Mayor Jake Woodford: I now call to order the Wednesday, May 7, 2025 meeting of the Appleton Common Council. Please rise for the invocation which will be delivered by Alder Meltzer. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2): Thank you. I am going to read a selection […]
Tag: Alderperson Invocations
Alderperson Denise Fenton’s Invocation At 03/05/2025 Common Council Meeting – “My wish for us in this time of fear and uncertainty is that we can be like Frodo, who accepts his assignment saying, ‘I will do now what I must.'”
Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Fenton. Please rise. Alderperson Denise Fenton (District 6): Good evening. I usually ask to give an invocation during Women’s History Month. And although the theme for this year “Moving Forward Together – Women Educating and Inspiring […]
Alderperson Martyn Smith’s Invocation At 02/19/2025 Common Council Meeting – “[T]here are principles that are larger than our small moment in time, and when it comes to those principles, we should ourselves be fortified walls of bronze.”
Mayor Woodford: Please rise for the invocation which will be delivered by Alder Smith. Alderperson Martyn Smith (District 4): This term, I’m teaching a course on the Hebrew Bible, and we spent some weeks reading through the great writing prophets. This time around, I read […]
Alderperson Brad Firkus’ Invocation At 02/05/2025 Common Council Meeting – “There are a lot of different ways we can express our love that show that certain things have more meaning than just a passing feeling of joy that we get from them.”
Mayor Woodford: Please rise for the invocation, which will be delivered by Alder Firkus. Alderperson Brad Firkus (District 3): Thank you. Next week is Valentine’s Day, a holiday that brings the topic of love to the forefront. While Valentine’s Day is primarily focused on love […]
Alderperson Alex Schultz’s Invocation At 01/15/2025 Common Council Meeting – “[I]n the face of such catastrophic disasters, our best traits as a species rise to the surface.”
Mayor Jake Woodford: Please rise for the invocation which will be delivered by Alder Schultz. Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9): Call this “A Matter of Perspective.” As I deliver this invocation, our current President is beginning his last public address to the nation as he […]
Alderperson Brad Firkus’ Invocation At 12/18/2024 Common Council Meeting – “May you have a peaceful and happy holidays and peace and love in the new year.”
Mayor Woodford: Please rise for the invocation, which will be delivered by Alder Firkus. Alderperson Brad Firkus (District 3): Thank you, Mayor. Music is one of my favorite parts of this time of year. Christmas music has been a state—a family staple for as long […]
Alderperson Vered Meltzer’s Invocation At 12/04/2024 Common Council Meeting – “When we are the light in someone else’s darkness, our own path forward is illuminated.”
Mayor Woodford: Please rise for the invocation, which will be delivered by Alder Meltzer. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2): As days get shorter and nights get longer, we look forward to the coldest and darkest part of the year. It inspires reflection. When we’re confronted […]
Alderperson Alex Schultz’s Invocation At 10/16/2024 Common Council Meeting – What made Tom Grade such a great community leader, one that will be dearly missed by those of Menasha and the wider Fox Valley.
Mayor Jake Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Schultz. Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9): [You] say that with some trepidation. Fair warning, no word count, but we won’t need it. On Sunday, I attended the memorial service for a dear friend and fellow […]
Alderperson Kristin Alfheim’s Invocation At 11/06/2024 Common Council Meeting – “If we believe in autonomy of feelings and self, then it requires us, by default, to respect the identity and autonomy of others.”
Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Alfheim. Alderperson Kristin Alfheim (District 11): In 1987 I wrote the shortest of poems. It read, “I am me. No one else the same. I wish to be that way, and so I’ll remain.” It was […]
Alderperson William Siebers’ Invocation At 10/02/2024 Common Council Meeting – “I may not know what might come next, but I’m okay with that, because for me, I know who is in control, and whatever it is that comes next, I will be okay, and I believe we will survive.”
Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Siebers. Alderperson William Siebers (District 1): Thank you, Your Honor. For 40 plus years I have journaled, and lately I’ve been going through some of my journals, and tonight I’d like to read one of my […]