Our stories

On a warm Saturday in June, Pastor Brad and I met six high school students and their parents in the parking lot at church. After the boys took a seat out of our rented twelve-passenger van, we loaded in duffel bags and sleeping bags and pillows, said a prayer in the parking lot, and then took off for Philadelphia, a 707-mile journey. Our destination was The Philadelphia Project (TPP), a nonprofit founded in 2010. The mission of The Philly Project is “To partner with the local