Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Meltzer. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2): November 20th marks the 22 annual observance called Transgender Day of Remembrance which honors the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. In 2021 […]
Tag: Alderperson Invocations
Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim’s Invocation At 11/03/2021 Common Council Meeting – “I hope that each of us can glory in this month’s times for remembrance and honor and thanksgiving, despite the impending doom—I mean, the winter ahead.”
Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Hartzheim…I gotta fish for the mic. Which? That was close. Alderperson Hartzheim: Thank you, Chair. Here we are folks in the 11th month. How is it the 11th month already? The month of honor and remembrance […]
Alderperson Alex Schultz’s Invocation At 10/06/2021 Common Council Meeting – “I am proud to have served [in the military] but I probably don’t share that information willingly because I saw things and witnessed things that did not make me proud of my service.”
Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9) gave the invocation at the 10/06/2021 Common Council meeting. Woodford: “Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Schultz.” Alderperson Schultz: “Thank you, Mayor. I’m gonna sit to make sure the mic picks me up. I actually requested invocation this evening […]
Alderperson Brad Firkus’ Invocation At 09/15/2021 Common Council Meeting – “We keep paddling, doing what we can to move ourselves and our community closer to the end of the pandemic. Even if everyone’s not paddling in the same direction, and some of those people are fighting to make reaching the finish line harder than it has to be, we keep paddling, because on the other end of this is where we want to be standing, and standing still doesn’t get us there.”
Alderperson Brad Firkus delivered the invocation at the 09/15/2021 Appleton Common Council meeting. Mayor Woodford: “Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Firkus.” Firkus: “Thank you. For a time in my early 20s I worked as a cook. I had worked in a kitchen since […]
Alderperson Vered Meltzer’s Invocation At 09/01/2021 Common Council Meeting – “Instead of asking how soon we can stop wearing masks, let’s ask how long we are willing to wear masks.”
The issue of masking has been talked about a lot recently due to the Health Officer resolution, the recent AASD mask mandate, and the start of the school year. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2) gave the invocation during the 09/01/2021 Common Council meeting and took […]
Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim’s (District 13) Invocation At 08/18/2021 Common Council Meeting – “Gracious God…help us to remember we have the comforting assurance that You will always be with us.”
Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim (District 13) gave this invocation to the Common Council on 08/18/2021. As you can see, she is in the Council chambers and not wearing a mask although the Mayor has implemented rules requiring masks to be worn inside city facilities. Mayor Woodford: […]
Alderperson Joe Prohaska’s Invocation At 08/04/2021 Common Council Meeting – “May we have a spirit of comaraderie in this room and work together on our shared mission.”
Alderperson Joe Prohaska (District 14) gave the invocation at the 08/04/2021 Common Council meeting. This was given shortly after Mayor Woodford reinstituted the masking while inside city facilities guidelines which you can read about more here. Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson […]
Alderperson Alex Schultz’s Invocation At 07/21/2021 Common Council Meeting – “This speaks to the challenges we face as representatives of all of our constituents…and trying to keep our heads in a centrist space and listen to all the voices that are speaking to us.”
Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Schultz. Alderperson Schultz: Thank you, Chair. As it was a little bit of a short notice to step up for invocation tonight, I thought it would be proper to read a short poem. This speaks to […]
Alderperson Denise Fenton’s Invocation At 07/07/2021 Common Council Meeting – “Kindness without justice fails in compassion. It cannot mean a lack of accountability for causing harm.”
[Note: this invocation was given at the second Common Council meeting held after Mayor Woodford’s statement to to the alderpersons at the 06/15/2021 Informal Organizational Meeting and seems to be connected to some of the same issues he raised.] Council President Matt Reed: Tonight’s invocation […]
Alderperson Brad Firkus’ Invocation At 06/16/2021 Common Council Meeting – “We’re gonna be offered a lot of opportunities of making choices of how we want to engage with our community and with our fellow Appletonians. We can choose to engage in ways that help each other, that can make ourselves feel better, and can make our community a much more enjoyable place to be a part of.”
Alderperson Brad Firkus (District 3) delivered the invocation at the 06/16/2021 Common Council meeting. Mayor Woodford: “Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Firkus.” Alderperson Firkus: Thank you. I’m just gonna start tonight with a little story. A couple weeks back, I had bought a […]