DENVER - Kids living in Denver's projects, in Sun Valley, know it best: Finding a positive role model, regardless of where you live, takes a lot of time and a lot of trust.   Frankly, life in the projects isn't easy. "It's rough out here," said Paulette Ellerbee, a parent who lives in the Sun Valley neighborhood of West Denver. "It's district 1, some of the roughest communities with the highest crime level here." With most families in the Sun Valley neighborhood living in p...

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Reaching beyond the walls of the traditional church to become a compassionate congregation is the hallmark of our faith. In Acts, the early church "shared all things in common" which caused those looking from the outside to be "in awe of them." John Wesley started a reading program for urban poor children living in London. They worked six days in the mines so he taught and tutored them on Sunday. Thus, we now have “Sunday School”. Jesus had his own after-school tutoring program. It...

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Clubs in the City, Raleigh gets Executive Coaching grant  We love getting letters like this from one of our partners in Raleigh. I was passing through there last month and had a wonderful lunch with founder Sheri Bedsole and one of her board members. We talked about a lot of things and one of them was looking for funding to help Sheri grow in her role as the CEO. We brainstormed and prayed. Well praise God she got a full scholarship to be mentored and coached from a local foundation they h...

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