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Relevant + Hopeful + Generous
June 17-24, 2018
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Upcoming Events at a glance (and quick links)
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Summer Schedule has begun
Worship at 9:30am on Sundays
Campfire Worship at 6:30pm on Wednesdays
(outdoors weather permitting, hotdogs and smores provided)
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Laurie Skow-Anderson elected Bishop of the ELCA Northwest Synod of Wisconsin
The Rev. Laurie Skow-Anderson, Menomonie, Wis., was elected June 3 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The election was held during the Synod Assembly June 2-3 at the Davies Center at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Skow-Anderson was elected on the fifth ballot with 228 votes to 187 votes for the Rev. John A. Sutherland, assistant to the synod's bishop. The bishop-elect currently serves as the synod's director for evangelical mission.
Skow-Anderson will be installed on Aug. 25 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Hudson, WI.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE
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Safe Journey Pastor Steve & Diane!
Pastor Steve and Diane are in Malawi June 8th to June 23rd. Pastor Carol Peterson and Pastor Tim Booth are available for any needs of our congregation and will be our worship leaders in Pastor Steve's absence. Please feel free to contact the church office with any questions or concerns. Keep them in your prayers as God works through their hands.
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Message from Pastor Steve and Diane in Malawi
Greetings all,
We made it safely to Malawi, but we did not get internet access until today (Wed afternoon). It is 5:30 and already starting to get dark so I am typing by candle light and battery power. We haven't had water most of the day, but hope to get some later tonight. Teaching has gone well. The guitar has gotten a lot of use already. Diane and I share music at opening devotions each day and I have used a lot of music with my teaching. Today Diane visited a feeding station out in the country while I was teaching. Tomorrow we will join the pastors in learning about permaculture. Then we will begin traveling around Malawi. We will leave Lilongwe an first go to Salima and visit a clinic there, then on to Lake Malawi where we will spend the weekend at Monkey Bay.
Then Monday we will head to Liwonde National Park for a safari. Tuesday we will continue south to Blantrye and on Wed spend the day with our sister parish in Mikalongwe. I have already met the pastor and look forward to spending time with them. The pastor is currently serving 13 congregations. Then we head back to Lilongwe to debrief and travel home. Hope all is well with you. I will attach a few pictures with many more to share when we return.
Steve and Diane
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Powerful picture of Pastor Steve teaching in Malawi.
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Joy Youth Group Traveling to Houston, Texas June 27-July 2
Pictured from left to right are: Erin Boatman, Charlie Canfield, Sophie Tibayan, Julia Cleasby, Jacob Boatman, Macy Cleasby and Maddie Tibayan
They are keeping a blog during their trip where members of Joy can follow their adventures and see pictures of what they are doing and experiencing every day! Follow along with them as they grow in faith, learn more about God & others and experience this life-changing event!
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Who is that?
Now that we have blended together our early and late services for the summer, it is more important than ever that we where 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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Calling All Bakers
We are looking for bakers who might be willing to be on a team to bake small loaves of bread to give away to visitors from our Information Desk in the narthex. We hope to have a big enough team that so that people will only have to bake once a month or less. If you are interested contact the church office.
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From Joy's Library Committee
God touches each of us in many ways, but not everyone recognizes those times in their lives. During May and June, the library is promoting true stories, real life experiences, autobiographies and biographies. Check out the bulletin board for a few book and movie selections found in the library. There are many more excellent reads and movies on the library shelves. Enjoy! Joy Library Committee.
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If you are interested in attending or carpooling to this wonderful 2018 Summer Retreat for women, please contact Marcia Lindseth at 715-262-3498 or Em Horken at 715-262-4728.
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Report of Northwest Wisconsin Synod Assembly
by Marv and Marcia Lindseth, Voting Members
Last weekend, June 2-3, 2018, we attended the Northwest Wisconsin Synod's annual Assembly, held at the Davies Center at UW-Eau Claire. Thank you for electing us to be your voting delegates to represent Joy, along with Pastor Steve, at this year's Assembly as it was an exciting Assembly for the approximately 450 people in attendance. (As a retired pastor in our Synod, Pastor Carol Peterson also attended the Assembly with us.)
Reflecting on the theme "Growing Young" throughout the weekend, our time was filled with inspiring worship, conversations and messages about how our congregations can "grow younger," updates from our partner ministries such as Lutheran Social Services, a time of laughter as we said "thank you" and "farewell" to Bishop Hoyme who has served as our Synod Bishop for the past five years, and the election of a new Bishop.
