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Alysin Amant, the Fitchburg Star – The City of Fitchburg will resume hosting meetings for local faith leaders at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7, Mayor Aaron Richardson said during his report at the Common Council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The gatherings’ regular schedule was previously interrupted due to the pandemic. “It’s something where a bunch of our faith leaders, community members, a lot of staff and other officials are welcome to get together, talk about things they’re doing and try to coordinate where possible,” Richardson said. “We’ve done this for quite a while, but because of COVID, we…

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…

The Rev. John Wille, pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Tomah, has been elected president of the South Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod at the district’s 51st Regular Convention, which was held last week at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon. The Rev. Jeffrey Meyer, pastor of Christ Memorial Lutheran Church in Fitchburg, was elected third vice president. Read more.