Joyce Wolcott
Community Compassion Fund Administrator

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Joyce is the Community Compassion Fund Coordinator for McMinnville Cooperative Ministries where her passion is to serve the less fortunate (Matt: 25:40). She is on the advisory committee for 2-1-1 Info (www.yamhill211.org), the phone number that links people with local social services. She is also on the advisory board for Lutheran Community Services Northwest. Along with Howie Harkema (of the St. Barnabas Soup Kitchen), she co-leads the weekly Community Compassion Brown Bag group of over 70 front line service providers whose purpose is to address needs in the community by working together.

Joyce grew up in the San Fernando Valley, graduated from Linfield College (Biology, Chemistry, French) and then Duke University (Masters in Microbiology & Immunology).

She has lived in many places, but absolutely adores McMinnville, where she has resided since 1993. She is very happily married to Bob Wolcott, a chemistry professor at Linfield. She is a step-mother of 5, and grandmother of 3.

Joyce is an Oblate of St. Benedict, which means she attempts to live a balanced life of work and prayer while gaining wisdom from the elders of an established monastic community. All people who are well established in the Christian faith are welcome to begin the Oblate journey. She enjoys monthly retreats at the Trappist Abbey where she can easily pursue many of her interests. From a completely ecumenical background, she prefers to think of herself simply as a Christ follower rather than belonging to any single denomination.

Joyce’s interests include: Fishing, hiking, cooking (all things spicy), mysteries, NPR, Thomas Merton, Mother Teresa, Thich Naht Hanh, studying foreign languages, contemplative prayer, Yoga, simplicity, frugality, solitude, and silence.

Staff: Courtney Mark Paul Michelle Joyce Robin

A ministry of Trinity Lutheran Church and
McMinnville United Methodist Church.