Programs
May 15, 2025
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 […]
May 13, 2024
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 […]
Mar 13, 2024
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 […]
Aug 04, 2023
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 4:2 Abundant Life was joined by community members, city officials, and representatives from Dominion Energy for such a special […]
Jul 28, 2023
K-4th grade Summer Programming consisted of lots of fun, laughter, and memories.
This was Calvin Kellum’s first time coordinating the Abundant Life VBS program. During programming this summer, he was able to connect with the kids he knew already from John Tutoring and new kids that joined during the summer.
Each week they would travel to a different church around Charlottesville to learn about the love of God. Before leaving for the church, Calvin would ask the children if any of them would like to pray for the upcoming day they were about to experience. At first the children were very hesitant to pray in front of all of their peers, but there was always one student whose hand would jump up immediately his name was KJ. KJ loved to pray for safe travels, for fun, and for family and friends. He was what the group needed to give all the students confidence to participate and by the end of the, summer we had every single student raising their hand to pray each and every day.
Following the daily VBS sessions, the group ate a lunch together and then moved on to afternoon activities. They worked on reading and writing at the Abundant Life house with Calvin and Ms. Faith. They would read 2 books each day and wrote 3 sentences about a prompt that was given to them. After their work was done they would have lots of fun playing outside as well as painting, drawing, and making bracelets.
This summer was filled with excitement and great times learning about the Lord. We learned how to pray and why we pray, Calvin and the children can not wait for K-4 VBS 2024.
Jul 11, 2023
Over the past 27 years of Ministry, Abundant Life has been able to partner not only with the community that it walks alongside, but several other organizations that have a mission of community empowerment. Our 5th grade through one-year post-high school programs’ initiative is to highlight youth leadership and building community beginning as early as […]