After completing a 10-week job training program, nine adults from the LifePoint Career Institute, an economic development initiative offered by FreshMinistries, graduated on Friday, June 29, 2018. Students received tutoring and hands-on training through programs designed to prepare them for work in the hospitality and healthcare fields. These programs include a hospitality training program and […]
Native Fresh Aquaponics Greenhouse is completely “off the grid”! We have installed solar panels on top of the Weaver Center to provide energy to power the system and electricity inside the greenhouse. We are excited to take this next step in “going green” and giving back to our planet. In the greenhouse we try to eliminate waste […]
Come one, come all! Beaver Street Enterprise Center will be hosting local food trucks every Thursday from 11am-2pm every Thursday through August 30th! Come out and support these unique small businesses and enjoy some delicious grub on your lunch break. Food trucks will vary in menu each week from barbecue, seafood, burgers, Mexican and more! May […]
The Posh Factory Performing Arts Centre, a studio where a wide variety of arts and musical theater are taught by the one and only Sherrod Brown, Owner and Director. Sherrod is a native of Jacksonville, where he attended Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. He has always had a passion for performing and started his journey with […]
Anthony Stanley has joined FreshMinistries as Fresh Futures Program Coordinator.Anthony, a native of Decatur, Illinois, a small town outside of Chicago, has an extensive background working with youth. Anthony started his career working at Decatur Park District as a recreational worker planning activities, supervising and tutoring youth for over five years. Anthony furthered his career with adjudicated […]
Jacqueline Evans came to LifePoint Career Institute unsure of what would happen next in life. Jacqueline heard about LifePoint through a friend and started at LifePoint unemployed, hoping that this was her next opportunity to change that. Jacqueline shared her struggles with us; she has an adult disabled son, there were times when she did not […]
Fresh Futures friends Jordan Mills and Miracle Bell both attend Jean Ribault Senior High School, where they both will be in the running for Mr. and Miss Ribault. Jordan and Miracle are very excited for this opportunity to show their school spirit and be part of a school pageant! The theme of this year’s Mr. and […]
World Relief Jacksonville works to resettle refugees from all over the world and help them obtain self-sufficiency. We are so happy to have Benjamin and Erica working with us in our aquaponics greenhouse! Benjamin is a refugee from the Congo and was a former secondary school teacher who taught French and English. He taught English […]
About Dr. Lee The Rev. Dr. Robert V. Lee III Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer After serving as rector of Church of Our Saviour in Jacksonville, Florida, Dr. Lee was called to establish a new kind of ministry. Having created the concept for FreshMinistries in 1988 and incorporating it into a working 501(c)(3) in […]
Deidra Brooks, 19, was directed to the Fresh Path program by her probation officer. “I had a felony on my record,” she says. “When I came to Fresh Path, I didn’t know what it was and I didn’t think it would benefit me. But it has benefited me in many ways.” After completing the job […]