Save the Date

Thursday November 2

ACT's 5th Anniversary Action at St. Andrew by the Bay Catholic Church. More details to come.

Brunch at The Pier

Sunday September 17 | 10:30 am

Join other families from Joy Reigns after worship at The Pier to enjoy some outdoor fellowship and share a meal. Rain date TBD.

Confirmation Information Session

Sunday October 1 | 10:30 am

All 6th-8th grade youth and parents are invited to this information session. At least one parent/adult must attend with their youth. Please RSVP to Pastor Sara.

New Member Classes

Sunday October 8th | onsite

Sunday October 15th | online

Joy Reigns would love to be considered your church home. Join for the onsite or online class both following worship in October. Light refreshments will be served.

Spooky Paint Night

Friday October 13 | 7 pm

Join the Ghost Painting TikTok trend. We will repurpose landscape paintings into spooky masterpieces filled with ghosts, pumpkins, bats and more. Cost is $10. Please RSVP to ensure there are enough supplies.

God's Work. Our Hands. T-Shirts

There is a tradition to wear yellow GWOH shirts on this special day. If you would like one we have a few in the church office. Suggested donation is $12.

God's Work. Our Hands. Serve

Sunday September 10

Please join us in the worship space Sunday, September 10 at 10:45 when we will be making toiletry kits for Sarah’s House for this year’s...

God's Work. Our Hands. Donate

If you are interested in helping, please join us to help pack kits or consider making a financial donation via cash, check, or in our app to purchase supplies for the kits. Select GWOH in the drop down giving type.

Baby Pantry Update

Saturday September 9

Due to the Labor Day holiday, Baby Pantry distribution is moving to Saturday September 9th.

Future Church: God’s Love Made Real

We become church together by listening to and learning from one another – will you help? By filling out a new survey, you can assist the ELCA churchwide organization in learning more about our church, what is strong and what needs to grow, so it can better serve our congregations and the world. Your responses will guide us toward a world experiencing the difference that God’s grace and love in Christ make for all people and creation.

Anchored in Hope Update

We received a great first year Anchored in Hope (AiH) update from co-chair Frank Downs. It includes stories and information on our progress including a graph for our collective generosity so far. THANK YOU!

Little Food Pantry

The Little Food Pantry is back on its feet and back in business! Many thanks to Doug Kaempf for installing concrete footers and to Tim and James Moreland for helping to get it upright again. Canned donations, especially canned tuna and chicken, are always needed.

Early this summer my family went to see Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. I have loved these movies for decades and one of the best parts of this franchise is the nuggets or callbacks to previous stories that make the current movie all the better and deeper. This one had eels (that looked a lot like snakes), whips, token phrases, comments about artifacts belonging in a museum, guest appearances by beloved past characters, references to voodoo and exploding planes. These callbacks immediately took those of us who know this franchise deeper into the full story with simply an image, a word, or a phrase.

This week we start the Narrative Lectionary again. We will be reviewing (or learning for the first time) some of the main stories in the Old Testament from Creation, to Adam, to Jacob to Moses, Ruth, Elijah, Isaiah, to Josiah. All these Old Testament stories help to shape our understanding of Jesus and without them we cannot have the full franchise experience. Join me in going deeper into being a follower of Jesus by knowing the whole story this fall.

God's Peace,

Pastor Sara