Program Overview
The goal is to create the next generation of leaders from within the East Knoxville community focusing on their spiritual, personal, and professional development. Participants will complete a series of workshops, seminars, discussions, classes, bible studies, and experiences aimed to help them develop a foundation built on faith, develop core values, and develop a five year plan that will hopefully lead towards financial stability and long term success. In year one we will instruct, employ, and house six young men.
Spiritual development
Proverbs Study Group
Testimonials
Discipleship and Mentoring
Career Development
10 Month Internship
Career Planning
Etiquette and Professionalism
Woodworking Basics
Intro to Entrepreneurship
Personal Development
Life Skills Classes
Financial Literacy
Leadership Workshops
Public Speaking
Team Building
The Penultimate Approach
At Penultimate we have an untraditional approach to program development. Our programming is developed on a foundation of family values, holistic and social support, and hope in the future. As a team, together, we build this foundation in individuals that enables them to thrive in the present, learn from the past, and focus on the future. The goal of self-sufficiency starts from learning how to live and thrive in interdependency because no one can do it alone. But achieving self-sufficiency, “alone” is a misconception. A popular saying is “It takes a village to raise a child”, but the foundation of a village is a two-parent home. We believe the foundation of a family is built on having a father and mother in the home.
Summer 2021 Newsletter
The long term goal is for these young men to become contributing members of society, obtain stable sustainable employment, and end the cycle of fatherless families and generational poverty ultimately becoming leaders and role models in the community through service and volunteerism.
