main tiers: Monthly meetings of the pastor with a team of congregational members to work through the Stepping Out curriculum together Monthly meetings of all participating pastors to reflect on the program and form a community together alongside Awaken Dane coaches Two plenaries hosted at Upper House Madison each year to present a topic to Awaken Dane participants while featuring different local speakers Read more of this story at: https://www.collaborationproject.us/stories/one-more-layer
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled last week in favor of a church in Madison. As a result of that ruling, Capitoland Christian Center Church remains free to expect its employees to share and live out its religious beliefs. In its decision, the court affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the church did not engage in marital-status discrimination when it informed one of its employees that the church’s religious beliefs prohibited her from living with her boyfriend, a condition of employment which the individual had previously agreed to uphold. Read the court’s decision: https://adflegal.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/Sandoval-v-Capitoland-Christian-Center-Church-2022-02-24-Court-of-Appeals-Decision.pdf.