Abundant Life Church celebrates reopening and 38th anniversary | Photo Gallery
A man looks at a timeline of Abundant Life Church during the church’s rededication and 38th anniversary service on Sunday, March 11.
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From front to back, Gabreille Rocha, Morgan Major, and Rachel Hagan check out a timeline documenting the 38-year history of Abundant Life Church.
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A couple walks toward the front of Abundant Life Church for the church’s rededication ceremony and 38th anniversary service on Sunday, March 11.
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Three boys watch a video on one of the new televisions hanging throughout Abundant Life Church before service Sunday night.
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Three-year-old Roman Murphy says hello to church goers before the start of Sunday’s service at Abundant Life Church.
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Hannah Rothermel, left, and Mason Kent welcome guests to Abundant Life Church’s first service inside its renovated sanctuary on Sunday, March 11.
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Church members head inside the sanctuary for Abundant Life Church’s rededication ceremony and 38th anniversary service on Sunday, March 11.
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From left, Andy McGraw plays the guitar while Jonathan Barksdale and Isabella Saloom sing the words to “Great is Thy Faithfulness.”
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Greg Beatty, lead pastor of Abundant Life Church, welcomes church members to a special rededication service and 38th anniversary celebration on Sunday, March 11.
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Abundant Life Church, founded in March 1980, celebrated the reopening of its sanctuary during a rededication service and 38th anniversary celebration on Sunday, March 11.
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Members of Abundant Life Church extend their arms toward the stage as Rev. Kemp Holden says a prayer over ALC’s pastoral staff.
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Jude Guillory, front, and Sophia Swaggerty test out the new rock-climbing wall found in Abundant Life Church’s new children’s church area.
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Marie Saloom, left, welcomes church goers from inside Abundant Life Church’s new connect center in the middle of the front lobby.
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Six boys test their climbing skills on Abundant Life Church’s new rock-climbing wall found in the new children’s church area.
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Cousins Cohen Craig, front, and Jacob Vellier emerge from the new jungle gym in Abundant Life Church’s new-look preschool area.
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The sanctuary inside Abundant Life Church was completely gutted and refurbished after it took in up to 7 feet of water during the Great Flood of 2016.
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Ashley Colon, middle, tries to give her infant son Ethan, left, a toy while her daughter Viharys watches from behind.