"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
Contact Tom Ludwig, if interested. Practice is 9-10 am on Sundays before worship.
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Saturday, March 7, 4:00-7:00 pm, Soup Exchange - Game Night, Fellowship Area
Sunday, March 8, Daylight Saving Time begins
Monday, March 9, 2:30-4:00 pm, Moderator Chat, Grace Coffee, 4719 Farwell St #106, McFarland, WI 53558
Thursday, March 12, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, SaLT Monthly Meeting (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room
Sunday, March 15, One Great Hour of Sharing Collection
Wednesday, March 18, 6:00-7:30 pm, Moderator Chat, Java Cat Coffee House, 4221 Lien Rd, Madison, WI 53704
Sunday, March 29, Palm Sunday
Thursday, April 2, 6:30 pm, Maundy Thursday Service with Communion (Communion will be distributed Maundy Thursday instead of April 5.)
Friday, April 3, 6:30 pm, Good Friday Service
Sunday, April 5, Easter Sunday, 9:00 -9:45 am Continental Breakfast, 9:30 am Egg Hunt, 10:00 am Worship Service
Tuesday, April 7, 6:30-8:00 pm, Social Justice Collective Meeting (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room
Sunday, April 12, Birthday Sunday
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Thank you to this weekend's volunteers!
Hospitality Hosts: Amy & Peter Cavi
Greeters/Ushers: Lisa & Mariana Schweitzer
| | Resolve to get involved at McFarland UCC! Volunteer on Sunday. Join a ministry such as Social Justice Collective, 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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Fellowship, Fun, Food
March 7, 4-7 pm
Games, soup supper, and optional soup exchange
Bring your appetite and join the fun! MUCC has several games and 3 decks of cards, but feel free to bring your own if desired.
Pick up containers for the optional soup exchange after church this week (3/1), if you'd like to participate. Fill it with your favorite soup, fresh or frozen, and bring it along on March 7. "Exchange soup" may be taken home as part of the "exchange," or donated to the McFarland Senior Center (it will be taken care of for you). Questions? Judy Taber
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Remember to reset the clocks!
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 8. Clocks will "spring forward" one hour from 2:00 am to 3:00 am.
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Extraordinary Times Require Action
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election primary will be held on Tuesday, April 7. You may have heard that in 2025, Wisconsin purged 192,000 inactive voters: anyone who had last voted in 2020 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article). This happened because these potential voters were notified, but failed to return a letter in the mail.
All elections are important, but in these uncertain times when the courts seem to be acting as a check against governmental overreach, the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election is critical. Reclaim Our Vote (ROV) is partnering with Souls to the Polls to encourage unregistered voters in Milwaukee to register for the upcoming Supreme Court election primary. This get-out-the-vote campaign also lays the groundwork for the midterm elections down the road.
Judy Taber and Jayne Fischer are again hosting postcard-writing sessions after church. Join us this Sunday. We have ordered 250 postcards and addresses, and the will be mailed March 9 and 23. We’ll provide the postcards, pens, and template for what to write, and you may even want to join us at McFarland Café once a week to write a few cards (let us know if you’re interested).
We hope you’ll join this campaign and write a few cards. Every effort helps! Thank you.
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Easter Flowers
Believe it or not, Easter is just around the corner. Our sanctuary will soon be decked out with beautiful spring-colored flowers. If you would like to donate toward the purchase of one or more of the flowers we use this year, please sign up here and indicate if they are in honor of or in memory of someone. Flowers may be taken home after the Easter Sunday service.
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Moderator Chats
You are invited to join me for a "chat." I'd like to get to know you and hear your thoughts or answer questions about McFarland UCC, as well as questions about the United Church of Christ.
Join me for coffee (on me) on one of the dates below.
Moderator Dinner "Out"
I will also be hosting a quarterly dinner "out" at various locations and times to be decided. A sign-up sheet with all pertinent information will be forthcoming. Stay tuned.
