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Holidays at Community First! Village 2024
This year, 87 of our friends suffering homelessness moved into a permanent home within a caring community at Community First! Village. They will be celebrating Christmas at home for the first time in a long while, and you made this happen! It is through your loyal support that our neighbors have put down roots and settled into this safe and secure neighborhood to grow and flourish. They have found their place of permanence and belonging. They have found opportunity, dignity and community. They have found connection with compassionate people like you!
Thank you for giving our friends what they needed to restore and transform their lives!
Nearly 400 formerly homeless neighbors currently live in the Village, and we will soon reach full capacity in our 51-acre neighborhood. With your help, construction on the expansion of Community First! Village is well underway. Working with our partners at Foundation Communities, our two properties will provide 1350 homes comprising an additional 127 acres.
Through your faithful gifts, lives are transformed and those suffering alone on the streets are lifted up into community and home.
Learn More Here: mlf.org/christmas-at-home-2024
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Community First! Village: Finding Peace
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Our friend and neighbor, Tuana, was born in Louisiana and moved to East Texas as a young girl. Her fractured family wasn’t able to provide a stable foundation for her, and Tuana soon found herself surrounded by people who didn’t provide the care that she needed. She often worked odd jobs, but nothing consistent enough to pay her bills. Sadly, Tuana soon found herself without a home. She spent t...
Community First! Village: Life is Better in the Village
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Sippi,’ as he likes to be called, knows the power of a loving and supportive family. Raised by his mother and grandmother, he learned what it means to take care of each other, to work hard and to have faith in God. He made his way to Austin from Mississippi nearly 30 years ago and connected with his younger brother. However, through a storm of challenges and poor decisions made as a young man, ...
25th Anniversary Tribute
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“There’s a difference between powering through something and taking our time to absorb all that God has to provide as we are on the journey.” Watch as our founder and CEO, Alan Graham, reflects on the 25th anniversary of Mobile Loaves & Fishes. It is truly a miracle of God’s grace that this ministry, started 25 years ago by five friends and a formerly homeless man, continues to expand to meet t...
Collision Story - Community First! Village - Missional Residents
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In the fall of 2015, three couples from Austin Ridge Bible Church - the Smiths, Millers, and McConkeys - moved out to the Community First! village as missional residents. Community First! is a 51-acre master-planned community that provides affordable, sustainable housing and a supportive community for the disabled, chronically homeless in Central Texas. Interested in becoming a Missional? Check...
Holidays at Community First! Village 2023
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It is truly a miracle of God’s grace that this ministry, started 25 years ago by five friends and a formerly homeless man, continues to expand to meet the needs of our city’s most vulnerable neighbors. It is simply miraculous the vast number of people-compassionate people like you- that God has brought alongside us to serve our neighbors who have experienced homelessness or are still suffering ...
A Look Inside the Symposium for Goodness' Sake at Community First! Village
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At our Symposium for Goodness' Sake, attendees from across the country spend a few days at Community First! Village learning about what makes the Village work, and reflecting on how they can bring the Community First model back to their own communities. Some of them shared their reflections on why they wanted to come to the Symposium and what their experience was like. To learn more about sympo...
Community First! Village: Exactly Where I Belong
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It is rare that we go a day without seeing Blair out and about in the Village connecting with his neighbors. Nicknamed the “mayor” of Community First! Village by his friends, Blair has found purpose encouraging his neighbors to restore, renew and rebuild their lives. Blair believes that meeting people where they are and accepting them for who they are-with no judgement-is the key to making conn...
Community First! Village: A Place of Affiliation and Belonging
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Kate came home to Community First! Village in 2021. It took her some time to acclimate to her new home and community, but she has found healing and restoration here. Now we see Kate and her handiwork all over the neighborhood. She has found purposeful work on the property beautification team. In fact, she is the green thumb responsible for keeping the plants around the Graham household alive an...
Community First! Village: A Foundation to Build Upon
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Brandon grew up in the foster care system longing for a stable home with a caring family. Although he and his brothers were adopted when he was in high school, Brandon left his adoptive family’s home after graduation to follow his dream of attending college. Because Brandon’s childhood was fraught with uncertainty, instability and inconsistent family connections, he did not acquire the foundati...
