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Welcome to the Internet site of
Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church in Ramona, California

You'll find our worship services expressive, open to all, and full of the presence of the LORD.

Our goal is to glorify God in our meetings and meet your needs with his Word. Spirit of Joy is diverse in age and ethnic and social origin, but we are united by love for Jesus Christ our Savior.

There is no better life than one based on the Word of God and lived in relationship with Him.

Please visit... we'd love to know you. And we promise you'll feel welcome!

We're located in Ramona, California, on the edge of the "back country" in northern San Diego County... Click here for directions.

The Big Bang

Questionable Universe

Christianity is true. This being so, you would expect to see evidence of its truth staring you in the face everywhere you turn. So why do so many people miss it? Part of the secret is learning to ask the right questions. For example:

• If God isn’t there, then why is the world there?
• If the universe is just matter and energy evolving by chance, why has it bothered to evolve at all? Why hasn’t it already run down into a pool of useless entropy?
• Why does it behave so consistently? If things just happen by chance, why are all the natural laws the same today as they were yesterday?
• Why do we want things to make sense? Where did the notion of sense come from?
• If intelligence and order were not put into the universe from the outside, how did they get here?
• If matter is such neat stuff that it has the tendency to evolve intelligence all by itself, why has it evolved a life form whose intelligence only serves to keep it from feeling at home in the cosmos that gave rise to it? Why does that life form have aspirations for love, meaning, purpose, and immortality, all of which are unfulfillable, indeed meaningless, in a universe in which matter and energy are the ultimate reference point?
• Why does the universe make sense only up to a point? Why does that fact bother us?

None of these questions is answerable from outside the Biblical worldview. The postmodern generation is suspicious of people with answers. So maybe, first, we should just be the people with questions.

Copyright ©Touchstone Magazine, May, 2009, p.5

Message Moments, April, 2013

We have just celebrated the glorious resurrection of our Lord. What an incredible day with Easter Sunrise on our building property, and 8: 15am and 9:45am services of holy communion, special music, and message. Being able to gather together, and invite the community to share in our worship is a wonderful opportunity, and we are glad for all who come to share in this Festival Day with us. Thank you also to our young people who provided a continental breakfast throughout the morning.

Now we begin our spring season too at Spirit of Joy, with worship each Sunday at 8: 15am (spirited-traditional), and 9:45am (contemporary). Our worship services are filling up, how good it is to see so many committed to their worship life on Sunday morning. And how great it is to see so many new faces and visitors at Spirit of Joy! These are exciting times in our lives together as we begin to see major progress in building on Highland Valley and Highway 67. The month of April continues in ministries to children, youth, adults, Bible Studies, men's and women's fellowship, and special activities. We look forward to the Variety Night and ice cream social on Sunday April 21. This should be a wonderful time for everyone to come and enjoy the entertainment .... you will not want to miss this event!!

We look ahead to Mother's Day in May, and remind everyone of the special recognition we have each year for all of the women of Spirit of Joy, and hope that you will make this a Sunday to celebrate the family. How important it is to make our time together each week, each Sunday, a priority in your lives. We look forward to joining with you in praise of our Resurrected Lord in this Easter Season.
 

See You Sunday!