Workship, PBA’s Beacon of Stewardship, Continues to Shine During ‘Great American Cleanup’ Initiative

On Saturday, April 26, a team of diligent PBA students, led by Workship Coordinator Nathan Chau, partnered with Project Uplift at the Roosevelt Community Middle School under the early morning sun to clean up West Palm Beach.

"They're willing to do something for the betterment of West Palm Beach. They're here now and they're willing to help…I really appreciate that," said Edwin Ferguson, school board member, lawyer, and organizer of Project Uplift's West Palm Beach chapter.

A Service-Oriented Lifestyle

The efforts took place towards the end of Earth Week 2025, , a time when heightened awareness is given globally to the practice of environmental stewardship.

At PBA, the careful and responsible treatment of God's creation is a year-round practice, made possible by the work of Chau and his staff at the Department of Workship.

Workship, PBA's distinctivecommunity service program that responds to human needs with Christ-like action in the community and throughout the world, celebrated 4 million hours served last spring and is a complex machine of community involvement. But amid all the moving parts, Workship possesses a very basic foundation.

A Basis of Love and Care

For Chau, a PBA alumnus, it is a simple as "loving and taking care of where you live" and having the proper institutions to "provide the resources that are necessary" to facilitate this action.

For their work with Project Uplift, this love and care took the form of volunteers removing 102 pounds of debris from highly littered areas of West Palm Beach.

PBA Tells the Unique Fruit of Service

PBA junior and project participant, Trent Holloway, recognized the direct benefits that stewardship has on the community.

"I think that…doing a simple thing like picking up the trash not only helps the environment, but helps other people…operate in their lives," stated Holloway before adding that "no one wants to see trash in the streets."

Increased aesthetic and quality of life are not the only perks of Workship in Holloway's eyes. He shared that opportunities like this project form a uniquely "crucial" bond between involved students.

"What we're doing here…[is] building synergy within [PBA] by… students working together [and] getting to know each other," said Holloway.

To learn more about PBA's Workship initiative and how you can be a part of it, click here.