Home for Christmas. Home for Good. Community First! Village 2022
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They made it home for Christmas, and now they are home for good! We are so thankful to share that more than 120 formerly homeless neighbors have come home to Community First! Village this year. Through the goodness of our donors, volunteers and supportive community, these men and women who have spent many years suffering on the streets of Austin, will spend this holiday season in their home wit...
Community First! Village of Lights 2022
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Village of Lights boasts more than 250,000 lights choreographed to holiday music and is one of the biggest Christmas light displays in Central Texas! Our Holiday Market offers unique, handcrafted gifts made by artists and makers who live in Community First! Village. Food will be available for purchase, classic Christmas movies will be featured in the Community Cinema and Santa will make an earl...
Goodness is Love in Action - Community First! Village
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When our community comes together to support and care for our most vulnerable neighbors, we all experience the goodness that is love in action! Community First! Village is an innovative master planned development that is currently home to more than 350 formerly homeless men and women who live in permanent homes in the 51- acre community. The expansion of the Village includes two new phases whic...
You Are The Community in Community First! Village
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You opened your heart and welcomed the men and women experiencing homelessness in Austin home to Community First! Village. You gave them a permanent place to live-not a temporary place to pass through. You surrounded them with people who will stand with them as they settle in and cultivate a new life while learning how to care for themselves and their neighbors. You’ve done this for more than 3...
Home Is Where Your Heart Lives
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Now safe and settled in their forever home at Community First! Village, Jason and Sabrina are supported by people who know and love them. They have found a new respect for themselves and feel a great sense of purpose and dignity. Jason earns a dignified income as an artist in our Community Works program. Sabrina works with our move-in team preparing homes for new neighbors. Read more of their s...
Community First! Village: A Home To Smile About
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Community First! Village: A Home To Smile About
Hope. Home. Holidays.
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Hope. Home. Holidays.
Community Happens Here
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Community Happens Here
Mustard Seed of an Idea Blooms into Home and Community for Homeless Neighbors
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Mustard Seed of an Idea Blooms into Home and Community for Homeless Neighbors
Community First! Village - Home for Christmas - Holidays 2020
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Community First! Village - Home for Christmas - Holidays 2020
Community First! Village - 2020 Video Tour
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Community First! Village - 2020 Video Tour
Community First! Village - Home for Good - Holidays 2019
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Community First! Village - Home for Good - Holidays 2019
Austin Forging Competition 2019
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Austin Forging Competition 2019
Community First! Village of Lights 2019
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Community First! Village of Lights 2019
Lee's Story: Really Proud to Live Here
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Lee's Story: Really Proud to Live Here
Finding Home: Community First! Village
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Finding Home: Community First! Village
Haley & Robert - Family at Community First! Village
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Haley & Robert - Family at Community First! Village
Shelia's Story: This is My Safe Haven
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Shelia's Story: This is My Safe Haven
Richard's Story: Connected to Community
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Richard's Story: Connected to Community
Community First! Village of Lights 2018
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Community First! Village of Lights 2018

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Jskh
    @Jskh Місяць тому

    Wonderful work. Praise our heavenly Father. Let's all work towards doing the good that we're supposed to be doing.

  • @JESUS555
    @JESUS555 9 місяців тому

    Proud of all you who helped in any way 😊😊

  • @maryobrien474
    @maryobrien474 2 роки тому

    Hi Alan, would love to connect with you. I sent a message. Keep it up!

  • @sethstephenssharedexperien1689
    @sethstephenssharedexperien1689 4 роки тому

    Seems like a dream I have

  • @barlandrew
    @barlandrew 7 років тому

    this is kick-up-your-heels beautiful. Mobile Loaves is literally the best.

  • @lillacoix9808
    @lillacoix9808 9 років тому

    Beautiful!!!

  • @fayetindall5187
    @fayetindall5187 9 років тому

    Are you also in the Arkansas area

  • @TamiIsaacs
    @TamiIsaacs 10 років тому

    Amen & May God continue blessing this project! :-)

  • @johnhazmathaddad1489
    @johnhazmathaddad1489 10 років тому

    This is my friend. Im really happy for him!

  • @suzannedavis9801
    @suzannedavis9801 11 років тому

    you are doing what I want to do.