Interview with Kelechi Ordu | Site Director, Streets Ministries – Graham Heights Streets Ministries-Graham Heights is a Christian youth development organization located on the same block as Kingsbury Elementary, Middle, High Schools Kingsbury Schools, MTR, & Streets: Neighbors and Partners Streets Ministries is an extension of the space...
Author: David Montague | MTR President | Excerpt from Community Matters: 2014 MTR Yearbook In 1819, Washington Irving wrote a short story titled “Rip Van Winkle.” In it, an idle farmer named Rip Van Winkle wanders across a group of odd men playing nine-pins and drinking...
Author: Dr. Robin Henderson | Director of MTR | Article from MTR 2014 Yearbook: Community Matters The education reform movement has revealed that effective teachers can positively influence student achievement; yet working in isolation, they cannot transform schools or districts. At Memphis Teacher Residency, we believe...
“Another thing the Church can do to make the principle of brotherhood a reality is to keep men’s minds and visions centered on God. Many of the problems America now confronts can be explained in terms of fear. One of the best ways to rid...