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...
September 22, 2022
$50K Matching Fund Success
At the beginning of this month, Abundant Life was blessed to have met and exceeded its $50K Matching Fund goal. “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17, KJV Back in May, we announced a special summer fundraising drive to help strengthen our financial situation after two years of pandemic...
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...