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YATC Volunteers at the Food Pantry Gardens

The Office — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:00:26 +0000

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Interfaith Dialogues on Sexuality

The Office — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:05:01 +0000

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Saving Badger Care

The Office — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:21:38 +0000

BadgerCare was created in the 1990s as a way of ensuring working people access to affordable health insurance when their income disqualified them for Medicaid. It works to minimize the effects the growing gap between the “haves” (often those with access to good health insurance) and the “have nots” (those without health insurance). Go to change.org to sign the on-line petition asking the Dept. of Health Services to preserve BadgerCare and avoid making changes in this program. — Pastor Marianne

(Message below from Save BadgerCare Coalition)

Send a message to Wisconsin leaders today – Protect & Save BadgerCare!

Wisconsin’s Medicaid deficit is now expected to be $322 million less than was anticipated a few months ago, and the state has just received a $24 million federal bonus for BadgerCare’s success. Those developments enable the state to protect BadgerCare, while also lifting the cap on the Family Care program.

Please join us in fighting to preserve BadgerCare and to oppose changes that would adversely affect children, people with disabilities, and adults, and would result in thousands of families becoming uninsured.

Add your name to our new Save BadgerCare Coalition petition being sent to Governor Walker, DHS Secretary Smith and Joint Finance Committee Co-Chairs – Senator Darling and Representative Vos.

http://www.change.org/petitions/save-badgercare-2

Thank you!

Thank you for supporting BadgerCare and Medicaid. Be sure to forward this email to others letting them know that MEDICAID MATTERS! For more information and to join the Save BadgerCare Coalition, visit: www.savebadgercare.org.

St. Mark’s Food Pantry News

The Office — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:12:00 +0000

ST. MARK’S FOOD PANTRY

On the first Sunday of each month, Trinity Church takes collections to donate to our neighbors at St. Mark’s Food Pantry on Spruce St. The pantry is in need of these specific items:

canned fruit
cooking oil
canned tomatoes (chopped)
spaghetti noodles
graham crackers

Thank you for your support of this local ministry!

Turkey Dinner 2011

The Office — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:18:09 +0000

Thank you all who came, ate, volunteered and took part in Trinity’s annual dinner.

Photos (courtesy Jerry T.) here.

Trinity’s Trick-or-Tailgate Holiday Event

The Office — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:55:17 +0000

Trinity’s Trick-or-Tailgate!

From 4-7pm on Halloween (10/31), we’ll be celebrating and reaching out to the neighborhood right here in Trinity’s parking lot! Lots of activities are planned, including:

Face painting
Pumpkin decorating
Car decoration contest (Bring your car, park it, and decorate as spooky as you can!)
Costume contest
Pumpkin-carving contest (Create your best jack-o-lantern during fellowship time on 10/30 to show off to your church friends! Bring your own pumpkin if you’re able.)

Please bring candy to pass out to neighborhood trick-or-treaters and trinity kids. We will also be grilling hot dogs for the event. Contest winners will be announced at the end, and the winners will receive a delicious prize! Download a flyer here: Trick-or-Trunk

Important & Relevant for WI United Methodists!

The Office — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:16:47 +0000

A Wisconsin pastor could lose her job after she took a stand on the issue of gay marriage…

See full article on CBS Minnesota.

Trial Time:
June 21-23, 2011

Place:
Peace United Methodist Church
Kaukauna, WI

Presiding Officer: Bishop Clay F. Lee
Church Counsel: Rev. Thomas Lambrecht

For more information, visit LoveOnTrial.org

Greenbush Day

The Office — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:58:03 +0000

Greenbush Day will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 22, 4-6pm at the UW Welcome Center, 21 N. Park Street (just north of Regent) – music, dance, refreshments, storytelling, exhibits, visiting with neighbors.

Hope to see you there!

Studying Justice Together in Front of Gov. Walker’s Office

The Office — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:37:49 +0000

Leaders of the WI faith community have requested meetings with Governor Walker’s office to discuss how the budget repair bill and budget cuts will affect our communities. The Governor’s office has not yet responded. Until a meeting is scheduled, several faith leaders have committed to sit in front of his office studying religious texts related to justice. This effort is being led by the Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice and MUM (Madison Urban Ministry).

Pastor Amanda has agreed to lead a two-hour session this Friday, March 11, from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at 115 East Wing, in front of the Governor’s office. We’ll be looking at our Lenten text: Becoming a Justice-Seeking Congregation by William McElvaney. Join us!

Pastor Amanda leading worship in the Capitol Rotunda

Pastor Amanda leading worship in the Capitol Rotunda on Sunday, February 27. Photo courtesy of Michael Sears/msears@journalsentinel.com.

United Methodist Bishop Linda Lee’s Letter to Gov. Walker

The Office — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:00:57 +0000

A note from Wisconsin’s UM Conference:

The following letter was sent to Governor Walker. The hope is that all United Methodists in Wisconsin will pray about this issue and contact Governor Walker as well as their elected state representatives to let them know their opinions.

Download (PDF): Bishop Lee’s Letter to Gov. Walker

Copied below:

February 16, 2011
Office of Governor Scott Walker
115 East Capitol
Madison WI 53702

Dear Governor Walker:

It was my great honor to meet you and participate in your prayer breakfast on the day of your inauguration. Thank you for the invitation. I continue to pray for you and your administration.

However, today I have a concern. United Methodists state in our 2008 Book of Discipline the following:

“We support the right of all public and private employees and employers to organize for collective bargaining into unions and other groups of their own choosing. Further, we support the right of both parties to protection in so doing and their responsibility to bargain in good faith within the framework of the public interest. In order that the rights of all members of the society may be maintained and promoted, we support innovative bargaining procedures that include representatives of the public interest in negotiation and settlement of labor-management contracts, including some that may lead to forms of judicial resolution of issues. We reject the use of violence by either party during collective bargaining or any labor/management disagreement. We likewise reject the permanent replacement of a worker who engages in a lawful strike.”

I share this with you because I understand the importance of balancing our state budget while continuing to provide the best services possible to our citizens. But because of my belief that far more is accomplished for the best interests of all those we serve when employers and employees work together, I am writing to ask you to reconsider your initiative which I believe would end the possibility for those who are government employees here in Wisconsin to negotiate settlement of labor and management disagreements.

Our scriptures teach us that in Christ there is no north or south, no east or west, no slave or free. Is there not another way to accomplish what is needed? Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

In Christ,
Bishop Linda Lee