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Relevant + Hopeful + Generous April 28-May 5, 2019
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Upcoming Events at a glance (and quick links)
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Holy Humor Sunday this week
Today we are trying an ancient but new to us tradition we are calling Holy Humor (Holy Hilarity) Sunday
The tradition goes back for centuries know as Bright Sunday, Laughter Sunday or Holy Fools.
The idea was: after the dark days and solemn days of Lent...leading up to the cross there would be a celebration of the resurrection with music, laughter and praise the resurrection of Jesus...was the last laugh on the devil who thought he had won.
So join us for a unique worship time, come prepared to laugh and share a favorite joke or story.
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Pastor Steve preaching at Easter Sunday Sunrise Service at Freedom Park.
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Spring Banquet - Sunday, April 28, 5:00 P.M.
All women and children are invited to the annual Spring Banquet on
Sunday, April 28th at 5:00 P.M. in the Fellowship Hall at church. This year's theme is
"Aprons --- The Ties That Bind." The speaker will be Susan Warner, a retired special education teacher of 35 years and wife of a retired Lutheran pastor. Susan has written a program about aprons - their history, uses, and good stories - all about aprons! Kelly Poff is cooking our Banquet Meal which will consist of:
Spring greens with berries and vinaigrette, pasta primavera with chicken, assorted rolls, and strawberry lemon cake (kids, vegetarian or gluten free available by request)-
-all served by the men of our church!
Tickets for the Spring Banquet are $10 per person with children 5 and under FREE. Tickets may be purchased after church services on Easter at the Information Desk in the Narthex or in the church office anytime in April. You may also call the church office (715-262-5800), Marcia Lindseth (715-262-3498) or Emilie Horken (715-262-4728) to reserve your tickets. Don't miss this fun evening of fellowship and good food! Invite your friends!
Wear your favorite apron to the Banquet and do join us for a special program - all about aprons!
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11th Annual Joy Plant Market
Mark your calendars!!!
This year, the
11
th
Annual
Joy Plant Market is planned for
Mother's Day weekend, Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
until
2:00 p.m.
Come and get your plants for the growing season. And while you're at it, you might as well
pick up something for Mom
! This continues to be a community fundraiser with proceeds going to various charities. The Plant Market will support Prescott Food Pantry, Women in Malawi, Our Neighbors Place and Joy Memorial Garden. Bobbie Flatz and Diane Meyer are this year's co-chairs and need your volunteer help in the following areas:
Donating
perennial, annual, and vegetable plants (
need to be clearly marked with provided plant markers
listing plant name, sun/shade and bloom color, and perennials need to be in 1 gallon pots or larger).
Plant
Drop-off - Friday, May 10, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Joy.
Volunteering
for Saturday and/or Sunday activities (see insert in Sunday bulletins).
Donating money
to allow Joy to disburse more of the proceeds. Plant Market envelopes are available in the bulletins. Place in the offering plate or in the slot in the Welcome Center. Or use the credit card kiosk.
Getting the word out
to neighbors and friends.
Please call this year's co-chairs: Bobbie Flatz (715-222-4547) or Diane Meyer (608-780-1545) with questions, donations, or comments. Thank you for your continued generosity and support of this activity!
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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.
May Menu
1st ~ LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPER!! Join us for a picnic!!
Wednesday Night Supper Crew
May 1st ~ Early (4:30-6) OPEN, LATE (6-7:30) Ron & Chris Stanke
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Dinner and a movie for Malawi
Wed. May 8 5:30-7:30
Join for FREE PIZZA night at Joy thanks to funds from a Thrivent Action Team. During the meal we will be viewing a movie based on a true story about a young boy in Malawi "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind".
The meal is free but we will be receiving a free will donation to help respond to the current flooding going on in Malawi. We will also have information so you can learn more about our brothers and sisters in Malawi and what daily life is like for them.
