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Happy Birthday, Church!

Happy Birthday to the Christian Church! Today Pastor Carol leads us in celebrating the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, which becomes basically the birthday of the church. – Sunday, May 28, 2023 – 9:30 am

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Join us for worship at 9:30 am every Sunday in-person and on Facebook Live. Catch us later in the week on YouTube.

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Confirmation Services for Groups 1 and 2 – May 7, 2023

We have 23 confirmands this year at Joy proclaiming their faith in Jesus and committing their way to him. The 23 split into three services, two on May 7 and one on May 14 at 9:30a. This video merges the faith statements and blessings from both May 7th services into one. Unfortunately, the video at the 1:30p service didn’t work so well, but the audio can be heard. Come back next week to see the third group of confirmands. You will be blessed.

Joy Lutheran Church Plant Market

We had another successful Plant Market.

Thank you EVERYONE! Thank you those who dug and planted.

Thank you those who bought and donated.

Thank you all the volunteers.

A special thanks to Ernie Schultz for growing and selling $804 worth of veggies.
Thank you to Craig Orf for building bird houses and digging plants and Bobbie Flatz for digging plants.

This year our Net Proceeds came to just over $4,000.

We are supporting each of the following projects with $1,000 each:

Our sister congregation in Malawi

St Croix Habitat for Humanity

Our Neighbors Place in River Falls WI (a women’s shelter)

Joy Lutheran’s Compassion Fund

The volunteers who put in many hours on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday:

Dave Burleigh, Hope Olson, Tammy Orf, Craig Orf, Karen Lundgaaard, Al Klein, Ernie Schultz, Carmen Burleigh and her Girl Scouts, Lisa Olson, Mark Olson, Joan Northouse, Lee Northouse, Susan Metcalf, Tom Peterson, Hailey Nelson, Patti Schultz, Diane Meyer, Jim Flatz, Bobbie Flatz

We also thank Thrivent for Thrivent Action Team seed money that helped us with so many needs for this project.

Bobbie Flatz, Chairperson, Craig and Tammy Orf, Ernie Schultz, Joan Northouse, Karen Lundgaard, Hope Olson

Call Committee formed moving to Step 5

Keep up-to-date with where Joy is in our search for a new pastor. Check out the Transition Page for all the latest news, information, and documents. If you have any questions, contact Hope Olson, Pastor Tim, Pastor Carol, or any Transition Team or Council member.