Agape Development

BBC Christmas 2011

EmilyDelong — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:56:12 +0000

The children at Backyard Bible Club enjoyed an entire week filled with Christmas Spirit, but Christmas began weeks beforehand, as the kids participated in community service projects around their neighborhood to earn vouchers to “purchase” a gift for a BBC friend. The service activities included working in the community garden and trash clean-up along Perry [...]

Gift Within a Gift

Jenny — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:15:33 +0000

This year, online shopping for the holiday season has increased by 22% over last year for the same time period. If you are till making buying gifts online, your purchasing can benefit Agape. Through a partnership with Amazon, Agape receives part of the purchase price of the items. So whether you’re buying electronic [...]

Thanks to all awesome volunteers!

Jenny — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:29:34 +0000

We want to shout out a super special “THANKS” to Tiffany Massey, Albuquerque Emmanuel, Brianna Marzett, Jermaine Philps, and Ni Zang! These new volunteers for Backyard Bible Club give their time tutoring and interacting with our neighborhood children. Tiffany and Albuquerque have been super-troopers by being there everyday! All of our volunteers have shown [...]

Letter from Emily

EmilyDelong — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:00:36 +0000

Update Letter November 2011

Why I am here and why I need your support…

Thank you! Enjoy!

Emily

Congratulations Raymond!

EmilyDelong — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:45:58 +0000

Raymond completed the 2-week workshop at the WorkFaith Connection, a wonderful organization that empowers individuals to find meaningful employment and to build a new life through work and faith. We attended his class’s graduation ceremony, and it was a joy to see Raymond and his class filled with hope and courage. There were many uplifting [...]

Agape ACTION Girls Volleyball

EmilyDelong — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:26:21 +0000

This fall we started our first ever girls sports team at Agape. We have several girls ages 9-13 playing on the volleyball team. For many of them, it is their first time to play organized sports. I was amazed at their courage to get out on the court with very little experience or practice before [...]

Gateway: Phase One: Accomplished

EmilyDelong — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:27:10 +0000

Last Friday October 15 marked the end of Phase One of Gateway. For the first seven weeks, each of the interns (Justin, Raymond, Kentrell) participated in 147 hours of Labs (Life Skills and Personal Development) and worked between 80-90 hours in their local business internships at The Guild Shop and Goodwill. The day-in, day-out grind [...]

An Evening with Agape Fundraiser

Jenny — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:28:44 +0000

Agape invites you join in an evening of stories, worship, and sharing our vision for the future. It is a blessing to take time each year to celebrate what God has done in our midst—truly more than we could have asked or imagined. We would like to thank all of you who give so generously [...]

Needs: New Building Construction

Jenny — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:08:17 +0000

Agape’s mission of bringing hope and transformation to Third Ward will greatly advance by completion of our new office and program space. We already have raised much of the funds needed for construction, but we need your help to complete the project. Gifts of all sizes are appreciated and any skilled labor to help with construction [...]

Volunteering with Agape

Jenny — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:52:07 +0000

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church spent a Saturday morning helping Agape work through the ever-growing to-do list. The wood fence had seen some wear and tear over the summer from our energetic kids playing in the yard. One group of St. Andrew’s volunteers readily grabbed hammers and nails and went to work replacing fence posts [...]