September 10, 2026
UVA Health teaches healthy eating to 5/8 Club Summer Program
This summer, Abundant Life's 5/8 Club partnered with UVA Health Office of Community Engagement and Health Outcomes to pilot a healthy eating program. The second week, we took the boys shopping and learned how to read nutrition labels and ingredient lists, to know what we are putting in our bodies. We did a fun activity where the guys were tasked with finding the healthiest and unhealthiest...
February 5, 2026
Furthering our Mission with Grant Funding from Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries is awarded grant funding from Charlottesville Area Community Foundation to further its mission. Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries is a 30-year-old neighborhood-based non-profit with a mission of spreading God's love through the Prospect Avenue Community through wholistic programming geared towards community empowerment. As a faith-based...
May 15, 2025
Meet Kanesha Reilly: Abundant Life’s New V-Trades Coordinator
Kanesha Reilly, whose parents are former Prospect Avenue community members, joined the Abundant Life team as the new V-Trades Coordinator. Having grown up in the earlier parts of her childhood here in Charlottesville, Kanesha watched her mom’s childcare business grow, which started in Prospect to support the families in the community. Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible,...
May 13, 2024
A Year Full of Blessings at Bible Club
ABUNDANT LIFE’S PROGRAM, BIBLE CLUB, 2024 session came to an end on Friday, May 3rd. Throughout the year, our youth have learned about God and how to honor Him and serve Him in the beauty of their youth. Through scripture, song, crafts, and play, our students were equipped with the gospel to spread in their community. As new faces were welcomed, new relationships and friendships were made....
March 13, 2024
Exciting Partnership with Johnson Elementary School: Interview with Mr. K
Abundant Life's Calvin Kellum and Faith Kelley sat down with Johnson Elementary School Assistant Principal, John Kronstain for a special interview on Abundant Life's on-site Tutoring Program at Johnson Elementary. "I think Abundant Life does the things that I need any outside agency to do- they come and they work in the schools but then they also have the connection in the community. So they're...
August 4, 2023
Thank you: Dominion Energy Check Presentation
On August 3rd, 2023, Abundant Life Ministries was awarded a Grant Recipient Check from The Dominion Energy Foundation. “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.” 1 Corinthians 4:2Abundant Life was joined by community members, city officials, and representatives from Dominion Energy for such a special occasion and the beginning of a beautiful partnership, as...