Vanderbilt & Wheaton (Spring Break)

Casey Green — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:37:16 +0000

Vanderbilt and Wheaton college students spent time helping us in Lincoln Village for an alternate spring break. This group did an amazing job helping with the housing demolition, working with the Manna House, playing with the kids at The Linc and Lincoln Academy, and moving furniture. These students were the first groups to help us get the Lincoln School ready after our recent purchase of the building. It was a humbling time to see the school being transformed right in front of our eyes. What a blessed time to see God’s plans unfolding.

Vision of Lincoln Academy

Casey Green — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:09:00 +0000

Lincoln Academy was started in 2011 as a church school seeking to provide a high quality Christ-centered education to students who are zoned to public Title I schools. Little did we know, God was preparing us for an enormous amount of growth and exciting opportunities. Our dreams were realized with the purchase of the Lincoln School last month. Since that time, we’ve begun working to prepare the school for its grand opening! After spring break, the current fifteen kids enrolled in Lincoln Academy will move to the new building. (Yippee!!!)

Many people are volunteering their time to prepare the school for the arrival of children. In fact, you’re welcome to join us…we’re calling it “Transforming Tuesdays.” Volunteers come to clean the facilities, landscape, paint, organize, etc.

Lord willing, next year the school will expand to sixty children who live in the Lincoln Village area and will serve K-8 grades. Each classroom will have 12 to 13 kids per teacher. It is our commitment to ensure deep academic content knowledge, critical thinking skills, and Christian character building to have students prepared for high school and college.

We would love to have you join us for our night of celebration taking place April 22, at 6:00 PM. This night is very important since we will spend time in corporate prayer asking that God bless this work and the children who will enter Lincoln Academy. We will also provide further information about funding, curriculum, volunteer opportunities, and so much more! Please join us for this very special night!

Lincoln Academy Celebration

Where: Lincoln School (1110 Meridian Street, Huntsville, AL)
When: April 22, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Lincoln Academy Celebration on April 22

Casey Green — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:03:29 +0000

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Mark your calendar to attend the Lincoln Academy Celebration on April 22 from 6:00 to 8:00. Join us for a night of praise to celebrate the building purchase and bless Lincoln Academy through corporate prayer. This is the perfect opportunity to understand the vision of the school, as well as, learn how you can become involved in this exciting endeavor. We would love to have you join us for this special event!

Where: Lincoln School (1110 Meridian Street, Huntsville, AL)
When: April 22, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Looking Ahead

Casey Green — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:30:28 +0000

2011, like every year before, has shown God faithful to do exceedingly more than we could ask or imagine. God has blessed us with many friends who have come alongside us and allowed us the opportunity to expand our ministry to the families of Lincoln Village.

In early 2011, we were able to acquire a home and acreage to start us on the road to pursue a dream that has been in our hearts for years, a children’s home, that would allow Thor and Jenny to care for more children. More recently we were able to purchase another house in the Village, to continue our commitment to provide affordable housing to families struggling to provide for their children. 2011 also brought to reality another long awaited dream; in August we opened the doors to allow sixteen children from Lincoln to be the first students at Lincoln Academy. We would have considered all of that more than we could have asked for, but in late 2011 God had another blessing waiting for us. A blessing that would bring us to our knees, in humble thankfulness for all that he allows us to see and do. On February 1, 2012 we closed on the Lincoln School property, which will be the home to Lincoln Academy and Lincoln Village Ministry. It will be with hearts full of joy and amazement that we will enter the halls of a place we call “Home”.

Looking ahead to 2012, we are excited to see how God will grow and change us. Many of you have probably heard that, at this time, our founding church partner will not be able to continue in its financial support of Lincoln Village. We are sincerely grateful for the overwhelming amount of annual support that they have faithfully provided over the past ten years and the instrumental part they have played in establishing Lincoln Village Ministry. We only need to look back over the past year and every preceding year and see Lincoln Village Ministry in the palm of the hand of the Almighty God. God is faithful, God is at work, and it is God who draws people to invest in the ministry of Lincoln Village.

Our greatest desire in 2012 is that you all would join us, on our knees, before a Holy God, asking Him to “Show Us His Glory!” confident that He will, in all things, at all times.

“For I know the one in whom I have placed my confidence, and I am perfectly certain that the work he has committed to me is safe in his hands until that day.” 2 Tim. 1:12b.

Seeking Him in all Things,

The Lincoln Village Team

Refrain Children’s Choir

Casey Green — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:41:25 +0000

Congratulations to the Refrain Children’s Choir for an amazing LIVE performance. They did such an awesome job singing at The Rock West Campus! We are so proud of them!!

About Chapman Middle School

Casey Green — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:29:32 +0000

Chapman Middle School is made up of students who went to Lincoln Elementary, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, and Chapman Elementary. It is a Title I school with the majority of students receiving free or reduced lunch. The school administration and staff welcome our ministry and would love to see as many volunteers as we can recruit. The students at Chapman love receiving attention from volunteers, and they are always asking for more tutors.