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Nonviolent Action Training
The Interfaith Peace Working Group of the WI Conference UCC has announced Nonviolent Action Training Sessions in Madison, presented by Building Unity for Nonviolent Action. Nonviolent action gives us the skills and power we need to resist authoritarianism and keep our community safe. From rapid-response to boycotts, sit-ins to marches, come learn how to use this toolbox effectively as you move your principles into action. These sessions offer education and training in the principles, strategies, and tactics of nonviolent direct action.
Facilitators: Bekky Baker and Samantha Searles from Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service and Ignite Peace
Virtual Workshop: Monday, March 9, 6:30-8:30 pm CST (the first virtual workshop was held on Monday, 2/23)
2-Day In-Person Training: Sat and Sun, March 14-15, 9 am-5 pm at Badger Rock Neighborhood Center.
Register for one or both. For more information, contact Annie:
annie....@gmail.com or Tim at BU4NVA: 608-630-3633
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One Great Hour of Sharing
Sunday, March 15, 2026
For over 75 years, the One Great Hour of Sharing Offering (OGHS) has been helping Christians bring God’s hope and healing to hurting people both in the US and around the world.
OGHS’s mission is to support domestic and international development, fight poverty and its consequences, bring aid and relief to communities torn by war or ravaged by national disaster, provide advocacy and resettlement assistance for refugees and displaced persons, and combat injustice in its many forms. OGHS provides funding and hands-on assistance in collaboration with local and international partners.
In the United Church of Christ, the Global H.O.P.E. team oversees the distribution of the offering. Click here to learn more about this team.
Thank you for supporting One Great Hour of Sharing for over 75 years. You continue to embody a love offering to the world.
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Support a Mission Trip
Jean Blackmore and Martha Olsen are joining our McFarland Lutheran Church neighbors on a mission trip to Uganda, April 7-20, 2026. We each are allowed 2 large pieces of luggage free, which we are filling with needed items to give to the children and families in Tororo, Uganda, where we will be supporting the community for 7 days. Below is a list of requested items; if you would like to contribute, please place items in the bin by the coatrack by Thursday, March 26, 2026.
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| | Ballpoint pens | Ladies scarves | | Pencils | Lipstick | | Erasers | Nail polish | | Boys' t-shirts, new or used | Solar calculators | | Items for kids: stickers, bubbles, yo-yos, soccer balls (deflated), use your imagination! | Toothbrushes, packaged singly | | | |
Shalom
The Southern Region of the Wisconsin Conference UCC publishes Shalom, a monthly e-newsletter featuring events and happenings within the Conference. Click here to check it out!
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Weekly Creation Care Topic
Reduce/Reuse/Recycle
Go Green for Lent: Read an article (or a book) about the environment. Instead of doom scrolling, find an article of interest and then share it with just one other person, who may then share it with someone else, yay, the ripple effect, that’s how we create change! Not sure where to start? In honor of Women’s History Month, click here to learn about 16 female Guardians of the Planet. Or, try EcoWatch Organization for a variety of topics.
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June 7, 2026
1 pm
McFarland UCC Day @
Madison Mallards Game
There will be a baseball potluck at church before the game. A link to purchase tickets and more information will be avaialble after 4/8. Questions? Lisa Schweitzer or email office.
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608-838-9322
5710 Anthony St.
McFarland WI 53558
Office Hours: Wednesdays & Thursdays 9am-1pm
Rev. Robert Koepcke, Interim Pastor
rev...@mcfarlanducc.org
Ginger Hummer, Office Administrator
gin...@mcfarlanducc.org
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Servant and Leadership Team (SaLT): Moderator - Walt Jackson (wa...@mcfarlanducc.org); Vice Moderator - Lisa Schweitzer; Treasurer - Kathy Schwenn; Clerk - Diane Mikelbank; At-large members - Kristin Broderick, Amy Cavi, and Cody Dewayne Shingler.
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