FALL INTO READING!

COLORFUL LEAVES, COZY FIREPLACES, PLAID BLANKETS AND A CUP OF TEA ……

 

 

 

When it comes to our colorful fall season, reading may not be the first thing—or even in the top ten things—you or your kids have in mind! But reading can be the ideal fall activity. It’s fun, portable, can involve the whole family, and will help your child academically.  Cokesbury.com has exceptional books to choose from for everyone.  Take a few minutes to check out a short list of the most popular titles and new releases below; or go directly to their website to see all the reading categories offered for online purchasing.

 

These resources can help you put good books into into everyone’s hands and connect them to fun fall learning and new topics of interest.

 

Click the link below to see a short-list of great popular titles offered by Cokesbury…..

 

FALL READING TOP PICKS!

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Emergency Response Team (ERT) Training

 

Emergency Response Team (ERT) Training

Wisconsin Annual Conference Office

750 Windsor Street, Room 204

Sun Prairie, WI

Friday, September 7, 2018 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

People will have the opportunity to get trained/certified (with a background check) to be part of the Emergency Response Team and to be able to respond to the flooding in Wisconsin.

Cost is $25.00, includes background check and lunch. Register online athttps://www.etouches.com/ert18 or call Kristy to register at 608-837-7328.

Our Wisconsin Annual Conference Emergency Response Teams (ERT) are going to be responding to several cases of flooding throughout Wisconsin.  We need your help. The Disaster Team has reached out to the North Central Jurisdictional Conference for assistance. The Disaster Team has also been in communication with United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).

Hundreds of clean up requests in Dane County have already been received. Several counties will be added to the emergency declaration because of the storms in the last few days.

ERTs (or “muck and gut teams” as Wisconsin Emergency Management refers to them) are desperately needed and will be needed for the next couple months.

Thanks,

Angela Ullrich

Event Planner, Ministry and Outreach

Wisconsin Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church

750 Windsor Street, Suite 202

Sun Prairie, WI 53590

Office: 608.837.7328

1.888.240.7328

Cell: 608.572.4581

Fax: 608.837.8547

Email: aullrich@wisconsinumc.org

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FLOOD RELIEF VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NOW!

  

 

Many families have been affected by flooding and other weather events in so many areas around our state. In response to local flooding, the Church office is compiling a list of people who would like to help with clean up, meals for volunteers, or whatever else is needed.

 

Right now, we expect to send teams to work with UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief). UMCOR has crews of volunteers and equipment from around Wisconsin, Illinois, and Ohio already cleaning up in the Madison area. They will be headed to other areas, especially in the Kickapoo River Valley as soon as the water recedes.

 

This is a great way to show Christ’s love to those in need, so if you would like to be put on our flood relief list, contact the office at 608-647-3203 or trinityumc@mwt.net  with your email and/or phone number (preferably cell phone) and you will be contacted once plans are in place.

 

In the meantime, please continue praying for everyone affected.

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GENERAL CONFERENCE 19 – Listening Sessions for Fall of 2018

Why is there a special General Conference coming February 23 – 26, 2019 in St. Louis, only a year before the regularly scheduled 2020 session in Minneapolis?  How might my church be affected by this talk about choosing among a One Church, Connectional Conference and Traditionalist plan?  Will other possibilities emerge? Change is coming for The United Methodist Church and there will be meetings this fall to help Wisconsin UMs understand what is being proposed.

Formed following authorization by General Conference 2016, the Commission on a Way Forward identified three possible options, or plans, for our denomination as we move into the future. Read press release  Read report in English  The Council of Bishops has recommended adoption of the One Church plan.

The Wisconsin Delegation to GC 2019 is hosting nine educational and listening sessions around the state to allow feedback about the proposals. These sessions for interested clergy and laity will each last between 60-90 minutes.  The dates and locations are:

  • Sunday, September 30, 3:00 pm, Webster Grace UMC, 25603 Muskey Avenue.

  • Monday, October 1, 7 pm, Eau Claire Lake Street UMC, 337 Lake Street.

  • Saturday, October 6, 10:00 am, Wausau Wesley UMC, 1101 Elm Street.

  • Tuesday, October 9, 7:00 pm, Onalaska UMC, 212 4thAvenue North.

  • Saturday, October 20, 10:00 am, Kaukauna Peace UMC, 2300 E. Wisconsin Avenue.

  • Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 pm, Waukesha First UMC, 121 Wisconsin Avenue.

  • Thursday, October 25, 7:00 pm, Sun Prairie UMC, 702 North Street.

  • Saturday, October 27, 10:00 am, Janesville Cargill UMC, 2000 Wesley Avenue.

  • Saturday, November 3, 10:00 am, Dodgeville UMC, 327 N. Iowa Street.

 

In addition, invitations have been extended to Conference boards, agencies and other groups to provide their feedback to Delegation members.

The purpose of all this information gathering is for the Delegation to hear from the diversity of membership which makes up Wisconsin United Methodism. The desire is to better understand thinking and feeling within our annual conference about our denomination’s future.

The Wisconsin Conference Delegation to the 2019 General Conference consists of six voting delegates, along with reserves. Clergy are Dan Dick, Sam Royappa, Steve Zekoff and first reserve Amanda Stein.  Lay delegates are Lisa King, Barbara Dick, Gail Burgess and first reserve Katie Crise.  There are additional reserves who would serve should any of these eight be unable to attend.  In order elected, they are clergy Jorge Mayorga, Dan Schwerin, Jeremy Deaner, George Kafer and Jenny Arneson; laity Tom Popp, Judy Vasby, John Lawson and Julie Schubring.  All remain engaged in the Delegation’s preparations for the upcoming General Conference.

Rev. Steve Zekoff

Clergy Delegate to General Conference

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