Gun Violence Prevention Project Intern Position: Gun Violence Prevention Project Intern Hours: 360 hours (estimated two interns at 10 hours/week x 18 weeks) Salary: $20/hour, non-exempt, limited-term employee Benefits: Per WCC personnel policies Reports to: Advocacy & Engagement Facilitator, Director of Ecumenical Innovation and Justice Initiatives Purpose of Position: The Gun…
Your Congregation is Invited to Join WIVEC Pray with Your Feet, Pray with Your Vote Rev. Breanna Illéné, Director of Ecumenical Innovation and Justice Initiatives As we move into 2024, we are already beginning to hear about elections. With both a spring and a fall election which include a presidential race, the election will be front and center this year.…
WCC Strongly Encourages Masking — Again The Wisconsin Council of Churches strongly encourages congregations to return to using masks in worship and other gatherings. The current wave of COVID and other respiratory virus infections calls for increased caution and use of mitigation strategies. By some of the best measures available, we are in the second-highest COVID surge after the Omicron…
Loving Our Neighbors in a Time of War[1] A Letter from the Wisconsin Council of Churches ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Mt 22:34-40, NRSV)…
Hopeful Futures: A Resource for Congregations with Uncertain Futures “Concluding ministry was some of the hardest and holiest work I’ve ever done.” These words spoken by Rev. Diane Kenaston of the Good Friday Collaborative speak to the theme of a recent webinar she led with the WCC. Many congregations are struggling to pay bills andwondering if it’s faithful stewardship to…
Join us on December 5th for the Wisconsin Council of Churches Annual Meeting. We are happy to return to meeting in physical space this year, and will be meeting at Holy Wisdom Monastery in Middleton. Registration includes the keynote speaker and access to the business session held on the morning of Tuesday, December 5th, lunch and other refreshments through the…
When the Church Shows Up: Mobilizing Christians for Action at the Capitol Rev. Breanna Illéné, Director of Ecumenical Innovation and Justice Initiatives I had just taken a quiet moment after my first ever time testifying in a legislative committee hearing on behalf of the WCC in one of three hearings taking place last Wednesday. (Note: it is more typical to…
Reaching a Fork in the Road: Digital Ministry in 2023 March of 2020 is a time when the Church became digital. Many of us had thought about our online presence, some had experimented with livestreaming services, but with the onset of the COVID pandemic and the danger of in-person gatherings, we were forced entirely online. The Church was not…
Milwaukee Safe Surrender Events The Wisconsin Council of Churches will offer a safe firearm surrender event on Saturday, October 7 from 9 a.m. until noon at Alice’s Garden, Milwaukee. Unloaded guns should be placed in the back seat of a car or the rear of a van. Skilled personnel will remove the firearms from vehicles and transfer them to a…
Digital Ministry Road Trip Wrap Up Rev. Breanna Illéné, Director of Ecumenical Innovation and Justice Initiatives For the past several years, much of my work has taken place in digital space. COVID forced us online and I remained there as it is more efficient and cost-effective for a statewide organization to hold meetings online rather than driving everywhere. But…