A time for...
Renewal
"Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength..." ~Isaiah 41:30
A three day worship event designed to inspire, rejuvenate, and renew your spirit.
No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome to attend.
Friday, October 10th, 6:00 pm
Rev. Franz Rigert
. Rev. Franz Rigert, Conference Minister of Wisconsin, grew up in Delavan, Wisconsin, where his father served the Congregational UCC church for more than 30 years. He attended UW Eau Claire and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice with a minor in religious studies and later earned a Masters of Divinity Degree. Franz served churches in Buffalo Grove, IL and Grafton, WI before the Wisconsin Conference called him in 2014. Franz and his wife Trinn make their home in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, where Trinn has taught Early Childhood Special Education for 27 years. They share three twenty-something children – Mitchell, Jordan and Marianna. Franz enjoys mountain hiking, travel, music and nature.
Saturday, October 11, 6:00 pm
Daniel Cooperrider
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Daniel Cooperrider is a writer, field theologian, and co-founder and Convening Pastor of Flicker Wild Church, an outdoor-based new church start in the Wisconsin Conference, United Church of Christ (UCC). Daniel is the author of Speak with the Earth and It Will Teach You: A Field Guide to the Bible, Gold Winner in the 2023 Nautilus Book Awards (Religion & Spirituality of the West). Daniel’s next book, Live Each Season as It Passes: Re-Earthing Spiritual Practice, will be published in 2026. Daniel and family are based on the edge of the Driftless Area in Madison, Wisconsin on Ho-Chunk land, and in Spooner, WI on Ojibwe land.
Sunday, October 12, 9:00 am
Ericka Graham
Ericka Graham grew up in Wisconsin and remembers hearing her grandfather preach at Swiss UCC in New Glarus. She received her undergraduate degree from UW-Madison and later received a master’s degree from Rice University, where she focused her research on sexuality in the Bible. She went on to teach high school English, and it was this experience that sparked her desire to start “Project 88” with her husband, Garrett, a nonprofit organization that connected students to opportunity and college advising. With the help of their generous board of directors and donors, Project 88 raised nearly $1.9 million for Houston-area students. More recently, she graduated from Iliff School of Theology and completed a thesis on soul-body integration (and embodiment). You can find her preaching at Ecclesia church in Houston or on her podcast “Curiously”. Of all her accomplishments, it is the title of being a mother that most inspires and informs Ericka’s work today. She is a sleep-deprived mom of two boys, Jett and Sonny.