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.

FALL MEETING - OCTOBER 12 at Baraboo
On October 12 we’ll meet in Baraboo. The title of the topic for the day is yet to be decided, but you’ll get the idea. It’ll be: Faith and the Civic Life, or Faith and Politics or Christian Responsibility and Civic Affairs or Bringing Faith to Public Life or even… who to vote for when Christ is not a candidate!

More information will be coming your way with registration forms and a schedule. We’ll have a number of speakers on the topic and a bit of dialogue we hope. It ought to be interesting with November 4th just over the hill. The agenda follows:

1:30 p.m. Registration
2:00 p.m. Welcome, roll call, hymn sing
2:30 p.m. Alan Green, Kerri Parker, Linda Ketcham
3:45 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. Phil Haslanger/Paul Higgenbotham
5 :00 p.m. Dinner
6:00 p.m. Business Meeting
6:30 p.m. Prayers

Come and listen to 5 examples from UCC folk on how UCC people’s faith impact their public life and reflect on your own.

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.