 | By: Nick Richardson, Boy’s Home Houseparent On November 24th Nathan Skinner, a member of Revolution Church and an avid disc golfer, contacted Nick Richardson, our boy’s home houseparent, and brought up the idea of having a charity disc golf tournament to help raise money for the purchase of permanent disc golf baskets to be installed on the Joy House campus. At first, a tournament on the Joy House campus seemed impossible…there was no course in place and no budget to help get one installed. Sure, there was a vision and plan to one day have a course on campus, but a tournament? Nevertheless, Nathan helped the boy’s home formulate a goal. The tournament date of March 23rd was set; they had 118 days to accomplish the design and installation of a full 18-hole disc golf course. The boys went to work. |
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Our Annual Banquet is less than a month away. You don't want to miss this special night. |  |
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WE NEED YOU! Would you be willing to serve as a table host for The Joy House Annual Banquet? A table host simply commits to inviting and filling one table with eight guests. There is NO COST to host a table. This is one of the best ways to introduce people to our ministry. Not to mention, the meal is delicious! E-mail Steve@thejoyhouse.org for more information. |
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 | | Counselor's Corner - Listen Up, People!
Relationships have great power to heal and trusting relationships are often formed by careful and intentional listening. David Mathis, author of "Habits of Grace" wrote: "Poor listening rejects, good listening embraces, poor listening diminishes the other person, while good listening invites them to exist, and to matter." Mathis's words are reminiscent of the ancient wisdom of James who encouraged Christians of the first century to be, "quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry" (James 1:19.) When we are quick to listen and slow to speak we affirm the worth of others. When we tend towards speaking before listening we may confirm their insecurities and feelings of worthlessness. |
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