Reimagine Century Breathes New Life Into A Community In Need

September 14, 2014

Reimagine Century’s goal was to breathe new life into Century, where the faithful reached out to touch the hearts and lives of area residents in need.

That goal appeared to have been reached both spiritually and literally Saturday as a young woman gave birth in an ambulance at Century’s Showalter Park during the event. (We are told mom and baby are doing fine.)

For hundreds and hundreds more in need, the event brought new life and new hope with a caring word, a quick prayer and uplifting music, along with  clothing,  food, medical screenings, diapers, laundry detergent and even lunch….everything absolutely free.

For a photo gallery, click here.

Saturday’s Reimagine event was supported by a $25,000 grant from State Farm Neighborhood Assist program. A similar event — Reimagine Brownsville — is planned for Saturday, October 25.

Reimagine Century was sponsored in part by numerous organizations, including NorthEscambia.com,  Abundant Life Church, Aids Healthcare Foundation, At the Table Ministries, Bagdad Assembly of God, Bay Area Food Bank, Bethany Christian Services, BRACE, Century Chamber of Commerce, Century Correctional Center, Century First Baptist Church, Covenant Hospice of Milton, CrossFaith Church Molino, Crown Church, Escambia County Early Learning Coalition, Escambia County Head Start, Escambia County Healthy Start Coalition, Energion Publishing Company, Escambia County School District, Escambia County Sheriffs Department, Flomaton First Baptist Church, Froman Fun Inflatables, George Stone Career Bus, Harvest Christian Center/Cantonment, HIS Horse Team, Ministry Village at Olive Baptist Church, Mission Fishin’ Ministry, NAACP Youth Council, New Beginnings Worship Center of Brewton, Northview High School NJROTC, Pensacola House of Prayer, Pensacola Teen Challenge, Salvation Army, Shannon Productions, Soundscapes Sound Company, Step-Up for Students, Tabernacle Baptist Church, The Extra Mile Ministry, Tom Thumb Stores, Transformation Church, Truth for Youth and United Bank.

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4 Responses to “Reimagine Century Breathes New Life Into A Community In Need”

  1. Linda English on September 15th, 2014 2:15 am

    Thank you just is not adequate enough to express our gratitude for all the volunteers from the many businesses, churches, ministries and community agencies, who gave of their time, talent and money to make the Reimagine Century event such a success. Our prayer was that the Century community would be blessed in a tangible and spiritual way. We believe the birth of the baby actually signified the birth of a new thing in Century. We made so many new friends in Century. To say we were blessed by our guests is an understatement. God bless you! Greg and I are forever grateful!!!

  2. janice on September 14th, 2014 11:23 pm

    Thanks to all the wonderful people who gave all their time to put on this most appreciated event. So many worked so hard to make it a success. Thank you for the blessings you gave us. And the beautiful music. I know you blessed me and my family and I pray God blesses you all for the loving, hard working, generous, and Christian sprite that was shown thru out this day to all. Thank you so much.

  3. Robin Sutton on September 14th, 2014 7:55 am

    Abundant Life is so grateful to Olive Baptist church for all the experienced Reimagine help they brought. They were organized and knew exactly what to do, we would have been completely overwhelmed without their support. Also, Teen Challenge and all the others who helped the people get the overflowing boxes of food to their cars, thank you!! Yesterday was truly a day of the body of Christ coming together.

  4. Liana on September 14th, 2014 7:05 am

    Yesterday was a blast. My Mom, two sons and I went to the event and came home withal kinds of great things, with the exception of a sunburn. Lol. I want to Thank All of the churches, organizations and volunteers that made Reimagine Century possible.

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