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Whoever you are…However you come...You are welcome here!

The Journ-E (our weekly email newsletter) April 13, 2018

Calendar You can always check our calendar on the website

This issue: Birthdays & Anniversaries Bible Studies & Groups Until Next Week Check out our Facebook page, YouTube page, and Photobucket page

This Week at Journey Sunday (April 15)

8:00am Worship Service

9:00am Sunday School

9:20am Choir Practice

10:15am Worship Service

11:30am Grace & Gratitude Committee

Meeting

6:00pm Youth Night

Monday (April 16)

7:00pm NA Meeting

Tuesday (April 17)

1:00pm Caring Blankets

6:30pm Vision Board

Wednesday (April 18)

10:00am Yoga Class

6:00pm Worship Band

6:00pm Confirmation Class

7:00pm NA Meeting

Thursday (April 19)

7:00pm AA Meeting

Saturday (April 21)

8:00am Breakfast Bible Study

Welcome to the Journey’s new staff:

Sally Safranski

Sally joins us following her Novem-ber move from St. Louis, where she and her husband, Scott, raised their family. Scott's pending retirement from St. Louis University gives them a chance to pursue a life-long dream: retire to Scott's home state of Wisconsin. They landed in Holmen area to be near their three grandchildren and to take advantage of all the region's recreational and arts activities.

In St. Louis, Sally worked for several non-profit organizations and busi-nesses, most recently for the last 8 years as part time director of a trade organization focused on manufacturing. In her spare time, she enjoys quilting, music and gardening as well as spending time with her family and her dog. Mostly she's looking forward to this last semester of teach-ing for Scott and his move up to Wisconsin in mid-May.

Jodi Anderson

Jodi and her husband, Dustin

own and operate a 55 cow dairy

herd located in Mindoro, Wiscon-

sin. This farm has been in Dave’s

family for 140 years—something

they are very proud of (they are

5th generation family owners).

Jodi and Dustin have three chil-

dren: two daughters—Kory (21)

and Kacy (14) and one son—

Jeremy (17), who are also a very important part of the farm. Farm life has

always been a part of Jodi’s life. She grew up on beef and swine farm in

rural Orfordville, WI. Her love for agriculture took her to UW-Platteville

where she received my B.S. in Animal Science. She continued to attend

school at UW-Platteville to receive her Masters in Agricultural Industries.

She met her husband at UW-Platteville, which lead her to the La Crosse

area.

Jodi’s work as a church bookkeeper started in 1996 when she became the treasurer for Mindoro Lutheran Church. In 1999, she became the treasurer for Mindoro’s sister congregation, Lewis Valley Lutheran Church. She notes that she loves all aspects of church bookkeeping– the recording of offering envelopes, the reports and the people who make up the church. In April, 2015 she was elected as Town of Farmington Treas-urer and was the re-elected in 2017. Jodi looks forward to meeting and working with the members of Journey Lutheran Church !

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Bible Studies & Small Groups Koinonia -- A new monthly Breakfast Bible Study. Everyone is wel-

come and we meet tat 8am...breakfast is in-cluded! The next study will be Sat, April 21st

Theology on Tap Monthly men’s gathering on the second Thursday of the month at Two Beagles Brew Pub at 7:30pm. The next meeting will be May 10th

The Theology Uncorked Monthly community women’s gathering meet at the Holmen Ameri-can Legion on the last Tuesday of each month. The next meeting is on April 24th at 6:30 pm

Caring Blankets Group meets the first and third Tuesdays at 1:00pm to make blankets to share. Their next meeting will be April 17th

Women’s Bible Study meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm.

Confirmation Class— Every Wednesday at 6:00 pm.

Chair Yoga Class for Adults 55+ each Wednesdays @10am in the Fellowship Hall at Journey.

Youth Bible Study, Sun, April 8th 9:00 am

Volunteers Are Great! Thank you to our many volunteers that donate time and talents each week. This week our scheduled volunteers are:

Altar Guild—Kitty Ruosch, Mary Tauer, Karen Latsch

Reader— Mike Schnitzius, Samantha Renkas

Greeters—John Haese

Cleaners—Paula Przywojski, Linda Head, Mike Schnitzius

Offering Counters— Jim Welander, Jon Lindgren, Sandy Tracey

PRAYERS for MINISTRIES of Pastors, Congregations and Synods ~Freeman Lutheran & Pr Lori Kleppe ~Fountain Lutheran & Interim Pr Jim Gerth ~Woodland Lutheran & Pr Stan Kwiecien ~Bethany Lutheran-Esofea & Pr Pete Beckstrand ~Brush Creek Lutheran & Interim Pr Gary Daines ~Grand Canyon Synod ~North Carolina Synod

Annual Rummage Sale Day— April 28th

It's that time of the year to start going through your closets,

basements, attics and garages for all the unwanted

"treasures" you no longer want. Saturday, April 28th is

the date of this year's sale. New this year: The youth will

also be holding a carwash during the rummage sale. You

may start to bring your rummage sale donations now. Please

put the items in the back of the fellowship hall. PLEASE do

not bring any TVs, computers, printers, monitors or micro-

waves unless you agree to take them back home with you if

they do not sell, otherwise we have to pay to dispose of these

items. As the date gets closer, we will have additional info

available regarding dates and times for setup, etc. If you

have any questions, please feel free to contact Amy Denson

at 608-788-1440 or atdenson55@gmail.com.

In the meantime, happy spring cleaning and rummaging!

