Collaboration Project

At Collaboration Project, we envision Christians united throughout Dane County, demonstrating the transforming love of Jesus, so all may flourish.

These Sunday Snippets are short, field trip style episodes where you get a preview of a Sunday at a church in our county. We hope that by listening to these episodes, we'll grow in our trust of other Christians and the local churches, we'll see what both unites us and makes us beautifully diverse, and that we'll grow in our understanding of our context here in Dane County, Wisconsin.

This is part three of the story of how a few different churches became involved in serving with Tellurian’s Enso residence. We think this story illustrates the best of what can happen when folks participate in our Neighborhood Networks. From Community Leader Gatherings to the Community Dinners, Neighborhood Networks center around the values of:

• Building trusting relationships
• Deepening our understanding of our context
• And collaboratively loving and serving our neighbors.

Register for an upcoming NN Community Dinner: ⁠https://www.collaborationproject.us/upcoming-events

This is part two of the story of how a few different churches became involved in serving with Tellurian’s Enso residence.

We think this story illustrates the best of what can happen when folks participate in our Neighborhood Networks. From Community Leader Gatherings to the Community Dinners, Neighborhood Networks center around the values of:

• Building trusting relationships
• Deepening our understanding of our context
• And collaboratively loving and serving our neighbors.

Register for an upcoming NN Community Dinner: ⁠https://www.collaborationproject.us/upcoming-events

This is part one of the story of how a few different churches became involved in serving with Tellurian’s Enso residence. We think this story also illustrates the best of what can happen when folks participate in our Neighborhood Networks. From Community Leader Gatherings to the Community Dinners, Neighborhood Networks center around the values of:

• Building trusting relationships
• Deepening our understanding of our context
• And collaboratively loving and serving our neighbors.

Register for an upcoming NN Community Dinner: https://www.collaborationproject.us/upcoming-events

Love Dane is a united week of service throughout Dane County at the end of August. Hear in this episode with Nicola about how sweet the connections can be - with school staff, with other volunteers, with other churches on the whole - when we serve with Love Dane.

Love Dane is a united week of service throughout Dane County at the end of August. Hear from a yearly volunteer, Steven, in this episode about the value of serving within your own community and the importance of being a willing set of hands.

https://www.collaborationproject.us/love-dane

Love Dane is a united week of service throughout Dane County at the end of August. In this episode, hear some highlights from Karen, the coordinator of the West HS Love Dane site, especially in how serving together has led to ongoing partnerships with the school and other community partners.

https://www.collaborationproject.us/love-dane

In this episode we cover a lot of ground: Small churches closing. The rise of the "nones" and "nons." Political polarization. The church's trellises. Recognizing and acknowledging genuine faith in folks from other traditions.

Links:

• Chris' first book: Church Planting in Post-Christian Soil: Theology and Practice
• Madison Learning Community
• Neighborhood Networks

This episode is a re-release of an interview we conducted with Drew Larson, the Family Minister at Westwood Christian Church in the spring of 2025. Even a few seasons later, we're encouraged by Drew's experience and takeaways from engaging in the Catalyst.

To learn more about the Neighborhood Catalyst or apply for the upcoming Memorial HS & Middleton check out: https://www.collaborationproject.us/neighborhoodcatalyst

This episode is actually from The UpWords Podcast, an initiative of the Steven and Laurel Brown Foundation Studio at Upper House on UW’s campus. This summer they are spotlighting local leaders shaping faith and community life, and they interviewed our very own Jon Anderson. This is a great one to listen to, whether you're a friend of Collaboration Project already familiar with our work, or just starting to get a sense of who we are and what we do.