The Lay Academy: A Transformational Ministry
The Lay Academy is a transformational ministry that helps attendees carry our church into the future. In the video below, past Lay Academy Minister/Director, Rev. Deborah Payden, and incoming Director Rev. Tisha Brown discuss the role this ministry plays in the lives of those who attend, and in the lives of the churches they are a part of.
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 MissionInsite
Did you know that the Conference subscribes to MissionInsite, and Wisconsin Conference churches can access this valuable demographic information? Serving your community begins with understanding your community. See how at the video below. MissionInsite introduction video More information and MissionInsite registration information can be found on the Wisconsin Conference website.
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 Grants for School Kits
Church World Service is asking for help to build up a dwindling supply of School Kits for children in need around the world. See how your congregation can claim $250 to assist in the effort.
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How to Increase Worship Attendance
Inviting friends and neighbors into Christian community isn't always easy. Discover the dynamics of how church services grow in this online course that can help you create a plan for growing your worship service. This workshop is presented by Cathy Townley, who drew over 80 attendees at her presentation to the Wisconsin Conference last January.
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Keep Learning: Attend the Online UCC History and Polity Class this Fall
Taught by Dr. Martha Ann Baumer, this course is an introduction to the United Church of Christ, appropriate for any person interested in its history and polity, with an invitation to explore further.
Topics include: - The United Church of Christ Today
- Covenant Commitments and Basic Ideas
- How We Got This Way, Parts I and II
- Ministry
- Worship
- Common Life, Basic Texts
- Current Concerns
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2015 Trip to the Holy Land: Come and See
April 23-May 4: These are the dates for the next trip to the Holy Land sponsored by the Southwest Association's Bethlehem Partnership Committee and led by Bonnie Van Overbeke and Nancy Baumgartner. If you have ever wanted to see the holy sites you have read about since childhood or meet the people who live in the holy land today, this is the trip for you! Since 2004 Nancy and Bonnie have led 7 trips and have developed contacts with Palestinians and Israelis who seek peace in the midst of conflict and occupation. They would love to share these places and these people with you!
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 Parables: An Experience of Inclusive Worship
On October 26, 2014, the Faith Formation Team of UCC Local Church Ministries is sponsoring a Still Speaking Worship event at Wayzata Community Church in Wayzata, Minn. This worship event is designed for worship leaders, faith formation directors, pastors, disability ministry volunteers, Sunday school teachers...anyone interested in making your church and worship services more inclusive.
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The German Westend Gospel Singers Tour
The 35-voice Westend Gospel Singers is a dynamic outreach ministry of the congregation in Eberswalde, a city located 30 miles northeast of Berlin in former East Germany. During their two-week September tour, they will sing gospel music in English at UCC churches in Wisconsin and the Chicago area. The Westend Gospel Singers toured Wisconsin in 2006 and 2010; the Wisconsin Gospellers visited Germany in 2008 and 2012.
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 Best of the Midwest Gospel Workshop
Join the Wisconsin Gospellers on September 20, 2014, for the Best of the Midwest Gospel Workshop featuring "the Pavarotti of Gospel" Robert Robinson.
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New Communities of Practice Groups to Form this Fall
I feel more grounded and more inspired in ministry now than I ever have before. - Communities of Practice Participant
Ministers can find more information about the Communities of Practice groups on the Wisconsin Conference website. New groups will begin in September. Everyone who wishes to participate in a group needs to register, even if you have been in a group in the past.
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Wisconsin Conference United Church of Christ | 4459 Gray Road | PO Box 435 | DeForest, WI 53532
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Church Spotlight 
Calvary Memorial UCC, in the Southeast Association in Wauwatosa, is led by Rev. Deborah Howland. Calvary was formed in 1954 by the merger of two churches in Wauwatosa: Peace Memorial (originally Friedens Evangelical Kirche) and St. Paul's Church.
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