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Joni and Friends®

Here's the most recent news and updates for this outstanding ministry!

You're Invited to Joni's NRB Hymn Sing!

  • Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Since there's nothing like getting together for a time of worship singing hymns, the ministry of Joni and Friends® invites you to join them in their annual NRB Hymn Sing

Anticipating the year ahead and how God will continue to use Joni and Friends® and its radio station family partners to touch lives, the ministry looks forward to spending this special time with you!

Joni Hymn Sing: Monday, March 1st from 5:00PM-6:0PM 

Join us for a sing-a-long time that will lift your spirits and inspire you with the words from the faithful hymns . . . contact me for ...

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More Radio Response to Haiti

  • Monday, January 18, 2010
HAITI: What's happening and how your station can be a part of it.
 

Updated reports of the devastation left by the massive earthquake in Haiti has prompted a heightened need to broadcast the ways in which we can help Haiti recover.

Please take action today so that listeners can be informed about how to effectively demonstrate their care & support for Haiti.


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Please consider airing these new PSAs that will update your listeners on ministry efforts and encourage them to pray give support to trustworthy organizations:

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Compassion
NEW :60 Wess Stafford/Warning about charity scams/Compassion’s financial integrity PSA
NEW :60 Information on sponsored kids in Haiti ...

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Stories of Christian Courage and Hope Renewed

  • Tuesday, December 15, 2009

The Christmas season is the perfect time to share Joni's story about the courage and hope expressed while she and Ken traveled to El Salvador for a recent Family Retreat:

"When we arrived at the cinderblock little home of Lenore, it took me awhile to wheel down the rutted dirt path -- my wheelchair sent chickens scattering as Ken helped me into the tiny cinderblock hut with a rusting tin roof.  We had come to see Lenore, a 27-year old blind woman who languishes in bed with severe rheumatoid arthritis, her body covered with hard, crusty sores. 

Lenore's home ...

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Christmas Greetings from Joni and Friends®

  • Monday, December 7, 2009

What a joyous time of year . . . Christmas caroling, cookies and hot cocoa.  December is a wonderful month through which we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  Just because it's a holiday though, ministry doesn't slow down at Joni and Friends®.

Here are some prayer points you can keep in mind for the ministry as they prepare for Christmas and a busy 2010:

  • December 13-15: Joni and her traveling companions will be flying to Dallas where she will give the last lecture of our partnership course on disability ministry at Dallas Theological Seminary.
  • Ask God to provide ...
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Joni Tada-APU Scholarship

  • Monday, November 9, 2009

My daughter is a high school junior and thinking about college.  The best advice I can give her? Encouraging her in her commitment to keep Christ center and most important in her life  . . . in her education and career choices. 

That's why I was so excited when we shared with Joni that on the occasion of her 60th birthday, the Ambassador family had initiated a new scholarship fund in her name at Azusa Pacific University.  The scholarship will serve selected students who have evidenced a commitment to serve the disability community . . . . and reflects one more opportunity by which students can ...

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Celebrating the Life and Ministry of Joni

  • Monday, October 26, 2009

Joni's 60th Birthday CelebrationTop Ten Quotes from Joni and Friends® Ministry Retreat and Joni's 60th Birthday!

1. "He chooses the reliable.  Joni said God, show me how to live and He did!" (Billy Burnett, Vice President of Finance, Joni and Friends®)

2. "Joni is as solid as a rock. How can you look at a life like Joni's and not feel every life is valuable?" (Chuck Colson)

3. "Wow, these are delicious!" (Me after tasting Joni's mom's incredible Crab Cakes which were part of Joni's birthday surprise.) Click here for the recipe.

4.  "Wheels for the World ...

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