Communications lead · Author · Host
Make it plain.
I help mission driven organizations say what they mean in words their people actually use. Six years inside federal communications, five published books, and a talk show built on the same idea.
The work, in one line
Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.Habakkuk 2:2, NKJV
Three doors
About
Clear words, built for people who have to act on them.
I spent six years writing inside federal agencies, where a single paragraph might travel from a scientist to a senior executive to a member of the public without ever getting easier to read. My job was to make sure it did.
I do the same work now for organizations with a mission and a small team, through Mergia Communications. Alongside that I write children's books and Bible curriculum, lead children's ministry at CJC Church in Northern Virginia, and host The Abe-Unit Show.
Different rooms, same discipline. Take something true and important, and hand it over in a form the listener can carry.
Mergia Communications
Fractional Communications Lead
Senior communications leadership for organizations that need the thinking of a director without the headcount of one. I take ownership of the message and the calendar, and I report to you like a member of the team.
Associations
Member communications and executive voice, on a publishing rhythm that keeps your members informed.
Christian nonprofits
Development and ministry communications that hold to the mission and still move a donor to act.
Mission driven schools
Admissions and family communications, on a calendar that keeps the school community close.
Capabilities
Executive correspondence
Letters, remarks, board updates, and leadership messages written in the voice of the person signing them.
Internal communications
Newsletters, staff updates, and announcement plans that reach the whole team on schedule.
Technical translation
Science, policy, and program content rewritten so a general audience can follow it start to finish.
Message architecture
One set of words for the organization, so the website, the pitch, and the annual report agree with each other.
Editorial systems
A content calendar, templates, and a review path your team can run after the engagement ends.
Website design and build
Fast, clean sites for organizations that need their front door to match the work behind it.
Where the reps came from
Big organizations with short deadlines and long review chains.
Federal communications teaches a specific muscle. Every sentence gets read by someone with authority to change it, and the audience on the other end still needs to understand it the first time. A small mission driven team feels the same pressure with a board and a donor base watching.
The entry point
The Clarity Audit
A focused review of how your organization communicates right now, delivered as a written document you can hand to your board. It is the fastest way to see whether we work well together, and it stands on its own if we stop there.
- A review of your current materials and how often they go out
- A written findings document with what is working and what to build next
- A prioritized set of moves for the next ninety days
- A working session to walk through all of it with your team
Books & Curriculum
Scripture, handed to a child in words they can carry.
Five published books and a growing library of curriculum, written for teachers and for the parents doing this at the kitchen table.
Latest release
The Vine Kids: Rooted, Growing, Shining
Fourteen days to build a faith that lasts. Short daily readings that give children ages 7 to 10 language for who God is and who they are becoming, with a leader and parent handbook that makes it easy to teach on a Sunday or a Tuesday night.
Also by Abenezer
Fiction
What My Mother Hid From Me
A flash fiction story about a family secret and the truth about Uncle Benny. One sitting, start to finish.
Read on Kindle →Curriculum for churches
God's Rescue Mission
A 52 week children's curriculum for ages 6 to 12, walking the whole story of Scripture from Genesis to the empty tomb.
ANCHORED Teen Bundle
A 52 week youth curriculum for teenagers asking real questions, built for leaders who want depth without a seminary degree.
Kingdom Kids Activity Vault
More than 100 printables for classrooms, midweek programs, and anyone who needs something ready by Sunday morning.
For churches
Teaching this in your children's ministry?
Churches use a different license than families do, covering every classroom in the building. Tell me your age range and your Sunday rhythm, and I will send the handbook and a sample session at no cost.
The Abe-Unit Show
Conversations with people who kept going.
A faith centered interview show about what it actually costs to build something that lasts. Hosted by Abenezer Mergia (Abe-Unit).
Season 3
New season, biweekly episodes. Guests from ministry and business, usually somewhere in the quiet middle of a long assignment. Subscribe and the first episode lands in your feed the day it drops.
Biweekly
One conversation every other week, edited to respect your commute and your attention.
Builders and shepherds
Founders, pastors, authors, and people in the middle of the work nobody claps for yet.
On YouTube
Full episodes on the channel. Subscribe and new conversations show up in your feed.
youtube.com/@TheAbeUnitShow →Contact
Tell me what you are trying to say.
Communications work, a Clarity Audit, curriculum for your church, or a guest pitch for the show. Send the form and it reaches me directly. I answer within two business days.