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Weekly E-News
Each week, MCC sends an email newsletter with details about worship;
congregational events, activities and opportunities; information about
happenings in the community and wider church; and more. Email us at
info@themcc.net to subscribe to
this free e-letter!
No
Wednesday Soup Supper or Worship Gatherings
A handful of worship leaders will gather carefully to create the
livestream of worship that you should be able to find through
this YouTube channel.
You can access the bulletin to be able to participate in Holden Evening
Prayer
with this link.
Choir Rehearsals
Are Canceled
There is no 7:00 pm rehearsal Wednesday, March 18 for Good Friday choir.
Music links for those who signed up, will be posted on Facebook soon, and
will be included in the Thursday email.
SNaGs
It’s not united at the Union, but Monday Morning guys will continue on with
Zoom. 7:00 am on Monday mornings:
https://zoom.us/s/248810244? class="body_14px" />status=success or by
phone at (312)626- 6799 with meeting ID 248 810 244
GEMS
Join the Grumpy Elderly Men by Zoom on Tuesday at 10:30.
https://zoom.us/j/101704646 for online video, or Dial in 312 626 6799
with meeting ID: 101 704 646
Keeping Faith:
Empowering Faith Communities to Recognize and Respond to Child Abuse
Monday, September 21, 2020
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
At Madison Christian Community
Click for
Brochure
Participants will learn best practices to prevent abuse within faith
communities; how to recognize and respond to physical, emotional and
spiritual impact of child abuse; spiritual care for both survivors and
offenders; how to recognize and respond to sexual behaviors of children;
corporal punishment, the law and the faith community; optimal response to
allegations of child abuse within a congregation. Speakers: Victor Vieth,
JD, MA , Director of Education and Research for Zero Abuse Project (
www.zeroabuseproject.org ) and nationally recognized expert in the field of
interpersonal violence and child abuse.
Honorable Rev. Everett Mitchell is a Dane County Circuit Judge and Senior
Pastor of Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church. He is a community activist
with a passion and desire for justice, equality, and protection of children.
Click here to learn more information or to register for the event: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4546950
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Boundary Waters Group 2019
Sunday School
Families Share
Online
Sunday School
This week, we will divide up by age groups - see links below! Shepherds are
welcome to join us and connect with the children - especially good to share
highs and lows.
SS K-4th Grade
Praying in Color (led by Pr. Sonja & Jen)
Supplies needed: at least 2 pieces of drawing paper; any kind of
drawing/writing utensil (2 or more colors preferred)
Join Zoom Meeting
Click here.
Meeting ID: 165 926 689
Password: 093271
SS 5th-8th Grade
Psalm 23 (led by Pr Nick & Dan)
Join Zoom Meeting hosted by Katie Henzler Wildman (if you have trouble
joining, contact Katie please)
Click here.
Meeting ID: 590 493 1543
Password: (none)
Zoom - Download It
This week, some church meetings and number of affinity groups began using
Zoom, and Sunday Schoolers carried iPads outside to explore with each other
across the distance. If you haven't tried it yet, Zoom is pretty simple!
We’ll set up to a host a meeting and give you a link (or a dial in phone
number if you need or prefer). When you follow the link, you’ll be prompted
to download Zoom (https://zoom.us/).
If you have internet, a webcam, a microphone, and a speaker, you’re good to
go!
Need Errands or
Other Help?
If you are staying home and unable to get out, folks from church are already
offering to help you get what you need. The Bauer family, the Huff family,
and Jean Einerson and Ann Ward have all voiced that offer of support. Meier,
who works in pharmacies, has offered to get prescriptions for people or help
with the process to obtain extra refills. Contact the church office if you
could use assistance. Some from the MCC are also connecting with broader
community support. See toward the bottom of the email for that information.
Google Doc
Updates
Check this document to find all the latest updates of MCC activities and
online gatherings, for current video links and Zoom links for your groups.
