Chief Executive Director
Min Sandra Henry serves as an ordained minister of Abundant Love Fellowship Church in Waco , Texas, under the leadership of Dr. Edward L. Ross, Sr. Pastor and serves on the Rise Outreach Ministry team. Min. Sandra has served in ministry for over twenty-five years and she has served as Assistant Sunday School Superintendent, Director of Education Ministry, Youth Ministry Director and Community and Missions Director.
Min Sandra Henry serves as an ordained minister of Abundant Love Fellowship Church in Waco , Texas, under the leadership of Dr. Edward L. Ross, Sr. Pastor and serves on the Rise Outreach Ministry team. Min. Sandra has served in ministry for over twenty-five years and she has served as Assistant Sunday School Superintendent, Director of Education Ministry, Youth Ministry Director and Community and Missions Director.
She also serves as a member of the Community Race Relations Council and a member of the Parents Against Crime Coalition. She is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States Army. She is married to Joseph Henry, a retired Army Vietnam veteran with twenty years of service and a total of thirty-four years of government service after retiring from the VA Medical Center in Waco, Texas. Together they have four children, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She retired from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office with twenty-four years of service. She served as the Women Veterans Coordinator, serving women veterans in Central Texas, for more than thirteen years and retired while serving veterans and their families in the Veterans Services (Personal Interview – Front Desk) Division.
She has been serving on the Prosper Waco Community Engagement Council, the Education Steering Committee and Working Group since 2015. She has worked with the Kindergarten Readiness Working Group of Prosper Waco to promote a free parenting tool called, VROOM. VROOM is a tool that any adult can use to help prepare their children for kindergarten. Through Prosper Waco she assisted in an East Waco community initiative at Estella Maxey Apts. called MOMS” (Maxeymizing Our Moms). This community initiative allowed the parents of the East Waco community to sit at the table with other community leaders to develop ways to best serve the needs of their children. Min Sandra has worked to develop a book club and mentorship program in J. H. Hines with the Abundant Love Fellowship Church, Alexis Christensen and Ryn Farmer, Waco Community Development, community organizers, and many community leaders for the past three years.
In May 2015, Min Sandra joined the sisterhood of cancer survivors and was diagnosed with Type II Carcinoma Breast cancer. Her faith in God sustained her during this horrific time. She heard the voice of God saying to her, “Fear not, all is well”. She held to that promise and fought the fight too many women and men have had to endure every day. She received a lumpectomy and today, she is cancer free! With gratitude to God, she knew she had to do something and listened to God as He directed her to the mission call! A Celebration of Life, inspired by God, was developed at The Spa at Canyon Oaks, Crawford, Texas. That was just the beginning of God’s plan for this ministry and His manifestation of my purpose! I am growing into my destiny!
Author of “Fear Not All is Well.”