In This Issue:

[Jesus said:] 9“As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

¹²“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. ¹⁴You are my friends if you do what I command you. ¹⁵I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. ¹⁶You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. ¹⁷I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.”

Rejoice is looking for persons interested in accompanying on piano in leading congregational singing for our Sunday 9:30 a.m. worship service. Leading vocally along with piano/guitar is an additional benefit, but not required. Person will be responsible for ensuring quality music leadership for worship under the guidance of the pastor. This position could be 2 Sundays a month or as much as your schedule allows. Music may be traditional or contemporary. Paid per service. Interested applicants should fill out job application on Rejoice’s website.

One of our members has offered to match up to $1,000 in donations from our congregation to the Southwestern Minnesota Synod. This generous offer is to acknowledge the benefits we receive as a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) from our greater church body. 

The ground has been tilled, the water hoses installed, and we are set to plant!! If you would like to have a growing space in the garden or in one of the eight raised beds, contact Ken Maehren at 320.761.3465. A nominal fee for water and the use of tools for the season will defray costs. 

Graduates, return the bio form that was mailed to you along with a photo to rejoice@rejoicelutheranchurch.org.

You may submit your bio form electronically. 

For 9 weeks, some Rejoice members participated in Zoom discussions of the book A Good Time for the Truth. So, how did it go? What else are participants saying?

Blood Drive

For more information and to make your appointment, call Judy at 320.743.2108 or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter Sponsor Code: Clear Lake

If 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. 

Kathy Ryan (sister, Brad Johnson)