Welcome to Theotokos "Unexpected Joy" Orthodox Church!
We are a mission of the Orthodox Church in America, located in Ash Grove, a small town about 20 miles from Springfield, in southwest Missouri.

Our membership is multi-ethnic, with many converts to Orthodoxy. We follow the Old (Julian) Calendar, and all services are in English.

Please use this website to find out more about Orthodoxy, and about our life at Unexpected Joy. Feel free to contact our pastor, Fr. Moses Berry,at (417) 751-9753,  if you've got questions.

Come join us in worship-and share the beauty of our life in Christ!

Please check the calendar for the schedule of services for Lent and Holy Week.
Enter with us into the bright sadness of this holy season!

Daniel Prihoanca, a well-known Romanian iconographer now living in Michigan, visited our parish on Dec. 15, 2007, and brought with him the seven festal icons (depicting scenes from the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ) that we had commissioned.
Click here to see them.