To make the theme of "Growing Young" helpful in our lives and ministry we had four "Ted Talks" (4-5 minute teaching talks) spread throughout the Assembly. Rev. Aaron Sturgis, Mindy Spencer Dykes, Rev. Angie Kutney, and Rev. Darrel Kyle all shared about "growing young" in their respective churches. Bishop Hoyme also spoke on that theme in his Sunday morning sermon (which some of you may have heard last Sunday as it was shared in churches, including Joy, around the Synod). At the opening worship service on Saturday morning, Pastor Paul Oman painted a work of art for us. Paul is a pastor from our synod who travels all over the country sharing his ministry which is called, Drawn to the Word. His beautiful work of art was auctioned off later in the Assembly for $1000 for the Synod's "Bold Generosity" campaign.
New members of the Synod Council were elected. The Synod Council is the Synod's Board of Directors and legislative authority in-between synod assemblies. Marcia Lindseth was elected to the Synod Council for a three year term. She will be the lay female delegate from the St. Croix Valley Conference. Other business included the adoption of the 2019-2020 Financial Mission Plan and adoption of the 2019 Minimum Standards for Compensation and Benefits. In addition we remembered the Synod pastors who had passed away in the past year, including Joy's founding pastor, Rev. Sherman Iverson. Pastors who retired this year were recognized as were pastors who were celebrating 25 and 50 years of ordained service.
The main item of business was the election of a new Synod Bishop to replace retiring Bishop Hoyme. An ecclesiastical ballot is used for the election of our synod's Bishops. The Rev. Dr. Laurie Skow-Anderson of Menomonie, WI was elected Bishop on the fifth ballot. Rev. Skow-Anderson is presently Director for Evangelical Mission and Assistant to the Bishop of our Northwest Wisconsin Synod. Originally from Jackson, MN where she grew up on a farm, she was ordained in 1986 and served as a parish pastor from 1986-2013 in churches in Windom, MN, Slayton, MN, St. Cloud, MN, and Pelican Rapids, MN. She received her Doctor of Ministry Degree at Luther Seminary in 2010 and joined the staff of the Northwest Wisconsin Synod in 2010. We heard Rev. Skow-Anderson preach earlier this year when she was invited to give the sermon at Joy at one of our Sunday services. She will be installed as our new Bishop on August 25 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Hudson, Wisconsin. Since her Installation Service will be close-by, we hope that many from our congregation can join others from our Synod and attend the festive Installation Service. Mark your calendars!
Thank you again for selecting us to be your delegates to this year's Synod Assembly. We truly were inspired by the experience.
Marcia and Marv
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MISSION
NEWS . . . . . . . .
Thank you to everyone who has brought in items for Turningpoint for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence, located in River Falls. We will be collecting items until June 22nd so please bring your items to the church narthex by that time. The items will be blessed at church on June 24th and taken to Turningpoint. Consult the list on the bulletin board in the narthex for a listing of items which are particularly needed at the present time at Turningpoint. For more information about Turningpoint and the services that they have available, look for brochures in the brochure rack in the narthex.
We recently received a letter from Lutheran World Relief, thanking the Women of Joy for the $100.00 donation we sent along with the 60+ quilts we gave them for shipping around the world. Following is a portion of that letter:
Dear Friends,
"We recently received your gift of $100 to Lutheran World Relief. Thank you! I'd like to share one way your support is making a big difference.
In Mosul, Iraq, the fighting may have stopped, but the scars of war remain-especially for the children. Eight year old Zahraa saw her home destroyed and her sister killed during the violence. But the compassion of people like you has helped her.
Your gifts fund the "I Am Safe" community center in West Mosul, where Zahraa and other children come to get help with their trauma. The first time she visited the center, she was asked to color and she drew pictures of death and destruction. With the help of supportive staff and programs designed to help her, now Zahraa is coloring scenes depicting life: birds, and flowers, and sunshine. Her mother says she plays and smiles more now as well.
This is just one example of how your support alleviates suffering around the world. Please accept my thanks for your generous support and partnership. May God bless you!"
Warm Regards,
Daniel V. Speckhard, President and CEO
We also received a thank you letter from Global Health Ministries, thanking our congregation for the 41 hospice kits we gave them to help people in need around the world. We also sent a check for $50 to cover the shipping costs of the kits. Following is a portion of that letter:
Dear Friends,
"Thank you for your generosity! Your gifts are truly helping the hands that heal...hands like those of Dr. Martha Morris who related to me her story of the Ebola crisis in Liberia. She was in the USA at the time of the crisis, attending the funeral of her mother. The Ebola virus came suddenly to Liberia, violently killing masses with little warning. The USA offered visa extensions to allow Liberians in the USA to wait in America until the epidemic could be controlled. But Dr. Martha was a health officer for her country and she couldn't imagine phoning her colleagues and encouraging them to be strong while she stayed away. Dr. Martha hurried back home to Liberia, carrying her 3-month old baby. She served faithfully at Phebe Hospital, even as she watched 7 of her colleagues die from the Ebola virus. Today Dr. Martha and her 4 year old son are alive and healthy. She is one of the many heroes among our partners in Liberia. Last year over 60,000 patients came to Phebe Hospital to be helped by the hands that heal.
