Worship in the Park @ Western Hills Park
2023-06-01 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Western Hills Park, 2499 Whitney Way, Fitchburg, 53711, United States
During the summer months, we’ll gather at local parks each Thursday night starting at 5:30 p.m. to share in a delicious Holy COW meal and unique worship experience. The COW (Church on Wheels) is a ministry we share as a congregation, and all present become part of the welcoming, the forgiveness, and the service of the evening.
The menu for this week includes sliders with your choice of Italian beef, BBQ chicken, or vegetarian BBQ. The meals are served with potato salad, a clementine, and a cookie. Lemonade and water will also be available.

Family Friday Dinner
2023-06-02 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-07-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Verona Parking Lot; Verona Tent
This event is open to young families with children ages 0-5th grade. Enjoy time to connect with other families over a meal served by the Holy COW Food Truck at the Verona Campus Tent. Food, drinks, and outdoor toys will be provided! If you are interested, it is not necessary to RSVP but encouraged so the Holy COW team can get an idea of how much food to prepare. Contact Emily Gold with any questions.

Pen Pal Party
2023-06-05 12:30 - 14:00 | Orchard Ridge Elementary School, 5602 Russett Road, Madison, WI, 53711, United States
Join us at nearby Orchard Ridge Elementary School for a pizza party with your pen pals!

Meadowood Park Community Meal and Produce Event
2023-06-05 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-06-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Meadowood Park, 5808 Thrush Ln, Madison, WI, 53711, United States
We will be distributing pay-what-you-can meals and fresh produce at Meadowood Park! This is a great opportunity to enjoy a relaxing outdoor dinner with members of our community!

Incoming Middle Schoolers Night
2023-06-06 08:00 - 17:00
Join other rising middle schoolers for a youth night with fun, food, and games! Register here.

Summer Coffee Group
2023-06-08 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-07-13 10:30 - 11:30 | Madison Good Shepherd Room
Enjoy a cup of coffee, a donut, and a good conversation on the second Thursday of the month (June 8th, July 13th, and August 10th) at 10:30 in the Good Shepherd room at the Madison Campus. This gathering is open to all as a time visit with folks you know, and folks you don’t know yet. Think of it as an extension of the lobby on Sunday morning. Other snacks and friends are welcome.

Worship in the Park @ Western Hills Park
2023-06-08 17:30 - 19:00, 2023-06-15 17:30 - 19:00, 2023-06-22 17:30 - 19:00 | Western Hills Park, 2499 Whitney Way, Fitchburg, 53711, United States
During the summer months, we’ll gather at local parks each Thursday night starting at 5:30 p.m. to share in a delicious Holy COW meal and unique worship experience. The COW (Church on Wheels) is a ministry we share as a congregation, and all present become part of the welcoming, the forgiveness, and the service of the evening.

Music Monday - Acoustic Collective
2023-06-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Madison Campus, 5701 Raymond Rd, Madison, WI, 53711, United States
Come join us for an evening of musical fun full of community, faith, and food! The Holy COW will be on-site to distribute meals and fresh produce on the Madison Campus lawn!

If you like feel-good music from the ‘60s to the present then you’ll love the Madison Wisconsin-based vocal group Acoustic Collective. The five-person ensemble recreates the vocal harmonies of groups like CS&N, Simon & Garfunkel, America, The Youngbloods, The Eagles, The Everly Bros and more while keeping their repertoire current with music by the Indigo Girls, Chris Stapleton, Cam, Alison Krauss, John Prine, The Dixie Chicks and many others.The all-acoustic group features James Eisele and Bill Rushmore on guitars and vocals, Delores Jenison and Carol Hulland on vocals, Thomas Mielke on bass guitar, and Ken Koeppler on drums.

Good Shepherd @ Mallards
2023-06-13 18:00 - 21:00 | Offsite
Join Good Shepherd for a special night enjoying a Madison Mallards game. Purchase your tickets online here.

Incoming Freshmen Night
2023-06-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Verona Youth Room; Verona Parking Lot
Join other rising freshmen at a youth night designed just for incoming 9th grade students. Enjoy food, outdoor games, and devotional activities with your peers before you begin this exciting new chapter in life! Register here.

High School Youth Gathering
2023-06-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Verona Youth Room

Stellar Vacation Bible School
2023-06-19 09:00 - 11:30 | Verona Sanctuary; Verona Room 7; Verona Lobby; Verona Fellowship Hall; Verona Music Room; Verona Youth Room
Kids blast off on a cosmic quest to shine Jesus’ light in the world through Bible adventures, imagination station crafts, galactic snacks, music and play.

Stellar Vacation Bible School
2023-06-20 09:00 - 11:30, 2023-06-21 09:00 - 11:30, 2023-06-22 09:00 - 11:30 | Verona Gym; Verona Coffee Bar; Verona Sanctuary; Verona Fellowship Hall

Graveside Committal for Kay Hocker
2023-06-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Forest Hill Cemetery, 1 Speedway Rd., Madison, 53705, United States
A graveside committal for Kay Hocker will take place on Saturday, June 24, 2023 at Forest Hill Cemetery (1 Speedway Rd) at 11am. Pastor Sheryl Erickson will be presiding.
Obituary
Kay Frances Hocker, age 84 of Madison, Wisconsin passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at Oakwood Village Memory Care surrounded by her family. Kay was born on May 4, 1938 in Colchester, IL to Joseph and Susie (Wayland) Powell. She graduated from Colchester High School and worked at the local IGA store where she met Arland R. Hocker, Jr. They were married on August 26, 1956. Kay earned her real estate license. She enjoyed selling houses, playing bridge and home decor. She was a loving mother to her son, Brad, her two grandchildren, Max and Kelsey, and two great grand puppies, Kaia and Blair. She is survived by one son, Bradley (Patricia) Hocker, of Murrells Inlet, SC, two grandchildren; Max Hocker, of Stevens Point, WI and Kelsey Hocker, of Madison, WI. Also surviving are four brothers; David Powell of Colorado Springs, CO, Gary (Tish) Powell of Colchester, IL, Danny Powell of Colchester, IL, Lyle (Teresa) Powell of Good Hope, IL, one sister, Louella (Phil) Reno of Bushnell, IL. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; two brothers; Charles Powell and Bruce Powell; and two sisters; Barbara Schoonover and Beverly Roberts.

