St John's Silent Auction

As we approach the time when our building will be torn down to build 110 units of affordable housing, we are conscious of the environmental impact of our building project. In order to care for creation, we want to make sure as many items as possible are reused and kept out of the landfill. Money raised from selling items will go toward expenses incurred during our transition time. Money donated will go toward the More for Madison redevelopment project on St. John's site. https://www.moreformadison.org/

St John's is a joyful, small-but-mighty congregation focused on serving others, being in community, and making transformative change in downtown Madison. We have a passion for doing ministry with the homeless, marginally housed, and currently or formerly incarcerated, living out Jesus' commandment to love and serve each other. We provide emergency financial aid to those in need through the Emergency Fund. We are tearing down our building to build 110 units of affordable housing plus worship space and community space.

We don't do any of these perfectly, and we know better than to take ourselves too seriously.

All in all, we are trying. Everyday we embody the both/and nature of our Lutheran theology. We are both saints and sinners, broken and whole, perfect and in need of mercy. We are a community of believers on a journey. We know we will get some the details wrong, and trust that we follow a God of compassion. With 166 years of service, we have set out to continue to share God's love with our neighbors.

As we near the time for our building to come down, we would like to keep as much as we can out of the landfill. We are auctioning off items that we will not be taking with us into our new space. We have donated a number of items to nonprofits, such as FEED Kitchens, we have sent our organ to a congregation in MI, we have made arrangements to have Deconstruction Inc. and Habitat ReStore come in May to remove many items. We are having this auction to get as many other items into the hands of people who could use them. Money from the auction will be used to help carry us through this time of transition. Any money donated will go toward our affordable housing redevelopment project, More for Madison. https://www.moreformadison.org/