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July-August 2026 Update

Our theme this month at Catalyst Ministries is FREEDOM! As we celebrate this month our nation’s 250th birthday, we celebrate the great freedom we have in Jesus Christ…

June Update

Happy Summer! Our theme at Catalyst Ministries this month is Fatherhood. It’s challenging to articulate the comprehensive impact of a father on his children. For good or evil, he makes a lasting imprint on them…

April Update

Our theme this month at Catalyst Ministries is Faith. In Hebrews 11 we see that Moses kept moving forward because his eyes were fixed on the one who is invisible. How can we see something that’s invisible? We only can do that with the eyes of faith. This is what God calls us to, as his children.

March Update

Our theme at Catalyst Ministries this month is HOPE! Romans 15:13 is our prayer for you as we kick off this wonderful season of Springtime and Hope…

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2026
- Sep 16, 2026 July-August 2026 Update
- Sep 16, 2026 June Update
- Sep 16, 2026 April Update
- Sep 16, 2026 March Update
- Feb 26, 2026 February Update
- Jan 12, 2026 January Update
2025
- Nov 28, 2025 Christmas Newsletter 2025
- Nov 6, 2025 November Update with Julie Ryan
- Oct 2, 2025 October Update 2025
- Sep 10, 2025 September Update 2025
- Aug 6, 2025 August Update with Julie Ryan
- Jun 30, 2025 Summer Newsletter
- May 12, 2025 May Update
- Apr 9, 2025 April Update
- Mar 17, 2025 March Update with Julie Ryan
- Feb 4, 2025 February Update with Julie Ryan
- Jan 7, 2025 January 2025 Update
2024
- Dec 4, 2024 December Newsletter
- Nov 7, 2024 November Update
- Sep 6, 2024 September Update
- Aug 8, 2024 August Update
- Jul 9, 2024 July 2024 Update with Julie Ryan
- Jun 26, 2024 Summer Newsletter 2024
- May 9, 2024 May 2024 Update with Julie Ryan
- Apr 4, 2024 April 2024 Update with Julie Ryan
- Mar 5, 2024 March 2024 Update with Julie Ryan
- Feb 5, 2024 February Update with Julie Ryan
- Jan 4, 2024 January update with Julie Ryan
2023
- Dec 3, 2023 December Newsletter 2023
- Nov 28, 2023 November Update from Julie
- Sep 1, 2023 September Update From Julie
- Aug 1, 2023 August Update from Julie
- Jul 3, 2023 July Update from Julie
- Jun 14, 2023 Summer 2023 Newsletter
- May 5, 2023 May Update from Julie
- Apr 5, 2023 April Update from Julie
- Mar 10, 2023 March Update from Julie
- Feb 3, 2023 February Update from Julie
- Jan 6, 2023 January Update from Julie
2022
- Dec 3, 2022 December Newsletter
- Nov 23, 2022 November Update from Julie
- Sep 17, 2022 YOU Helped Us Buy Catalyst Ranch!
- Aug 12, 2022 August Update From Julie
- Jul 31, 2022 Welcome Her Home
- May 18, 2022 May Update
- Apr 28, 2022 Fundraising In Faith: Getting To Know The Fundraising Team
- Apr 8, 2022 April Update
- Mar 3, 2022 March Update
- Feb 10, 2022 February Update
- Jan 13, 2022 A New Day Dawns
- Jan 7, 2022 January Update
2021
- Dec 12, 2021 The Grace of Giving
- Dec 10, 2021 December Newsletter
- Nov 22, 2021 A Heart Full of Thankfulness
- Nov 6, 2021 November Update
- Oct 25, 2021 Bringing In God's Harvest of Blessings
- Oct 9, 2021 October Update
- Sep 21, 2021 The Seasons Change, But Our Savior Remains Steadfast
- Sep 8, 2021 September Update
- Aug 26, 2021 Education Empowers
- Aug 8, 2021 August Update
- Jul 20, 2021 Freedom for the Captives
- Jul 7, 2021 July Update
- Jun 21, 2021 Cultivating Growth: What Staff and Volunteers Gain Through Giving
- Jun 9, 2021 June Update
- May 30, 2021 The Making of Motherhood: A Resident's Legacy of Love
- May 12, 2021 May Update
- Apr 21, 2021 The Birth Story of Catalyst Ministries
- Apr 19, 2021 April Update
- Mar 22, 2021 God Sows the Seed
- Mar 5, 2021 March Update
- Feb 15, 2021 Catalyst Love—Knowing I Am His Beloved Changes Everything
- Feb 4, 2021 February Update
- Jan 18, 2021 A New Year, A New Hope
- Jan 6, 2021 January Update
2020
- Dec 7, 2020 Hope's Story: Healing Through Creativity
- Nov 15, 2020 It Could've Been Me
- Nov 4, 2020 November Update
