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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) — The Salvation Army Emergency Shelter in Dane County sees around 134 families and women every night, but during the winter season that number rises as the need increases. When the temperature drops below 20 degrees the Salvation Army shelter does not turn anyone away. Melissa Sorenson, the Social Services Executive Director, said the need is greater this year. “We had 152 staying when the first winter storm hit and we’re expecting the same number for the next storm.”
Amidst the many ways that congregations have found ways to collaborate with each other and local agencies to serve the community, food has emerged as one common theme.
Formerly incarcerated individuals face many, many challenges. To raise awareness and to educate the community about the challenges and obstacles ex-offenders face when they return to the outside world, Madison-area Urban Ministry (MUM) hosted a Prison Reentry Simulation on the UW-Madison campus on Jan. 8. The simulation is something that MUM, an interfaith non-profit organization that helps provide resources to people who have been newly released from the prison system, hosts from time to time. It is comprised of three parts: Introduction, Role Play and Panel. This particular simulation was led by Shawna Lutzow, MUM Volunteer & Community Engagement Coordinator,…
You are invited to come to the Wisconsin capitol on Thursday, January 16th, 2020, for National Religious Freedom Day.2020 is the Year of the Bible and I believe strongly we need to read and pray the New Testament through. We will be in room 400 NE from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The plan is to have the books of the New Testament written on an index card. Participants would chose one card and when finished reading sign the back signifying they read the whole book or marking on the back where they ended so the next person can continue…
The Wisconsin State Journal asked a cross-section of area Christian clergy members to share with readers excerpts from their sermons they plan to delivery this Christmas. Below are portions of their messages.
PRAIRIE DU SAC, Wis. – Last week, Prairie du Sac resident Gene Weittenhiller shared his stage 4 pancreatic diagnosis with the world. For his last Christmas wish, he asked for as many Christmas cards as possible. When Milwaukee residents Markeith Powell, Marqwain Givhan and Earl Minley saw his story online, Minley said, “We took it upon ourselves to go out of our way two-and-a-half hours to see the smile on this man’s face. It was priceless.”
Recently some leaders of the Madison Christian Giving Fund met to pray. We figured that since we exist to advance the Kingdom of God by supporting grass-roots ministries who serve people and lovingly share the gospel with them, we should be praising and listening to the King.
Madison-based Upper House is developing a cutting-edge Fellows program to help University of Wisconsin students integrate their academic studies with their Christian faith and vocation. This program will launch publicly in Fall 2020. To help hone the program, we are inviting students to participate in a Spring 2020 Pilot Cohort. Students in the Pilot Cohort will engage with rich content that aligns with the aim of the Fellows Program: to fill a gap in the life of the mind for Christian students at UW-Madison. The new Fellows Program and Pilot Cohort will be led by Dr. Daniel Hummel, Program Curator…
Over a decade ago, a few pastors were lamenting how they’d come to the end of an Advent season exhausted and sensing they’d missed it – the awe-inducing, soul-satisfying mystery of the incarnation. “For many of us, we were drowning in a sea of financial debt and endless lists of gifts to buy. We struggled to find the connection between our Christmas to-do lists and the story of Jesus’ birth,” they said. An overwhelming stress had overtaken worship and celebration. The time of year when focusing on Christ should be the easiest was often the hardest. Somehow, this had become the…
For Geneva Campus Church, it was collecting backpacks for students at West High School. For The Church at Christ Memorial, it was taking the teachers from Leopold Elementary out for a social get-together. For Redeemer City Church, it was taking care of kids at Huegel Elementary School so the African-American parent group could have a time to meet. For many congregations, linking up with Madison-area schools covers a wide range of activities, For some, it also involves providing food through a network of food pantries that serves low-income families. All of those connections came together on Nov. 19 as representatives of a range of…