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Streamed Live on September 11, 2026 Reaching Up: A Sacred Assembly 25 Year of Remembrance Honoring Pastor Rick & Pastor Marc Hosted by: Abounding Grace Ministries & Primitive Christian Church Planted at Ground Zero 25 Years of Remembrance The seeds that bloomed into Thrive Collective were planted in The Pile at Ground Zero on 9/11.…
read more“On the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, PCC [Primitive Christian Church] pauses to remember and honor Pastor Rick Del Rio and Pastor Marc Rivera, whose faithful response helped make the love of Christ visible through action. This short film brings together photographs and original camcorder footage recorded by Matthew Rivera—Pastor Marc’s 15-year-old son—in the…
read moreThrive Collective’s founding community liaison Pastor Rick Del Rio shares his experience as a first responder to Ground Zero on 9/11, and the sacrifice he continues to make for his bravery. The seeds that grew into Thrive Collective were planted in the rubble at Ground Zero, and cultivated in the response that followed. Video produced for the…
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***MEDIA ADVISORY. COVERAGE AND CAMERAS WELCOME*** Arts Collective Commemorates 30 Years of Shaping NYC and Its Youth With Monumental 800th Mural On Lower East Side NEW YORK, N.Y. (May 18, 2026) – Thrive Collective, a nonprofit organization with a 30-year history of arts and mentoring throughout New York City, is celebrating bringing professional artists and…
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Illustration by Mario Ruiz Photos & Reflection by Jeremy Del Rio The seeds that bloomed into Thrive Collective were planted in The Pile at Ground Zero on 9/11. My father Pastor Rick Del Rio’s 9/11 story and my own have been well reported. See this Tedx talk for a summary: thrivecollective.org/tedx. What’s less well known…
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Rev. Rick Del Rio was one of the first clergy to arrive on the scene at Ground Zero. The founding pastor at Abounding Grace Ministries on the Lower East Side and Community Liaison for Thrive Collective, he recently reflected on the events of 9/11 as the nation commemorated the 22nd anniversary. On the morning of…
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“Twenty years ago, I woke up as a NYC corporate lawyer. I never made it to the office that day, and never went back.“I joined my father Pastor Rick Del Rio at Ground Zero on 9/12. He had been the first clergy responder after Father Mychal Judge passed, arriving moments after the second tower collapsed.…
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Thrive Collective executive director Jeremy Del Rio woke up a corporate lawyer on 9/11. He never made it to work that day, and never returned to practicing law. Here he is (L) along with Thrive’s community outreach director Pastor Rick Del Rio of Abounding Grace Ministries (C) and Pastor Marc Rivera of Primitive Christian Church (R)…
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You might wonder how Thrive Sports has been organizing 3-on-3 basketball tournaments for 24 years, when it only launched officially last month. Here’s how. Collage from past AGM/Xcel tournaments. Jeremy produced his first basketball tournament in 1994 for Abounding Grace Ministries, and they’ve continued the Lower East Side tradition ever since. Accounting for one unfortunate…
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An Important Announcement Concerning Thrive Collective’s Community Liaison Rick Del Rio From the Abounding Grace Ministries website. On April 9, 2018, Pastor Rick Del Rio was officially diagnosed with a form of Thyroid Cancer that his doctors certified as related to his work at Ground Zero after 9/11. The doctors believe that they have caught…
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