Music Monday - All That Jazz Big Band
2023-06-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Madison Campus Lawn
Come join us for an evening of musical fun!
The 20 piece All That Jazz Big Band was founded in 1985 by Bruce Johnson as a rehearsal band in his Middleton basement. With every dance or concert, ATJ proves what its members have learned in rehearsal – there is no better way to experience the Jazz Standards with a featured vocalist than in a live performance!
All That Jazz now features two more groups for smaller venues and smaller budgets. All That Jazz Classic Big Band is a 9-10 piece group with vocalist– all the swing with ½ the calories! All That Jazz Combo features 4-5 of our top players in a less formal setting.
Any of the All That Jazz groups can provide a unique mix of jazz literature. At a typical All That Jazz concert or dance, you will hear old standards as well as modern interpretations of jazz classics. We also throw in plenty of Latin tunes and ballads, even polkas, waltzes and rock to keep people of all ages tapping their toes or out on the dance floor!
All That Jazz Big Band is a regular feature at the Madison Art Fair on the Square and Tunes at the Monona Terrace, plays for the Badger Catholic Swing Dances, has opened a show for Rockapella, performed with singer and actor Tom Wopat, and has presented concerts at the Stoughton Opera House, Al Ringling Theatre, and the Monroe Performing Arts Center. All That Jazz gained national exposure on the CBS Early Show in a remote broadcast from the Monona Terrace. They have also performed for many festivals, concerts in the park series, weddings, conventions, anniversaries, and other area celebrations over the past 25 years.
Under current director Paul Heinecke, All That Jazz is also dedicated to an outreach program for the “next generation” of Jazz musicians, and has performed with and for high school and middle school students in Baraboo, Evansville, Madison, Mazomanie, McFarland, Mount Horeb, Reedsburg, Spring Green, Verona, Waunakee, and WI Dells, WI.

Rise Up Night for K-4th Grade
2023-06-27 18:30 - 19:30 | Verona Campus, 7291 County Rd PD, Verona, WI, 53593, United States
On Tuesday, June 25 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. elementary age children are invited to a night of fun. Rise Up Nights are designed for students who have completed Kindergarten through 4th grade — friends are always welcome, too! Held outdoors at Verona Campus, this is a chance to gather and connect both with each other and Christ through games, goofiness, food, and prayer. You can register your child here.

Parks Alive @ Meadowood Park
2023-06-28 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-07-12 17:00 - 20:00 | Meadowood Park, 5808 Thrush Ln, Madison, WI, 53711, United States
Held in parks across Madison, Parks Alive events are a chance to visit your local park, listen to music, participate in fun, family-friendly activities, enjoy free food, and get to know your neighbors, Build connections with your community and enjoy green spaces across the city at events throughout the summer.

Middle School Fun Night
2023-06-28 18:30 - 20:00 | Verona Campus, 7291 County Rd PD, Verona, WI, 53593, United States

Meadowood Park Community Meal
2023-07-03 17:00 - 19:00 | Meadowood Park, 5808 Thrush Ln, Madison, WI, 53711, United States

Worship in the Park @ Tower Park
2023-07-06 17:30 - 19:30, 2023-07-13 17:30 - 19:30 | Tower Park, 696 Fairview Terrace, Verona, WI, 53593, United States

Music Monday - Common Chord
2023-07-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Madison Campus Lawn
Come join us for an evening of musical fun full of community, faith, and food! The Holy COW will be on-site to distribute meals and fresh produce on the Madison Campus lawn!
With their unique combination of vocal, instrumental, songwriting and composing/arranging skills, Common Chord creates an amazing sonic palette. Their repertoire includes vocal-centric pieces with four-part harmonies, toe-tapping swingy numbers, folk and bluegrass-flavored pieces, bluesy tunes, acoustic rock/pop songs and more…something for everyone, with appeal to audiences of all ages. The group focuses on originals from each of three writers in the group plus unique covers from the likes of Tom Waits, the Beatles, Robert Johnson, Paul Simon, and George Gershwin, and others. Instruments regularly used in live shows include guitars, bass, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, clarinet, bass clarinet, cigar box guitar, hand percussion, and sometimes cello, melodica, and hammered dulcimer.
Common Chord was formed originally as a duo in 2015 by singer/songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Michael Bryant and Tracy Jane Comer, who were members of the former Madison-area trio Sticky Fingers (early to mid-2000s). The two have worked as duo on occasion since then as well, prior to forming Common Chord. The group quickly grew to five regular performers with the addition of singer/songwriter Bruce Buttel, vocalist Delores Jenison, and multi-instrumentalist Faye Bruggink. This powerhouse of combined talents yields a strong creative synergy…the musical whole is much greater than the sum of the parts.
