February 8, 2023
Abundant Life Black History Month Highlights: Vinegar Hill, The Demolished Thriving Black Neighborhood
For our second week of Abundant Life Black History, we’d like to highlight a community of thriving black residents in Charlottesville, Virginia, that was destroyed in 1964 as part of a citywide redevelopment program. This neighborhood was known as Vinegar Hill, which extended through Main Street and the east end of the Downtown Mall. Post-Civil War, African American Families began moving into...
February 1, 2023
Abundant Life Black History Month 2023 Highlights: UVa Black Hidden Nurses
Abundant Life Ministries is celebrating Black History Month by taking time to reflect on historical and notable people who have contributed to our community, nation, and world. To kick off this month of noteworthy stories, are a group of nurses, now known as the UVa Hidden Nurses, who defied the odds of segregation and racial inequality in our very own city of Charlottesville and the University...
December 20, 2022
2022 Impact Report
As we move into the new year, We are excited to share our 2022 Impact Report with you. Abundant Life 2022 Impact Report Read more on our 2022 Highlights and the ministry’s impact on the community this year. Hear from our Executive Director, Eddie Howard, and his reflection on his first full year as Executive Director of the ministry. Once a community member and staff member of Abundant Life, we...
December 8, 2022
Community Illumination event this Saturday, 12/10
This Saturday, December 10 from noon until sundown, Abundant Life will host its first annual Shine His Light: Community Illumination Day. We invite all neighbors and friends to join us as we hang Christmas decorations, enjoy food, coffee, and cocoa, and play games. The event will culminate with a Christmas light reveal outside 780 and 782 Prospect Avenue! We hope to see you there!
November 30, 2022
Our 2025 Strategic Plan
In 2019, we began a practice of creating these clear and focused three-year strategic plans to guide our short-term efforts and ensure that we remain effective–and adapting--to achieve our long-term goal of helping residents of the Prospect and Fifeville neighborhood to flourish and live abundant lives. Our initial 2019-2021 Strategic Plan was informed, in addition to conversations with staff...
November 9, 2022
We heard from our Neighbors!
As the Abundant Life board and staff worked hard to construct the 2022-2025 Strategic Plan, they surveyed the community to hear how Abundant Life can better walk alongside them. Abundant Life Community Survey_ Feb 2022_v3 “This is my Commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.” John 15:12, KJV One of Abundant Life and CCDA Core values is listening to this community, which makes...