It's difficult to boil the Jericho dream down to two minutes ... but Rev. Ivan Pitts gets to the core of who we are and what we do.
A Tribute to Bill & Kathie Beattie
In honor the legacy Jericho Founder Bill & Kathie Beattie have begun - and on the occasion of Bill's retirement from day-to-day ministry - Jericho's leaders, friends and clients shared their hearts.
The Baton of Leadership
I cherish the morning drive to school with my 12-year-old daughter, Grayce. Most days, we listen to a five-minute devotional, discuss it and then pray. The past couple of months, I’ve been praying that Grayce “experiences” the fullness of God’s truths - that the knowledge in her head would pierce her heart. During a recent drive, she asked me this: “Mom, when have you felt the presence of God the strongest?”
Fun Facts about Volunteering
1. In 2012, 64.5 million Americans (26.5% of the population) contributed 7.9 billion hours of volunteer service worth an estimated $175 billion of service.
2. The estimated dollar value of volunteer time in Connecticut is $28 an hour.
3. Volunteers have a better chance of finding a job after being out of work than non-volunteers.
Emil Curran: All-in to Serve PDYM Kids and Throw a Great Golf Outing
Light and Love in the Darkness
With fallout and tensions continuing to build after the recent events in Virginia, Jericho President Carrie L. Amos shares her prayerful heart:
When the splinters of our fallen world release the ugliest and the most hateful among us, and when many feel helplessness bordering on hopelessness, we must turn to our God, who reminds us that our Hope is in Him. After the horrific events in Charlottesville VA this weekend, our thoughts and prayers are with those who lost loved ones, with those who are injured, and with all those who are pained by what has transpired. We pray to God for His comfort at a time when everything seems to hurt – our hearts and souls for what we feel, our ears for what we’ve heard and our eyes for what we’ve seen.
Xavier Ross: A Life Being Transformed, a Leader in the Making
It’s safe to assume 13-year-old Xavier Ross didn’t initially set out to be a leader among his peers. In fact, in his words, when he was in 6th grade, “I wasn’t used to following rules, I was pretty immature and I got in trouble a lot.”
But then, after more time at The Academy, the middle school run by Jericho’s Pathways Danbury Youth Ministries, Xavier began to grow and mature – as a student, and in his faith.