National Church Adopt-A-School Initiative

So today I was flipping channels and happened to stop on Walker, Texas Ranger. I don't watch this show because it isn't that interesting to me usually but this time the screen showed me a group I recognized...

The Power Team. What an awesome group! The Power Team is a group of men that started over 20 years ago that are motivational speakers and preachers of the gospel. Schools bring them in to motivate their children to stay off drugs and to catch a dream. Churches bring them in to show that you don't have to lose your dreams to become a Christian. Their hook is power lifting. The Power Team is comprised of some of the strongest and most physically talented Christian men in the world and they show off that talent in order to inspire.

So on the show the Power Team was invited to a school that Walker was undercover at as a principal. The idea was to motivate the growing number of drug users and dealers to change their ways. It did. The problem was that when the Power Team left the kids were stuck dealing with the issue on their own with only a fading dream to motivate them.

The National Church Adopt-A-School Initiative fills that gap. This is a real group that was started when a school principal came to a pastor and pleaded for help with his growing drug and violence problem. The church acted by becoming mentors, tutors and family support for these children.

The program was a hit! Violence and drug abuse went down and the desire to see the program spread went up. Now over 64 schools in the state of Texas carry this program.

"Mentoring is building relationships with kids. The problems that these teachers and principals and administrators are having are turning them into social workers — which is distracting them from education," he said. "We say, 'We'll be your social workers. We'll work with the problem family. We'll work with the problem child. We'll work with the gang problems. We'll work with the drug problems. We'll work with the failing students. We'll do all that on your behalf and become your support system.' "

This is a true example of the church taking action and becoming involved again with its neighbors and society. These are true dream builders.

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Troubled Schools are Getting Help From Churches
National Church Adopt-A-School Initiative