Birthdays & Anniversaries for next week *if we are missing yours or have wrong

information please be sure to let us know

Birthdays

4/17 Debra Welander

4/18 Mary Conger

4/18 Lynn Flogstad

4/19 Elizabeth Watson

4/19 Allyson Wozney

4/19 Amanda Hoefs

4/19 Adelaide Johnson

4/20 Jada Loken

4/20 Mary Tauer

4/20 Marilyn Burt

Anniversary

April 14 Michelle & Ryan Olson

Worship Attendance Trends

April 1 (Easter)…..188

April 8 …………… 111

Journey Offering Report

Weekly Maintenance

Offering Other & Missions

April 1 $ 3,875.20 $4,217.11* $50.00

April 8 $ 5,012.00 $323.45 $95.00

Each month $15,417 is needed to meet our budgetary needs from weekly

offerings. If you would like a copy of the financial reports each month,

please contact the Journey Office.

*notes $4000 received as Daycare Rent

Volunteers Are Great!

Thank you to our many volunteers that donate time and talents

each week. This week our scheduled volunteers are:

Altar Guild—Cindy Lipke and Jayne Oliver

Reader— Leah Wisnewski

Fellowship Treats—

Cleaners—Paula Przywojski, Bob & Sandy Tracey

Offering Counters— Leah Wisnewski, Larry Dalton, Donnie Lee

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Because of You…. Journey Lutheran

Church is all about being the heart and hands of Je-

sus in our corner of the world. Many of us bring heart

and hands to teaching our children about Jesus,

planning and leading worship services, serving those

in need in our community and world, maintaining this

House, and serving as church leaders. We all serve

in different ways.

We all serve in the same way through our offer-

ing. You may have noticed that after a long dry spell,

our offering has come up to meet our budgeted ex-

penses, as noted in the March numbers in the bulle-

tin and in our electronic newsletter – the Journ-

E. Whether you give automatically through Simply

Giving, through regular weekly offering or by lump

sum — because of you, we are doing the important

work of keeping this whole mission alive. Thank You!

THANK YOU NOTE FROM TREVOR LEBBAKEN Thanks again for supporting me in my Guatema-la adventure. We have returned safely and en-joyed or trip to Guatemala and the orphanages. Thank you for your generous donations.

Journey Vision Board members for 2018 Renee Monti, Bob Tracey (President), Sara Sykora, Eric Da-

vidson, Amanda Reget, Alyson Islam and Wayne Olson (Dave

Lueck and Pr. Mamy Ranaivoson are not in the picture)

Grace & Gratitude Question of the Week:

Some are brought to Christ only after being brought

to their knees. Has this been true for you or

someone you know?

PRAYERS for MINISTRIES of Pastors,

Congregations and Synods

~Immanuel Our Savior's Lutheran-Westby & Pr.

John Dumke

~Fagernes Lutheran

~St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran-Wauzeka & Pr. Joel

Oines

~Living Hope Lutheran & Pr. Kary Jonas

~N Texas-N Louisiana Synod

~Northeastern Minnesota Synod

Youth Upcoming Events

¨April 15th: Youth Group for MS and HS youth. 6pm-8pm

¨April 22nd: Morning Bible study for Middle School and High School youth @ 9am (meet in fellowship area)

¨April 28th: Rummage sale and Car Wash (youth fundraiser)

¨April 29th: Youth Group for MS and HS youth. 6pm-8pm MEET AT Journey; PICK UP at Jump Start Trampoline Park ($10 per Person)

Questions or comments? Feel free to email Erin JourneyYouthDir@gmail.com or call 608-577 5191.

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Whoever you are…however you come…you are welcome here! Join us for worship at 8:00 am and 10:15 am on Sundays

Until Next Week As you can see above are the list of Journey teams and committees, it is really for all of us to join in the leadership of Journey Lutheran Church. Contact the team or the leader or myself if you want to join any of the teams… Peace and Joy, Pr. Mamy

We invite you to Community Conversations: Religion & Politics on April 18 at noon with Bishop Jim Arends. We meet

from noon until 1:00 p.m. and a box lunch is served (free will offering for the lunch). These monthly conversations are spon-

sored by the Interfaith Leaders’ Coalition and hosted by English Lutheran Church.

We expect a large gathering for this conversation - registration is very much appreciated!

Click Here - Registration is appreciated to plan for materials and lunch!

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JOURNEY COMMITTEES & TEAMS Worship Team: Nancy Haese & Barb Dalton are the leaders. Wayne Olson is the VB liaison. Outreach Team: Jonah Densen Leader. Renee Monti is the VB liaison. Welcoming and Follow up Team: Edie Thomas Service Team: Beth Davidson, Bruce Anderson, Dave Pehl, Agnes Smith. Alyson Islam is the VB liaison. Fellowship Team: Sandy Tracey, Jane Amundson, Judy Lindgren, Marcy Firl. David Lueck is the VB liaison. Faith Formation Team: Amy Denson is the Leader. Sara Sykora is the VB liaison. Grace & Gratitude Team: Kitty Ruosch & Larry Dalton Youth: Erin Baldwin is the Director– Amanda Reget is the VB liaison. Property Committee: John Haese, Jon Lindgren, Tuenis Zondag. Bob Tracey is the VB liaison. Personnel Committee: Wendy Evert, Meredith Hink, Sue Reget. Finance Committee: Leah Wisnewski is the leader. Eric Davidson is the Treasurer. Audit Committee: Ben Sykora, Diane Hock, Jeff Ilstrup Nominating Committee: