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Relevant + Hopeful + Generous March 10-17, 2019
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Upcoming Events at a glance (and quick links)
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The code for the side door by the kitchen has been changed. Please contact the office if you need it.
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Really? ANOTHER snow storm?
We will also send out an email to the email address which you use to receive this newsletter. If you want it sent to a different email as well, just let us know.
If you miss a worship service, remember you can catch it on the
Joy YouTube channel (usually posted the day following) we are continuing to work on getting Facebook Live working to stream worship live.
If you have friends or neighbors who don't have an internet presence please share the word with them thanks.
Keep warm, stay safe...SPRING WILL COME....eventually.
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Speaking of SNOW...
Have you ever wondered how Joy Lutheran remains as snow-free as possible with the parking lot and sidewalks plowed and shoveled? At Joy, we have a wonderful group of volunteers who work very hard to make this happen. ALSO...we have a service that we pay to do it. Guess how many times Joy was plowed out in January and February???
18 TIMES! The cost to make this happen?
$2,300.00! That's just for January and February. Thank you for your generosity in giving.
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Join us for supper starting at 5:15
Lenten Worship Services are Wednesdays,
6:30-7:15pm through April 10th.
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Theme for Lent - Messy Spirituality
If you really have your act together...you may not find this series helpful. B
ut if you ever feel like...you don't pray, or read Bible as much as you should
...that you're not spiritual enough...could be for you
The theme is based on a book by Mike Yaconelli... "Messy Spirituality". Most books on spirituality are written by people who are really good at. Mike is not one of them, at least in the traditional sense. Mike died a few years back
and never pastored a successful megachurch, in fact he
isn't terribly religious. He got kicked out of Bible College twice but he loves Jesus to beat the band.
If you look at the people who first followed Jesus, the disciples, they were not perfect in any sense of the word, yet Jesus used them
Jesus doesn't just tolerate burned out believers, moral misfits and religious incompetents (people whose lives are messy): he loves them. The subtitle for his book is "God's Annoying Love for Imperfect People", the working title was "Spirituality for the rest of us".
We will spend the next 6 weeks exploring what messy spirituality looks like, experiencing some grace
learning and practicing some spiritual practices that work in the real world
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Joy's Card Ministry
The Card Ministry is meeting on
Saturday, March 16th at 9:00 am to create their beautiful cards. If you are interested in helping, they would love to have you stop by! No experience is necessary, they will show you everything you need to know. Bring a lunch as they will be working through noon. Feel free to come and go as you are able. Hope to see you there!
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MOM'S GROUP, SUNDAYS AT JOY!!!
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Do you struggle with making or maintaining friendships with other moms? Are you new in town and would like to meet other moms just like you? JOY Church is starting up a new mom's group with a book/bible study just for you! The first book we study will be "Better Together: Because You're Not Meant to Mom Alone" by Jill Savage. With this study you will be encouraged to cultivate existing friendships, make new ones and be the friend you wish you had. Come be renewed and refreshed with other moms just like you!
Whether you are the mom of a little one, tween, teen or even adult (after all, parenting doesn't end when your kids are grown, it just evolves, right?) this group is for you. Stay-at-home mom? Working mom? Work-from-home mom? It doesn't matter, this group is for ALL moms.
This group started Sunday March 3rd at 9:15am and runs for 10 weeks. Child care will be provided. If you can't make some of the dates no worries, we would love to see you when you can make it.
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All Women are Invited to the March Bible Study
All women are invited to the monthly Bible Study on Tuesday, March 12 at 1:30 PM. We will continue our four-month study called
"The Gospel of John: Meetings with Jesus." Throughout John's Gospel, Jesus engages people in honest and sometimes difficult conversations that lead to faith, renewal and transformation. Over the course of this four session study by Julie A. Kanarr, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Belfair, Washington, we are meeting Jesus through his interactions with various characters within the gospel of John. Their conversations beckon us to explore and grow in faith. In our third session of this study, "
Friends for Life in Christ," we meet a woman caught in adultery, a man born blind, and Jesus' friends Mary, Martha and Lazarus. Through their stories, we come to see how Jesus meets us with mercy, healing and hope in the face of judgment, rejection and grief. We share in Jesus' final conversation with his disciples before his arrest, where he shows us his love and prays for us. This month's study will be led by Marcia Lindseth. Do join us on
Tuesday, March 12, 1:30 PM in the Fireside Room at Church. All are welcome!
