Learning to love the tweenage way

Gossiping, excluding, dumping, demeaning, slandering, disparaging. These are all happening in the 4th/5th grade lives of my Bible study girls. I could say these actions are all done to them, but alas, my girls are also the doers. Every Monday, the girls gather on the...

Kids Club Visits Woodbine Nursing Home

At Kids Club we are learning to love our neighbors, and that means learning to serve one another. In March, Kids Club kids visited Woodbine nursing home to sing, do crafts with the residents and just be a friend. Check out our photos form our visit:

Mentoring: Vince Garcia

Marco and I first met about a year and half ago. It was by accident that I stumbled upon the mentoring program with Casa Chirilagua. I hadn’t intended to search for a mentorship program, but fate intervened. I found Casa when doing a search to donate some extra...

Spring2Prayer!

On April 17 Casa Chirilagua is taking part in a 24 hour Alexandria wide online fundraiser called Spring2ACTion, where we will be trying to raise $50,000 from over 500 donors to celebrate 5 years of Kids Club and help secure the next 5 years.  But as James 1 states, we...

Teens Club: Hour of Excellence

Change is good, but sometimes change can be uncomfortable. Shifting resources to a Wednesday evening meeting has allowed a more focused “hour of excellence”, opened the door to partner with Guitars not Guns, and has given some students the extra push they...