December 15, 2021
by Eric Spatz
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Category:
Education
This moment captures all of us with arms full of our students' futures; futures we help carry to the finish line. We help carry their struggles, their hurts and their hopes for the future. We have arms full every day as we help carry them towards their finish line....
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September 15, 2021
by Eric Spatz
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Category:
Alumni
| Tags: Teach My People, Alumni, Internships, Georgetown RISE, CCU, Coastal Carolina University
Please let me introduce you to Aaliyah. Aaliyah graduated from Waccamaw High School and the Teach My People program in 2018. She has been attending Pfeiffer University for the last three years and is now at the start of her senior year. ...
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September 3, 2021
by Eric Spatz
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Category:
leadership
Generally speaking, people resist change. It is uncomfortable, confusing and unsettling. Leaders are different. We love change! Especially when we are in charge of it. We see change as a vehicle of bringing our future visions into a very real and present reality....
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August 13, 2021
by Eric Spatz
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Category:
Alumni
| Tags: faith, Memory, Alumni, Prayer
Two years ago this we lost one of our TMP family members, Roger Wigfall, to a swimming accident on the Waccamaw River. Roger graduated from Waccamaw High in 2016. He was a kid who constantly made you laugh (and most of the times at the wrong time). BUT WHEN HE PRAYED you thought you entered the throne room of heaven....
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July 28, 2021
by Eric Spatz
| Tags: Teach My People, Family, Partnerships, Trust, Mission Trip, faith
What I see in that picture is a church teaching their students to love on a community for the long term. A church doing its best to live out the great commission even outside their own community. A church that understands the value in relationships....
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July 8, 2021
by Eric Spatz
| Tags: faith, 2020, advent, perspective
Growing up my dad would often tell me that he had a surprise for me, whether it be a trip or a gift. Years later he shared that he would wait until the “day of” to reveal the gift or trip because he was worried if he told us early, and for some reason what he planned didn't work out,...
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July 2, 2021
by Eric Spatz
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Category:
Education
| Tags: Success, Failure, Imposter Syndrome, Family
The HONEST and ugly side of success is that for every success story there are mass amounts of stories about failure, times of tears, heart ache, and uncounted days that leave staff and families bewildered by negative decisions some students make.
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June 30, 2021
by Eric Spatz
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Category:
Faith
| Tags: Teach My People, faith, values, TMP, Bible
Teach My People is Christ-centered, academically focused afterschool and summer program. We stand strong by our faith and it is always the “why” of the “what” we do....
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June 10, 2021
by Eric Spatz
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Category:
Alumni
It feels like we are getting back to a place of normalcy... which is a welcomed changed. Even through we sent an update a few weeks ago I wanted to share some exciting news with our club members. ...
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June 10, 2021
by Eric Spatz
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Category:
Hunger
| Tags: Hunger, Lowcountry Food Bank, Teach My People, Alternative Education, The Borden Project
Knowing that food security is an issue for many students within our community, we ensure that our students get a snack every afternoon upon arrival each day and dinner at our center each night before heading home. ...
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