Welcome to the Southwest Wisconsin Association of the United Church of Christ. The Southwest Wisconsin Association is made up of 53 congregations, spreading from Juneau, Lake Mills and Whitewater to the east and the Mississippi River to the west, Portage, Fox Lake and Endeavor to the north and south to the Illinois border. The Association exists to assist the local churches to equip their members for mission to and in the World. The Association is part of the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ.

The Association office is located at 2401 Atwood Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin. The phone number is (608) 244-3350. The fax number is (608) 244-8515. Send e-mail to office@swwaucc.org.

SPRING MEETING THEME….RENEWAL
On April 26 the Association will gather for its Spring Meeting at Zwingli UCC in Monticello. The theme of the meeting is Congregational Development and Renewal. Rev. Joanne Thomson of the Wisconsin Conference Staff will be our Keynote Speaker. Her address is “Supporting Renewal… What we need to hold on to and what we need to let go.” In addition, we hear stories from folk who experienced or are in the middle of renewal.

We will have our Business Meeting with election of officers. Middleton Community UCC will lead us in worship at the end of the day. The agenda follows:

9:00 a.m. Registration and Refreshments
9:30 a.m. Welcome Roll Call of Churches
About the Local Church
Hymn Sing
10:00 a.m. Rev. Joanne Thomson Presentation
11:00 a.m. Stories of Congregational Renewal
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Business Meeting
2:15 p.m. Worship
3:00 p.m. Adjournment

Association e-Communications Project
Lay Life and Leadership Division is working to improve communications with lay leaders in our churches. Learn more about this project and sign up to receive the Association e-News or to get help with a website for your church.

Iraqi Medical Relief Effort Raises Over $40,000!
The Social Concerns Committee wanted to make it possible for congregations to give direct aid to suffering civilians in war-torn Iraq. They have been working on an Association-wide campaign to raise money to enable the International Red Cross Committee (in Cooperation with the Red Crescent) to provide medical relief for injured Iraqi civilians by purchasing a mobile medical clinic. Thanks to the generosity of our churches and church friends, they have collected $40,000 to put towards a unit. Thank you SW Association!

See our calendar page for listings of Association events.