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Relevant + Hopeful + Generous October 9-16, 2016
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Think pink and support the search for a cure!
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Upcoming Events at a glance (and quick links)
Check out...
links to the Faith Formation weekly video
and the home devotional God's Story @ Home
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Fall Schedule
8:15 Traditional Worship 9:25 Faith Formation 10:15 Contemporary Worship 10:15 Sunday School
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Life U topic of the Month:
"Unplugging to Plug In" Managing electronic devices in your home
- Oct 9 - Device challenges across the ages - children to adults - Largest Household Foe: Battling the "Device Zombie" - learnings from a Joy Family - Jenny Shelsted speaker.
- Oct 16 - Device opportunities and emerging trends - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.
- Oct 23 - Device/Life Balance - How to unplug so you can plug in - Speaker TBD.
- Oct 30 - TBD based on requests from the congregation.
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Simply Giving Update
Thank you so much for using Simply Giving. We want to make it even easier for you to use. We want to enable you to easily make changes or special gifts, as well as review your giving and print off reports anytime you want. All we need is the email address you want to use. Once we have that, and enter it into the system, you can access your Simply Giving anytime you want by entering a password that you will create from our church website.
Obviously we have an email address because you are reading this. But in many cases we have more than one email address so we need to know which one you want to use to manage your account . So if you have not already done so please reply to bookkeeper@joy-church.org as soon as possible to let us know.
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Help Needed
We could us come help
washing dishes on Wednesday nights. We will have a sign up sheet on the bulletin board by the kitchen.
We could also use some help on Sundays to run the coffee cups through the dishwasher after the fellowship time...again sign up on the clipboard on the serving counter by the kitchen!
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Weekly
Faith Formation Video
Our Bible reading for this coming Sunday is the story of Exodus: The Golden Calf. If you want to get a preview or see it again during the week just
click here.
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Joy's Nursery
Starting Sunday, September 18th, from 9:15-11:15 AM, Joy Lutheran Church's Nursery will be open and ready to care for your children.
Joy's Nursery is professionally staffed with experienced child caregivers who will look after your precious little ones as if they were their own.
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New Home Devotion Resource
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
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Baptism for Leo Robert Haen
Leo Robert Haen, born July 12th, 2016, will be Baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit at Joy Lutheran Church on Sunday, October 9th, 2016 at the 10:15 AM Service. Proud parents to Leo are Robert and Lindsay Haen. Big Sisters Zooey and Evelyn are Mom and Dad's fantastic helpers. Joy Lutheran Church wishes The Haen Family great JOY in bringing their son into the love and grace of God's Family!
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JWELCA Bible Study to be held Tuesday, October 11
All women are invited to attend the October Bible Study to be held on Tuesday, October 11th at 1:30 P.M. in the Fireside Room at church. We will continue our fall study with its theme "When God Forgives the Guilty."
This month we will focus on the parable of the workers in the vineyard, as found in Matthew 20:1-16, and examine the themes of blessing, generosity, and envy. We will talk about our notions of what is "fair" in our eyes and a different vision of what is "right" in God's eyes. We will discuss how we, like Jesus' followers, come to terms with a God who gives to those who have not earned it and instead blesses the undeserving. The leader will be Emilie Horken. Deanna Roen will provide dessert.
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Wednesday Night Meals!!
Our Wednesday night meal is one of the best kept secrets in town. To help get the word out we want to distribute free coupons for families in our community to come try the meal. The coupons are on a door hanger and we need volunteers to walk through a neighborhood and hang the door hangers on door handles. If you can help do that see Pastor Steve.
2 weeks ago we had 84 for supper, last week we served 102 (including two families coming with the free meal coupon they recieved!
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Wednesday Night Suppers at Joy!
October Menu
12th ~ Chicken ala King over Rice
19th ~ Chili
26th ~ Chicken Noodle Pasta Hotdish
Wednesday Suppers are a free will donation and all are welcome to Joy to enjoy delicious food and wonderful fellowship. Supper time is 5:15 ~ 6:30 PM.