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During the last snowstorm, Joy's mailbox was blown open by the high winds and our mail was blowing around outside. If you mailed Joy a check or any other correspondence, please check with the office to make sure we received what you sent!
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Wednesday Night Supper
Bring your friends and neighbors to Joy for a new year of Wednesday Night Suppers!
A vegetarian option or hot dogs and chips are also offered. We appreciate a free will donation. All are welcome at Joy's table. Suppertime is 5:15 to 6:30.
March Menu
13th ~ Irish Stew
20th ~ Chicken Noodle Hotdish
27th ~ Cheesy Potato Soup and Sandwiches
Wednesday Night Supper Crew
March 13th ~ Early (4:30-6) Hope Olson, Late (6-7:30) Ed Glaubitz, Krista Mitzuk, Chris Stanke
March 20th ~ Early (4:30-6) Ron & Chris Stanke, Jana Lawton, Late (6-7:30) Krista Mitzuk
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New JWELCA Mission Project: Our Neighbors' Place
During all of March, all people in our congregation are invited to help donate supplies for Our Neighbors Place in River Falls, WI.
Since 2009, Our Neighbors' Place has been a leading social service provider in St. Croix and Pierce Counties, delivering positive outcomes for clients in need of shelter, food, security, housing, and a variety of other services.
At Joy, we will be collecting these much needed supplies for Our Neighbors' Place: Women's panties, men's boxers, fuel only gas cards ($20), food for backpacks; small boxes of cereal, fruit cups, soup with pop-tops, peanut butter, crackers, ramen noodles, ravioli, and other items such as: Hand warmers, baby wipes, laundry soap, diapers (sizes 4-5-6).
Please donate any of these items by placing your donations in the container provided in the narthex. Thank you for helping with this special mission project that reaches beyond the walls of our Joy church!
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Important Thrivent Information
Choice Dollars:
If you are a benefit member with choice dollars available, you must direct 2018 dollars before March 31 of this year or lose them. Please check your account online or by phone to see what you have available to contribute to a charitable organization of your choice (including Joy Lutheran).
Action Teams:
Associate members now have the capability to apply for 1 Action Team project each year, every year, not having a 3 year limit. If you have membership and have used your previous 3 year limit you can apply again in 2019. If your associate membership has expired, or anyone wishing to apply, you can make a family application for $19.95/year and have an opportunity for husband and wife to each qualify for $250 to lead a project every year.
More Action Team information: All projects that are available for Thrivent members to lead and receive the $250 seed money are listed on a clipboard at the Information Center in the Narthex. You can sign-up directly on the clipboard
OR you can sign-up online with a new application created by Christy. All this along with a new Action Team Guidelines sheet is available (and highly recommended) for reference to anyone making an application for a project.
Sign-up for Thrivent Action Teams projects online in 3 easy steps:
- Click Here ...... to go to our invitation page
- Enter your email address (you do not need to register an account)
- Sign-up for any of the projects that are labeled" SIGN UP" (labeled "FULL" projects are taken)
This process is a notification to Joy that you plan to lead a project and you still must make the application to Thrivent. To view and print the updated copy of Thrivent Action Teams Information and Guidelines, click here ......They are also available at Joy in the narthex wall rack along with Thrivent membership application forms.
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THANK YOU to all who helped with Sharing and Caring Hands serving 280 meals to the homeless on Feb. 26th!!
Preparations:
Monday Help (9:00-11:30 am): Dick & Phyllis Hoffman, Kelly Poff, Marv Lindseth, Lee & Joan Northouse, Diane Meyer, Jim & Bobbie Flatz, Hope Olson, Peter Gray, Tracy Jennings, Ken Knight, Ron Stanke and Christry Canfield.
Tuesday Help
(3:30-9:00am): Kelly Poff, Steve Kaufman and Ken Knight.
Providing Cakes/Jell-O
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Carol Peterson, Karen Lehman, Cathy Martin, Hope Olson, Em Horken, Karen Lehman, Diane Meyer, Mary Glaubitz, Lynda Johnson, Peter Gray, Lisa Kleinschmidt, Marcia Lindseth, Jayne Parmeter, Tim Booth, Karen Gunnes, Jamie Knox, Sandy Satchell, Jennifer Hansen, Krista Mitzuk, Bobbie Flatz, Caitlin Sparer, Betty Pederson, Loretta Knight, Jana Lawton, Donna Zerahn, Elaine Most and Jean Setering.
