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Foundation focuses on impact of Hill Bridge
It is destined to deserve worldwide accolades when it's completed in 2011. But the impact of the bridge, and, yes, of its beauty, too, on West Dallas... Read More
Jan 05, 2011
New Ballpark A Diamond In The Rough
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert threw out the first pitch the afternoon to christen a Little League baseball park many hope will help level the playing field for West Dallas children. Read More
Jan 05, 2011
New Ballpark Opens For West Dallas Youth
The West Dallas Field of Dreams is a public-private partnership between the Dallas Housing Authority and Mercy Street Ministries, a privately funded outreach group that serves young people. Read More
Jan 05, 2011
Mother And Brothers' Special Bond
Darius and Deandre Jones call her MaMelissa and Stepmom and Lady M. Different words but one feeling: love for Melissa Hill, the quietly busy woman who, along with her husband, Trey, is raising four children along with these teen brothers. Read More
Jan 05, 2011
Making The Journey
The divide got personal when pastor Trey Hill left the comforts of northern Dallas for the poverty south of the Trinity River Read More
Jan 05, 2011
Giving A Boost To Young Black Males
A group of teenage boys dressed in formal attire form a circle and join hands inside a classroom on a recent evening inside Dallas' Carter High School. One by one, they're asked to contribute a positive affirmation. Don't be a follower. Life is full of choices. Read More
Jan 05, 2011
Mercy Street named DISD Outstanding Partner
Mercy Street was honored last week as the Outstanding Partner Organization with DISD for our work with Edison Middle School Read More
Nov 08, 2010

Quotes From the Street

  • Oh, how can I give you up, Israel? How can I let you go? How can I destroy you like Admah or demolish you like Zeboiim? My heart is torn within me, and my compassion overflows.
    ~ Hosea 1:8

  • Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with dwellings.
    ~ Isaiah 58:12

  • If you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed then your light will rise in the darkness and your night will be like the noon day.
    ~ Isaiah 58:10

  • I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.
    ~ Amos 5:24

  • but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.
    ~ 1 Corinthians 4:7

  • I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.
    ~ John 17:22-23

  • Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
    ~ Psalms 37:3

  • For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jews first and also to the Greeks.
    ~ Romans 1:16

  • "Gilberto helped me see that I grew up with privileges and wealth others simply don’t have."
    ~ Chris Clark

  • "Anthony and I love driving around listening to music. Sometimes we talk about the lyrics, sometimes we sit in silence just enjoying the harmonies together."
    ~ Greg Jenks

  • "I cannot describe the change I have seen in Wilmer. He is a different man and I am so excited about it."
    ~ Baxter Underwood

  • "Mentoring has grown us, our family needed to live outside the bounds of our family, our comfort and our convenience."
    ~ Sarah Stehlik

  • "If the people who are not following Christ are not intervening, who is going to intervene?"
    ~ Sarah Stehlik

  • "If you are waiting for a better time (to mentor) when you don't have things going on, you'll wait forever."
    ~ Sarah Stehlik

  • "Rodney has really become like part of the family. We love spending time with him."
    ~ Mickey Friedrich

  • "Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them."
    ~ Mother Teresa

  • "Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom"
    ~ George Washington Carver

  • "Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil."
    ~ C. S. Lewis

  • "A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."
    ~ Theodore Roosevelt

  • "A high school dropout is 8 times more likely to commit a violent crime than those who graduated from high school."

  • "A study by two prominent economists found that a 10 percentage point increase in graduation rates would reduce murder and assault rates by about 20 percent."

  • "Every Timothy needs a Paul; Every Ruth needs a Naomi."
    ~ Pastor Aaron Williams (Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle WA)

  • "A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could."

  • "You really can change the world if you care enough."
    ~ Marion Wright Edelman

  • "Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them."
    ~ Lady Bird Johnson

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