CRUMC News
All us of love to walk into the sanctuary on Sunday mornings and be welcomed by our beautiful flower arrangements. However, our ability to provide flowers in worship is completely dependent on the gifts of our members and friends. Simply put, we need folks to step up with donations to ensure we have flowers. We … Read more
Throughout the year-long pandemic, Christian Cooperative Ministry (CCM) has continuously served hungry people in our community. Its doors never closed; its work never ceased. In 2020, CCM distributed more than 3,700 food boxes that provided 30,000 meals to more than 9,700 people. In addition, more than 3,000 sack lunches were given to people without a … Read more
The Stations of the Cross is a worship/meditation experience that follows the story of Jesus’s arrest, trial, and crucifixion (traditionally remembered on the Friday before Easter). This video is a guide through 14 events in the story, with time to meditate on the meaning of each story for you. There is a reflection guide that … Read more
Since the middle of the summer, we have been offering “drive-thru” communion since we could not gather together in church. This has honestly been a great experience, allowing connections with one another in a safe way. With the reopening of in-person worship, we are discontinuing drive-thru communion effective Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021. We believe that … Read more
Good Friday (the Friday before Easter) is the traditional remembrance of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus. This is a time of reflection on the events leading up to Jesus’s death and how those events influence our faith and our lives. On Friday, April 2, 2021, from 6 – 8 p.m., the City Road Chapel … Read more
We’ve reached the end of the Lenten season, with this coming Sunday (March 28, 2021) taking us into Holy Week, the special week of preparation for Easter (April 4, 2021). Our Palm Sunday observance will be a little different in that rather than waving palm leaves in the air and processing into the sanctuary, we … Read more
This coming Sunday, March 28, 2021, we will be hosting another of our Feast Community Meals for the people of Madison. The Feast offers a free dinner to anyone in Madison who is needing a meal — no questions asked. Due to the COVID epidemic, we are continuing to serve these meals “to-go” from the main entrance … Read more
For the past 35 weeks or so, we have been offering a weekly podcast called Walking in the Way of Jesus: A Journey through the Gospel of Mark. This podcast is between 5 and 7 minutes in length, and each week looks at a passage from Mark’s gospel, along with some reflections on that passage from our … Read more
Not long after our in-person gatherings shut down at City Road Chapel, a group of us began to gather online for prayer via Google Meet. The Tuesday Prayer Group has met almost every week for the past year, offering a time to check-in and pray for one another, the needs of our church, and our … Read more
Exactly one year ago this Sunday, our church moved into a new world of ministry in the light of COVID epidemic. For the first time, we worshiped online and did not meeting in-person to avoid spreading the infection. When that started, we imagined that we might be able to meet again in just a few … Read more