Church and Plate: Ballou High School tries out a city tradition
April 15, 2008 by admin
Filed under Community Issues, News, Religion & Spirituality, Urban News, Washington DC Metro
“I promise to go to the championship for football,” proclaimed one male student.
“I promise never to forget my friend Buckie who passed,” a girl stated.
“I promise to continue and always be a godly Christian woman,” said Principal Karen Smith. “[Prayer] really does set your day right,” she told the crowd of some 60 to 70 people on April 4.
Ballou Senior High School’s first Prayer for Peace club concluded with students, school staff members, and local activists holding hands in a circle and making pledges to their community. The meeting was part Christian service and part self-affirming gathering at a District public school that garners attention primarily during its worst moments, like when three students were shot near the school in January.
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