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| The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind | Offical Trailer [HD] | Netflix |
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Heavy Rains & Tropical Cyclone Idai Contribute to Large-Scale Flooding and Displacement in Malawi
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Dear Friends In Christ,
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In February and early March, our brothers and sisters in Malawi experienced torrential rains, resulting in massive flooding through the country, with the most severe impact in 14 central and southern districts. The damaging waters, and the high volume of wind and rain from tropical storm Idai have caused 57 deaths, hundreds of injuries, and have displaced over 125,000 people, requiring them to seek alternative shelter until the water recedes and they can assess and repair or rebuild.
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If you want to contribute to the
Lutheran Disaster Relief Fund you can click
here
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Please Help the Larson Family
The Larson family from our church has experienced the loss of their son, Dravin. Pastor Steve met with the family to make sure we are helping meet their needs. Please Consider Helping The Larson family. 100% of the funds collected will go directly to the family to help with immediate needs. Checks payable to Joy Church with "Larson" in the memo line.
Joy Church, 1435 Saint Croix Street, Prescott, WI 54021
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TOM SWANSON RECEIVING TREATMENT
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YOUR PRAYERS AND HELP ARE NEEDED!
Greetings to everyone. I have a need that I'm hoping you can help with.
I learned I had Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) in my early 30's. It has never really caused me any problems throughout the years, we just monitored it's progress and hoped for the best. On December 18th my life changed. My left PKD infected kidney started to hemorrhage and I went into renal failure. On January 4th I had my first dialysis treatment, which I now must attend every M/W/F morning.
There is no cure for PKD, once your kidneys fail with this disease you have one immediate choice and that is dialysis. The only other additional treatment is to receive a donor kidney, which is what I now need to return to a more normal life.
I have been evaluated and accepted into the kidney transplant program at Mayo in Rochester and am on the current transplant waiting list. To receive a deceased donor's kidney, the national average wait time is 5-7 years. To receive a living donor kidney, I must have a "match" and then it is just a matter or scheduling the surgery.
All 4 of my sons immediately wanted to donate a kidney to me. However, we have sadly learned that PKD is rampant within my family and no kidneys are available from my sons. PKD is prevalent with my siblings and also my wife Karen was denied as a donor due to her own health issues. So kidney donations are hard to come by in the Swanson family.
The national kidney donor list has ~100,000 people waiting in line, and 75% of those people will die before receiving a kidney. So you can see there is nothing attractive about waiting and hoping on a deceased kidney. My prayer is to connect with a living match and receive a gift of life kidney from that generous person.
Interesting information:
A healthy person can live a long normal life with one kidney. Once recovered from the surgery, there are no lasting negative effects from the donation.
My insurance (and this is the case with all insurance companies) will pay for all medical costs associated with the transplant donor. This includes all medical/surgery/testing expenses related to the kidney donation.
The Paired donors program is designed to help when someone wants to donate but is not a match with a specific person. That persons kidney can be matched with someone else who has a donor that doesn't match them. This can sometimes include over a dozen kidneys being transplanted, and getting hard to match patients a kidney.
Please prayerfully consider being tested by Mayo Clinic as a living kidney donor. If kidney donation is not an option for you, please consider sharing this letter with your friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, etc. Feel free to forward this email.
If you have questions or would like to discuss further, please contact:
Tom - 715-441-1973 or
Karen - 715-441-8691
Thank you
Tom Swanson
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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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Support JWELCA's Spring Mission: Newborn Kits for
Global Health Ministries
Joy in a box! That's what we will send when we send Newborn Kits to Global Health Ministries! GHM Newborn Kits are simple gifts for a new mom, to celebrate the new life God has entrusted to her care, and to provide basic items to help her care for her baby. The kits are used by mission hospitals and health workers to encourage young women in African countries to seek prenatal care. Visiting a trained health worker during pregnancy greatly improves the chances for a happy, healthy outcome for both mother and child. Please help by picking up a plastic bag in the narthex, near the mission display, and filling it with the items listed on the slip of paper included in the bag. Feel free to work with another person to fill 1-2 or more bags. Cloth diapers for the Newborn Kits will be purchased with Thrivent Action Project monies.
