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To obtain more information about the campaign, please call the Campaign Office at 262-245-2680 or by email SGCampaign@wcucc.org.

A MESSAGE FROM OUR LEADERSHIP  - Rev. David Moyer

Dear Friends in Christ,  

What a joy it is to be a part of the heritage of the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ, and particularly to be the recipients of the legacy of two of the most gifted leaders in the history of the United Church of Christ, The Rev. Dr. Ralph P. Ley and The Rev. Dr. Frederick R. Trost.  

It is appropriate that we honor them through this SPECIAL GIFTS CAMPAIGN that will enable us to build on the strong foundation that they established and advance the ministries of the Wisconsin Conference and United Church Camps, Inc.  

I am privileged to have known and worked with both Dr. Ley and Dr. Trost and have been the beneficiary of their wisdom, their kindness, their leadership, and their faith.  I know many of you have as well.  Their extraordinary commitment to the vocation of ministry remains a model and a challenge for us all.  

I invite you to invest in carrying forward the wonderful heritage these two servants of Christ handed to us and to help us build up ministries in the Conference that will give their history lasting meaning and impact in our common life.  

Please join me in supporting the handing on of a beautiful legacy, gifts of the Holy Spirit through the ministries of Dr. Ley and Dr. Trost.  

Faithfully yours,

David S. Moyer
Conference Minister

Campaign Update 
Current Special Gifts Campaign -Total: $741,000 as of 2/28/08

We have two purposes to our Special Gifts Campaign.

The first is to honor Dr. Ley and Dr. Trost. Few settings of the United Church of Christ have received the gift of leadership in such full measure for so many years as the Wisconsin Conference has from these two faithful servants of Christ.  The gifts of the Spirit which they brought to their positions were exactly what the Conference needed in the moments of history to which they were called.  

Secondly, there are needs for new facilities and development at our outdoor ministry sites and at the conference Center that will honor our two past Conference Ministers. At Pilgrim Center there has long been a need for a new Chapel to replace the existing summer - only Chapel which is in need of extensive repair and remodeling work.  A new Chapel is part of the long - term strategy for Pilgrim Center's site development
 plan.

 
Ralph P. and Ruth Ley Chapel

At the Conference Center we wish to name the Conference Center the "Frederick R. Trost Center."  This Center was so clearly the vision of Dr. Trost and so embodied his forward - looking leadership, that this naming is an appropriate way of expressing our appreciation.  In addition to the naming of the Center, with appropriate signage, we are going to restore a portion of the beautiful natural area of the property to a native prairie setting.  The development surrounding the Conference Center is intense and we will soon have one of the last remaining green areas in this part of the Windsor/DeForest community. 

Frederick R. Trost Center

 Wisconsin Conference UCC 4459 Gray Rd.   De Forest WI 53532 608-846-7880
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