Your gifts make a profound difference in helping the hands of partners like Dr. Martha in over a dozen countries. Thank you for your generosity and partnership."
Together in Christ,
Pastor Doug Cox
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTES SO GENEROUSLY TO OUR MISSION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR! As you can see from the letters, what we do and send out beyond the walls of our church really do make a difference to people around the world! Your hands are the ones reaching out to do God's work! Thank you!
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Blood Drive at Joy
Thursday, June 21st, 2018
1:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.
To pre-register for this life saving event, please
click here. Use code: prescottwi. Or stop by Joy Thursday June 21st between the hours of 1-7 Pm to donate blood.
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JOY YOUTH
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Pray for our Youth Mission Group as they head North to Canada for another adventure! They will be camping at Sleeping Giant Provincial Park near Thunder Bay.
While at Sleeping Giant, they will be spending time helping the park rangers care for God's creation.
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Luther Park Bible Camp
June 10-August 10
Pick your week!
Time to sign up for BIBLE Camp!! Kids 1st-12th grade can sign up for Bible Camp and get 1/2 off the price of camp by using our Joy Church sponsorship coupon code.
JOYPRESCOTTFW-(FW = FULL WEEK)
JOYPRESCOTTHW-(HW = HALF WEEK)
*please note sponsorship code is LAST STEP for online registration.
Check out the link below for more details on dates and programs offered and to register.
Click Here
If you want to know who the other Joy kids are that are going, please contact Christy for a list of dates and programs Joy youth will be attending at 715.441.6366
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Heart for Luther Park Raffle Tickets On Sale Now! Donated items for the auction needed!
Stop by the church office to pick up your tickets. $5.00/each or a book of 5 for $20.00. Fun begins at 9am and drawing is at the event, Sunday, August 5th at 3:00pm. Prizes can be viewed at
www.lutherpark.org. Look for posters around Joy for more information.
*Donated items are needed for Heart for Luther Part Event. We welcome beautiful quilts, silent auction baskets and other new items. If you have an item to donate for the auction, please deliver it to the church office or to Georgia Freidel by July 22nd.
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Church Directory
**Updated as of April 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.
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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
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Date
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8:15 Traditional
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10:15 Contemporary
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6:30 Wednesday
Campfire
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TOTAL |
May 13
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52
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65
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117
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May 20
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55
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68
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123
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May 27
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9:30 Blended
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54
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54
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June 3
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9:30 Blended
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88
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16
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104
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June 10
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9:30 Blended
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65
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18
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83
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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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May 13
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$2,434.00
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$5,016.20
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$7,450.20
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$4,680.90
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May 20
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$1,483.00
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$1,397.00
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$2,880.00
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$1,098.26
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May 27
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$2,550.00
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$1,162.00
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$3,712.00
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$353.37
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June 3
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$1,518.38
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$8,205.75
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$9,724.13
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$914.00
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June 10
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$2,405.00
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$1,561.00
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$3,966.00
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$52.20
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N/A=Not Available *=Updated Information
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Updated Thrivent Numbers...YTD Thrivent updates as of May 10th: Action Teams-36 events, totaling $9,000 and Choice Dollars-$3,347
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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 June, 9:30 AM Worship Services
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GREETERS
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READERS
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COMMUNION ASSISTANTS
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USHERS-All Month
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June 17
9:30 AM
Jayne Parmeter
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June 17
9:30 AM
Em Horken
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June 17
9:30 AM
Krista Mitzuk, Cathy Martin, Ed Glaubitz
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June
9:30 AM
Norm Johnson & Jerry Pederson |
June 24
9:30 AM
The Peter Gray Family
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June 24
9:30 AM
Russ Jensen
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June 24
9:30 AM
Russ Jensen, Krista Mitzuk, Hope Olson
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June
9:30 AM
Norm Johnson & Jerry Pederson
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Coffee Cup Helpers: June 17th-Tim Booth, June 24th-Hope Olson
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Weekly Calendar
JUNE
Pastor Steve and Diane in Malawi June 8-23
17 Sunday
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY
9:30am Blended Worship Service
10:30am Fellowship Time
18 Monday
10am-Noon Joyful Seniors
19 Tuesday
20 Wednesday
9am-3pm Senior Gathering Place Sewing Group at Joy
6:30-7:30 Wednesday Night Campfire Worship Service
21 Thursday
Youth Mission Trip Returns
9-10am Joy Cleaning Crew
12 Noon-7pm Red Cross Blood Drive at Joy
22 Friday
23 Saturday
Pastor & Diane Return from Malawi
24 Sunday
9:30am Blended Worship Service-
Holy Baptism of Freya Helaina Kerr and Howie Frederick Wateski
10:30am Fellowship Time
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