Passion for Pickleball

Passion for Pickleball

Passion for Pickleball By Steve Lowe Executive Director Get out of the kitchen!!  That’s not a rebuke from your mom, but it’s something you may hear during a pickleball game. You also will learn about the dink, 3rd shot drop and, of course the slam. I’ve become an...
The Experience of Being a Girls’ House Parent

The Experience of Being a Girls’ House Parent

The Experience of Being a Girls’ House Parent By Seth Ellzey When asked about what it’s like to be house parents, Jenn and I often hear comments on how it must be difficult to work with teen girls. Big emotions, big tears and big tempers are often the images...
Showing Kindness for Jesus Sake

Showing Kindness for Jesus Sake

Showing Kindness for Jesus Sake By Steve Lowe The hurting and broken are all around us. Through youth ministry for the last 25+ years I’ve witnessed the damaging consequences of a broken family and children growing up without the love of a father or mother, or in some...
Summer Camp 2021

Summer Camp 2021

The Joy House got to make a splash this Summer as part of the youth group that attended camp with Trinity Church. Based on the shore of Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Georgia, the residents and house parents resided in a large house with lots of fun features such as...