Drivers:
Bill Satchell, Lee Northouse, Tom Geistfeld, and Greg Rifleman
Servers:
Tom Geistfeld, Jim Flatz, Lee Northouse, Bill Satchell, Greg Rifleman, Sandy Satchell, Martin Satchell, Marv Lindseth, Hope Olson, Nancy Rifleman, Krista Mitzuk and Paul Seifert.
Thrivent dollars
($250) were also used to help with this project.
This was indeed a tremendous show of support for a wonderful event to help those in need. We arrived early enough with many volunteers to help serve breakfast to 300 homeless while others prepared for lunch and washed dishes. We then served lunch to a new group of homeless and helped with some of the prep for the evening meal. They all loved Kelly's Beef Stew and Cornbread. Mary Jo Copeland (founder of Sharing & Caring) was very thankful for Joy's involvement and we are looking forward to our next opportunity to serve again on August 27th.
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2019 Joy Picture Directory
~ We will be printing a new picture directory in 2019. If you have not already done so, please submit your pictures to the office.
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Annual Giving Statements
The Annual Giving Statements have all been mailed.
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Joy Lutheran Annual Report
Joy's Annual Report is now available on Joy's Web Page,
www.joy-church.org, or by clicking the link below or, we also have printed copies at the Information Center.
Amendments to 2019 Annual Report
Page 1-The 2018 Nominating Committee has been updated to show the following: Hope Olson, Mandy Bernick, Tammy Orf, Karen Lehman, Tom
Gujer
, and Tom Peterson.
Page 2-Michael Jacob
Dosdoll
has been removed from Confirmation 5/6/18.
Page 30-Bobbie
Flatz
was added to Worship & Music Team Members.
Page 30-Point "Continued one Sunday worship service...", Second sentence updated to read, "Wednesday Campfire Worship centered on the various areas of the Bible
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From Joy's Library Committee
Members of Joy are kindly asked to please return any books, movies, CD's, etc. that have been checked out over 2 months.
Check out the bulletin board and Young Readers shelf for amazing books and devotions for Young Readers of all ages. No one is ever too old for these great reads. Anyone know Debi Carney? Ms. Carney checked out several books that have not been returned.
Thank You!
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Offering Envelope Changes
In an effort to be better stewards of the resources you entrust to Joy, we making a change to the way we use offering envelopes in 2019. We can save hundreds of dollars by not having to buy envelopes that don't get used.
We will be "recycling" unused envelopes (we have blocked out the date and number so they can be used by anyone, on any date. Because it will not be restricted to any one envelope number, it will be important that you
put your name on the envelope to ensure that you get credit for your gift (especially if you give cash).
Just pick up envelopes from the information desk as you need them. If you have questions or concerns about this, visit with the office and we can customize envelopes for you or if you would like assistance with moving to electronic giving we can help with that as well. Thank you for your generous support of our ministry.
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Amazon Smile
If you shop on Amazon, please consider supporting Joy Lutheran Church by shopping at Amazon Smile! When you shop at
smile.amazon.com, Amazon donates to your favorite charitable organization!
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Smartphone?
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.
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WELCOME TO JOY!
Oh Look! The chair is empty at the Information Center! We would love to have folks volunteer to staff the Center at each service. It's easy! There is a sign up sheet at the desk. If you have questions, check with Pastor Steve or Hope Olson.
Thank You!!
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Joy Vision Council Meeting Minutes
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'.
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Who is that?
It continues to be important 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.
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2020 Passion Play Tour
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.)
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JOY YOUTH
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CANADA MISSION TRIP, JUNE 17-24
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SUMMER MISSION TRIP
Thunder Bay, Canada June 17th - 24th
Cost $300 includes transportation, camping fees, meals, service sites, and entrance fees.
(Passport or Pass card fees not included..Students 18 and under only need a birth certificate)
Deposit due at sign up.
We will do 2 fundraisers to help with the cost.
Several students last year were able pay for their entire trip with fundraisers.
If assistance is needed please let Christy know ASAP.
We will be camping at Sleeping Giant Provincial Park near Thunder Bay Canada.
While at Sleeping Giant we will be spending time helping the park rangers care for God's creation. This may include painting tables, clearing brush,
trimming trees, breaking trails, digging trails, or hauling fire wood.
We will also have some FUN hiking, swimming, campfires, visiting tourist attractions, fishing, canoeing, learning about God's creation and much more.
This trip is for students going into 9th grade to adult.
Space is limited so sign up online or text Christy at 715-441-6366.
