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Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room

Joy El NewsBy Katie AnkerbrandDecember 21, 2023Leave a comment

  It’s beginning to look and sound a lot like Christmas, but not for the reason that you think. Not because of the Christmas music, decorations, and Christmas lights. Nor…

barnabas mentors and mentees

Faces of Spiritual Multiplication

Joy El NewsBy Katie AnkerbrandDecember 19, 2023Leave a comment

In coming weeks, we will be publishing a blog series called “The Faces of Spiritual Multiplication,” written by Barnabas mentor coordinator Stephanie Ziebarth. This series is inspired by 2 Timothy…

Susie Barkdoll and Bus Driver

Harvesters in the Largest US Mission Field

Joy El NewsBy Katie AnkerbrandNovember 15, 2023Leave a comment

  Every week from September until May, 106 Bible Adventure and Christians in Action (CIA) programs offer the gospel and God’s hope to thousands of public school students in the…

Momentum Camper reading Bible with leader

Power Over Darkness

Joy El NewsBy Katie AnkerbrandNovember 14, 2023Leave a comment

  John 3:1 says, “And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.”…

4.12 students - Miana, Annika, Carrie, Emily, Will, Josh, Peter

God’s Power Shining Through Young Leaders

Joy El NewsBy Katie AnkerbrandNovember 8, 2023Leave a comment

  “I asked my principal if someone could come in to teach the staff and she said I should be the one to do it,” high school senior Josh Myers…

Josie with campers

Preaching to Herself (without realizing it)

Joy El NewsBy Katie AnkerbrandOctober 3, 2023Leave a comment

  4.12 Leadership Training Program student Josie Martin served as a Junior Counselor at Joy El this summer, a Christian Retreat Center in PA, and had one experience with her…

Karen, Katie Ankerbrand, & Miriam Ankerbrand

The Generations Serving Together

Joy El NewsBy Katie AnkerbrandSeptember 26, 2023Leave a comment

  This summer was my 12th summer at Joy El, a Christian Retreat Center in PA! I’ve been excited each year to see how God works in the lives of…

Bella & Ryan at the Back to School Bash BA/CIA

Seeing God Move

Joy El NewsBy Katie AnkerbrandSeptember 19, 2023Leave a comment

  The other weekend we had the fun of participating in the Shippensburg Back to School Bash at the Shippensburg Fairgrounds.   This was my first event to spread the…

4.12 girls

Ministry Multiplied

Joy El NewsBy Katie AnkerbrandSeptember 5, 2023Leave a comment

  “I remember being so shy and quiet when I first came to camp that I almost didn’t come back” Marta said. “Now God has given me the opportunity to…

Look What God Has Done!

Joy El NewsBy Katie AnkerbrandAugust 22, 2023Leave a comment

  God never ceases to amaze me! The Bible Adventure/CIA Department recently completed “Count Day,” where all the materials for each program are counted for the coming school year and…

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