Needed items listed in each plastic bag are as follows:
1 regular sized bath towel (48"-52") 1 washcloth
1 bath sized bar of Ivory soap in original package 1 newborn stocking hat (size small) 1 newborn cotton T-shirt (size 0-3 months) 2 diaper pins
1 cotton or flannel receiving blanket, approximately 30" x 30" in size
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Meet the members of your 2019
Joy Visison Council
President-Peter Gray, Vice President-Chris Stanke, Secretary-Bobbie Flatz, Treasurer-Kristin Tibayan, Faith Ed-Renee Braun, Fellowship-Phil Wawra, Giving/JWELCA-Hope Olson, Outreach-Krista Mitzuk and Stefanie Brantner, Service-Connie Booth, Worship-Lana Craft
Starting in April members of the Vision Council will be attending the Welcome Desk on Sunday mornings...stop by and introduce yourself
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Pictured L to R, First Row: Lana Craft, Hope Olson, Stefanie Brantner, Bobbie Flatz.
Second Row: Christy Canfield, Chris Stanke, Renee Braun, Kristin Tibayan, Krista Mitzuk.
Third Row: Peter Gray, Phil Wawra, Pastor Steve Meyer. Not Pictured: Connie Booth.
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Thrivent Financial Activity: Recap and Updates
Over the past 2 ½ years Joy has dramatically increased Thrivent member awareness of programs available to take advantage of receiving Thrivent donations to support community and Joy Lutheran Church activities. Thrivent Financial is a non-profit, membership owned organization called a fraternal benefit society. Instead of paying taxes, Thrivent returns its monetary gains back to the members and the community to support social, educational, charitable, benevolent and religious activities. Last year Thrivent raised/donated $296 million to support such activities, including 15.4 million volunteer hours donated, to complete these outreach events.
During 2017 and 2018 Joy received $31,250 to support 125 Action Team Projects, plus $7,111 Choice Dollars were directed to Joy for use as needed. This is not an automatic gift given to Thrivent members to use or direct money. We would not have received any of this money if Thrivent members of Joy did not request them.
Thrivent members must get involved by applying for each Action Team event and lead their project as needed. Choice Dollars is somewhat easier in that it only requires the qualifying member to pick out a charity or non-profit of their choice and direct the dollar amount available to that organization.
So far this year we have been approved for 28 Action Team projects giving us $7,000 ($250 to support each project). Also, $1,868 Choice Dollars have been directed to Joy. These amounts are right on target for another great year to take advantage of Thrivent's many ways to show how it gives back to serve this community here and all over the world. The one thing we are trying to do here at Joy is to find ways to make the process of applying for and receiving Action Team money easier and making the process pro-active. If you are a Thrivent member, we are asking you to take the initiative to pick out the project(s) you would like to support and sign-up in 1 of 2 ways:
- Check the Thrivent clipboard at the Information Center and print your name on the activity of your choice.
- Sign-up 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)
Both of these are a
notification to Joy that you plan to lead a project and you still must
make the application to Thrivent NLT 3 weeks prior to the project date. After signing up, you can expect a call or email 4 weeks prior to the project date to confirm application and approval. A new Action Team Guidelines sheet is also available (and highly recommended) for reference to anyone applying for a project. To view/print the updated copy of the Thrivent Action Team Guidelines, click here
...... They are also available at Joy in the narthex wall rack.
