Dear Wilson Center Director, Thank you for leading PTM’s largest site with enthusiasm, professionalism, playfulness, compassion, and joy. You have the unique gift of creating a space and a program that is safe and fun. Children love coming into the Wilson Center and feeling special. Your students will return years from now and enter the […]
Partnering with Preston Taylor Ministries by Patrizio Murdocca
My name is Patrizio Murdocca. I am a freshman at Vanderbilt University, and the President/Founder of Interfaced Ministries (www.interfacedministries.org) — a 501(c)(3) dedicated to closing the student technology gap. To fulfill our mission, we donate laptops to students as part of our Interfaced Scholar Program. Scholars receive a brand new Chromebook laptop, life-skills training via […]
Letter to Future High School Director (2016) by Chan Sheppard
Dear Future High School Director, You will love this “job”. You will love getting to know students like Kenneth, Kennedy, Eric, and Amaya—all students who have been at PTM since they were in kindergarten. They will be going into the tenth grade and will be excited for the opportunities you will provide for them: opportunities […]
Striving together…. by Lisa Lentz
I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf. Romans 15:30 An opening came up at Park Ave over Christmas break as a longtime PTM family had moved away. So I brought the matter […]
Summer SaLT 2015 by Nicole Odom
This summer, thanks to a grant from Bank of America, Preston Taylor Ministries was able to partner with 5 different companies to provide valuable work experience for 8 students – 7 of them rising sophomores and juniors in high school and 1 a sophomore in college. The companies that we worked with included Nashville Sporting […]