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MADISON, Wis. (SPECTRUM NEWS) — Karin Krause runs a unique, cross-generational adult home that helps both seniors and those who care for them. “My husband and I live here. I guess we are the house parents. I am a nurse and he is an occupational therapist,” said Krause Karin and her husband Rick have been married for over 40 years. They met in nursing school.
When Christ Presbyterian Church (CPC) hired Jean-René Watchou as the Director of International Outreach in 2008, the church already had mission connections in Rwanda, Mexico, Egypt, and Palestine. With Jean-René —an immigrant from Cameroon with a master’s degree in international public affairs—on board, the church now planned to expand not into more countries abroad, but into care locally—to the large number of internationals here in Madison.
MADISON, Wis. — February 28, 2020 is the first Friday of this year’s Lenten season. While plant-based products are growing increasingly popular, the concept of skipping meat on Fridays during Lent is becoming a bit hazier. Madison bishop Donald Hying said, “Strictly speaking, you’re not violating the obligation to abstain from meat if you’re eating a vegetable meat. If a food product is consisting solely of vegetables, does not have any meat it in, it is certainly permissible to consume such a product on a Friday on Lent as a Catholic because it would still be observing the non-eating meat…
With influenza continuing to hit Wisconsin hard, schools closed in Richland Center Thursday and Madison-area clergy said they’re advising congregants to “rub elbows” or “fist bump,” instead of shaking hands or hugging, when sharing the peace during worship.
State Rep. Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) named longtime housing advocate Reverend Dr. Carmen Porco as a “Hometown Hero” in a ceremony during Thursday’s session of the State Assembly. “Carmen Porco is greatly deserving of the Hometown Hero award for his incredible dedication to addressing housing needs here in Wisconsin, and for his work within low-income communities,” Sargent said in a statement. “Rev. Porco has selflessly dedicated his life and work to fighting for just and equal opportunities, and has changed the lives of many.”
MADISON, Wis. (RNS) — Emma Brown didn’t know Pres House was a church when she walked in. The University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman had seen a sign for free ice cream at the Gothic Revival building at the heart of the university’s campus and decided to check it out. Inside, she met one of its two pastors and found herself surprisingly emotional when the topic of homesickness came up.
As the national debate around issues of immigration continues to swirl and divide people across the nation, people in Madison area churches are looking at hands-on ways to live out the Biblical injunction to “welcome the stranger.” For the Collaboration Project, that has involved bringing people together to share ideas, offer support and ponder new approaches. Last April, at the first gathering of the Immigration Affinity group, Pastor. Marcio Sierra from Lighthouse Church set the tone when he said, “The churches in Madison needs to open their eyes to the reality of what we have in Madison. A lot of believers here…
Fans of Madison’s Christian radio station Life 102.5 are making a big difference for children in hospitals this Valentine’s Day.
“Sometimes I wonder if the burning bush Moses encountered smelled like hickory,” Author and Culinary Historian Adrian Miller joked at a lecture about barbecue and soul food. Miller authored Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time which won a James Beard award, and most recently The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas (2017) which received a nomination for the 2018 NAACP Image Award. He gave a lunchtime lecture on African American food traditions to an audience of over…
Schools are at the heart of every neighborhood, every community, so it makes sense that in its first months of existence, Collaboration Project has put a particular emphasis on ways congregations can serve the schools in their area. One of the dreams of the Collaboration Project is that every school have a church partner – and those partnerships already take a variety of forms. In the last six months, we have told the stories of some of those partnerships. At the upcoming Kingdom Justice Summit there will a day of intensive exploration of what else might happen.