Our New Writers
Bonnie (New Zealand):Bonnie is the second eldest in a homeschooling family of nine children. She plays the violin and piano and loves dancing and singing. Among other things, some of her hobbies include playing and umpiring netball, sewing, writing, climbing trees, crocheting and knitting, drawing pictures, taking photos and playing practical jokes on people. She blogs at Bonnie’s Blessings.
Cosette (United States):
Hi! I am a Christian homeschool girl who strives to build her relationship with her Saviour, Jesus Christ. I live in Maine and love it! The best part about my life is the music in my heart that God provides day by day. Learn more about that music at Day by Day.
Rhoda Newton (New Zealand):
Rhoda Newton lives in the beautiful South Island of New Zealand, with her parents and four younger brothers. She was baptised into the Reformed Church of Oamaru as an infant, and joined the church as a communicant member in November 2012. She and her brothers have never been to school. She blogs at Serving With Joy, with the aim of encouraging young women to serve God whole-heartedly, never forgetting the joy of life in Christ.
Andrea Groff (United States):I’m the oldest of 8 children and a college student pursuing a degree as a Registered Nurse. I served on the mission field for two years in Nicaragua as a personal worker—teaching Bible studies and visiting the natives. Mission work is my heart’s cry. I blog at Committed To His Service.
Our New Schedule for Posting on the Blog
With the new year, we’ve come up with a weekly format for posting here:| day of the week | subject | author |
| Sunday | Devotional | Esther |
| Monday | ||
| Tuesday | Edifying Words1 | Rachel |
| Wednesday | Recipes2 | Team/You3 |
| Thursday | ||
| Friday | Story/Article | Team/You3 |
| Saturday |
2This would be once every two weeks
3Team/You—this will be supplied both by the JOJ Team and by you, our readers
I would do a short devotional (well, something along those lines anyway…) on Sunday—and try to keep it to three reasonable-length paragraphs. :) I don’t think I have that many problems coming up with an article like that.
Rachel will be doing the “Edifying Words”. She was the one who gathered things together for the Encouragement Page, but since the magazine is gone she will just switch to doing that on the blog (unless, of course, she has something bigger to share—which would be fine as well!).
The recipes would also be a carry-over from the magazine. I still have one recipe from being submitted to go into the magazine left, which we can hopefully post sometime in January. I think it would be nice if we shared one recipe every other week or so. This is something that we want you, our readers, to help with—if you have a recipe to share, feel free to drop by the Submissions page where you can send it in. If we have no recipes, we won’t post any. But if we do we’ll try our level best to get it posted! :)
Friday, the “story” day, would also include articles that our team members write, or possibly guest posts if anyone wants to do that.
Hopefully, the weekly schedule can run something like this:
| 1st Friday of the month | Bonnie |
| 2nd Friday of the month | Cosette |
| 3rd Friday of the month | Rhoda |
| 4th Friday of the month | Andrea |
Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and every other Wednesday are free. This is where the best time would be for you, our readers, to do guest posting. Remember, a community like this is not only held up by those who write—it’s also made up of those that read. :)
Alright. This turned out long enough! Hopefully it’s all understandable. :)
Sounds great Esther! Best wishes for the new year!
ReplyDeleteGood! Same to you! :)
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