Md. church makes nationwide push to help schools in need

School systems around the country are facing budget concerns as federal spending for coaching gets rolled back It s prompting a church in the D C region to try to fill in the gap Global United Fellowship including its City of Praise Family Ministries based in the Landover Maryland area is pushing other churches around the country to adopt under-resourced schools in their area and try to help them out About churches around the country have already committed to helping Global United Fellowship leaders mentioned with a great number of more in other parts of the world following suit It s going to be schools that are in the greatest need explained Bishop Joel Peebles the senior presiding bishop at Global United Fellowship and senior pastor at City of Praise Title I schools schools that are struggling the most of Title I funding is getting really decreased and so we want to make sure at the end of the day that we are filling the gaps that our systems have now let down And it s not just a one-time financial donation it might not be money at all We re asking churches to be creative Sometimes we may not have the funds to help but you have the manpower to help Peebles declared You d be amazed at how powerful it is for someone to show up as a mentor at a venture You d be amazed at how amazing it would be to have individuals that are qualified help to tutor our children There s so a multitude of things He and his wife Yolanda Peebles who is also a pastor at City of Praise reported they ve already been working with Prince George s County Society Schools leadership to identify chosen schools they can get involved with It s something the new leadership association in the county and its school system disclosed will be more than welcomed in the future When we serve the schools we re serving the people within our churches We re serving the people within our neighborhoods and in our group Yolanda reported The church just allows us to have a voice with a body of people at one space and encourage them to participate in these initiatives Joel mentioned at the end of the day helping schools also helps churches They realize that their students are our congregants Joel declared They realize that we both have an aligned interest in the betterment of all of these wonderful young adults But Yolanda announced it shouldn t be just churches trying to help out where it s needed I think every mother every father every sibling college graduate should get behind such an effort Yolanda disclosed If it were your need you would want the public to galvanize to help you And so to that end we re trying to encourage everyone in and out of our church to be a part of this effort Source