2024-04-09T13:07:12-04:00 2023-12-31 232749044 BEE BERGVALL & CO PO BOX 754 WARRINGTON PA 189760754 990EZ 2023-01-01 232204413 LIFE ABUNDANT INC LIFE 2154890200 PO BOX 412 DOYLESTOWN PA 18901 JONATHAN LEWIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2154890200 2024-04-02 true JONATHAN LEWIS XXX-XX-XXXX false CYNTHIA BERGVALL CPA P00133440 2153432727 2024-04-09 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X N/A X X 184400 X 184394 6 8889 -8889 175511 102170 6837 11987 12768 133762 41749 141316 183065 X 142677 185007 993 1016 143670 186023 2354 2958 141316 183065 X COUNSELING TO THOSE INCARCERATED AND EX-OFFENDERS. PRISONER COUNSELING AND OUTREACH: LIFE ABUNDANT, INC. IS AN EVANGELICAL, NON-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRY. LIFE ABUNDANT, INC. WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1978 IN ORDER TO HELP FACILITATE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE LIFE VIEW OF INMATES AND EX-OFFENDERS AND TO RAISE THEIR HOPES OF ESCAPING THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF CRIME AND RECIDIVISM. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, LIFE ABUNDANT STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE ASSISTED COUNTLESS INMATES, EX-OFFENDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES DEVELOP SOUND PRINCIPLES IN THEIR SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND SPIRITUAL LIVES. WE PRIMARILY SEEK TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF REPEATED IMPRISONMENT BY INTRODUCING INMATES, EX-OFFENDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO JESUS CHRIST. THROUGH GOD'S LOVE AND GRACE, INMATES ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME ADDICTIONS AND THE DEBILITATING ISSUES THAT WERE THE ROOT CAUSES OF REPEATED INCARCERATION. AS INMATES, EX-OFFENDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES DEVELOP CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN THEIR LIVES, THEY CAN BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. LIFE ABUNDANT, INC. IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED PRISON MINISTRIES IN BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AND HAS BEEN A POSITIVE FORCE AT THE BUCKS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND THE BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY-CORRECTIONS CENTER SINCE THEY OPENED IN 1985 AND 1991, RESPECTIVELY. LIFE ABUNDANT, INC. OFFERS A DIVERSITY OF SERVICES FOR THOSE INCARCERATED AND RECENTLY RELEASED. SEVERAL SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES AND OTHERS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION. IN-PRISON MINISTRY: STAFF MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS FACILITATE BOTH BIBLE STUDIES AND CHAPEL SERVICES AT THE BUCKS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND AT THE BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS (AKA WORK RELEASE). BIBLE STUDIES ARE LED BY A TEACHER(S) THROUGHOUT THE WEEK ON DESIGNATED DAYS. STAFF MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS MAY ALSO MENTOR MEN AND WOMEN INMATES AT EITHER OF THE FACILITIES AND ONCE AN INMATE IS RELEASED. POST-PRISON MINISTRY: LIFE ABUNDANT ASSISTS RELEASED MEN AND WOMEN IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION, MENTORING REFERRALS, CHURCH ASSIMILATION, AND CONTINUING DISCIPLESHIP DIRECT AID FUND: FOR MANY YEARS, THE MINISTRY OF LIFE ABUNDANT HAS UTILIZED A DIRECT AID FUND TO HELP INDIVIDUAL INMATES, EX-OFFENDERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH FINANCIAL NEEDS. BECAUSE OF INCARCERATION, MOST INMATES AND EX-OFFENDERS HAVE LOST THEIR APARTMENTS OR HOMES AND MUST "START OVER" AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL. 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IS AN EVANGELICAL, NON-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRY. LIFE ABUNDANT, INC. WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1978 IN ORDER TO HELP FACILITATE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE LIFE VIEW OF INMATES AND EX-OFFENDERS AND TO RAISE THEIR HOPES OF ESCAPING THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF CRIME AND RECIDIVISM. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, LIFE ABUNDANT STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE ASSISTED COUNTLESS INMATES, EX-OFFENDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES DEVELOP SOUND PRINCIPLES IN THEIR SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND SPIRITUAL LIVES. WE PRIMARILY SEEK TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF REPEATED IMPRISONMENT BY INTRODUCING INMATES, EX-OFFENDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO JESUS CHRIST. THROUGH GOD'S LOVE AND GRACE, INMATES ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME ADDICTIONS AND THE DEBILITATING ISSUES THAT WERE THE ROOT CAUSES OF REPEATED INCARCERATION. AS INMATES, EX-OFFENDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES DEVELOP CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN THEIR LIVES, THEY CAN BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. LIFE ABUNDANT, INC. IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED PRISON MINISTRIES IN BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AND HAS BEEN A POSITIVE FORCE AT THE BUCKS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND THE BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY-CORRECTIONS CENTER SINCE THEY OPENED IN 1985 AND 1991, RESPECTIVELY. LIFE ABUNDANT, INC. OFFERS A DIVERSITY OF SERVICES FOR THOSE INCARCERATED AND RECENTLY RELEASED. SEVERAL SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES AND OTHERS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION. IN-PRISON MINISTRY: STAFF MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS FACILITATE BOTH BIBLE STUDIES AND CHAPEL SERVICES AT THE BUCKS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND AT THE BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS (AKA WORK RELEASE). BIBLE STUDIES ARE LED BY A TEACHER(S) THROUGHOUT THE WEEK ON DESIGNATED DAYS. STAFF MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS MAY ALSO MENTOR MEN AND WOMEN INMATES AT EITHER OF THE FACILITIES AND ONCE AN INMATE IS RELEASED. POST-PRISON MINISTRY: LIFE ABUNDANT ASSISTS RELEASED MEN AND WOMEN IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION, MENTORING REFERRALS, CHURCH ASSIMILATION, AND CONTINUING DISCIPLESHIP DIRECT AID FUND: FOR MANY YEARS, THE MINISTRY OF LIFE ABUNDANT HAS UTILIZED A DIRECT AID FUND TO HELP INDIVIDUAL INMATES, EX-OFFENDERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH FINANCIAL NEEDS. BECAUSE OF INCARCERATION, MOST INMATES AND EX-OFFENDERS HAVE LOST THEIR APARTMENTS OR HOMES AND MUST "START OVER" AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL. MANY VARIABLES ARE CONSIDERED FOR THOSE WHO APPLY AND RESOURCES ARE DISTRIBUTED ONLY AFTER EACH REQUEST HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY VETTED.