2025 Dates:
June 1 - 6 | June 8 - 13 | June 15 - 20 | August 24 - 29
Location: Muskegon, MI
Partners:
Joni & Friends Family Retreats
Maranatha Bible & Missionary Center
Joni & Friend’s mission is to mobilize the church to evangelize, disciple and serve people living with disability. Each year this ministry hosts retreats around the country that offer special needs families a place to find rest, hope and renewal. Liberty has partnered with Joni & Friends for several years and annually sends volunteer teams to the family retreat at Maranatha Retreat Center in Muskegon, Michigan.
Team Description: Volunteers on this year’s team serve as companion and helper for attending special needs participants, assisting in programmed activities and interacting with families.
This trip is sponsored by LBC’s Special Needs ministry.
Participants must also complete additional application and background screening with Joni & Friends.
All giftings and abilities are encouraged to apply.
Volunteers can choose from four different weeks to serve
“I learned so much about God through serving with Joni & Friends! I had the realization of how wise God is – how he can use the abilities or disabilities of someone to contribute in ways we cannot imagine.”
“When you have been given eyes and heart to see individuals affected by disability and how they are an image bearer of Christ and valuable to the body, you can’t go back. I want to love and bless those individuals and families! My life has been abundantly blessed and forever changed by serving at Joni and Friends!”