Love Dane is an opportunity for churches in Dane County to collaboratively love and serve our neighbors, maximizing our impact for good.

 

Churches Confirmed for 2025:

  • Asbury Church

  • Bethany UMC

  • Blessed Sacrament

  • Burke Lutheran

  • City Church

  • Covenant Presbyterian Church

  • Crossroads UMC Waunakee

  • Cultivation Church

  • Door Creek Deforest

  • Faith Community Bible Church

  • FPC Waunakee

  • Geneva Campus Church

  • Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

  • High Point Church

  • Hometown Verona

  • Lighthouse Madison

  • Mt Zion Baptist

  • New Beginnings Alliance

  • New Crossing

  • New Culture

  • North Ridge Waunakee

  • Northside Christian Assembly

  • Orchard Church

  • Redeemer City Church

  • the Church

  • Trinity Lutheran Church

  • Westwood Christian Church

Confirmed Sites for 2025:

  • Tuesday, August 19, time TBD in Waunakee

  • Wednesday, August 20, 9am-12pm at Glenn Stephens Elementary

  • Friday, August 22, 8:30am-10:30am at Sunshine Place

  • Saturday, August 23

    • Orchard Ridge Elementary 9am-11am

    • The Playing Field 9am-11am

    • Blessed Sacrament School 9am-12pm

    • Country View Elementary 9am-12pm

    • Deforest School District, time and specific location TBD

    • Leopold Elementary 9am-12pm

    • Mendota Elementary, 10am-1pm

    • Henderson Elementary 9am-12pm & 12pm-3pm

  • Monday-Thursday, August 25-28

    • West High School, various times

Timeline

April 22, 2025 - All Interested: Kickoff/Informational Meeting

June 10, 2025 | 12-1pm - All Church Coordinators: Check-in Zoom Meeting

By June 30, 2025 - Partner Churches: Confirm partner site and date(s) of project(s)
Supporting Churches: Commit to a site

By July 25, 2025 - Partner Churches: Submit project details

July 31, 2025 | 12-1:30pm - All Church Coordinators: Final Meeting

August 1, 2025 - Love Dane signups open

August 20 - August 28, 2025 - Love Dane!

 
  • Through Love Dane, Dane County churches serve at volunteer sites who are their community partners, like schools or community centers.

    To establish a volunteer site, someone from a church needs to volunteer to help coordinate a site with an existing community partner. Once there is a coordinator identified (also called a “Partner Church” coordinator), other churches can join in to support the project.

  • To get involved, fill out this interest form. You’ll be able to indicate if you want to:

    • Receive news when the volunteer opportunities open.

    • Get materials to be able to share with your church’s leadership about the church getting involved.

    • Be your church's point person/project coordinator for Love Dane.

  • Yes! If your church doesn’t officially get involved, we would love for you to volunteer with us! Find a site that makes sense for your location and join us!

    And, if participating this year gets you excited to get your church on board in the future, we’d love for you to connect us with someone in your church who could make that decision next year.

  • Thanks to sponsors for this event and our sustaining donors, we’re able to coordinate this event at no cost to churches, so that there are no barriers to participate.

    However, we also welcome churches to sponsor the event if they are able and find it in alignment with their goals and mission. Learn more.