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Please note: For anyone washing kitchen towels for Joy, please DO NOT use fabric softener. Thank you for your help!
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CALLING ALL 3rd Graders!!! TIME FOR BIBLE SUNDAY!!
The Women of Joy Church have a long history of sharing God's word with the 3rd grade students at JOY! This year we are offering 3 different bibles for parents to choose from. Please take time to CLICK the link below so that we can order a Bible for your student to receive on Bible Sunday.
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Joy Lutheran Church First Communion Class
Joy Church will be offering a first communion class for students in the 4th grade or older on Sunday November 6th after the 10:15am worship service. Parents and students are asked to attend together. If a parent is unable to attend please ask a grandparent.
The class will be a potluck starting at 11:30am-1:30pm. Please bring a dish to share.
The First Communion worship service will be Sunday November 13th at the 8:15am or 10:15am worship services. Later dates can be set up, please contact Pastor Steve or Christy with any questions.
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Sunday School Registration!
- 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
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Confirmation Registration!
- Class starts Wednesday, September 21st, 2016. Classes are from 6:30-8 PM.
- REGISTER HERE!
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Shift 67!
- Class starts Wednesday, September 21st, 2016. Classes are from 6:30-7:45 PM.
- REGISTER HERE!
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Check Out the WELCA Triennial Gathering Bulletin Board
Attention! Women of the Church! Take note of the new bulletin board
display in the narthex hallway. It contains all the information you need to know about the
upcoming Women of
the ELCA Tenth Triennial Gathering to be held in Minneapolis this coming July 13-16, 2017. Here are ten good reasons to attend the Tenth Triennial Gathering:
10. Hear the Gathering choir raise the roof with our All Anew theme hymn, "Gracious Spirit, Heed Our Pleading."
9. Worship together with thousands of Lutheran women.
8. Bring home a tote bag full of fresh new ideas for ministry and action.
7. Be refreshed and renewed by gathering with thousands of other women who share our faith.
6. Meet so many of your favorite authors and hear renowned speakers -- all in one place.
5. Learn so many great new ways to promote healing and wholeness in the church, the society, and the world.
4. Make a real difference in people's lives with your generous offering at Closing Worship, which will be divided among the PV for Phebe project, Cherish All Children, and the ongoing ministries of Womenof the ELCA.
3. Make friends with thousands of bold women from around the country and around the world.
2. Enliven your heart, excite your mind, enrich your spirit, and exercise your body.
1. Be made "All Anew" at the Tenth Triennial Gathering of Women of the ELCA!
Registration is now open. Early bird registration of $310 ends January 6, 2017. (After January 6th, registration fee is $350. One-day fee is $175.) To get more information or to register online, go to www.welcatg.org, #welcatg, or call 1-888-947-2233 to register by phone or to request a registration booklet. You may register for the entire Gathering or for one or two days if that is your preference. For more information about what a Triennial Gathering is all about, talk to Mandy Bernick, Kathy Sommer, Marcia Lindseth, Phyllis Hoffmann, or Deanna Roen who have all attended previous WELCA Triennial Gatherings.
Please note: The Northwest Synod Women's Organization is awarding two $200 scholarships to each Conference to help with the registration fee for the Triennial Gathering. Preference will be given to first time attendees. If you'd like to apply for one of the two scholarships being awarded in the St. Croix Conference, please complete the Scholarship Application which can be obtained from Marcia Lindseth or Emilie Horken. Deadline for submission is November 1, 2016. JWELCA will also be raising some monies which we hope will help our Joy women attend the Triennial Gathering which will never be closer to us than Minneapolis is - and Triennial Gatherings should not be missed! They are one-of-a-kind experiences!
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Thank You!!