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Vacation Bible School at Joy!
Vacation Bible School will take place at Joy Lutheran Church in Prescott, WI June 24-28. This event is offered in partnership with Luther Park Bible Camp. Luther Park Counselors will essentially bring the camp program to us. All children from the community are invited to participate in this great event!
The Luther Park Staff will be leading the program along with some volunteers from Prescott. The children will be involved in crafts, games, singing, recreational activities, Bible study, and MORE!
June 24-28, 2019
Transportation will be provided from summer school for those that request in their registration.
Monday - Friday 12 noon -5pm for children going into 1st-6th grade,
Monday-Friday 12noon -3pm for children going into Kindergarten.
All children are asked to bring a sack lunch.
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Church Directory
**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!**
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Did You Know...
Joy's Worship Services are broadcast live on 88.7 FM??? If you are having trouble hearing the service as it happens or just want to listen along, you can bring in a small radio with a headset or ear buds. Or, please feel free to speak with Lee Northouse, we have them available for use at Joy!
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If you miss a sermon...
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.
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Worship Attendance
Date
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8:15 AM Traditional
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10:15 AM Contemporary
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10:15 AM Sunday School
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TOTAL
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February 3
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43
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73
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23
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116
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February 10
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32
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46
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10
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78
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February 17
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53
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75
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22
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128
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February 24
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Cancelled
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46
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46
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March 3
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37
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72
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109
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Week Of
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Regular
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Electronic
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Total
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Other
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February 3
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$3,927.69
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$9,897.94*
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$13,825.63
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$553.50
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February 10
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$3,488.00
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$2,642.00
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$6,130.00
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$1,134.00
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February 17
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$1,258.00
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$4,025.00
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$5,283.00
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$820.00
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February 24
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$622.73
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$2,419.00
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$3,041.73
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$572.00
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March 3
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$1,965.99
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$7,969.00
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$9,934.99
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$337.05
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N/A=Not Available *=Updated Information
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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
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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
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WiFi Joy Guest Password: WelcomeToJoy!73
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Worship Leaders for March 8:15 & 10:15 AM Worship Services
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GREETERS
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READERS
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COFFEE CUPS
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WELCOME DESK
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USHERS-All Month
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March 10
8:15 AM
Craig & Tammy Orf
10:15 AM
Hope Olson
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March 10
8:15 AM
Jim Flatz
10:15 AM
Krista Mitzuk
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March 10
OPEN
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March 10
OPEN
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8:15 AM
Barry Heltne & Family
10:15 AM
The Kleinschmidt Family
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March 17
8:15 AM
Bill & Sandy Satchell
10:15 AM
The Tibayan Family
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March 17
8:15 AM
OPEN
10:15 AM
Krista Mitzuk
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March 17
Lana & Noah Craft
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March 17
Phyllis Hoffmann
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8:15 AM
Barry Heltne & Family
10:15 AM
The Kleinschmidt Family
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Weekly Calendar
10 Sunday
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS
NO Sunday School
8:15-9:15am Traditional Worship Service
9:15-10am Mom's Group-Chapter 2, Video Chapters 2 & 3-Fireside Room
9:25-10:10am Faith Formation
10:15am Contemporary Worship Service
11:15-12:15pm Fellowship Time
11 Monday
2:15-3:15pm Prescott HS Cleaning Crew
7-8pm Joyful Bells Rehearsal
12 Tuesday
1:30-3pm JWELCA Women's Bible Study
2:00pm Staff Meeting
13 Wednesday
9:00-12:00 Joyful Quilters
3:45-4:30pm & 4:45-5:45pm Guitar Camp
5:15-6:30pm Wednesday Night Supper-Irish Stew
6:30-7:15pm Lent Worship Service
6:30-7:30pm Shift 6/7-Lent
6:30-7:30pm Confirmation Class-Lent
14 Thursday
10:30-11:30am Pastor Nursing Home Service
1:30-2:30 Joy Cleaning Crew
7pm Spirit of Joy Band Rehearsal
15 Friday
16 Saturday
7:30-8:30am Men's Breakfast & Bible Study
9am Plant Market Meeting
9am-4pm Joy Card Ministry-Fellowship Hall
17 Sunday-HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
Blessing of the Quilts
Installation of Joy Council Members
NO Mom's Group Today
8:15am Traditional Worship Service
9:25-10:10am Faith Formation
10:15am Contemporary Worship Service
10:15am Sunday School
11:15-12:15pm Fellowship Time
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