Pulse for October 10, 2025

[McFarland United Church of Christ]

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October 10, 2025 "I will put my teaching in their minds and write it on their hearts..." Jeremiah 31:33 mcfarlanducc.org Calendar of Upcoming Events Below are the weekly programs. Brief descriptions of these weekly programs are on our website. Clickable links are in blue, underlined, and italicized. SUNDAY Choir Practice Contact Tom Ludwig, if interested. Practice is 9-10am on Sundays before worship. SUNDAY Morning Worship, 10 am in person and via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/97010988439 Password: betogether SUNDAY, 11:30 am Bible Study in person and on Zoom https://zoom.us/j/262314649 MONDAY - FRIDAY, 8 am Morning Devotion on Zoom only https://zoom.us/j/94276813637 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. Wednesday, October 15, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, Befrienders Class (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room Thursday, October 16, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, SaLT Monthly Meeting, Rescheduled from Oct. 8 (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room Thursday, October 16, 7:00 - 8:30 pm, Presentation - "How UCC Mission Partners Bring Hope to the Holy Land," Sanctuary Tuesday, October 21, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, Creation Care Quarterly Meeting (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room, NO meeting Oct 16 Wednesday, October 22, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, Befrienders Class (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room Saturday, October 25, 6:30-8:30 pm, Bad River Documentary Movie Screening, Sanctuary Wednesday, October 29, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, Befrienders Class (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room Sunday, November 2, Communion and Birthday Sunday Sunday, November 2, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Teen Meeting. We will be celebrating Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) by creating an altar for our loved ones who have transitioned on. Pot Luck for food to offer to our ancestors that we will eat. Tuesday, November 4, Social Justice Collective Meeting(In person & Online), Multipurpose Room Wednesday, November 5, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Befrienders Class (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room Wednesday, November 12, NO Befrienders Class, encourage attendance of Contemplative Service Wednesday, November 12, 6:30 - 7:30 pm, Contemplative Service with Prayers for Healing (In person & Online), Sanctuary Thursday, November 13, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, SaLT Monthly Meeting (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room Prayer Requests? Contact Jean Duchrow. Thank you to this weekend's volunteers! Greeters/Ushers: Lisa & Mariana Schweitzer Hospitality Hosts: Cody DeWayne, Amy Cavi Worship Leads: Michael Flaherty Sign up as Greeter/Usher Questions? Email Becky Cohen Sign up as Hospitality Host Questions? Email Joan Jacobsen 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. Learn more about speakers No Kings Rally Saturday, October 18, 2025 AM in McFarland - Arnold Larson Park 2-5 pm in Madison - Capital Square (Speakers begin at 3 pm) Shared by the Social Justice Collective Ministry Watch trailer and learn more Bluebird Nest Boxes Report On April 23, 2025, the Creation Care Team installed two bluebird nest boxes; one is along Anthony Street near the prairie areas, and the second is along Broadhead Street near the pollinator garden by the cross. The boxes were provided free of charge by the Bluebird Restoration Association of WI (BRAW). Members of the Creation Care Team committed to monitoring the boxes once a week, starting in April and throughout the summer, to determine if bluebirds (or other birds) were present, if there were eggs, and if any birds fledged. A final summary report was sent to BRAW at the end of September. When we installed the nest boxes, Mary Sobol (a McFarland resident, bluebird enthusiast, and member of BRAW who arranged for our church to obtain the two nest boxes) provided information about local nesting birds. There are five birds in our area who nest in cavities (e.g., nest boxes), including the Eastern Bluebird, Tree Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, House Wren, and House Sparrow. Mary told us in April that each of these birds may end up in one or both of our nest boxes. While we had hoped to have bluebirds make a home at our church, both nest boxes were occupied by House Sparrows throughout the Spring and Summer. The Creation Care Team will clean out and sanitize the two nest boxes for Fall and Winter. By next Spring, we will make sure the boxes are ready again, when we hope to attract bluebirds to our church property. Keep Bringing Styrofoam! Pictured is this week's collection of styrofoam. We are excited to see people using this recycling opportunity! The bin gets emptied weekly, so keep filling it up! Acceptable Styrofoam Items Weekly Creation Care Topic Reduce/Reuse/Recycle This week’s tip: REDUCE - In Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy, a documentary written and directed by News & Documentary Emmy Award nominee Nic Stacey, the architects of our collective desire for endless consumption, reveals how corporations are hell-bent on increasing profits, how they convince unsuspecting consumers time and time again to part with their money, and what happens when all of our discarded purchases make their way to landfills. Commentators who witnessed the inner workings of corporations from Amazon to Apple sit down to talk about the unsavory practices their former employers are still using. But while we’re all being encouraged to quench a bottomless thirst for more stuff, it’s the future generations and our environment that end up paying the price. Click here to see the trailer available on Netflix.  (movie recommended by Araceli Wehr as an eye-opener and conversation piece) Earth Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images on Pixabay 608-838-9322  5710 Anthony St. McFarland WI 53558 Office Hours: Wednesdays & Thursdays 9am-1pm Ginger Hummer, Office Administrator mcfarlanducc.org --- For Pastoral Care, contact Jean Duchrow (608-335-3772, jeandu...@gmail.com) with the Befrienders Care Team. --- 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 --- McFarland UCC has an opt-out media policy. Click here to see the Media Policy. Visit our website Follow Us

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