We know this is a lot online these days, and if that's not how you'd
prefer to connect, let us know and we can chat on the phone or figure other
good ideas. Know also that an expanded group of some of the most isolated
and shut-in of our members are receiving more communication by mail.
Confirmation
Lenten Projects
Once again, our Confirmation Students are working on Lenten Projects. Each
was given $25 with a charge to come up with a project to “do good” or
“create something” as part of their faith enrichment. Some are investing in
items they planned to have for sale to MCC members on Sundays to raise
additional money to contribute to the organizations they want to support. As
you can imagine, with our movement away from worship gatherings at this
time, sales will plummet! Stay tuned for ways you can support their efforts.
Holden Village
If you’re interested in joining a group from the MCC to the Washington-state
mountain retreat of Holden Village August 9-14, there was still a bit of
registration availability this week. $500 for adults for the 6 days and
nights in the village. http://www.holdenvillage.org/visit/guest-rates/ Train
reservations will be booked soon, if that interests you.
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Epiphany Choir Concert 2018 Directed by Jen
Striet
Connecting
Perhaps you’ve begun to experience dispersed worship through YouTube. Those
videos will continue (as we also continue to hone our tech skills!). Besides
links for direct worship services, you can find and subscribe to our
channels for
Advent Lutheran MCC and
Community of Hope UCC.
And there has been a lot of great community activity in the
Private MCC Facebook group
this week. It’s always a good place to share prayer requests, but also this
week has been where you could hear a duet from Emily Wixson and daughter
Rachel, where Arden Mahlberg invited a spiritual exercise, where some good
in the community has been shared, and we’ve coped together a bit. (For this,
you do need to be a member of Facebook.)
You’ll also be receiving a postcard with a reminder that not all this
connection requires a computer. Besides Zoom for online meetings, we also
have a conference call service set up, if that helps your affinity group or
committee meeting. And your pastors are available a phone call away for a
chance to chat, to pray together, to hear a voice.
Other Connecting
This week, some church meetings and number of affinity groups began using
Zoom, and Sunday Schoolers carried iPads outside to explore with each other
across the distance. If you haven't tried it yet, Zoom is pretty simple!
We’ll set up to a host a meeting and give you a link (or a dial in phone
number if you need or prefer). When you follow the link, you’ll be prompted
to download Zoom (https://zoom.us/).
If you have internet, a webcam, a microphone, and a speaker, you’re good to
go!
Please also continue to watch for your Thursday weekly email for other
updates. Sign up for the email at:
info@themcc.net
Or check out the MCC Facebook page,
click here. or MCC private Facebook group,
click here., for sharing connections and prayer updates and more. (You
need a Facebook account to request to join.)
And don't forget your phones! If you could use some pastoral conversation or
a prayer, your pastors are available at the other end of the line!
608-836-1455
Food Pantry Garden Help - March 25
The Green Team needs help moving dirt on March 25 Jobs include shoveling
dirt into wheelbarrows from a pile next to the driveway, hauling the
wheelbarrows to the garden, and spreading dirt in the rows. We plant to
start at 10:00 weather permitting. Do not come if its raining. You do not
need tools, only a good pair of work gloves. We will observe physical
(social) distancing while we work. This will be a great activity for
families feeling cooped up and provide a tremendous help to the Green Team.
If you have questions, email Ann Ward at baward@wisc.edu.
DSC Big Read Books Available
MCC is participating in the Dane Sanctuary Coalition’s Big Read of the book
"The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez: A Border Story". Our book group and
the author event will happen later in the spring, but you can get a jump on
reading! This informative, non-fiction book by Aaron Bobrow-Strain
illuminates the history and current state of our unjust immigration policies
through Aida’s harrowing story. Books are available now in the Shalom Room
Welcome Center at a cost of $14. Checks should be made out to MCC with “DSC
Big Read in memo line.”
Free Weekly Devotional Message; Mondays
Augsburg Fortress sends a devotional message and selection of
artwork based on a Bible reading. Interested,
click here to sign up.
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