ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - A religions-based education program is getting ready to spread to new schools in Allen County this coming week, and they invited the community out to help support them.
LifeWise Academy held their 2nd annual 5K run in Elida. The program gives students, with their parents’ permission, the chance to spend less than an hour during the school day learning about religion and the bible. Elida Elementary will be starting their second year with the program and Allen East and Spencerville will be beginning their first.
“There is no greater message in my mind than the message of spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ,” says Joe Wassink, Coordinator for the LifeWise of Allen Co. 5K. “It is the gospel of peace. And so, if we can do this into these children at a time when our culture is kind of fractured, they can have a foundation that will guide them through the rest of their lives.”
Around 160 participants took part in the run to raise money for the program.
