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Nourish Joy Ministries is a unique 501(c)3 charity spreading God's joy!

Join us on a mission to create a better world filled love, peace, and joy.

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Nourish Joy Ministries is a unique 501(c)3 charity spreading God's joy!

Join us on a mission to create a better world filled love, peace, and joy.

Get Involved in our mission!

Our Humble, Miraculous Beginning

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Our vision and mission were birthed after our founder had a rare visit from Jesus during the worldwide pandemic.

Jesus appeared to Dr. Lori one morning in 2022 as she was getting ready to go to work as a healthcare practitioner at her integrative wellness center in New Jersey, where she had been working every day for the past 30 years.

Except this day was different, never to be forgotten, and forever changed her!

Jesus appeared and sat next to her. He was grieving and in tears while sharing these words: "My children do not understand that it is not the Father and Me that are causing all of this turmoil, pain, suffering, and loss in their lives." She looked into His eyes, with tears in her own eyes, and said to Jesus: "I know it is not you doing these hurtful things in this world. You would never hurt your children. I want to help people understand the TRUTH of your Word and how much you LOVE them! Jesus, show me what to do, and I will do it!"

Dr. Lori tangibly felt the overwhelming pain of grief and sorrow as seen in Jesus's eyes that morning,

which forever changed her life and mission.

Dr. Lori, a lifelong Christian, was raised by a single parent- her mom- who had been widowed when Lori was almost 2 years old. Throughout her childhood, Dr. Lori experienced many creative miracles of God, and she knew that the love of her heavenly Father God was, and is, always with her. Interestingly, just a few months before this visitation from Jesus, Dr. Lori had begun taking a few college-level Bible and Theology classes at Warrior Notes School of Ministry (WNSM), under the teaching of Dr. Kevin L. Zadai.

Dr. Zadai and his wife, Dr. Kathi Zadai, have been called to activate the body of Christ and

impart kingdom truths to believers worldwide.

Shortly after Jesus's visitation, Dr. Lori matriculated into the theology program at WNSM and began hosting two weekly Warrior Fellowship Bible groups for women in September 2022. With WNSM's encouragement, she also started a small food pantry at her wellness center, as she saw her patients struggling to buy healthy food. In the weekly group fellowship meetings, she began sharing the miracle stories God performed in her life and applying them to the powerful weekly scripture lessons. Her passion for teaching and applying the Word of God grew as the women in the groups yearned for Biblical truth and practical application of the Scriptures.

Then, another divine, God-appointment... One afternoon that Fall, when she was dining at one of her favorite restaurants with her teenage son, she was greeted by the manager, who had been attending one of her Warrior Notes Fellowships. While they began eating, the manager started to share that she was overwhelmed because the restaurant had to throw out healthy, gourmet, prepared meals, explaining, "It was a struggle to find someone to donate the food to because of restrictions." She had limited space in the freezers and was told to throw out the food. They looked at each other, their faces lit up as they realized... "There must be a food distribution solution!"

Praise God! This is how NOURISH JOY MINISTRIES, INC. began!

God is on the move! . . . Miracles, Signs and JOY!

"Thank you for your generous giving heart. Nourish Joy is such a blessing. Forever grateful."

Helping Others is Contagious!

Since our inception, we have accomplished many important milestones in our ministry's mission

to support the following causes, with miraculous outcomes:

Single parent family of 5 in need of food and financial support during a crisis & provided resources so that their electricity was kept on;
Single parent households with children were gifted entire Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners;
No-cost medical treatment for the sick, many with terminal diagnoses;
Providing VISA gift cards with a Biblical word of hope to those in need around the country and in our region;
Walking through local city streets, handing out bags of groceries to the needy in our food distribution program;
Paying-it-forward at local coffee shops, at the drive-thru or in stores;
Wellness services program accessibility with free services to those who cannot pay us back;
Prayer support with our weekly prayer wall ministry program, to name a few.
Healing and Prayer Restoration Life Lounge! -by appointment only
Young Adult Fall 2025 Weekly Fellowship Series: "Lord, Help Me To Understand Myself"

This is what makes our mission so contagious!

We received beautiful thank you notes from our single parents

who were gifted complete holiday meals for themselves and their children:

"Oh my Lord!! I'm speechless and in utter gratitude for your kindness and giving heart and gift!! Thank you so much. So grateful for Nourish Joy. I would not have been able to do this without your giving. I really want you to know that. Now we have a beautiful meal to enjoy at Thanksgiving. Forever grateful."

"Oh, thank you so much. What a blessing. I'm overwhelmed by your gift. Food is always a challenge. Your ministry is amazing. We had amazing peace and great family time. Thank you for loving on our family!"

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Nourish Joy Ministries is a unique 501(c)3 charity spreading God's joy!

Nourish Joy Ministries is a unique 501(c)3 charity spreading God's joy!

Our Humble, Miraculous Beginning

God is on the move! . . . Miracles, Signs and JOY!

Helping Others is Contagious!

Our Story Captured . . .

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