United4Hope

City Church of East Nashville, Dalewood UMC, Midtown Fellowship East and Stratford STEM Magnet School: Multi-Church Prayer Walk Earlier in the Fall semester, the United4Hope Stratford team dreamed of inviting students, teachers, administrators, and community members to prayerfully walk through the school. They began by building trust and rapport with staff during their weekly Prayer…

MNPS Community Achieves Hosts Poverty Simulation The Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Community Achieves Poverty Simulation was held at Trevecca University on February 28, 2019. We had a great turnout of United4Hope volunteers at the event. A big shout out goes to the Community Achieves team for organizing and facilitating such a great event! Participants…

Each year, new partners join our network, and existing partners deepen their engagement. Seeing how this engagement translates into meaningful interactions between students, staff, families, and volunteers encourages us as we collaborate with MNPS to understand how the faith community can support district initiatives. For the second quarter of the 2018-2019 school year, we saw…

New Life Apostolic Church and Alex Green Elementary: Back to School Supply Drive and Prayer Service In the weeks prior to August 2018, New Life Apostolic Church had all hands on deck to assist Alex Green Elementary staff with the commencement of the new school year. The church held a school supply drive to collect…

Donelson Church of Christ & McGavock Elementary: Family Engagement Donelson Church of Christ has partnered with McGavock Elementary for eight years. They offer free dinner once a month at their church for 50+ students and parents from McGavock Elementary. After the meal, they offer free ESL classes for parents while students go to their Bible…

Each year, new partners join our network, and existing partners deepen their engagement. Seeing how this engagement translates into meaningful interactions between students, staff, families, and volunteers encourages us as we collaborate with MNPS to understand how the faith community can support district initiatives.   In the first 9 weeks of this school year, we…

Glencliff Elementary Fall Festival Glencliff Elementary School held their fall festival on October 25. Community partners, including United4Hope partner Christ Presbyterian Church, staffed games and activity booths. Christ Presbyterian Church was in charge of the emoji coloring station where students could pick the emoji that represented how they were feeling and use their artistic skills…

The Temple Church Aniya Bryant, a senior at TSU who attends The Temple Church, is organizing a city-wide coat drive for MNPS students at schools across the district. She is looking for fellow church partners to collect and help distribute coats to MNPS. “Last winter I saw many students waiting at the bus stops without…

New Garden Church and Dupont Tyler Middle School: Back to School Bash and Movie Night New Garden Church, who meets at Dupont Tyler Middle School in Hermitage on Sundays for service, held a Back to School Bash with the DTMS Open House. “We had almost 40 volunteers greeting, directing, meeting students and parents, and giving…

Each year, new partners join our network, and existing partners deepen their engagement. Seeing how this engagement translates into meaningful interactions between students, staff, families, and volunteers encourages us as we collaborate with MNPS to understand how the faith community can support district initiatives. During the 2017-2018 school year, United4Hope’s partners donated over 4500 hours…