Joy Lutheran Church received a sincere 'Thank You' note from Rosie Conroy. Rosie,
Colleen Raye and Norton Lawellin are very grateful to have had the opportunity to perform at Joy. Peter French is also thankful for the $425.00 and many food items donated to the Prescott Food Pantry. Way to go Joy Lutheran Church Community!
Thank You! For the generous donations of school supplies received for August and Septembers Mission "School Supplies for Prescott Students". Countless families and children in the community benefited from your generous donations. Way to go Joy Lutheran Church!!
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Celebration of Life/Visitation for
Darla A. Boehm
Feb. 18, 1962 - Sept. 30, 2016
Darla Ann Boehm, 54, Township of Emery, died on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at her home while under the care of Flambeau Home Care and Hospice and her family.
She was born on Feb. 18, 1962, in Red Wing, Minnesota, the daughter of Richard and Mary Jo (Matzek) Leonard.
She spent her early life and schooling in the Redwing area, where she attended and graduated from Prescott High School with the Class of 1980.
Following high school, she was employed in Red Wing, then as an insurance underwriter for Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance Co. in Eagan, Minnesota.
She married Ken Boehm on July 10, 1985. Following their marriage, they made their home in Price County in 1989. She then owned and operated Darla's Professional Cleaning Service until ill health forced her to retire.
She attended the First Baptist Church, Phillips.
In her free time, she enjoyed spending time with her family, gardening and the outdoors especially fishing.
She is survived by her husband Ken, Town of Emery; by her mother Mary Jo Kosiek, Prescott; by two daughters: Tara (Thom) Sprague, Hudson and Teresa Boehm, Eau Claire; by one grandson, Austin Sprague; by her sister, Deb (Brad) Ryan, Prescott; and by her twin sister Dawn (Barry) Parker, Hudson.
She was preceded in death by her father, Richard Leonard.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, at the First Baptist Church, Phillips, with Pastor Keith Hurlbut officiating. Inurnment will be in the Emery, Cemetery, Township of Emery. Friends may call from noon on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at the church until the time of the service.
The Heindl Funeral Home, Phillips, is in charge of the arrangements.
Celebration of Live/Visitation Saturday, October 15th, 2016 at Joy Lutheran Church from 3-6pm.
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Card Ministry Enjoys "Up North" Retreat
Joy's Card Ministry enjoyed a retreat September 23-25 at Roen's cabin in northern Wisconsin. The following women attended the retreat: Judy Hamann, Jean Settering, Emilie Horken, Deanna Roen, Sue Hood, and Sharyn Calton. They enjoyed a great weekend of fellowship while making 208 greeting cards of 19 different designs! You can check out their new cards, which are available for sale. The card rack is located in the church narthex and the cards are a great bargain at $2.00/card. The card ministry makes all the cards, which are sent to people of our church who are ill, grieving, or celebrating a special occasion. Proceeds from the sale of the cards are used to buy supplies for the making of cards for every occasion. Thank You Card Ministry!
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Joy Lutheran Church Directory
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Joy Lutheran Church Has a New WiFi Password!
Please be our guest and use the password of:
WelcomeToJoy!73
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Financial Update
Summer is a great time to travel and recreate but...unfortunately some times when we are out of town, those who don't give electronically, don't get their regular offerings in. The result is that we have had more expense than income the last few months (to the tune of about $8000).
As we gear up this fall for an exciting year of ministry, we don't want to get stalled by a cash flow problem. We are a generous people. So if you are able to make an extra gift in next couple of weeks to help us catch up, it would be much appreciated.
PS. We include a giving report each week in the newsletter, but for those who would like a more complete financial summary of where we are each month, check the "What's happening" bulletin board in the hallway.
Click
here for a link to our
online giving page
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Be sure to take a stroll down Joy's Hallway and check out the ever-changing and informational bulletin boards!!!
