• Presider: Pastor Sean Avery
• Assisting Minister: Ray K.
• Readers: Karen J. & Wyatt J.
• Pianist: Nancy W.
• Altar Care: Jeff J.
• Communion Assistant: Ray K.
• Acolyte: Grace J
• Ushers: Jeff J. & Karen J.

Open on the first Sunday of each month 1-3pm.

We are currently in need of boys and girls size 5 (pants and shirts)  Thank you all for your donations and help serving our community in this way, you are a huge part of the success of our ministry. 

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Come join R.A.I.S.E. for a movie night on Sunday May 4th at 6pm! May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we will be having pizza and watching Inside Out 2 which is a PG family cartoon movie about a young girl's inner emotions (each their own character: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust) as she struggles with becoming a teenager and encounters a new emotion: Anxiety.

We will be having our electronics recycling event Saturday, May 10^th, 2025 10am – 2pm.  This recycling is for household electronics and our partners in this are Total Reclaim and Eagle River High School green club.  The cost is FREE / carload, which is quite a deal considering how much it costs to recycle.  Monitors or large screen TVs will have a small cost.  Appliances (refrigerator, dryer, washer) and smoke detectors are not allowed because appliances take up too much room and smoke detectors contain radioactive materials. 

If you’d like to help, they will set up at 9:30 and we’ve divided sign up into two slots 9:30 to 12 and 12 to 2:30 and we’ll post that after church Sunday.  Volunteers usually just help direct traffic, answer questions, etc.  No real manual labor because Total Reclaim brings a bunch of guys to disassemble the materials into their component parts.  Let your neighbors and co-workers know.  Let’s keep these things out of the dump!

Contact Kathy H for more information.

May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Awareness Month.

At the recent Alaska Synod Assembly, the Assembly passed a resolution brought by Christ Lutheran in Soldotna to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Day on May 5th each year. One way this can be done is by wearing red this coming Sunday. Other actions will be developed for future education and advocacy.

Link to the Resolution HERE

Steve W cut up some down trees around the church property.  There are two piles of cut firewood if someone would like some. They are located behind the shed and the sanctuary. 

Joy's team for the Alaska Run for Women - Joyful Women - is back and ready to roll June 7! We walk/run to celebrate and honor those among us who have experienced breast cancer, united with thousands of women from all over Alaska and beyond in one of the largest all-women runs in the country. 

For more informatin click the link below or contact Nancy Hemsath, nancyhemsath@gmail.com; remember our team name - Joyful Women - when you register. More details to follow.

Please consider supporting our refreshing of  the Center with new and age appropriate toys by donating one of the selections on this Amazon Wishlist. 

We'd like to have these in time for our Open House on May 17, but especially for our reopening date of June 2.  Questions can be directed to Scooter Bentson.

Thank you for your consideration.

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Please note that on Church Brunch Sundays there is no Sunday School (2nd sunday of each month)

Confirmation is a three-year program equipping young teenagers to engage more fully in their faith and say "yes" to God's good work in them. Students will study scripture and reflect with the pastor, youth leaders, and other adults in the congregation, learn about the Lutheran perspective on Christian faith, engage in service projects, and learn more about worship practices. 

At the end of the three years, students have the opportunity to affirm their baptism before the congregation  and then we throw a party to celebrate God's work of love and grace in their lives!

**Please note that there is no Confirmation on Church Brunch Sundays (2nd Sunday of each month)

Holy Grounds is a weekly gathering of high school youth at Jitters Café with Pastor Sean and other adult youth leaders. It’s an opportunity for fellowship, peer support, and faith formation before school hours over beverages at no cost to youth.

Please consider supporting this ministry with prayer and donations to cover the cost of beverages. 

Holy Grounds follows the ASD calendar, if there is no school on Monday, Holy Grounds does not meet. Please see the EVENTS page for up to date meetings. 

Giving your time helps keep our building clean, organized, and functional for our ministries within the congregation and for our community. Join us for the whole time or only part. 

 Visit our website for information about our book club, including book titles, a full list of dates and locations.

Please join us!

Please contact the office on 907-694-9601 if you would like any more information.

All are welcome to join us after worship for a time of fellowship.

Take part in Joy's newest group, Knit's of Joy, to knit and crochet much needed cold weather gear as well as prayer shawls for those who are sick or recovering. We will meet once a month (not mandatory) at the church to pray together and create beautiful items for our community.

Knits of Joy meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month (unless noted).  Annoucements will be made of date changes as well as monthly themes.

If you have any questions click the Contact Laura button and she will reach out to you.

Community Meetings that take place here at Joy Lutheran Church. For more information please visit our website.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) CLICK FOR PRINTABLE FLIER

Narcotics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous 

• Mark S. (strength during cancer treatment)
• Alicia R (healing and strength)
• Family of Linda Ernst, including David, Jessica, Donna, and Pete (Pete's aunt) who recently passed away. 
• Jeanean, Kevin, Noah & family (at the loss of Jeanean’s Mom)
• Alexis (Trudi's granddaughter, for strength for her studies)
• Layli (Trudi's granddaughter, for good decision making)
• Dave Mitton (recovering from surgery)
• Kent & Victoria Rush, Wayne’s brother and sister-in-law (Kent is fighting cancer again.)
• Hegna Family (as they grieve the loss of Jonny).
• Julie Meyer (facing the uncertainty after suffering a stroke)
• Justin Dailey (Chris Dailey’s brother, for continued strength and healing)
• Reimer & Oistad family (as they grieve the loss of Gary)
• Lai Ming Reimer (as she recovers from a successful kidney transplant)
• Diana Flaherty (for pain and healing)
• Lisa Linds family (friend of Kristi Swain)
• Dick Prien and family (as they mourn the passing of Sharon)
• Stella Scamman (Kristi Swain’s aunt)
• Margie H. (for healing and recovery)
• Corrine Finnie (healing)
• Gwendolyn Roth (peace of mind and that she will know God is with her)
• Tom Clark (healing)
• For all military members and their families, especially those serving in Alaska and our veterans

Online: To sign up visit joy-lutheran.com/give

Cash/Check: You can place cash or check into the offering plate or send by mail.

Text-to-Give: Text "Give" to: (833) 685-5023

Joy Lutheran App: Coming Soon

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