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Stuff the Bus 2019

7/21/2019

 
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The school year is quickly approaching which means it's time to...
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​This year's 'Stuff the Bus' campaign will run from July 23 to August 11.  Drop off your donations to McFarland UCC anytime during office hours (9am - 1pm M/T/W/Th or swing by on a Sunday morning) This is one of the many ways we love to support our neighbors served by the McFarland Community Food Pantry. 

Other Local Drop-Off Locations

McFarland State Bank 
McFarland Village Hall 
E.D. Locke Public Library 
Hometown Pharmacy 
United Church of Christ 
McFarland Lutheran Church 
American Legion 
Culver’s Medicine Shoppe 
Pick N Save
McFarland Café 
Walgreens
Ken’s Automotive
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Did you know that over 100 children in the McFarland School District have trouble affording school supplies?  You can help!  McFarland UCC is a drop-off site for school supply donations.  Here is the full list.

Supplies Needed:

  • ​Backpacks 
  • Pens-Blue/Black (10-12) 
  • Wood Pencils 
  • Glue Sticks 
  • Washable Markers 10-12) 
  • Colored Pencils (12 Ct) 
  • Notebooks-Wide Ruled 
  • Notebooks-College Ruled 
  • Paper-Wide Ruled 
  • 3-Ring Binders 1" to 2"
  • Paper-College Ruled ​
  • 2-Pocket Folders 
  • Scissors-Point Tip 
  • Crayons (24 Ct) 
  • Dry Erase Markers-Black 
  • Kleenex 
  • Plastic Pencil Boxes 
  • Rulers 
  • Large Erasers
  • Clear Tape
  • Disinfectant Wipes/Wet Ones

If you prefer a cash donation, checks can be made out to:

McFarland Food Pantry / Stuff the Bus

Drop off at MUCC or mailed to: 
McFarland Community Food Pantry, PO Box 101, McFarland WI 53558

AIDS Ride Wisconsin 2018

7/13/2018

 
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We are thrilled to once again be a part of the 2018 AIDS Ride Wisconsin! This year MUCC will be the first rest stop on the bike route with water, energizing snacks, and of course lots of cheers for each rider. ​There is still time to register as a rider or volunteer!  The 2018 ride is July 27-29.

Register Here Today!

About the Ride

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​​AIDS Ride Wisconsin is a fully-supported cycling event through southern Wisconsin, raising critical funds to support the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin.
As a rider, your every need is taken care of by dedicated volunteers and crew: camp, medical, mechanical, on-route support, massage, chiropractic needs, and more.
Designed for all levels of riders, AIDS Ride Wisconsin - ACT Ride is perfect for people to challenge themselves, participate in a supportive and welcoming community, and raise funds to support those living with HIV/AIDS in Wisconsin.
Whether it's your first long distance ride or your thirtieth, AIDS Ride Wisconsin - ACT Ride is not to be missed!

-from the AIDS Ride About page; click here for more

Interfaith March for Peace & Justice

4/19/2018

 
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​WHEN:  April 29, 2018, gather 3:15, kick-off 3:30
 
WHERE:  Catholic Multicultural Center 
1862 Beld St, Madison, 53713
 
WHAT:  Celebrate the diversity and lift up the unity of our faith communities, as we affirm religious freedom and condemn all acts of violence and harassment against people based on race, color, beliefs, or place of origin.*
 
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:  to make signs before the March, to set up before/clean up after at the CMC; and to be peacekeepers on the march route.
 
*For those who prefer not to march, please meet us at 4:15 at the Catholic Multicultural Center for food, music, words of inspiration, and good conversation!
CLICK HERE learn more, volunteer, or to RSVP!
OR email: 
wifaithvoices4justice@gmail.com 
Co-Sponsors (list in progress):
  • The Baha'i Community of Madison
  • Boys and Girls Club of Dane County
  • Call for Peace Drum and Dance Company
  • Catholic Multicultural Center
  • Centro Hispano of Dane County
  • Dane Sanctuary Coalition
  • Family Farm Defenders
  • Gray Panthers
  • Industrial Workers of the World
  • Jewish Congregations for Social Justice
  • Madinah Academy of Madison
  • Madison Friends Meeting
  • Madison-Area Urban Ministry
  • NAACP of Dane County
  • Peregrine Forum of Wisconsin
  • Prairie Unitarian Universalist Congregation
  • St. Mark's Lutheran Church
  • South Central Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
  • Temple Beth El
  • Wisconsin Council of Churches
  • Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice
  • Wisconsin Interfaith Power and Light

Children, Save Yourselves!  Book Discussion & Signing

4/18/2018

 
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Warm Hands & Hearts

2/14/2018

 

​MUCC Winter Partnership with FRIENDS OF STATE ST. & PROJECT BABIES

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As the winter weather carries on, we will continue collecting mittens, gloves, and hand warmers.  The donation box is located in the sanctuary.  Other items needed: Men’s clothing (ALL SIZES) hand, feet and body warmers, socks, and hygiene items. Thank you in advance for supporting Warm Hearts!

Want to help deliver items? 
​Call the church office 838-9322 or email office@mcfarlanducc.org.

Giving Tree 2017

11/24/2017

 
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In coordination with the McFarland Food Pantry, a Giving Tree has taken root in the MUCC sanctuary filled with tags representing families in need throughout our McFarland community.​

SPREAD JOY & CHEER WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS!