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| Worship Attendance and Giving |
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Sun.8:15 |
Sun.10:15 |
Sun. TOTAL |
Wed.6:30 |
Weekly TOTAL |
4-September
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9:30 AM
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73
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73
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N/A
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73
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11-September
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9:30 AM
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87
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87
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N/A
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87
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18-September
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59
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126
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185
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N/A
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185
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25-September
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50
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131
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181
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N/A
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181
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2-October
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52
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128
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180
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N/A
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180
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| Average |
54
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109
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141
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0
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141
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Regular |
Electronic |
Other |
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Total |
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Offering |
Offering |
Income |
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Income |
28-August
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$1232.26
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$7713.75
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$220.25
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$9166.26
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4-September
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$850.01
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$2767.50
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$175.00
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$3792.51 |
11-September
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$2147.00
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$3894.50
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$692.00
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$6733.50
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18-September
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$0
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$1182.50
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$0 |
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$1182.50
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25-September
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$2449.25
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$1090.00
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$480.50
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$4019.50
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| Average |
$1335.70
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$3329.65
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$313.55 |
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$4978.85 |
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| Budgeted Weekly Offering |
$5,780.00 |
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| August Actual Weekly Offering |
$5,468.94 |
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| *Remember we have a deficit budget and need more income than budgeted to reinstate |
| program cuts made in previous years and bring pastor's salary up to minimum guidelines. |
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Worship Leaders for October
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GREETERS
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READERS
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CHILDREN
WORSHIP
LEADERS
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COMMUNION ASSISTANTS
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OCT. USHERS
(ALL MONTH)
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October 9
8:15
Pete & Lynda
French
10:15
Jenny LaCasse &
Lincoln Neumann
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October 9
8:15
Robyn Keyport
10:15
Kristin Tibayan
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October 9
10:15
Natalie Canfield &
Lincoln Neumann
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October 9
8:15
Robyn Keyport
Russ Jensen
Jim Flatz
10:15
Mark Huber
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8:15
Jack & Karla
Reichert &
John Culhaine
10:15
The Kleinschmidt's
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October 16
8:15
Tag & Lynda Johnson
10:15
Jason & Becky Reed
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October 16
8:15
Kelly Johnson
10:15
Diane Meyer
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October 16
10:15
Charlie & Ellie Nawrocki
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October 16
8:15
Jim & Bobbie Flatz
Alan Klein
10:15
Hope Olson
Diane Meyer
Josh Pender
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8:15
Jack & Carla Reichert &
John Culhane
10:15
The Kleinschmidt's
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Weekly Calendar
9 Sunday
Pastor at Conference
8:15am Traditional Worship Service
9:25am Faith Formation
10:15am Contemporary Worship Service-Leo Haen's Baptism
10:15am Sunday School
10 Monday
Pastor Returns
5:30-6pm Sing 4 Joy Rehearsal
6-6:45pm Joy Unlimited Rehearsal
7-8pm Joyful Bells Rehearsal
11 Tuesday
1:30pm JWELCA Bible Study-Fireside Room
6-7pm Team Leaders Meeting
7-8pm Executive Team Meeting
12 Wednesday
7:40am High School Prayer Group
9-12 Women Quilting
1:30-2:30pm Worship & Music Team Meeting
5:15-6:30pm Wednesday Night Supper
6-6:30pm Guitar Camp
6-6:45pm High School Youth Band Practice
6:30-7:30pm Joyful Choir Practice
6:30-7:45pm Shift 67
6:30-8pm Confirmation Class-Workshop #2
13 Thursday
3-8pm Prescott Flying P Football Club-Kitchen and Fellowship Hall
7:00pm Spirit of Joy Band Practice
14 Friday
15 Saturday
9-1pm Making Mission Pies
3-6pm Celebration of Life/Visitation for Darla A. Boehm
16 Sunday
Mission Pies For Sale
8:15am Traditional Worship Service
9:25-10:05am 3rd Grade Parent/Child Bible Class with Pastor Steve
9:25am Faith Formation
10:15am Contemporary Worship Service
10:15am Sunday School
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