“PJ”, as many youth call him, also enjoys mentoring and supporting Dell’s Youth Ministry and it’s Youth Director, Aaron Ocker, with weekly meetings for prayer, sharing and encouragement.
Other ministries Pastor Joe enjoys in the community include: leading Bible study in the Faribault County Jail, Secretary for the Blue Earth Area Ministerial Association, joining in “Pastor’s Prayer Meetings”, and sharing Morning Thoughts and Evening Devotions on KBEW radio in Blue Earth. In a much larger “community”, Pastor Joe serves on the Association of Free Lutheran Congregation’s Home Missions Committee as their Secretary, and on the Lutheran Mission Society’s Alaska Mission Board of Directors. You can tell he loves reaching people for Jesus!