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...
August 23, 2021
Executive Director Transition Announcement
Dear Abundant Life Friends, After nearly four years of joyful and thoughtful work to further Abundant Life’s mission in the Prospect neighborhood, Nathan Walton has announced that he will be departing from his role as full-time Executive Director in fall 2021. Nathan is pursuing a call as Co-Lead Pastor at East End Fellowship in Richmond, VA, a church affiliated with Church Hill Activities and...
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...
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...
September 3, 2020
Meet our 2020-21 Fellows Class!
We are pleased to introduce our second Abundant Life Fellows class! Under the supervision of Director of Leadership Development Richard Feero, the three members are serving 9-month terms, from August 2020 to May 2021. See below to get to know our Fellows! JESSIE FITTRO, Volunteer Coordinator. Jessie Fittro first became involved with Abundant Life in 2014. Since then she has graduated from...
May 19, 2020
Fellows Reflection: Introducing grief to gratitude
Right now, we all have much to grieve. The world aches as COVID-19 has brought everything, it seems, to a grinding halt. The economy suffers, people get sick and die. Our essential workers put their lives on the line each day, and we are all scared and confused. Abundant Life Fellows has been no exception to the rule of grief: our programming effectively stopped in mid-March as closures and...