I spent some time at the Atlanta Dream Center on Saturday and participated in one of their programs called Adopt a Block. Most of the participants in this program are students in the ADC bible school. You can see more about the school here: ADC Master's Commission. This is Scott, he is the leader of this program and has the map of the fourth ward for reference as he gives a pep talk to the block leaders, called Block Pastors.
The kids and volunteers grouping up and singing praise before heading out in the rain on Saturday morning.
The kids are joined by volunteers and break into groups, each group has an assigned block. They walk the neighborhood, take food, pray with people, give hugs, and whatever comes up. Yesterday a young girl baptized someone on her block. Pastor Paul and his crew are well known by every person in the neighborhood. You can't walk 5 steps without a knuckle bump or a hug. Pastor Paul tells me that the street the Mission office is on has not had a gunshot in 2 years and a month. That apparently is very different than it was when they took over the house.
Pastor Paul in the background, his daughter Hannah in the foreground. She is a block Pastor. Her block is the retirement home.
The kids and volunteers grouping up and singing praise before heading out in the rain on Saturday morning.
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