Joy Jacobs was excited about her role as Director of Care Ministries at Daybreak Church in Mechanicsburg, PA! Her work with Shepherds Touch Counseling Ministries provided a plethora of topics for WJTL-FMs The Counselors Notebook, which she co-hosted with Dr. Jim Johnson.

Ever since her first devotionals on Biblical women, They Were Women, Too and They Were Women Like Me, followed by a devotional on Biblical couples, One I Love, Joy had been a popular speaker at womens retreats and events, churches, seminaries, and colleges.

When God Seems Far Away, a study of the Hebrew names of God, arose out of Joys search for renewed meaning in life after her mothers struggle with cancer.

Writing support group material for sexually abused women at Bethesda Mission (Harrisburg, PA) served as valuable preparation for Single, Whole & Holy: Christian Women & Sexuality, co-authored with Deb Strubel.

Joy was married to Bob for over 40 years; together they had three sons, all in ministry, and eight grandchildren.

A Personal Note from Joy (before her passing):
My priorities are spending time in the Word, enjoying our family, and working as a staff member of Daybreak C&MA Church. My husband Bob has sung and preached with the Jacobs Brothers Evangelistic Association since we met at Messiah College in the early 60’s.

Our family keeps growing: three sons, three daughters-in-love, eight grandchildren, and other “adopted” family members.

• Rob, our oldest, is Pastor of Magnification & Student Ministries at Low Country Community Church, Bluffton, SC. His wife Gina, an elementary school counselor, helps Bailey with homework while Avery works independently being home schooled. Christopher just began pre-kindergarden classes this fall.
• Ric is Associate Lead Pastor at Daybreak C&MA Church, Mechanicsburg, PA. Jenny, his wife, is room mother for Eric, "Mommy to Marcus, Bennett and Baby Julia and coach to Messiah College's championship women's field hockey team.
• Dave and Heidi live in Mechanicsburg, PA. When the Only By Grace group was active, Dave sang with Drew Jacobs, Tim James, Janna Whitenight & Amy Haracher. Dave is assistant General Manager at the Hampton Inn in York, PA. Heidi enjoys parenting daughter Ella and their second child is due in March 2007.