We will have worship at 3:00, 5:00 and 9:00pm on Monday, December 24th .  We typically have lots of visitors, making it important that we have ushers, greeters and communion assistants to serve. Consider worshiping at one and serving at another. You can sign up at the welcome desk. There will be no Worship Service on Christmas Day.

If you enjoy the convenience of a smartphone there are a couple of apps you may want to consider;

One is the Give+ app (which is a free download wherever to get your downloads) w hich allows you to make a electronic gift from your bank account instead of swiping a credit card (the handlin g charges are significantly less, so more of your gifts gets to us).  You can us it for one time gifts or managed giving, and it is all integrated into your regular electronic  giving to Joy.  click here for instructions.

You also now have the ability to set up a member portal with our church database.  This portal can be made into an app so you can have instant access to your data (with the ability to make changes and give permissions, view the church photo directory, and

see and print your giving statement whenever you want). To create a portal, click here.  If you want to make your login into an app just check with the office.

Our Wednesday dinners are one of our best ministries.   If you haven't tried coming....you really should.  It takes a lot of effort to prepare and clean up a meal for over 100 people each week.  We are blessed to have Kelly Poff as our cook, but we depend on lots of volunteers as well to make it happen.  The more help we have, the easier it goes.  So we need your help.

There are a number of ways to indicate your willingness to help.:
We will pass a clipboard on Sunday morning OR it will be available after worship at the information center OR you can use the online sign-up

Thank you to the Joyful Bells and Director, Deanna Roen, Joys Choir, Pastor Steve Meyer, Ushers Bernard Voelker and Norm Johnson, who all participated in the Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service.  Thanks also to Shirley Johnson and Julie Fiedler for hosting the Fellowship time following the service and to Elaine Most, Hope Olson , Shirley Johnson and Julie Fiedler for supplying the bars.  Thanks to all who contributed to the offering, which goes to the Prescott Area Churches Association (PACA) emergency fund to help those in need.  Thank you to all who attended this special service!

To read the minutes from the latest Vision Council Meeting, please

 CLICK HERE.   The minutes can also be found in Joy's web page under

'Leadership'.

Now that we have blended together our early and late services for the summer, it is more important than ever that we wear name tags to help us get to know each other.

We have disposable stick on name tags available, or sign up to have a more permanent name tag made for you.

Join Elizabeth Bartsch, Assistant to the Bishop of the NW Synod, and travel to Germany and Austria. See Martin Luther sites, concentration camp, Sound or Music sites and the Passion Play. To see the complete itinerary and more info go to Joy's information desk or click here.  (This 11 day incredible trip has a March deposit deadline.)

**Updated as of August 2018, directories (both picture and address) are ready to pick up...they are also available on the church web page on a password protected page (please call the office for the password).

If you have corrections please let the office know. 

**If you would like to update or add your picture, please send it to the office at any time.  It will be included in the next print!**

Name Tag s... are a great way to help people remember your name.  We are working on a system to have more permanent name tags available, but for now any time you can wear one helps the rest of us get to know you. Thank you.

and want to catch up or share it with someone who might appreciate it. We record our worship each week and post it on our web page as well as the bottom of this weekly electronic newsletter.  Just click on the YouTube button.                   

ELCA Estate Planning & Giving  

 

Mr. Tim Knutson, of the ELCA Gift Planning Foundation, was here at Joy and gave an informational program on Gift Giving & Estate Planning. He is still available for any questions or information you may want. He can be reached by mail, email or phone:

Tim Knutson, 2625 N. 65th St., Wauwatosa, WI, 53213. (414) 477-9979. Email: Timothy.Knutson@elca.org

If you would like to give electronically you can do so through our web page

  Set up or manage my electronic giving

If you have a QR reader on your phone you can also access the page by scanning here

If you don't have a QR reader and still would like the convenience of working from your phone.  
We also have a church giving app called Give+  available as a free download.     How it works