Sunday’s groundbreaking ceremony for Plymouth Congregational UCC’s new building was followed by the start of site preparation work on Monday. The church is rebuilding at the 2010 Moholt Dr. location of the structure destroyed by fire in September, 2016. That blaze was ignited by a lightning strike. Marawood Construction Services, Inc. is the general contractor […]
Church looks to new beginnings and expanded programs as it continues to rise from September fire’s ashes
By Tessa Rosa, Chippewa Valley Post reporting intern September 22, 2016. Pastor David Huber’s phone rang at 1:45 a.m. He didn’t react. It was the fire department calling, and so the phone rang again. This time Huber picked it up to hear a voice on the other end telling him that Plymouth Congregational United Church […]
BEHIND THE POST: Change – new series leads to home page layout changes. . . and we’ve moved to new office space
By David Gordon, Associate Editor and Board Chair Change is the name of our game at the moment: a new series about Chippewa Valley nonprofits, a somewhat revamped home page layout and new office space. If you’re reading this, you’ve obviously worked your way through the changed layout on the CVPost home page. These changes […]
Interfaith group spends four weekend hours discussing Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment
By David Gordon, associate editor Some 20 people from widely varying religious backgrounds came together Saturday to discuss Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on spirituality, climate change and environmental degradation, “Laudato Si,” The workshop at the Ecumenical Religious Center on the UW-Eau Claire campus drew participants from Chippewa Valley Catholic, Lutheran, Jewish and Quaker congregations as […]
Saturday interfaith workshop to discuss Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical
“Laudato Si,” Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on spirituality, climate change and environmental degradation will be the subject of an interfaith workshop on Saturday (March 4) from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The program is scheduled for the Ecumenical Religious Center, 110 Garfield Ave., on the UW-Eau Claire campus. The event is free and open to […]
David Weiss to wind up spirituality-climate change lecture series on Sunday
David Weiss will conclude his fall lecture series on spirituality and climate change on Sunday evening, when he will discuss ways of resisting the powerful forces bent on exploiting the planet. He will speak at 7 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church,m 202 W. Grand Ave in Eau Claire. The lecture is free and open to […]