Worship with Us! 8:30 a.m. - Traditional Worship 9:30 a.m. - Fellowship and Education 10:30 a.m. - Contemporary Worship  Holy Communion 2nd and 4th Sundays Sunday Worship Scripture Links Revelation 21:1-6 Psalm 148 John 13:31-35

In This Issue Note from Pastor Marlene Women's Salad Supper Membership Quick Reference Meat Raffle Golf Tourney Community Garden Summer Worship Graduation Parties Community Prayers and Links

Congrats Class of 2019!

Author Robert Fulghum wrote “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” This simplistic wisdom certainly is applicable to the graduates we honor this Sunday! Although I’m guessing these young people learned this wisdom even before kindergarten as parents, grandparents and other committed people of faith taught them to sing and believe one of the most beloved confessions: ‘Jesus Loves Me This I Know.’ May this assurance continue to give them confidence and peace as they begin a new chapter in life! Please join us Sunday as we honor and bless them and their families. Peace! Pastor Marlene

Women's Salad Supper This first of its kind event will feature gifted speaker Sunday Burguest, a young woman of faith who is a survivor of breast cancer and appeared on the Survivor television show . She defines herself a “Grit Girl,” and will share her walk in faith and tell us about her appearance on the Survivor show . Check her out on YouTube or Facebook .

We are looking for women to serve as a table hostess and encourage you to invite others to his fabulous evening. Other women of faith and other churches will also be invited and we want to make sure everyone feels welcome and part of the evening. Supper will be potluck salads. We will “glam up" the evening with lace tablecloths, fresh flowers and great music. No charge to attend, but a “love” offering will be taken at the end of the evening to help cover expenses. This is an event you won’t want to miss! Tuesday, June 18 6:30 p.m. If you can be involved in any way, please contact the Rejoice Office at 320.558.6851 or contact one of the women spearheading this event: Liz Smith, Council Outreach, 320.558.6887 Jill Brzinski Tina Bunting Jean Eid Bekah Kanable Karolyn Boucher

Quick Reference Church Directory

Have you been trying to contact someone and can’t find them is the latest directory? Since it will probably be another couple of years before a new picture directory happens, we are planning to get a Quick Reference Church Directory to you in the near future. Rhoda Senkler and Becky Brzinski will be around on Sunday mornings with the most current information we have. Please look for them and verify or update your name, address, home/cell phone numbers and email addresses. Don’t be alarmed if we don’t have your name listed, we are just starting the process. We want to be sure to include everyone with accurate information.

Not One... But Two Chances to Win

We’re ramping things up a little earlier this year. Our Fall Festival Raffle tickets are available NOW. AND there are two raffles instead of one. This earlier availability gives you the opportunity to take some along to sell; on vacation, to family reunions, to family sporting events, to cabin or camping or wherever else you may be heading this summer. Raffle Number 1: Our traditional $1 per ticket raffle with several amazing prizes. There are 3,000 tickets and we would like to sell them all – for the first time. We have been close, but maybe this is the year we sell them all! As in the past, we would like each Rejoice family to take responsibility for selling/buying at least 10 tickets (or as many as you are able). AND Raffle Number 2: A beautiful queen size plus outdoorsy patterned quilt made and designed by Peggy Kortuem for the benefit of Rejoice. There are only 500 ticket for this raffle so chances of winning are greatly enhanced. This is a single prize raffle and tickets are $5 each. See the quilt on display in the Narthex (Celebration Hall). Check it out and take a chance! Remember, save the date: Fall Festival, September 29, 2019

Get in it to Win it

The popular meat raffle is back! Proceeds benefit the Youth and Family team. Every Saturday in May 6:00 p.m. Flintstone's Lounge 945 State Highway 24, Clearwater

Get Your Daily Dose of Iron

Green Lake Lutheran Ministries will hold a charity golf tournament hosted by Atikwa Golf Course . The purpose is to raise funds for camp scholarships. Saturday, June 1 2:00 p.m. Arrowwood Resort 2100 Arrowwood Lane NW, Alexandria There are spots for 88 golfers - let's send a team to support this event!

Do You Dig Gardening?

If you would like to help with the Community Garden, or rent your own personal garden space, sign up on the Interest Table or contact Ken Maehren at kenmaehren@gmail.com or 320.761.3465. You'll love the physical and social benefits to yourself and the neighborhood!

Graduation Open Houses

Amanda Totz Saturday, June 1 1-4:00 p.m. 7447 State Street, Clear Lake

Community Prayers

I f you have a loved one or friend in need of prayer, fill out a   prayer request   or use one of the prayer concern requests located on the Interest table and in the sanctuary welcome pads. The star(*) in front of a name denotes a Rejoice member. This is a dynamic list. Requests will be printed for up to four weeks; call the church office at 320.558.6851 to extend listing. If a name of a friend or loved one has been omitted please resubmit the name and/or concern using one of the prayer concern forms found in the red Welcome Pads in the worship area.

Receiving Treatment for Cancer: Ann Czech (sister, Cindy Kirchoff) *Ron Stensby Camila Horton (friend, Mary Wilson) *Jerry Jagadzinski  *Pete Lidberg Allan Foster (friend, Wally Westerberg & Mary Bergeron)

Others: Baby Henry Opatz ((friend, Tina Bunting) Tom Ahrenholz (brother, Mark Ahrenholz) *Mary Wilson Amanda Vreeland (daughter, Cindy Kirchoff) *Tyler Doering *Dianna Ahl *Dianne Stute *Malibu Ronneng *Bev Hugo

Deployed or Returning from Active Duty: Troy Thomas (Mike Charboneau) * Keith Sand Jon Fisher (brother, Joe Fisher)

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Rejoice Staff Marlene Elmstrom Interim Pastor Carol Eich Office Administrator Sara Miller Youth & Family Coordinator Nicole Heberling Music Coordinator Mary Bergeron Office Assistant

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