- Oct 3, 2020 October Update
- Sep 1, 2020 Supporting Survivors Through Education and Trauma-Informed Therapy
- Aug 31, 2020 September Update
- Jul 31, 2020 August Update
- Jul 20, 2020 Catalyst Farms: Finding Emotional Freedom Through Treating Trauma
- Jun 30, 2020 July Update
- Jun 10, 2020 The Catalyst Ministries' Garden - a Place of Healing and Restoration For Sex Trafficking Survivors
- Jun 5, 2020 A Virtual Cup of Coffee with Catalyst's Founder, Julie Ryan
- May 12, 2020 The Porn Pandemic: How Pornhub is Using COVID-19 to Capitalize on Human Trafficking
- Apr 28, 2020 COVID-19 and Human Trafficking
- Mar 30, 2020 An Overview of Illicit Massage Businesses
- Mar 15, 2020 Situation Report: Protecting the Vulnerable
- Mar 3, 2020 The Path to Restoration for Survivors of Sex Trafficking
- Feb 11, 2020 5 Ways to End Sex Trafficking & How You Can Help
2019
- Nov 15, 2019 Helping Residents Heal Through Group Time at Catalyst Farms
- Oct 1, 2019 Metamorphosis: Residents’ Divine Transformation
- Sep 17, 2019 State Governments Take Action to Protect Trafficking Victims, Prosecute Traffickers
- Sep 3, 2019 Funds Meant to Assist Victims of Human Trafficking Are Directed Elsewhere
- Aug 5, 2019 The Thing With Feathers
- Jul 23, 2019 A Preliminary Hat in the Ring of Laws To Help End Sex Trafficking
- Jul 8, 2019 Hawaii Prostitution Law a First in Fight for Trafficking Victims
- Jun 24, 2019 In Your Hands: Catalyst in Cambodia
- Jun 11, 2019 Sex Trafficking Takes Place in Residential Brothels as Obscure As Your Local Massage Parlor or Nail Salon
- May 22, 2019 Sex Trafficking is a $32 Billion Industry With 75 Percent of Individuals Reported as Advertised Online
- May 14, 2019 Behind the Scenes: Strip Clubs and Sex Trafficking
- Apr 16, 2019 Porn and Punishment: The Link Between Porn and Sex Trafficking
- Apr 3, 2019 Embracing The Darkness That Threatened to Overtake Her
- Mar 20, 2019 How Men Could End Sex Trafficking: Part 2
- Feb 18, 2019 Does She Know?
- Feb 11, 2019 Will You Be My Victim?
- Jan 28, 2019 How Men Could End Sex Trafficking: Part 1
2018
- Nov 25, 2018 Bad Fruit: The Role of Shame in Parenting
- Oct 29, 2018 The Neighborhood Brothel
- Oct 15, 2018 A Nursing Perspective on Human Trafficking
- Oct 8, 2018 Be An Advocate
- Sep 25, 2018 What Must I Do?
- Sep 11, 2018 Masculinity and Sex Trafficking
- Aug 26, 2018 New Chapters
- Aug 21, 2018 I Walked by a Brothel Today
- Jul 31, 2018 View from the Leap
- Jul 8, 2018 Changing the Story Part 2: 4 Ways Our Culture Fuels Sex Trafficking
- Feb 28, 2018 7 Ways To Pray Against Sexual Exploitation
- Feb 21, 2018 Changing the Story: Shine a Light on Slavery
- Feb 12, 2018 I Am Nothing
- Feb 5, 2018 Big love in little ways this Valentine’s Day
- Jan 30, 2018 Looking Beyond: The Super Bowl and Sex Trafficking
- Jan 22, 2018 The Busy Mom’s Spiritual Life: How To Make Time For God
- Jan 8, 2018 New Year, New Opportunities
2017
- Dec 25, 2017 The Gold of Christmas: A Catalyst Farms Story
- Dec 20, 2017 For Such a Time as This
- Dec 11, 2017 God’s Lost and Found
- Dec 6, 2017 "Are You Safe?"
- Nov 27, 2017 Maarko's Story
- Nov 23, 2017 Thankfulness 365
- Nov 6, 2017 "Not Yet": The Story of a Teacup
- Oct 31, 2017 Love Overcomes Fear: What the Story of Two Survivors of Sex Trafficking Taught Me
- Oct 24, 2017 Loaves and Fishes
- Oct 18, 2017 God is our Vindicator
- Oct 17, 2017 To See Yourself Through God’s Eyes
- Oct 11, 2017 An Inseparable Tie: Pornography and Sex Trafficking
- Oct 2, 2017 The heart of Jesus, the Body of Christ and Catalyst Farms
- Sep 11, 2017 The Heart of a Man
- Sep 4, 2017 That First Moment
- Aug 27, 2017 My volunteer journey, heartless to heart-full
- Aug 21, 2017 Volunteering: What It Can Do For You
- Aug 8, 2017 From Victim To Survivor
- Jul 31, 2017 We Will Overcome
- Jul 17, 2017 An Outrage
- Jul 10, 2017 Another Side Of Freedom
- Jul 3, 2017 By Grace We Are Free
2016
- Nov 28, 2016 From Trash to Treasure: God's Work in Cambodia this Year

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