Tutors: More tutors needed- 30 minutes, one day/week {11:30-12 or 12:50-1:20 | Tuesday-Friday}

Tuesday Daily Tutor Coordinator: Support tutors, communicate with them regarding absences, etc. {11:45-1:30 | Tuesdays}
Character Development: 10 Mentors needed for character development {11:30-12 or 12:50-1:20 | Monday – Friday}

Front Office Volunteer: Assist front office with answering phones, checking in/out students, etc. Training is provided. {Monday 12-3pm; All Day Wednesday; Tuesday 12-3; All Day Friday} Contact Darren at darren@lincolnvillageministry.com for more information.

Computer/Technical Volunteer: Making sure school computers are updated with Windows, Java, Adobe etc. Some computers need printers installed, some need WXP reinstalled. Other computers don’t work and just need someone skilled to diagnose the problem. If you have some skill level in computers this is a tremendous need for the students and teachers at Chapman- contact Mr. Emerson at gremerson@bellsouth.net.

Cheer-leading Sponsor: A volunteer is needed to help after school and occasional weekends. Contact Coach Lassie at chodges@hsv.k12.al.us. No skill needed but just a willingness to supervise and encourage the girls.

School Store Volunteer: Chapman has the desire to raise funds by opening a school store from 2:45-3:15 Monday – Friday. This has worked well in the past but needs volunteer support to re-open.

Science Lab Volunteer: Assist in the science lab. {One morning/week- 9-11:30}

About Lincoln Academy

Casey Green — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:21:52 +0000

Founded in the Lincoln Village area of Huntsville, Alabama, Lincoln Academy is a church school which seeks to provide a high quality Christ-centered education to students who are zoned to public Title I schools. With the efforts of a devoted administration, faculty and staff, all students receive standards based, data driven instruction in a supportive environment to achieve their maximum potential.

Lincoln Academy is emerging as a Christian learning community of academic excellence. It is our commitment to ensure deep academic content knowledge, critical thinking skills, and Christian character building to have students prepared for high school and college.

If you’d like to help with this school, they are in need of the following…

Supplies: White copy paper, styrofoam plates, plastic forks and spoons, Lysol wipes, kleenex

Treats: Individually wrapped candy like Starburst, Laffy Taffy, Blow Pops etc.

Books: New or gently used children’s books through middle school age

Sports Equipment: 2 basketballs, 2 footballs, 2 jump ropes – school use quality (plastic rings on rope)

Printing: Printer cartridges as follows: HP 21; HP 58; HP96; HP97, Brother LC-51 series ink cartridge, Canon Tricolor CLI-8, CLI-8BK, PGI-5BK

Technology: iPads, Laptop computers-’08 or more recent, Promethean ActivBoard

In The Village Newsletter

Casey Green — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:13:02 +0000

We are so excited to share with you how Lincoln Village Ministry is growing! Thanks to the hard work of a few dedicated volunteers, we now have the ability to keep you informed of what’s going on through an e-mail newsletter, In The Village. The blessings are many and the needs are great so we’ll be keeping you up-to-date with specific ways you can help. We’ll also be sharing with you the ways we’re seeing God move in this area of Huntsville. What a joy to share in the blessings of His work!

Each newsletter will focus on a different area of the ministry. If you’d like to learn more about any of the other ministry areas like the after school program, tutoring, housing/home repair, etc., email us at info@lincolnvillageministry.com. You can also get involved by registering as a volunteer on our website.

To start receiving the In The Village newsletter, sign up below. We look forward to seeing you in The Village!

July’s Volunteer Groups

Casey Green — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:01:39 +0000

Thanks so much to the many different groups that joined us this month & allowed us to accomplish so much work. These groups spent time clearing trails at the Meridian Street property, worked to get Chapman Middle looking good for the return of the teachers & students, worked & played at The Village Church & The Boy’s & Girl’s Club, and helped in the housing area.

A special thank you to . . .

Bethel Presbyterian, Kingston United Methodist Church, Cokesbury United Methodist Church (Kingston, TN)
Hope Church (Tupelo, MS)
Twickenham Church of Christ (Huntsville, AL)
Webster Baptist (Sylva, NC)
Westwood Church of Christ (McMinnville, TN)

KAA Camp (Donation Request)

Casey Green — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:11:29 +0000

Its that time of year again when we are taking 50 kids from Lincoln Village to camp,KIDS ACROSS AMERICA , located in the mountains of Branson M0!!! It’s very exciting. Many of these children have never been anywhere outside their neighborhoods. So, seeing mountains, lakes , spending time with the lord and just participating at camp will be very exciting for them. To make the trip special for them we will be providing there bedding, towels and toiletries and other things that they might need. Thank you in advance for helping us collect the following:

50 shampoo. regular size, not travel size
25 conditioners, regular size
50 bars of soap
Deodorant. 30 boys\20 girls
25 twin bed sheets , flat and fitted
Old towels\ wash clothes
50 pillows
Boys low cut socks sizes sm, med, large
Girls sock sm,med,large
50Ziplock bags, gallon size
50 Large black garbage
Any old duffel bags
Snacks for bus ride. Ex. Fruit snacks, crackers

We will be leaving for camp Sunday July 10, but hope to have all luggage to the village church on Friday July 7. We will be there at 10 am if anyone would like to come help!!! If you plan to purchase or have anything on this list just let me via email so I don’t have people duplicating. Please be praying we has a safe and wonderful trip.

Thanks!
Kellie

Contact Kellie Turchetta to donate camp items.