Anyone who works with children will tell you that it often becomes easy to spend too much time focusing on the negative; it can be hard to remember the positives – or have time to celebrate them. It has been stated, by researchers with the Harvard Business Review that...
Joy Ranch has been blessed by Copper Crest Riding Therapy Program in Wytheville, VA. For years, they have helped our kids with horse therapy and we wanted to help them promote two upcoming fundraisers they are having this spring. Your support of this programs helps...
With Easter just wrapping up I think it is important to take some time to talk about holidays. (For this blog we’ll focus on just those that come in the Spring.) They can be hard for so many different reasons. When you are raising a house full of other people’s...
Any given day, it is likely that you will find Christy buried beneath a stack of paperwork, busily working through mountains of data, forms, files, applications, and any other document you can imagine. Walk into her office though, and no matter how busy she is, she...
Hello, again! If you were to stop by our campus, you would be greeted with friendly faces and people who are glad you stopped by. They would be happy to answer your questions and tell you what this place called Joy Ranch is all about. And then you'd be invited on a...
Early Monday morning, a beautiful blanket of fresh fallen snow covered the rolling hills and quietly nestled cottages that sit atop the Joy Ranch campus. The wind sifted through the trees, reminding everyone that Spring was not quite here yet. While most students and...
Joy Ranch will be the location for the City RockFest Tour concert to be held on Thursday, May 3 at 6:30 pm. The event is hosted by Unchained (A ministry of Woodlawn United Methodist Church). Unchained meets each Sunday night at Woodlawn United Methodist Church...
Please plan to be part of the annual Benefit Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 19 at Blue Ridge Country Club in Galax, VA. New this year, register online now or register the day of, but no money is due until the day of the tournament.
Teaching our kids about God, including how to pray, is a big part of what we do. One of the tools we use for this goes by all kinds of different names; and each resident likes to call it something different: "popcorn prayer", "fill-in-the-blank prayer", "mad-lib...
Bethany and I both have been so excited about getting this blog up and running. It has been a few years in the making! We are passionate about what we do and are eager for others to know more about it. We hope this blog provides a chance for people to get to know the...