Harmonizing Faith: Joyful Sound ministry team spotlight
Andrew Brackett, Staff Writer and Photographer
Ministry teams are a huge portion of how NGU reaches people all across the southern states. Joyful Sound is one of three ministry teams and this is what a weekend looks like for them.
There are two teams within JS and each of them sings at different churches almost every weekend. Each team has six singers and one sound engineer. The team leaders are currently Sophomore Elementary Education Major Lauren Fisher and Senior Worship Studies Major Caden Brannen. This weekend there was an opportunity to see Fisher’s team in action.
Fisher’s team sings at a church in Asheville, North Carolina. Photo by Matthew Eaton.
Joyful Sound focuses on using their God-given talents to bring joy and God’s message to as many people as they can.
Sophomore Cybersecurity major Matthew Eaton runs sound for Fisher’s team. Photo by Lauren Fisher.
Joyful sound members receive a scholarship for going out and ministering to the surrounding states. Sophomore Psychology Major Suzie Rhodes says, “The true blessing of being on JS is being able to go out and glorify God with my talents. To be honest I applied without even knowing there was a scholarship.”
Fisher’s Team poses for a group photo at the last outing of the semester. From left to right are Matthew Eaton, Suzie Rhodes, Lauren Fisher, Freshman Worship Studies Major Julianna Guivas, Senior Music Major Arianna Wilson and Senior Worship Studies Major Josh Wood (Freshman Christian Studies Major Nathan Matheson was missing from the photo).
Wood on the ride back to NGU gets excited to have a break for Thanksgiving. Photo by Suzie Rhodes.
Being on JS means a lot of time back and forth on buses. JS is a ministry that NGU pours a lot into and it was a great time being able to see them in action.
