"I will put my teaching in their minds and write it on their hearts..."
Jeremiah 31:33
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Below are the weekly programs. Brief descriptions of these weekly programs are on our website.
Clickable links are in blue, underlined, and italicized.
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SUNDAY Choir Practice, On hiatus for summer
Contact Tom Ludwig, if interested. Will restart in Sept.
| | Below are the upcoming non-weekly events on the calendar happening at McFarland UCC for about the next month. All events are on the McFarland UCC calendar with Zoom links and additional information in the details/description area. Click the event on the McFarland UCC calendar to see the details. | | |
Sunday, August 3, Communion and Birthday Sunday
Sunday, August 3, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, NO Teen Meeting, next on Sept. 7
Tuesday, August 5, NO Social Justice Collective Meeting (Rescheduled to 8/26)
Thursday, August 14, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, SaLT Monthly Meeting (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room
Tuesday, August 26, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, Social Justice Collective Monthly Meeting (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room
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Thank you to this weekend's volunteers!
Greeters/Ushers: Cameron Macdonald
Hospitality Hosts: Lynne Toseff, Amy & Peter Cavi
| | Resolve to get involved at McFarland UCC! Volunteer on Sunday. Join a ministry such as Racial Justice, Creation Care, Befrienders Care Team, SaLT, Youth ministry, Building & Ground Team, or others. Find out more by clicking here. | | |
News at McFarland UCC
Note: Clickable links are blue, underlined, and italicized.
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Thanks to all who volunteered to assist with the Celebration of Life Service for Lavon Geasland on Wednesday, 7/30. Details about Lavon’s service were not finalized until late Sunday afternoon, 7/27. That night, a post on Facebook and an all-church email about Lavon’s services included the request for assistance. In less than 24 hours, over 35 people responded, and the Funeral Team was able to finalize plans for the service and lunch. Ultimately, 47 members of our church community assisted with the many activities involved with a Celebration of Life service and lunch (assuring the church was clean and ready for a crowd, setting up tables and chairs, making salads and desserts, setting up the lunch, serving and cleaning up, providing tech support). The Geasland Family expressed their sincere gratitude for the outpouring of support and love.
Thanks for truly being a church with heart!
The Funeral Team (Maryanne Raese, Jean Duchrow, Martha Olsen, Julie Woodward, Joan Jacobsen)
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Stuff the Bus
August 2-16 (17 at MUCC)
Each year, a handful of McFarland community organizations and businesses (including the McFarland Lions, the Lioness Lions, the American Legion Auxiliary, One Community Bank, Nelson Bus Service, the McFarland School District, and area churches) work together to conduct a 'Stuff the Bus' campaign. The McFarland UCC is hosting a donation box in our lobby in support.
Stuff the Bus is an effort to encourage community members to donate backpacks and school supplies for low-income students in the McFarland School District, to help them with the expenses of the new school year. After the campaign is completed, the backpacks with school supplies are then given to children of families served by the McFarland Food Pantry (which serves the school district population).
Backpacks or school supplies can be placed in the donation box located by the coat racks now through Sunday, August 17. Or you can drop them off in the donation boxes at the village municipal center, the McFarland Library, McFarland Walgreens, or McFarland Pick 'N Save between August 2 and August 16. Donations can also be dropped off at McFarland High School (main entrance) between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 16.
Cash donations should be made payable to the McFarland Community Food Pantry (specify 'Stuff the Bus' on the memo line of your check), PO Box 101, McFarland, WI 53558, or give your check to church member Judy Taber, manager of the food pantry! Click here to donate online (PayPal or Venmo), and specify 'Stuff the Bus' in a comment.
School supplies needed: Sturdy backpacks (grades 6-12); Kleenex; black Expo dry erase markers; spiral notebooks (college-ruled or wide-ruled, 1-subject); #2 wood pencils (preferably sharpened); binder dividers; white 1-inch 3-ring binders; yellow highlighters; Post-It notes; composition notebooks (wide-ruled); felt-tip pens; pocket calculators; and Ziploc bags (gallon size or quart size).
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I’m looking for you!!!
On August 10, the focus of the service will be stories--stories from your own book of life! Do you have a 3-5 minute story of an act of kindness? The awareness of the presence of God? An act of justice or defending a person or a cause? Something that you discovered using your God-given talent? A time when God was with you either in despair or joy? When you stepped out in faith not certain of the future? Zoomers, you can participate, too! If you do have a story to share, please let me know via email or in person. We’ll compile an oral book of shorts stories!
Thanks! I’m waiting to hear from you!
Martha Olsen
Image by Christian Dorn on Pixabay
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Lost and Found
Three water bottles, an insulated coffee mugand some glasses are in the "Lost and Found" basket in the coat area in the Fellowship Area. If you recognize one as yours, it has been "Found." If they are still "lost" on August 20, they will be donated.
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Will You?
Do you have a message to share with our congregation? It could be your own spiritual journey, on a specific topic, or a piece of scripture. We need people to give the message on Sundays to fill the gap between Pastor Bryan leaving and the start of our interim pastor. Please prayerfully consider if God is nudging you to step out in this way. Contact Kathy Schwenn or anyone else on SaLT if you have questions or to say yes.
Image by Brett Jordan on Unsplash
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Dances of Universal Peace
Thursday, Sept. 18
6:30-8:30 pm
All are welcome! No experience necessary. The Dances blend chant, live music, and movement into an experience of unity, peace, and connection.
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Weekly Creation Care Topic
Reduce/Reuse/Recycle
This week’s tip: RECYCLE - Did you know that the carton containers for juice, milk, soup, wine, cream, and egg substitutes are all recyclable? Rinse and drain out the liquid (it does not need to be fully dry), and put the plastic cap back on. What you may see as “wax” on a carton is actually a thin layer of polyethylene or plastic, which is recyclable too. In Dane County, do not crush the cartons as they are mechanically sorted by shape.
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images on Pixabay
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608-838-9322
5710 Anthony St.
McFarland WI 53558
Office Hours: Wednesdays & Thursdays 9am-1pm
Ginger Hummer, Office Administrator
mcfarlanducc.org
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For Pastoral Care, contact Jean Duchrow with the Befrienders Care Team.
608-335-3772
jeandu...@gmail.com
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Servant and Leadership Team (SaLT): Moderator - Donna Grossman (do...@mcfarlanducc.org); Vice Moderator - Walt Jackson; Treasurer - Kathy Schwenn; Clerk - Diane Mikelbank; At-large members - Lynn Belleau, Colleen Krattiger, Lisa Schweitzer, Cody Dewayne Shingler, and Judy Taber
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