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Employment Opportunity
The Joy House, a Christian home for teens located in Jasper, Georgia is currently seeking a married couple for a full-time house-parenting position in our second girl’s home. No prior experience is needed, as training will be provided. Must be a mature Christian...
A Renewed Hope
A Renewed Hope By Seth Ellzey My family and I have been in house parent ministry four years and have been blessed to serve in such a capacity. Our family consists of myself, my wife Jenn and our little boy Luke. Jenn and I have found that being house parents is about...
Finding God’s Purpose
Finding God’s Purpose Teen Spotlight We’re so excited about what God has in store for Eli. Pictured above are Eli and his father Joe since leaving the program. On the evening of January 30th, we gathered to celebrate his completion of the program. What tremendous...
What To Do When Things Go Crazy
By: Bill Wattenbarger Yet another article about coping with uncertainty in a nation and community in turmoil and the personal challenges it brings. From COVID 19 to politics, these are scary times. So how are we to cope? The world, even some faith-leadership,...
Longing For Peace
By: Steve Lowe Executive Director The events of this year have provided all of us with plenty of opportunities for our hearts to grow anxious. We’ve been faced with COVID-19, social/racial unrest, an incredibly divisive election season, and then just the challenges we...
Too Good to Be True
Too Good to Be True Receive Georgia Tax Credit to Help our Teens What if you could make a difference in the education of a teen at The Joy House through dollars you are already going to spend? What if you could receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit by helping a Joy...
Happy Thanksgiving
By: Steve Lowe, Executive Director I hope this finds you well this week as we pause to take time and be thankful. As I thought about Thanksgiving this year the verse that came to mind was, 1 Thessalonians 5:18 which says, “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is...
You’re Invited to the Pickens Chamber After Hours 2/18/2020
Thank you, NCAM!
I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel ..., being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:4-7) These were the words of the Apostle Paul as he...
TBT July 2015- Disc Discipleship
In light of our upcoming Joy House Open Disc Golf Tournament, we thought it we be fun to look back on the journey of where it all started back in 2015 when the boy's home first tried their hands at disc golf. For more information about our upcoming tournament, please...