Simply take a tag off the tree, write your name down, shop for what is listed on your tag, and bring it to church before December 10. Questions? Contact Melissa in the office 608-838-9322 or email office@mcfarlanducc.org.
​Visit the McFarland Food Pantry on facebook!

Sewing Mission

10/23/2017

 
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Saturday, November 11
9am - 3pm at McFarland UCC
A gathering of sewing friends – new and old …
Calling all who may be interested in a day for sewing.  If you are not a sewing person, and want to be, join us!  We will make some simple projects (drawstring bags, origami sewn bags, and runaround bags) to share at the McFarland HS Food Pantry and the McFarland Village Food Pantry. If there is another service project you are sewing for, feel free to bring it along. If there is another resource for the bags we'll be making, you are welcome to make bags for another organization. We will have some fabric and patterns available, but you are more than welcome to bring patterns you like, and fabric that’s been waiting to be used.  

After you finish a bag or two, we support you in using the sewing time for YOU. Sewists sew, because it's good for our souls – and we are often trying to finish up projects to give in our own circles of loved ones.
Lunch on us! Click HERE to RSVP

Meet Pastor Mike!

10/20/2017

 
​During 10 am worship this Sunday, October 22 
we will be welcoming our Interim Pastor, Michael Bausch.  
All are invited to stick around after worship for a little "get to know you" time. 
Coffee will be brewing and treats will be served!  
Continue reading to learn more about Pastor Mike.

​Introducing Our Interim Pastor

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​The Rev. Dr. Michael Bausch is a Wisconsin native with many years of experience serving UCC congregations in California, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Most recently he served as the interim pastor for two UCC churches at Slinger and Hartford, Wisconsin.
 
He resides in Beaver Dam with his wife, the Rev. Catherine Ann Carlson, a retired UCC minister, and they have two daughters, Anica, of Madison, and Brianna, living in Waupun with her husband Aaron, and their two children.
 
Michael is a graduate of Carroll University in Wisconsin, the Pacific School of Religion in California, and the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities.

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Among the books he has published are Everflowing Streams: Songs for Worship (1981), Silver Screen, Sacred Story: Using Multimedia in Worship (2002), Feeding Imaginations: Worship That Engages (2015) and Drawn In: Encounters With Art (2017). A CD of his original songs, You Can't Stop The Music, will be released next month.
 
While serving churches, Michael was also part-time adjunct faculty at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary and the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA. and a lecturer teaching introductory courses in Old and New Testament at UW-Platteville. 

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​In worship and teaching, he loves bringing together the Bible, music, art, and film. He enjoys being around church people of all ages, and every now and then you might hear him whistle a tune as he walks through the church building. You may call him by his first name, Michael or Mike, and if you wish to add Pastor or Reverend, he'll say that's all up to you.
​​For fun, he plays tennis and pickle ball, and plays acoustic guitar as well as harmonica in several musical groups.

Ordination of Kristin Gorton

9/27/2017

 
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1
2 PM AT MCFARLAND UCC

We are pleased to announce the ordination service of one of our own McFarland UCC covenant partners, Kristin Gorton.  Kris is a graduate of Chicago Theological Seminary and served as our sabbatical interim pastor during summer 2016.  After her ordination, the newly minted Rev. Kristin Gorton will serve at Memorial UCC in Fitchburg, as their pastor and teacher.  We are extremely proud of Kris and celebrate with her during this exciting time in her pastoral adventure.  
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A letter from Pastor Kerri

7/16/2017

 
Beloveds,

It is with a full heart that I write to share the news that I will be leaving McFarland UCC this fall to serve as the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Council of Churches.  I have said to you for some time that I had no plan or intention of leaving unless God's Holy Spirit called me elsewhere. It seems - as we sing in our doxology - 'the Spirit has been moving in my heart,' preparing me for this new ministry. 

When I leave, I will continue and broaden the work I have undertaken among you here in McFarland. The common ministry of the Wisconsin Council of Churches focuses on church unity, peacemaking, social and economic justice for Wisconsin's most vulnerable residents, and revitalizing congregations.
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I want you to know that serving as your pastor these past seven years has been one of the greatest joys of my life.  You have shaped me into the pastor that I am. You opened your hearts, listened to my stories and shared yours with me. There has been laughter, fingerpaint, confetti (ok, lots of confetti), general messiness, and grace for all the times of cleaning up. You allowed me, in so many holy moments, to remind you that you are a beloved child of God.

The months ahead will have time for grief at leavetaking - space for holy tears if you need them - and time for celebrating what we have accomplished in ministry together. I am ready to receive whatever it is you need to express. Know that we will still be pastor and congregation together through October 15th.  There will be opportunities to break bread (and run to the communion table), tell stories, sing and make noise, and bless one another. Our building project continues, as does our giving challenge! There are babies being born, new families to welcome into the faith community, and things to learn about our faith every day.

After I leave, the congregation's leadership and representatives from the wider church will guide you through conversations about what's next. I believe, with all my heart, the future of McFarland UCC can be as vibrant as our years together have been. You have all the wisdom and heart of each other, and God's Spirit to lean on.

Christ stands with us at every crossroads. My great hope for these final months together is that we can keep showing up for one another,passionate about our shared ministry, being the real, messy people that we are.

Peace and blessings,
 
Pastor Kerri

​Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the Gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.   
- 1 Thessalonians 2:8
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Office Phone:  (608) 838-9322  
​​Office Email: office@mcfarlanducc.org

Pastor Email: pastorb@mcfarlanducc.org
Pastor's Cell:  (608) 291-4457

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