"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. | | |
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 (July's postponed meeting)
Tuesday, September 2, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, Social Justice Collective Monthly Meeting (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room
Wednesday, September 3, 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Outreach Funds Quarterly Meeting (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room
Sunday, September 7, Communion and Birthday Sunday
Sunday, September 7, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Teen/Parent Meeting
Thursday, September 11, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, SaLT Monthly Meeting (In person & Online), Multipurpose Room
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Thank you to this weekend's volunteers!
Greeters/Ushers: Lisa & Mariana Schweitzer
Hospitality Hosts: Vickie Mueller, Tracy Donohue
Worship Lead: Martha Olsen
| | 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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Happy Birthday
In case you missed the August Birthday cake, here's a picture of it. Happy Birthday to those of you with birthdays in August!
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Stuff the Bus
August 2-16 (17 at MUCC)
A donation box for 'Stuff the Bus' is in the church lobby, by the coat racks, for donations!
Stuff the Bus is an effort to help low-income families in the McFarland School District with the expenses of the new school year. After the campaign is complete, the children of families served by the McFarland Food Pantry (which serves the school district population) will go to the McFarland Food Pantry on August 18. A provided ‘school supplies list’ for their grade will aid them in ‘shopping’ after they pick out a backpack.
To donate, drop items in the donation box by the coat racks now through Sunday, August 17. Or drop them in the donation boxes at the village municipal center, the McFarland Library, McFarland Walgreens, or McFarland Pick 'N Save until August 16. Donations will be accepted at the McFarland High School (main entrance) between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 16.
To make a monetary donation via USPS, address the envelope to 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! Or click here to donate online (using 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).
Pictured: Dan Carey and his children (Rilee, Ellie and Camden) drop off backpacks and school supplies at One Community Bank in McFarland for the 2024 Stuff the Bus campaign.
| | Reminder: The celebration of life for Jean Shield is tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 9, 11 am, at Gunderson East Funeral Home and Cremation Care, 5203 Monona Drive in Madison, with visitation before the service starting at 10 am. To view the celebration via livestream, click the link below at the time of the service. Read the full obituary. | | |
Lost and Found
Three water bottles, glasses, and a lightweight, water-repellent Columbia jacket (appeared after the Geasland funeral) 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 spiritual journey, on a specific topic, or a piece of scripture. 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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Shalom
The Southern Region of the Wisconsin Conference UCC publishes Shalom, a monthly e-newsletter featuring events and happenings within the Conference. Check it out!
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Weekly Creation Care Topic
Reduce/Reuse/Recycle
This week’s tip: REDUCE - Be mindful of what goes into your compost. Even though items may be on or surrounding food, they may be plastic, which does not break down and leaves toxins in the compost.
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For example, this picture is of a tea bag that has been in a compost pile for several months. The organic matter has broken down, making wonderful compost, but the teabag, which is plastic, remains intact. Other items to watch out for include: some coffee filters that do not say made from “paper only”, the little round stickers on fruit and veggies, wax paper, and even some “compostable” bags contain plastic. Make sure to remove all stickers and other items containing plastic prior to composting your scraps.
Earth 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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