The Rev. James Schleif, who has led United Church Camps Inc. for the past four years, will retire Dec. 4, the UCCI board announced last week. UCCI is a sister corporation of the Wisconsin Conference. “Jim has served in this role courageously, faithfully, and...
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Fifteen members of Wisconsin Conference congregations are participating in the new Rooted and Growing in Faith Spiritual Formation Cohort created by the Damascus Project. The cohort gathered for an opening retreat Aug. 28-29 at Daycholah Center. Designed specifically...
The United Church of Christ wants your help as it prepares to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the denomination’s founding. Specifically, the national setting is asking the people in the pews to submit personal stories of encountering the extravagant welcome that is...
What’s the best way to attack the housing crisis? In River Falls, it’s one tiny house at a time in an initiative called Wellspring Village. The project was hatched by an ecumenical collaborative of six congregations, including First Congregational UCC of River Falls,...
The Rev. Shannon Joshi, the new associate conference minister for the Northern Region, seems to have been born for the role. She’s an Eau Claire native and holds a degree in elementary education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She eventually found her...
Pentecost Sunday was extra special for 23 members of Lake Edge UCC in Madison who were welcomed as new members of Common Grace, a federated congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Moravian Church. The Lake Edge members had been looking for a...
The Rev. Shannon Joshi has been selected as the next associate conference minister for the Northern Region. She currently serves as associate minister at First Congregational UCC in Eau Claire. “Shannon will be a terrific addition to our Conference staff team,”...
On Thurs., Jan. 22, and Fri., Jan. 23, 2026, Conference Minister Franz Rigert, along with 600 other interfaith clergy, attended "A Call to Minneapolis: Faith Leaders Answering History in a time of Peril and Possibility," organized by MARCH Minnesota. The following is...
Dear Wisconsin Conference UCC, As I am coming to the end of my time as an Associate Conference Minister in the Wisconsin Conference, I asked for the opportunity to write about some things I have loved about working in the Wisconsin Conference. When I applied for the...