Joy House E-News

Celebrating Christ and His Faithfulness in 2016

Christmas Joy!!!

As we enter the Christmas season, I’ve been recently reminded of the words the angels announced to the shepherds in Luke 2, “I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” In a world filled with so much brokenness, suffering, and sadness God announces that the coming of Christ is good news of great joy for everyone. The happy God has sent forth his Son to reverse the curse.

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Our Teens Making a Difference for Others

Operation Christmas Child

On Thursday, November 17th, the students at the Joy House Academy enjoyed the unique opportunity to combine Thanksgiving and Christmas by helping prepare Operation Christmas Child boxes for shipping. Working under the supervision of Wanda Payne at Cornerstone Church, a collection center, the students managed to help prepare approximately 790 boxes for shipping in only 2 hours! To celebrate completing the job, each student shared one thing he liked about each other student. Then, we had pizza! It was a blessed day and truly something to be thankful for.

Counseling Center Year-End Review – Garry & Bill

Record Year

It’s that time again. It is that time of the year when we begin to look back and reflect on the events, the struggles, and the triumphs of another 12 months gone by. It is also that time of year when attention is turned toward the miraculous incarnation of Christ into this world. Centuries after that event (known to us today as Christmas) we are still utterly amazed that the Son of God became flesh and dwelt among people who beheld His glory. The themes of reflection on the past and the miracle of the incarnation perfectly blend into a mosaic of beauty and wonder as we (Garry and Bill) look back at 2016.

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Receive Georgia Tax Credit to Help our Teens

A Unique Way to Give!!

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 House teen with their education? The good news is you can through the Georgia Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit Program. For the past few years we’ve had great partners who took advantage of this unique way to give and it has been a tremendous blessing to us.

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Foundation for Hospital Art Partners with Joy House

Brightening It Up!!

On October 17, the folks from the Foundation for Hospital Art gave our Joy House Academy students the opportunity to create something beautiful for their classroom. John Feight, the founder, and his group provided paint along with pre-drawn canvases and then supervised the students as they painted. The Foundation group then took the paintings for touch-ups and recently returned them and hung them in our school! The environment has been brightened up so cheerfully by work the students created themselves. We thank the Foundation for Hospital Art for their generous contribution to broadening our horizons and cheering up our day-to-day tasks.

Year-End Giving Instructions

If you are mailing a gift it must be postmarked no later than December 31, 2016. If you want to donate online, you can follow this link. You can make donations online until midnight on December 31, 2016. If you want to give the donation to us personally, it must be in hand by midnight on December 31, 2016.
We will not be maintaining normal office hours from Monday December 19th through Monday January 1st. However, if you need to speak to Steve personally regarding a year-end gift you can contact him by leaving a voice mail or by email at [email protected]. He will be checking both of these and will be glad to contact you.