June 13, 2022
Fun in the Community
This week, Advancement and Communications Director, Faith Kelley, spent precious time in the community with the youth in Greenstone Commons while passing out flyers for Registration Night. “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20, KJV Abundant Life was founded for the purpose of walking alongside the Prospect Community, and...
June 3, 2022
Spring Break STRIVE Trip
This Spring, the Abundant Life STRIVE program celebrated togetherness and brotherhood on their annual Spring Trip. “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus” Galatians 3:26 KJV The Abundant Life STRIVE Program was designed to foster and further leadership skills. This program focuses on preparing young men in our community, in grades 9th through 12th, to develop positive...
October 8, 2021
Road tripping STRIVE alums celebrate Chris Nocks’s boot camp graduation
An African-American, Black-American, Latino, and White-American walk onto a Marine training base… On September 24th, Chris Nocks, STRIVE Class of 2021, graduated from Marine Corps Boot Camp on Parris Island. The journey just to get to Parris Island required sacrifice, strength, and determination. Throughout high school, Chris had served his community: as a 5/8 Club summer intern, a volunteer...
July 9, 2021
Fellows Reflection: DJ-isms make Bible Study memorable and rich
As the 2020-2021 Fellows year came to an end, so did an integral part of the experience. For the last nine months we were privileged to attend weekly bible study with Rev. DJ Carter. There is something very distinct about bible study with DJ. Actually, a bunch of distinct things: his charisma, dynamism, and spontaneity, to name a few. Ultimately, it's Spirit led. "The Bible is the source, I'm...
June 15, 2021
Restorative process resolves conflict between students
At Abundant Life, we are always working to embody the 8 principles of Christian Community Development: Reconciliation, Redistribution, Relocation, Empowerment, Church-based, Leadership Development, Listening to the Community, and Holistic Approach. Reconciliation seems to be one of the most popular topics these days with the current events that have revealed much of the brokenness remaining in...
March 8, 2021
Fellows Reflection: Elevating women in conversation
As I reflect upon my time thus far in the Fellows Program, I think not only of the time spent engaging with kids or helping with ministry, but the opportunities I’ve had to introspect as well. This year the Fellows have had an abundance (pun intended) of meetings, readings, and conversations with community leaders, experts, and friends on a variety of topics. These topics range from what it’s...