City Church
City Church will host a Service of Remembrance on Tuesday, December 16, for the entire ALCS and Madison church community. We invite you to gather with us for worship and prayer as we remember the events of last year, honor those most deeply affected, reflect on God’s sustaining faithfulness, and seek His continued healing and peace. There will not be a livestream of this service.
By Chris Rickert – Wisconsin State Journal – A year after he was shot four times at Abundant Life Christian School — including twice in the head — Samy Garduno-Martinez is able to talk, is regaining his memory and is relearning how to walk. It’s a recovery that his physicians didn’t think was possible, but that his family never stopped believing in. “I always say that when the science says no, God says yes,” said Samy’s mother, Gabriela Martinez, who ascribes Samy’s ongoing recovery to “many miracles.” Read more of this story.
By Erin Gretzinger – Madison Capital Times – On the evening of Dec. 16 last year, Marcio Sierra Jr., the senior pastor of Lighthouse Church, felt his faith being tested. That morning, a 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian School opened fire on her teachers and classmates, leaving two dead and six more injured before she died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Among those most gravely wounded was then 17-year-old Samy Garduno-Martinez, who attended Lighthouse and went to the church’s school up until he went to high school at Abundant Life. More than a dozen other alumni and other students from Sierra’s congregation…
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The family of a 14-year-old school shooting survivor thanks God every day that’s he’s alive, nearly three months after a student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School. That shooting left a classmate and teacher dead, and six students injured, two critically. One of those critically injured students was freshman River Clardy. His mother, Christina Clardy, is a first year teacher at the school. Read more of this story. After multiple surgeries and with a lot of faith, teen recovering from Abundant Life shooting – Wisconsin State Journal
The No Regrets Conference is a global, single day, multi-site men’s conference intended to help jump-start ministry to men in the local community. It’s a one-day event that transforms men’s lives by empowering them to walk in loving, trusting, obedience of Jesus Christ. Hosted in Madison by City Church, 4909 E. Buckeye Road. Cost: $20 for adults (ages 18+), $5 for teens (ages 12-17 with parent or guardian registration) Includes registration fee, snacks and lunch. Doors open at 7:30am, lunch at 1pm.
Erik Ogren – BGEA – As the snow falls quietly around Abundant Life Christian School and City Church in Madison, Wisconsin small groups of people huddle together. In some ways, it may seem like just another December day. But the long line of yellow sheriff’s department tape tells a different story. On Monday, a 15-year-old student brought a gun to the school, where she shot classmates and a teacher. The attack claimed two lives and left six others wounded (including two who remain in critical condition). The teenager also took her own life. In the midst of “the most wonderful…
By Wisconsin State Journal Staff – Parents racing toward their children’s school as ambulances sped past them, a sea of police cars, a cry of disbelief as one person crumpled to the pavement. Madison on Monday joined the ranks of communities that have been staggered by gun violence in schools after police say a 15-year-old female student shot and killed a teacher and a teenage student at a Far East Side Christian school and wounded six others, two critically. Read the rest of this story. UPDATE: Friends Recall Those Lost in the Madison School Shooting
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -A mother and her three kids received a life-changing gift after navigating hardship and homelessness. Bianca Hightower shed tears when she received a car for her family at City Church on Saturday morning. Organizations Generous Jalopy and Waunakee Christian Brothers Automotive donated it to her. Read more of this story.
For the second year in a row, a broad spectrum of more than two dozen Madison churches and Christian ministries gave thanks to God in an ecumenical Thanksgiving service. The service was held Monday evening, November 20, at City Church on Buckeye Road. Foregoing their significant theological differences, participants chose instead to agree on their unifying faith in Jesus Christ and the blessings of faith that called for thankful praise. “Gratitude is our response to the gift of life,” said Madison Catholic Bishop Donald Hying in his Call to Worship. “Thanksgiving isn’t to be held to the fourth Thursday of…