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Message from the Bishop
Message from the Bishop
We try to meet the special needs of both members and visitors through equipping our facility with a hearing loop system, an ADA restroom and a restroom with changing table, access with no stairs to both worship and fellowship space, and accessible parking.
Message from the Bishop
Message from the Bishop
Message from the Bishop
Holy Week Message from the Bishop of Wisconsin, The Rt. Rev. Matthew Gunter
I have an odd confession for a bishop to make. I have often found faith in God difficult. I nearly gave it up when I was younger. A lot of god-talk leaves me cold. Even less compelling is vague talk of "the Sacred" or "the Holy" – whether glossed with a hint of Christianity or not. So much sounds like a mere projection of the believer’s own ideal self onto the cosmos. Or a sort of cosmic lucky rabbit’s foot. Much god-talk sounds overly sentimental.
We live in a world in which the unmerciful forces of darkness and division often seem to have the upper hand. Sentimental spirituality is not up to engaging the real tragedy, torture, and terror we see around us. Nor can it fully account for the beauty and love we see and experience. As we worship our way through Holy Week, we are reminded that in Jesus, God has entered the worst that the forces of this world can do and engaged them with costly self-offering love. In Holy Week, we worship our way toward the Resurrection, where, among other things, we are assured that all beauty and love reflect the truest Truth at the heart of all reality.
Ultimately, it is the events of this week, with all their wild meaning and resistance to easy meaning-making, that enable me to believe. If this week points to something true about the source, purpose, and destiny of all things, I can believe in that kind of God. I can have faith and hope. If God is revealed in Jesus Christ, crucified and risen from the dead, I can respond with adoration, praise, and thanksgiving. I can dare to give myself over to the way of Jesus, which is the way of peace, mercy, and justice. It is the way of freedom and joy, beauty and love.
Book Club News
Message from the Bishop
Book Club News
Our next read is “The Queen of Crime”, by Marie Benedict. We will meet at 12:30 central time, on Tuesday, April 7 in the Canterbury Room and via zoom.
London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France who may have connections leading to the highest levels of the British establishment.
Inspired by a true story in Sayers’ own life, New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict brings to life the lengths to which five talented women writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they unpuzzle a mystery torn from the pages of their own novels.
If you wish to join the book club contact Karen Schwatz or Betsy Rogers.
NEWS AND EVENTS
Calendar of parish and community events
List of worship services, fellowship gatherings, forums and presentations, learning opportunities, ministry meetings, and selected community events. Check it out here.
