ENP News

You Can’t Build on Broken, with Joe White

Episode Three of What’s Good in the Neighborhood is here!

What would it look like to view the people and places around us as gifts, not negatives? In this episode, Andrew and Grace sit down with Joe White, pastor of Neighborhood Church in the historic Jackson Neighborhood of Fresno, CA. Joe is a long time advocate of be a church with the neighborhood, not a church to or for it. Joe reminds us that Jesus is the absolute best news we can give, and the He himself cares about people and places and the thriving of them both.

Gabrielle PicenoYou Can’t Build on Broken, with Joe White
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What is the Impact of $903,060 in Volunteer Time?

Nonprofits like Every Neighborhood Partnership (ENP) cannot do what we do without volunteers. 

In 2023, volunteers invested 28,938 hours in Fresno schools and neighborhoods through ENP’s School Support and Neighborhood Development programs. These hours are equal to $903,060.53 in value. That’s almost $1,000,000 of volunteer hours poured into the city of Fresno! 

“If you look around your city and see things you want to change, but you don’t know how, start by volunteering with a nonprofit,” says Andrew Feil, ENP’s Executive Director. “Your time is worth more than you can imagine.”

Continue reading to learn what impact volunteers have on Fresno schools, neighborhoods, and future generations. ↓

Ashley GoldsmithWhat is the Impact of $903,060 in Volunteer Time?
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Transforming a Community, with Dina Gonzalez-Pina

Episode Two of What’s Good in the Neighborhood is here! Subscribe where you get podcasts!

God longs for shalom, and He’s asking us to work towards shalom in our spaces. Every Neighborhood Partnership has adopted the language and frameworks of Christian Community Development to pursue God’s shalom! CCD ideas act as the tide beneath the waves of our work here at Every Neighborhood Partnership. Andrew and Grace sit down with Dina Gonzalez-Pina, who has been a member of the board of the Christian Community Development Association and is currently the director of the Mennonite Central Committee on the West Coast. Dina helps us unpack the eight pillars of CCD philosophy and Andrew and Grace tie it back contextually to our work here at ENP.

Gabrielle PicenoTransforming a Community, with Dina Gonzalez-Pina
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In Fresno as It Is in Heaven, with Daniel Dominguez

Episode One of What’s Good in the Neighborhood has launched! Subscribe where you get podcasts!

In our very first episode of our very first series, we sit down with Daniel Dominguez, Every Neighborhood Partnership’s Neighborhood Development Director. Daniel has been on staff with ENP for over 6 years, and is a culture carrier for us here at the organization. We talk about God’s heart and vision for not only a city but for a people, and what that means for us as we engage with our neighbors and the poor. You’ll hear us reference the Bible a handful of times as we unpack what it means for us to come into alignment with what God would desire when we say, In Fresno as it is in Heaven.

Gabrielle PicenoIn Fresno as It Is in Heaven, with Daniel Dominguez
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Trailer: What’s Good in the Neighborhood

Our trailer for What’s Good in the Neighborhood has launched! Subscribe where you get podcasts!

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andrewfeilTrailer: What’s Good in the Neighborhood
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A Pastor’s Challenge to Christians in our City

David Delgado, The Garage Community Church.

Two years ago, the principal of Pyle Elementary asked Every Neighborhood Partnership (ENP) if there was a local church who would like to partner with their school. He was specifically looking for volunteers to serve as mentors for their 5th and 6th grade students.

Pyle Elementary School is about a ten minute walk from The Garage Community Church. “They’re our neighbors,” says David Delgado, a deacon at the church.

Ashley GoldsmithA Pastor’s Challenge to Christians in our City
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ENP Training + Resources: Redemptive Impact Accelerator

Are you a local faith-based leader or non-profit looking to grow your leadership in 2024? ENP would love for you to consider joining our Redemptive Impact Accelerator in partnership with the Center for Community Transformation and Ten Talents Foundation.

Located here in Fresno, Ca, the Redemptive Impact Accelerator is a 3 1/2 month long co-hort to equip non-profit leader to think strategically for the long term and make real impact in their communities. The cohort will focus on the key elements for a redemptive non-profit: Story, Programs, Team, Board, Funding, and Identity. Leaders are partnered with coaches to walk alongside the organizations in this 5-month program. Leaders walk away with structures to ensure they have clear impact goals, a strategy for their funding priorities and a clear vision for the path ahead.

Taught in part by Andrew Feil, Executive Director of Every Neighborhood Partnership, come learn from non-profit leaders here in the Valley making redemptive change now.

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Grace BergENP Training + Resources: Redemptive Impact Accelerator
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Every Neighborhood Partnership Launching New Fresno Drive Tours in 2024!

Do you want to uncover the hidden gems and untold stories of Fresno from your car? Do you have a desire to know your city and get involved at a deeper level? Every Neighborhood Partnership (ENP) is thrilled to invite you to dive into the heart of our city through our new and improved Drive Tours!

Ashley GoldsmithEvery Neighborhood Partnership Launching New Fresno Drive Tours in 2024!
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