Christmas

MIDDLETON, Wis. (WMTV) – Blackhawk Church’s Christmas Eve service reminds the community that they are not alone this holiday season through a message of hope. This comes after a Madison school shooting resulted in a week of hardship and grief. “We actually have people who have family members that have been injured. We know people who lost their lives, so it’s been really challenging for us,” Charles Yu said. Read more of this story.

Full Light A classical Christmas performance, seen for the first time at the Bartell Theatre! Don’t miss the beauty of intricate movement set to Handel’s Messiah. Encouraging us to set our hearts on the reason for the season.

By – Collaboration Project – For the second year, Leopold Elementary School has partnered with three local churches to support their students and families for Christmas. City on a Hill Church, along with the Church, and Christ Church hosted a Christmas Toy Shop on Tuesday, December 14, serving 50 families in the school community and neighborhood. Pastor Jeff Franklin of City on a Hill noted that the event was an unexpected blessing of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, with Madison public schools still closed, he was able to offer use of the church building to bring families in to shop…

A state-of-the-art $25,000 holiday light show at Sun Prairie’s Dunkin’ restaurant runs through the holiday season, all of the way to New Year’s Day. It’s a little bit of holiday self-promotion but it also is designed to benefit and bring awareness to The Elizabeth House. The Elizabeth House is a program of Care Net Pregnancy Center of Dane County, offering a home for young, single pregnant women wanting to make a new start and is provided at no cost to them. The Elizabeth House’s residential maternity program helps mothers build life skills and secure emploment, childcare, and housing. Their goal…