Camp Friends
by Aaron Ziebarth, Executive Director I recently received a letter from a nine-year-old camper named Anna. I thought I would share her excitement with you. Home School Retreat I like Camp…
Mentoring–The Fabric of Joy El
By Aaron E. Ziebarth My wife, Stephanie, serves as Joy El’s Barnabas mentor coordinator. Recently she shared these words with the adults who are mentoring students in Joy El’s 4.12…
Canoes and Answered Prayer at Camp
By Aaron E. Ziebarth, Executive Director I was spending the weekend with more than eighty fathers and daughters. The daughters’ faces spoke of their excitement to have this special time…
God Amazes
By Aaron E. Ziebarth, Executive Director God continues to amaze me as he fulfills His mission RT. Recently Gary Hornbaker shared the following with me: “You may remember that I…
Where did you respond to the Gospel?
By Aaron E. Ziebarth, Executive Director Yesterday afternoon my wife and two of our children decided to take advantage of the beautiful afternoon and walk around our town. Our stroll…
May You Be Delighted
By Aaron Ziebarth, Executive Director Gary Hornbaker, Our Director of Released Time recently shared this exciting story with me. May you be delighted as you see How God is…
Are You Available?
By Stephanie Ziebarth Recently I sat with a small group of women at Joy El’s Mother-Son Retreat. We were discussing a question posed by the speaker for the weekend: “In…
The Excitement of Visiting Released Time Classes
by Aaron E. Ziebarth Executive Director I look forward to visiting Released Time classes. It really is one of the highlights of my role. So often I see children…
The Benefits of Summer Camp
By Aaron Ziebarth, Executive Director Recently I received a letter from a friend of Joy El. I want you to see how encouraged I am by the impact God had…
Making Reproducing Disciples
By Aaron Ziebarth, Executive Director One of the privileges of serving and training young people is seeing how God uses them around the world for His Kingdom purposes. Following is…