Passing the Torch
By Courtney Martin, Program Director In March, at Joy El’s Christian retreat center, we held our annual Mother Son Retreat and focused on the idea of “Passing the Torch” in…
By Courtney Martin, Program Director In March, at Joy El’s Christian retreat center, we held our annual Mother Son Retreat and focused on the idea of “Passing the Torch” in…
by Kim Sanger, Bible Adventure Assistant Director The current health crisis has forced us to be creative in new ways to do Bible Adventure with our students. Last Thursday, we…
By Brenda Brazee, Assistant Director of Bible Adventure My role at Joy El as Assistant Director of Bible Adventure is to train and equip our leaders and volunteers for the…
This is not business as usual. But instead, an opportunity to deeply reflect. Processing and assessing our current cultural life from a biblical perspective, this is an absolute “must” for…
By Jeanette Biesecker, Director of Ministry Advancement We are living in unprecedented times. At Joy El we are about equipping parents and youth workers on leading their children and youth…
By Kim Sanger, Assistant Director of Bible Adventure and CIA At the beginning of the school year Penny*, a fifth grade girl who had not attended Bible Adventure before, entered…
By Tori Marshall, Food Service Coordinator I walked up to the table where Lindsey*, a young middle schooler, had her head down on her arms. “Hey, are you ok?” I…
By Jeanette Biesecker, Director of Ministry Advancement One of the most important benefits of Christian camping is that students get unplugged from technology for a short time in order to…
By Jan Diaz, Director of Bible Adventure and CIA Matthew 19:14: Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven…
By Stephanie Ziebarth, Barnabas Coordinator I still remember when Melinda Gahan attended a Barnabas mentor training at Joy El’s Christian camp four years ago. She was a little nervous, and…