Sharing God's Story @ Home will be available each week at worship, as well as on our webpage and through a link on the weekly electronic newsletter, JOYful News. The guide help will you create a family devotional time that fits your family.  The theme will be based on the themes we will be using in worship and Sunday School and will help connect what happens at church on Sunday with your daily life.  It will include a key Bible verse for the week, a mealtime prayer to use, daily Bible readings, ideas for service activities for your family, conversations topics, prayers and blessings.  Check it out.

Click here for this week's Sharing God's Story @ Home

Our Bible reading for this coming Sunday is the story of Abraham and Sarah from Genesis 15.  If you want to get a preview or see it again during the week just click here.

Many of us look from the outside like we have the money-management thing nailed down. But under the surface the situation is not so good. It is time to reduce your stress level and take control! Financial Peace University is a simple way to become the master of your money. Classes include video presentation, individual work, and both small and large group interaction. You will learn a basic and very useful budgeting process. You will laugh as you learn practical methods to become debt free. You will learn ways to talk about money in your family that are clear, baggage-free, and rooted in your core values. Through practical, biblically-based principles, Dave Ramsey helps to move people from fear to confidence in dealing with family finances, and ultimately opens up ways to become not just independent, but engaged givers in our communities.

The course begins on Saturday September 24, and runs for nine weeks, through Saturday November 19, 9:30am - 10:45am.  The class will be held at Prescott UCC church.  The registration cost is $93 (it will be the best $93 you ever spend and if you need assistance, talk with Pastor Steve.  To register, or for more information, please contact Rev. Matt Schneider-Adams at the UCC church (715-262-5668).

 

With renewed energy, Joy is working on a Church Directory. This will be available for all of Joy's Members both electronically and in print form. We need your help to complete this project! Please submit a photo of yourself and/or your family, including the names of everyone in the picture. Please email a recent photo to [email protected]. You can also bring one in to the office and have it scanned or we would be happy to take one of you at church!  

Please call the office at 715-262-5800 with any questions.

***THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUBMIT YOUR PHOTO IF YOU MISSED THE LABOR DAY CUT OFF...KEEP THEM COMING!***

THANK YOU to all who helped with Sharing and Caring Hands to serve 300+ meals to the homeless on August 30, 2016!***NEW PICTURES*** 

 

It's time to register your little ones for Sunday School!  Joy has a new start time this year ~ 10:15 AM.  Sunday School begins on September 18th.  Please register your children by clicking the link below. SUNDAY SCHOOL REGISTRATION

All women in the church should have received their new Joy Women of the ELCA Directory for this coming 2016-17 year. Please look it over carefully as it contains information about our Programs, Bible Study, Committees, our Prayer Chain, ongoing Activities/Events of JWELCA, and our Policies. It also has information about the Tenth Triennial Gathering of the Women of the ELCA which will be held in Minneapolis next July. If you did not receive a Directory, please contact the church office or take one from the table in the church entrance. If you'd like to be involved in a committee, planning a program, helping with one of our ministries or projects, please contact Marcia Lindseth or Emilie Horken. ALL ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO SERVE!

Women of the ELCA triennial gatherings bring Lutheran women together from across the church with life-changing workshops, worship, Bible study, and more.

Women will gather in Minneapolis under the theme "All Anew" at the 10th Triennial Gathering, July 13-16, 2017. Registration opens September 6. Early-bird registration, through December 31, is $310; after that registrations are $350. Day registrations are $175.  To Register click here: welcatg.org or to request a registration packet by email, click here: [email protected]. 

Featured speakers, preachers, and workshop leaders will bring the gathering theme to life, exploring the theme verse Psalm 104:30: "Lord, send forth your spirit...and renew the face of the earth." The verse calls on God to send the Holy Spirit to renew not just God's people, not just God's church, but all God's earth---the creation that God called good.

Because the gathering falls during the observance of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017, the theme resonates with reformation and transformation images. Participants will explore ways in which the Holy Spirit changes us, acknowledging that reformation and transformation have happened and continue to happen within the community of Women of the ELCA: womenoftheelca.org.

(Article from "Seeds for the Parish," Summer 2016)

 

Thank You For Your GENEROSITY!

THANK YOU!!!

THANK YOU to Tom Gujur for painting the bookkeeper's office.

 

THANK YOU to Ken and Linda Wilson for making the school supplies collection display and for taking the collected items to the Prescott Food Pantry.

 

THANK YOU to Al Klein and Ernie Schultz for cutting and trimming the church grounds all summer.

 

THANK YOU to Kelly Poff and others who supplied muffins and goodies after church services all summer.

 

THANK YOU to Emilie Horken, Nancy Rifleman, Karen Lehman, and Dick Hoffmann for counting the church offering each Sunday.

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Monday, September 19th, you and your family are invited to an open house at the new High School.  Tours and activities starting at 5:00 PM.  Ceremony and ribbon cutting at 7:30 PM.  Bring your family and friends for the official public grand opening of the new Prescott High School.  Take tours, enjoy refreshments, and connect with your fellow community members!

Beginning Thursday, September 22, 6:30pm - 7:30pm, at Prescott United Church of Christ.

Have you come into the joy and struggle of caring for a family member on an extended basis? There are days when this can absorb all your time and energy. These meetings, with support from the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Pierce County, will be a place for confidential conversation, mutual support, and problem-solving. We will address concerns like the need for respite, resources for care-giving, special issues, and self-care for care-givers in a context of grace and spiritual support. At the first meeting, on September 22, we will identify an ongoing meeting time that best fits peoples' schedules. Please contact Rev. Matt Schneider-Adams (715-262-5668) for additional information.