Also, there will be an informal gathering between services on May 19th to learn more about Thrivent activities. Please join us. If you have any questions, comments or help with any of the Thrivent programs, please call Jim or Bobbie Flatz at 715-262-5960 or email us at
jflatz@centurytel.net
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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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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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News from the Prayer Shawl Ministry
Thanks to the women who make knitted or crocheted shawls that are on the "Shawl Ladder" in the narthex. Recently, shawls have been made by Chris Stanke, Linda Wilson, Charlotte Burgeson, and Wilma Timm. Thanks, too, to Linda Wilson for making some crosses that can be given to people who'd like to carry them in a pocket as a reminder of Jesus' love for them. They can be found on the Prayer Shawl Ladder also. If you, or someone you know, is in need of a prayer shawl because of illness or other condition, please feel free to just take a prayer shawl from the ladder.
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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!
Meet your Joy Council Members!!
Joy's Vision Council members will be staffing the Information Center, so stop by and say Hello! Also - any Joy member is welcome to staff the desk (no experience necessary
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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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JOY YOUTH
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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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6:30 PM
Wednesday Lent
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March 24
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53
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85
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19
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138
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27th ~ 82
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March 31
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58
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89
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25
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147
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3rd ~ 90
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April 7
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53
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99
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45
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152
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10 ~ 72
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April 14
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50
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105
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160
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April 21
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116
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152
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268
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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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March 24
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$2,062.10
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$1,127.00
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$3,189.10
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$760.90
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March 31
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$2,794.25
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$8,016.75
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$10,811.00
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$1,197.90
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April 7
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$2,495.00
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$1,312.00
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$3,807.00
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$1,173.00
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April 14
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$1,282.49
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$5,799.00
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$7,081.49
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$1,576.00
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April 21
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$3,265.00
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$1,377.00
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$4,642.00
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$2,285.00
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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 April/May 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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April 28
8:15 AM
Peter & Linda French
10:15 AM
The Bernick Family
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April 28
8:15 AM
Joan Northouse
10:15 AM
Shawn Bernick
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April 28
OPEN
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April 28
Joy Council Members
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8:15 AM
Mike & Pauline Volkman
10:15 AM
The Kleinschmidt Family
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May 5
8:15 AM
10:15 AM
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May 5
8:15 AM
10:15 AM
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May 5
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May 5
Joy Council Members
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MAY
8:15 AM
Ken Roen
10:15 AM
The Kleinschmidt Family
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Weekly Calendar
28 Sunday
Holy Hilarity Sunday
8:15-9:15am Traditional Worship Service
9:15-10am Mom's Group-Chapter 7, Video & Discussion-Fireside Room
9:25-10:10am Faith Formation
10:15-11:15am Contemporary Worship Service
10:15am Sunday School
11:15-12:15pm Fellowship Time
5-7pm JWELCA Spring Banquet-Joy Fellowship Hall
29 Monday
2:15-3:15pm Prescott HS Cleaning Crew
3-7pm Prescott Track Team Spaghetti Dinner at Joy
6:30-7:30pm Joyful Bells Rehearsal
30 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
3:45-4:30pm & 4:45-5:45pm Guitar Camp
5:15-6:30pm LAST Wednesday Night Supper-Church Picnic
6:30-7:30 Shift 6/7
6:30-7:30 Confirmation Photos & Rehearsal Party
7:30 Joy Choir Rehearsal
2 Thursday
9-11am Joy Cleaning Crew
7pm Spirit of Joy Band Rehearsal
3 Friday
4 Saturday
7am-4pm Synod Assembly-"May The 4th Be With You"-Trinity Lutheran, EC
7:30-8:30am Men's Breakfast & Bible Study
5 Sunday
CONFIRMATION SUNDAY
8:15-9:15am Traditional Worship Service
9:15-10am Mom's Group-Chapter 8,Video & Discussion-Fireside Room
9:25-10:10am Faith Formation
10:15am Contemporary Worship Service
11:30-12:30 Confirmation Worship Service
12-3pm Prescott Community Education's DAY OF SERVICE
12:30pm Luther Park Outdoor Music, Food, Raffles and Fun
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