Learning to Become God-Dependent Through the Most Excellent Way
The Most Excellent Way (MEW) is Ministry Village at Olive’s program focused on providing faith-based support for addiction recovery. Meetings take place each week at Olive’s main [...]
Dangerous Drugs Are Just Around Your Corner
A.J. Robey is the Opioid Task Force Specialist VISTA serving in partnership with United Way of Escambia County, AmeriCorps VISTA, and Ministry Village at Olive, Inc. A.J. has recently joined the [...]
Uniting to Combat Addiction in Northwest Florida – Part 2
As evidence of the growing opioid epidemic continues to ravage the nation, Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties are also falling victim. Last week, Ministry Village at Olive announced a new special [...]
Uniting to Combat Addiction in Northwest Florida – Part 1
The opioid crisis you hear about on the news is not just a national epidemic. According to a 2017 Pensacola News Journal story, there were more opioid prescriptions in Escambia County in 2016 [...]
Connecting Families Through the Love of Jesus
1 in 28 American children lives with the shame of a parent’s incarceration; that’s one boy or girl in every classroom. The Ministry Village Angel Tree Banquet works to connect these families [...]
From a Child of Abuse to a Child of The King – Part 2
On October 19, 1998, I sat down a thief, a liar, a drunk and an adulterous woman; but when I stood up, I was a princess and a child of the most High King.” Stacey had accepted Jesus as her [...]
From a Child of Abuse to a Child of The King
When asked to tell her story, Stacey repeatedly says, “God is faithful,” with a smile on her face. If you know her story, you’d have to believe in the healing power of God to understand how she [...]
Breaking the Chains of Addiction
The Most Excellent Way (MEW) began as a weekly prayer meeting in San Diego, CA in 1986, as a way to restore confidence to the addicted. By using the Word of God and Its guiding principles, MEW [...]
Bringing the Compassion of Christ to Addiction Recovery
Today, more than 4 million women in this country abuse drugs. 23.5 million Americans are addicted to alcohol and drugs. According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 1 in 10 soldiers [...]
