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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.
Southwest
Association Spring Annual Meeting will be
held on May 2, 2009 at St. John's UCC in
Monroe. The theme will be "Living in God's Creation"
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Learn more...
High
School Youth & Graduating Seniors :A great opportunity
for service and fun!. A trip To
Back Bay Mission Biloxi Mississippi with Youth from the Association
and youth from our German Partners.
July 11-19 Transportation (BUS) food lodging along with side
trips to the St. Louis Arch, Graceland and Cape Girardeau
Mo. total coat $400. Contact The Association office 244-3350
or Rev. Bill Kapp at (608) 643-8387 or Bill_Kapp@ucc-saukcity.org
Ecumenical
Dialogue Facilitated by National UCC Staff Person
Rev. Lydia Veliko,
Ecumenical Officer of the United Church of Christ, will facilitate
a dialogue at Holy Wisdom Monastery on Saturday, May 2, 9
a.m.-12:30 p.m. Rev. Veliko will explore how monastic life
can enrich the Protestant tradition. For more information,
visit www.benedictinewomen.org, or contact Susan Shands at
608-831-9303.
Back Bay Mission Update!
More than 50 people
gathered Sunday evening, April 18 at Fitchburg Memorial UCC
to hear Rev Shari Prestemon, the Executive Director of Back
Bay Mission and former Wisconsinite, give a presentation on
the work of Back Bay in the post-Katrina rebuilding of the
Mississippi Gulf. If you didn't have the chance to hear
Shari, you can learn more about Back Bay at their NEW web
address, thebackbaymission.org. Don't forget to put
that "the" in there! Book your work trip now!
Holy Land Trip
August 2009
In August the Southwest Bethlehem Partnership committee is
offering another opportunity to travel to the Holy Land. For
more information click here.
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.
See our calendar page for listings of Association events.
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