By Rick Burnette We greeted 2020 with plans and actions. Not only was CBF Disaster Response moving forward with involvement in the Bahamas, efforts were continuing in hurricane devastated areas of Florida and North Carolina. Additionally, we were providing support for the earthquake recovery in Puerto Rico. Although we were preparing for the inevitable 2020 … Continue reading
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With, Not For—CBF field personnel partners with organizations to empower, engage and uplift Florida farmworkers
By Blake Tommey Did you know that the farmworkers who produce two-thirds of the United States’ wintertime tomatoes often have a hard time feeding themselves and their families? In fact, when Rick and Ellen Burnette, directors of Cultivate Abundance, began interviewing migrant farmworkers in Immokalee, Florida, they found that families may at times only have tortillas dipped in … Continue reading
HAB, a place of grace, creates a place of acceptance
It wasn’t an ordinary day because it isn’t an ordinary church. This Place of Grace has served through the years to share the presence of Jesus Christ throughout the Jacksonville community and truly throughout the world. The church structure is not The Church, and even though HAB has been without the usual facilities that house this worshipping community for the past two years, it has still been the church at it’s finest. Continue reading