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Joy is a faith community where you can discover God's incredible love for you again, or for the first time. We offer a safe place, where your questions and doubts are as welcome as you are.

It's a caring place where you can share your hurts, as well as your hopes and dreams. It's a fun place to meet new friends. . .a casual place where you can come as you are and dress as you like.

Joy provides a warm, inviting atmosphere for worship. We offer services in both the traditional and contemporary style formats. Attend worship on Sunday morning at 8, 9:30 or 11. We offer full nursery care during service for all of our three Sunday morning worship services.

You'll hear practical "no snooze" messages designed to grow your faith and inspire you. Our church home is open to all. We hope you'll enjoy the music and feel the Spirit.

Our Mission Our Constitution Our Values Our Goals Our Affiliation Our Beliefs Stewardship Church Staff

Our Mission is to be a joy-filled, Christ-centered community that is passionate about reaching our neighbors with Christ's radical love so that all our lives are changed!

This statement was recently developed through strategic planning sessions to guide us into the future. Our mission is simply the core purpose of our organization, decribing why we exist and what we do.

Core Values at Joy!

• Accepting - each person as they are
• Encouraging - each person to grow in Christ
• Building - a loving community through intentional relationships
• Revealing - God through innovation and risk-taking
• Empowering - each person to put their faith in action
• Experiencing - Joy!

These commitments drive our church from day to day.

Our Goals

Our Affiliation

Joy! Lutheran Church is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The ELCA includes nearly 5.3 million Lutherans in 11,000 congregations around the country. The ELCA is the most "mainline" of the Lutheran bodies in the United States. By that we mean that we have great diversity of opinion within the denomination on a variety of religious and social issues.

The ELCA does not dictate what we are to believe on many issues. It encourages people to study the Bible and discuss issues with other Christians in order to form our own conclusions. There's no need to check your brain at the door of an ELCA church!

For more information on the ELCA, go to http://www.elca.org/

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