Heatherlyn has a wonderful personal story of yoga being an integral part of her own spiritual growth and healing. It has been so powerful that she pursued advanced training as a yoga instructor. She shared her passion for yoga with Living Joy last fall with an introductory 'yoga in the [...]
Come at 9:45 am before worship! We will plant seeds to be taken home and tended. Then we'll give them to Project Food Patch so that the seedlings can be planted in the community garden that we will help tend this summer! We'll follow up the SERVE event with a [...]
Create a birthday in a box! Come at 9:45 am before worship and bring a cake mix, candles, frosting and anything else you'd like to add and we will provide the boxes to pack them in and deliver them to a community food shelf.
Hans will be sharing music from his new CD, Every Breath I Sing, and proceeds from the concert and silent auction will help our communities effort to address homelessness through Families Moving forward. Silent Auction and Appetizers at 5:30 pm with Concert following at 7 pm. Suggested donations of $10 [...]
We had a great conversation when we gathered last around issues of race, culture, and Christianity. This month we invite you to see the movie Selma and we will use this film as the jumping off point for continuing the conversation at 6:30 pm at Artisan Cafe and Bistro on [...]
We are excited to welcome back our friends Tangled Blue as guest worship leaders on Feb 1. Joel and Aimee will be bringing the music and our Luther seminary contextual education student Carrie Smisek will be preaching! Worship begins at 10:30 am!
We are thrilled to welcome Jonathan Swenson to Living Joy. Jonathan is an ordained Lutheran pastor, trained actor, and camp director. He brings the gospel to the world through Paraphrase Theater. In addition to sharing his artistic gifts with us on January 25th, Jonathan will also be presenting information about [...]
We'll kick off the new year with a two part study and two times to meet. Whether your Bible is tattered and worn or collecting dust this study is for you! We'll be examining the gospel of Matthew and also reading The Joy of the Gospel, a short book written [...]
This session will be from 2 pm to 3:30 pm on January 11 at the Spring Lake Hall and build on the foundation developed in the introduction sessions. The cost for the workshop is $20. Contact Pastor Steve if you need financial support to attend. Heatheryln notes that "In our [...]
Let's get random! The challenge for January and February is to get together TWICE with a group of random Living Joy folks pulled from a hat and DO WHATEVER! We'll kick off this nonsense with a "meal" after worship on January 4th where you're invited to bring a random food [...]