Thrive partners with communities to pursue spiritual, emotional, academic, and physical wholeness. 

What makes Thrive different?

  • The love that compels us is the love that brought us from our plight as spiritual orphans into God’s family. We provide Gospel-saturated programs pointing to the Redeemer. We teach Bible study 2-3 times per week through LifeWay's Gospel Project for kids. A key element of our ministry is sharing God's love through consistent, loving discipline. Through one-on-one conversations with students, we communicate grace, Biblical Truth, forgiveness, and the desire for obedience.

  • Brokenness begets brokenness. Through telling the truth to each other and ourselves, healing and restoration can begin. Understanding our past helps us embrace a brighter future. We address emotional needs through counseling as well as mentorship opportunities.

  • Academic assistance is especially beneficial for children who don’t have English-speaking and/or literate caretakers who can help at home. We address academic needs through homework help, our reading intensive summer program, reading enrichment, math enrichment, and one-on-one reading tutoring.

  • We serve students a snack after school and feed them dinner before taking them home. We also provide wellness and health education and opportunities for exercise throughout the week. Additionally, we offer sports participation through partnerships with community sports leagues.

Thrive connects caring adults with at-risk youth through gospel-centered relationships. 

Thrive desires to see communities transformed by the gospel

  • Our program runs on helping kids take responsibility for their actions.

  • Daily attendance is required.

    The average student spends over 700 hours per year at Thrive.

  • We believe the Bible is the ultimate authority.

  • Spiritual

  • Emotional

  • Academic

  • Physical