Jill Novak was raised in a creative home environment. She received a degree from the American Academy of Art in Chicago and worked as a graphic designer for David C. Cook Publishing Company. She and her husband Robert have been married 28 years and are the parents of five children. Together her family has founded Remembrance Press, publishers of The Pebbly Brook Farm Series: Character Building Stories for Boys and Girls, Becoming God’s Naturalist, The Gift of Family Writing, and The Girlhood Home Companion. Contact Jill at jillnovak@dls.net.
Books Published
The Gift of Family Writing
2006 (revised edition)
The Pebbly Brook Farm Journal::
Character Building Stories
for Boys and Girls
2001
Magazines
The "New" Girlhood Home Companion
2006-current
The Girlhood Home Companion Back Issues
1998-2001
Contributing Writer to
Homeschooling Your High Schooler
by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
2006
Baby's First Foods
A Mother's Guide to Whole Grains and Family Nourishment
2007
Magazine and Web Credits:
The Girlhood Home Companion
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
2005
2006
2007
Crosswalk.com
Articles published:
Persevering in Faith
The Girlhood Home Companion
Preparing for the Future
The Girlhood Home Companion
Forgiveness: What is It and Where Did It Go?
The Girlhood Home Companion
Mama’s Apron Strings
The Girlhood Home Companion
Sister’s Love
The Girlhood Home Companion
Metamorphosis in the Old Blue Ball Jar
The Girlhood Home Companion
Patience Primes the Pump
The Girlhood Home Companion
Becoming God’s Naturalist
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
For the Love of Bugs
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
Journaling Your Life Stories Down on the Farm
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
Design and Publishing Experience
Editor/Designer/Publisher, The Girlhood Home Companion
The Gift of Family Writing
Cover Design, A Child's Geography by Ann Voskamp
David C.Cook Publishing Company
Curriculum Designer
Children's Book Designer
Come Sing God's Song by Thomas
Thigpen
Colors of Creation by Thomas Thigpen
Six Busy Days: The Wonderful Story of Creation
by Mary E. Erickson,
Web Design
Websites:
www.girlhoodhomecompanion.com
www.remembrancepress.com
www.giftoffamilywriting.com
thegirlhoodstore.com
Blog
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jillnovak
Our Statement of Faith
We believe that the Holy Bible, and only the Bible, is the inspired, infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God (Proverbs 30:5; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20,21).
We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son (Jesus), and Holy Spirit who are co-equal and co-eternal (Genesis 1:1,26; Matthew 28:19; John 10:30).
We believe in the deity of Christ (John 1:1,14), His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:27-35); His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15; 7:26), His miracles (John 2:11; 20:30); His vicarious and atoning death (1 Corinthians 15:3; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 2:9); His resurrection (John 11:25; 1 Corinthians 15:4); His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19); His personal return in power and glory (Acts 1:11; Revelation 19:11).
We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for anyone to know God (John 6:44,65) and that men are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ and that only by God's grace and through faith alone are we saved (John 3:16-19; 5:24; Romans 3:23; 5:8-9; Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5).
We believe that Jesus Christ was physically resurrected from the dead in a glorified body three days after His death on the cross. As a result, both the saved and the lost will be resurrected--they that are saved to the resurrection of life and they that are lost to the resurrection of eternal damnation (Luke 24:16,36,39; John 2:19-21; Acts 24:15; 1 Corinthians 15:42,44).
We believe that heaven is the eternal dwelling place for all believers in the gospel of Jesus Christ (Matthew 5:3,12,20; 6:20; 19:21; 25:34; John 17:24; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Hebrews 11:16; 1 Peter 1:4).
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (Romans 8:13-14; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19-20; Ephesians 4:30; 5:18).
About Us

A Quarterly
E-Newsletter full of tips
and tidbits to inspire your
whole family to
write and
draw from life.

The Gift of Family Writing
by Jill Novak

The
Girlhood Home Companion

The
Girlhood Home Companion
Back Issue
Album

The Pebbly Brook Farm Journal

Sketch Baby
Barn Swallows
Jill Novak

Wings
and Stings
~by Agnes McCleellan Daulton
A
Delightful Nature Narrative
Including the
Author's Illustrations

"I haven’t always journaled. Recording my life stories is a relatively new
habit that I have formed in the last nine years. A friend gave me a journal
after the birth and death of our fourth child, Nicholas. She encouraged me
to write about my experience, and although I didn’t pick that journal up
right away, I gradually began to fill the pages with words about my son and
the birth of his little sister, Anna. Writing in a journal was a new
experience and very comforting."
~ Jill
Our Testimony
In 1998, the Lord began a dramatic transformation in
our hearts through the birth and death of our fourth child, Nicholas, who
was born with the genetic syndrome called Trisomy 13. God's ways are not our
ways and although we would not choose to go through this trial again, we
praise God for the changes He has brought about in our family since the loss
of Nicholas. We have been writing together now for over eight years, and
have seen family relationships strengthened through recording our life
stories as they happen. It is our hope that your family will be blessed
through this ministry.
Contents of this website
copyright
by Jill Novak
2003-2007