judy valente reports. >> i don't know about you. >> i don't know about you! >> but i'm ready for chapel. >> i'm ready for chapel! >> reporter: it may look like a pep rally, but at holy family ministries they call this "chapel" -- the wednesday afternoon worship service. outside these walls is one of the highest-crime neighborhoods in illinois. in here, the students are enthusiastic and well-behaved. >> god is good. >> reporter: holy family ministries calls itself a new model for christian education at a time when faith-based schools, especially those in the inner cities, struggle to stay alive. >> they always struggled, i think you'd say, but the only time they didn't is when they were tied to a single congregation, a single parish, where every parent had a child and they automatically supported it. >> reporter: as neighborhoods change and congregations shrink, there aren't enough students, parents or dollars to support faith-based schools. susan work is president of holy family ministries. >> these schools are the jewels of their neighborhood and -- and we n