SERVE Sunday- Feb 08
It's a SERVE Sunday during worship. Bring items to create Valentine's Day gift bags for delivery to our friends at Prior Manor. We will also need a few volunteers to deliver the gift bags on Thursday the 12th!
SERVE Sunday- Mar 22
Our friends at Shakopee Community Assistance could use our help in stocking the shelves with diapers. During the month of March you can bring a package or two of diapers to donate for a family who needs them in our community. All sizes welcome but larger sizes are needed most.
Tuesday Jan 13 and Mar 10 | Loaves & Fishes Community Meal
Jump in for some cooking, laughter & service as we provide a hearty and delicious meal for our neighbors. Join us at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Shakopee at 3 pm to cook and/or 5 pm to serve with a wrap up by 6 pm.
Christmas Loaves and Fishes- Dec 16
Our annual Christmas community meal is December 16th at St Johns in Shakopee. We will need plenty of volunteers to cook (2:00 pm), set up and decorate (3:30 pm), serve (5:00 pm), and clean up (6:15 pm). If you would like to volunteer for this amazing evening email Steve and [...]
Love in the PO Box- Nov 9th
For our SERVE Sunday in November we will pack some love in care packages for our college, military, and Living Joy young adults. Bring items to include in the care packages and we'll have the boxes ready and take care of the shipping. It's easy: If you have a college [...]
Sunday August 10 | Senior Send Off
Join us for worship as we offer a community blessing to our recent high school grads before they head off to college and new adventures!
Sunday Sep 08 | Love in the Glovebox
Join us as we pack Love in the Glovebox bags during worship on September 8th at 10 am! How do you respond when you see a homeless person on the street corner? Living Joy wants you to be prepared. We will gather as a community on September 8th and put [...]
SERVE Wednesday May 24th 6:30-7:30 pm | Teachers ROCK and Chalk
Show some love to teachers and staff with chalk art at Hidden Oaks Middle School in Prior Lake. Come out and decorate the sidewalks, craft some encouragement rocks, and create some gratitude gift bags!
Sundae Sunday August 20 | Shoreline Restoration
Stick around after worship as we pull invasive plants from the shoreline behind the town hall. Then hang for some ice cream sundae fun when we are finished!
God’s work. Our hands. Sep 9
We'll join hundreds of other ELCA congregations around the country in celebrating this Sunday by using our hands in service. Wear some comfortable work clothes and we will put our hands to work at the Spring Lake Township Hall doing some indoor cleaning, weed pulling and outdoor clean up from [...]