a positively jacked story something to
smile about this morning Legacy
Ministries has special activities plans
for their grand opening this week it was
founded one year ago and now it has a
new home with the renovation of their
newest facility so joining us this
morning pastor
Abraham Lincoln Washington and Lady Lisa
Washington good to have you back here on
the morning show appreciate you coming
in and I know that this is a big thing
for you all first of all we want to talk
about what legacy legacy ministries is
and what you all do in the community
well we're an awesome Church progressive
Church and we were born after the death
of my brother apostle RJ Washington
we've been the church on the move so
we've a pretty large group we've grown
quickly about a thousand members and
we've been having services and a number
of our the hotels here in Jacksonville
so now we have a church home and it's
awesome to carry on the legacy loving
Souls it's nice to not have to move from
place to place the place right
absolutely tell me lady Lisa about just
what you try to do for the community to
make Jacksonville a better place what
makes legacy ministries so unique is
that we have an awesome extensive
outreach where we go out and help the
homeless we we make sure that our youth
are involved and our facility is not
just for in-house Church we want to make
sure we reach the communities of
Jacksonville Florida so tell me a little
bit about the completion of this
facility I mean what's the capacity what
are some of the services you're gonna be
able to offer well it's gonna seat about
1100 yeah and what's unique about our
grand opening this week it's not just
about the church we're also launching a
parachurch organization I am my
brother's keeper foundation because
we've been as a church kind of homeless
our focus is to really try to end
homelessness here in Jacksonville
Florida so we're really excited because
not just church furniture CH we want to
change the city and come alongside other
churches to hit some of the real needs
that our city is facing and you're doing
it in honor of your brother picking up
where he left off absolutely absolutely
the legacy continues and so I'm sure
that a lot of people are excited about
the building
yes putting the choir right we've set it
up to view like a studio church so we
can achieve blackout in it we can kind
of do a number of things that you do
here in your studio but it also it's an
awesome space for many of our ease
everyone's excited tell me who this
church is geared towards we are geared
towards reaching everyone hmm we're not
just a one-dimensional ministry we want
to reach the loss the least the
Forgotten all races denominations we're
here for everyone is in value to come to
Legacy ministries and people that want
to kind of come and see if it's right
for them can go to the grand opening
right open to the public
absolutely starting Thursday night at 7
o'clock p.m. we're going to have some
amazing guests we've got a trivet coming
we've got Micah Stampley these are some
of you know gospel singers that are
extraordinary and I know it's going to
be a great experience with Jacksonville
Florida so really people are gonna get
to get a feel of what they get every
week if they were to attend your
services directly absolutely so as far
as going there what do you need to do do
you need to RSVP can you just show up
all you have to do is you love 8:47
University Boulevard north when the Town
and Country Shopping Center we had an
opportunity to kind of peek where we
wanted to plan our church we could have
gone in a number of communities well we
saw the Arlington area being an area of
need a place where some folks are moving
out we wanted to move in we want to
bring and touch some of the innocence
areas that are going through difficult
times that is interesting because I'm
someone that grew up in the Arlington
neighborhood and I've kind of seen the
rise and fall of the town and country
center and a lot of vacant buildings
there you know that empty strip mall so
you're able to bring that in and maybe
get some some businesses that come
around there right they can mutually
benefit is that you could have a
symbiotic relationship well a strategic
place to be right at the bottom of the
matthews bridge with the jaguar stadium
on the other side and then now have a
place where we're gonna be doing
something positive you know every
morning every sunday morning throughout
the week it's an awesome opportunity so
maybe some people can go to church with
you op the Mathews bridge go to the Jags
game
some of that fraying good right well
thank you both for coming on
congratulations on your new facility and
I hope that this week is a whole lot of
fun and that you're able to keep up with
all the excitement's absolutely