Multimedia Project 3: Unsung Hero Documentary

Youth Pastor Donovan Moody of Life Church Memphis is a difference maker. Attending Life Church for 16 years has shaped his heart to love like Jesus loves. Making a difference in his community and impacting the youth at his church is a big goal for him, goal he works out well. 

He is a lead pastor of Axis. "Axis is a youth group through the Life Church. For 6th through 12th grade students to be able to come up and spend some time together in Christian community. We worship, preach about the Bible, we have time for building relationships, and we just have a lot of fun." 

On Wednesday, November 20th, 2024, at the Life Church of Memphis Highland location, Axis "Tribesgiving addition" was hosted. Where 6th through 12th graders, volunteers, and staff who all invested in a Thanksgiving potluck engaged in worship and hearing the word.

Pastor Moody has been impacting the youth long before he became a youth pastor. He has been a youth pastor for four years. Moody says, "be a leader, to be somebody the youth feel comfortable with, they can talk to, they can be encouraged by. It means me giving back for the people that impacted me when I was a youth."

Some unseen things that Moody feels encourage the students are being a male role model in the eyes of the students that walk through the doors. "A lot of the students we have don't have that... The students would describe me as an uncle, big brother, or sometimes father." 

It's so fulfilling I wouldn't rather do anything else." - Donovan Moody