We need your recipes! Time has come to contribute your favorite recipes! Pick up a flyer at the Info Center with the information on how to submit your recipes on-line!  Collection deadline has been extended until July 31. More info on flyer - check it out.

If you would like to be a part of the Offering Counting ministry, please call Sue Gearica at 847-336-1401.  You and your counting partner will prepare the deposit for the bank on a 5-week rotating schedule.  Counting is done either during or after the 10:30 service.  Substitutes are always available, as well as a good cup of coffee.   We are also looking for a volunteer to coordinate this ministry, sending out reminder emails and setting up the schedule.

The Adult Discipleship team is excited to invite you to join us for an 11 week discipleship class.  It will be held Sundays from 9-10:15 am running Aug. 8 - Oct. 24.  No class over Labor Day.  We are using the book Good and Beautiful God which leads us through some soul training exercises and strengthens our love for God.  Please contact Greg Steele at gregsteele83@ yahoo.com or Al Caldwell at alvacaldwell@sbcglobal.net for information or sign up in the lobby.

Altar Team:   Do you have a sewing machine?  We are looking for volunteers to sew altar cloths at various times during the year.   If interested, please contact Laura Kline at 847-247-1886 or laura.kline@joylutheran.org.

C.O.O.L. Food Pantry items for collection on July 25: peanut butter and jelly. In August we will collect canned fruit and vegetables and cereal in September (collecting on fourth Sunday each month).  Thank you in advance for your generous donations.

Women of Faith:  The annual Women of Faith conference is coming to Milwaukee on October 1-2.  The cost for the 2 day conference is $89, including lunch.  Registration deadline is July 25.  For more info, contact Jennifer Marvin at jrmarvin@juno.com.

Summer KAK has started and is being offered for children ages 3 - 6 during the 10:30 worship service. Registration forms are available at the Info Center.

27 high school students, along with 6 leaders, returned from Never the Same camp in New York. This morning in worship we will hear testemonies from some of the students.

Sign-up to serve as an usher, greeter or communion server during the upcoming weeks. Sheets on the kiosk in the lobby. Contact Cheryl O’Neill at cheryl.oneill@joyluthern.org.

Come ride the lawn tractor! We have lots of mowing to be done and lots of equipment to do it!! Now all we need is people. Sign up on the kiosk to mow - pick any week you are available.  Guidance will be provided from our Building & Grounds Team.  Questions? Call Dave Bowman at 847-223-7189.

Copies of the Joy! 2009-2010 Ministry and Mission Overview are available at the Info Center.

John & Peggy Holm to serve in Palestine/Israel with Christian Peacemaker Teams July 20 – August 6 
"Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) offers an organized, nonviolent alternative to war and other forms of lethal inter-group conflict. CPT provides organizational support to persons committed to faith-based nonviolent alternatives in situations where lethal conflict is an immediate reality or is supported by public policy. Renouncing violence and dominative power, CPT seeks the Gospel liberation of all people through the power of forgiveness and nonviolence.  More info at www.cpt.org.

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