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Bringing Christ to the World Through Joy!
Emotional resilience is a critical necessity in today’s culture. Recent neuroscience research has uncovered a strong link between joy and resilience, yet many individuals experience a gap in relational joy that undermines their emotional well-being. We aim to bridge this joy gap in three key areas:
Traditional family structures are becoming less common. Currently, 1 in 8 children are born to teenage mothers, and 34% of kids live with an unmarried parent—a significant rise from 19% in 1980 and 9% in 1960.
Fear and anxiety-related disorders are the most commonly diagnosed mental health issues in the United States.
Many workplaces are increasingly described as toxic, predatory, or lacking in joy. According to Business Insider, 30 million workers believe their work environment is toxic. Additionally, 95% of nurses have reported feeling burnt out since the pandemic began, and 56% of nurses leave their jobs within the first two years.
The Joy Center aims to counter rising rates of depression and anxiety by providing effective resources for building emotional resilience and fostering healthy relationships. Through these efforts, the Joy Center will significantly strengthen families and our community.
What sets the Joy Center apart is its comprehensive approach. It offers transferable joy training through coaching, classes, and group activities.
Our training programs will be based on the work of THRIVEtoday—an organization that has been training brain-based joy skills for over twenty years—and on the following books and the exercises found in them:
Goal: Fund start up costs for the Joy Center and other discipleship training efforts.
Plan: Lay the foundation needed to start strong.
Goal: Launch Joy Center
Plan: Open two core initiatives.
Goal: Create a reproducible system of joy training that can be used in churches, community centers and other non-profits
The world is staggering from a lack of joy and low emotional resilience. Together, we can start a joy revolution that uses neuroscience and emotional resilience training to increase resilience in our community.
Please consider helping us reach our goal. You can make a pledge to contribute monthly, quarterly, or annually.
The Joy Center can only become a reality through generous partners, sponsors and volunteers. If you’d like to know more, contact us below.
JOY CENTERS INTERNATIONAL
7983 Grand Blvd, Hobart, IN, 46342
Thank you for your heart to join us in the Deepening Discipleship, Amplifying Joy Capital Campaign, to bring joy to the world through Christ!
