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The Wisconsin State Capitol grounds were not packed (as they are for Concerts on the Square). Only a couple of hundred people gathered at the King street entrance for today’s noon hour prayer observance, but even just two or three would have made it a significant prayer meeting. Joleen Helbig, Wisconsin National Day of Prayer State Coordinator, introduced musicians Leotha and Tamera Stanley, from Madison’s Mt. Zion Church, and Julaine Appling of the Wisconsin Family Council. Appling introduced the theme of this year’s National Day of Prayer: “For Your Great Name’s Sake! Hear us. Forgive us. Heal us!” The theme…
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV)—Many families in our area struggle with providing needs like medical and dental care, groceries, clothing or even a haircut. Felicia Pendleton and Krysta Wetzel talk about an event that’s happening this Saturday where Dane County residents can receive these services for free.
Since settling in Madison eight years ago, Don Tubesing has been a Big Brother volunteer with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, a supporter of the Lussier Family Center and member of the leadership team of its statewide gospel choir, a volunteer with the literacy program at the Dane County Jail, a stone carver and a history-maker in the Madison theater community.
Madison schools are failing minority children who are poor. Madison’s racial disparity and achievement gap offers little hope for minority parents with limited means. Their only choice was the public schools until Lighthouse Christian school entered the Wisconsin Parental Choice program (the only Madison school participating in the state voucher program). LightHouse from Yellow Dog Productions on Vimeo.
Christa Fisher opens a cabinet in her office and fills a cloth shopping bag with some of the supplies inside: Bibles, pencils, postage stamps, calendars; a few pairs of clean socks. She checks the walkie-talkie on her belt, picks up a stack of yellow request forms, and goes to work. She heads through a security door and down a barren corridor to a jail cellblock. Four men in blue jail-issued scrubs come to greet her through the bars, as a TV plays in the background.
Festus, a 15-year-old donkey from Blue Mounds, led a group of about 200 congregants observing Palm Sunday on a parade to the Capitol. The donkey has grown accustomed to his role re-creating Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem on a donkey. In fact, Festus has caused at least three fender-benders, said his handler and owner, Marlene Cordes of Black Forest Farm.
City Church of Madison has no dress code. This is so both newcomers and returning visitors can feel completely comfortable and be themselves at the non-denomination house of worship. By presenting a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, the church believes its worshipers will more strongly connect with God, form new friendships, and acknowledge God’s presence in their daily lives.
MADISON — A contest is being held to name the new homeless day resource center operated by Catholic Charities with submissions being accepted from March 22 to April 7. Groups, businesses, schools, clubs, and individuals can enter a naming idea and be eligible to win a gift with recognition at the ribbon cutting when the center opens in the fall.
With a few inexpensive moves to turn bare walls into venues, churches are using visual displays for a range of purposes. Some complement lessons taught in worship (one church asked members to submit art pieces in response to a sermon series on thriving). Others bridge cultural divides with the secular world (such as a show at a Fort Wayne, Ind., church featuring local artists’ creations from discarded objects and materials). In one indicator, some 400 churches with gallery ambitions have bought “Seeing the Unseen: Launching and Managing a Church Gallery” at $30 per copy, according to Cameron Anderson, executive director…
A man who could not see. Another man who invited him to open his eyes. People amazed and divided by the transformation that had taken place. And a new way of seeing the world and living in it. Those are some of the elements of that story of Jesus giving sight to the man born blind in the Gospel of John, chapter 9. They are also some of the elements of the story of Noel Paul Stookey – someone probably best know as the Paul in the folk trio, Peter, Paul and Mary, that soared to fame in the 1960s.…