United4Hope

Program Overview

United4Hope (U4H) brings together Nashville area churches and public schools to see Nashville's students thrive and our communities transformed by serving in four primary roles: student support, family engagement, staff encouragement, and in-kind contributions. The primary focus is on supporting MNPS reading and math literacy initiatives and social-emotional support programs.

U4H was created as the education ministry of Operation Andrew Group, a coalition of pastors from diverse denominations. It was formed out of a desire to serve Nashville in a way that if the program ceased to exist, the city would notice. U4H recognizes that with nearly 900 churches in Nashville, congregants are the largest pool of untapped volunteers in the city. U4H serves as a channel to connect churches to MNPS to serve the school's needs while following a framework that ensures churches stay in their lane and maintain separation of church and state.