Kids Club: The WORD
One of the new things we have started at Kids Club is a weekly chapel. It is a time to have fun, worship God in song and dance, and spiritual nourishment. As a part of the program, kids are given a weekly memory verse. I am excited to see the kids’ enthusiasm...Teens Club: Together
We have completed our 4th week of program! The first week we were faced with some snags that forced us to cancel our program for two days as well as shorten it by a whole hour. However, the following week was a great success. Our students were so engaged during...Volunteer Spotlight: Adria Paulina Modesto
Adria came to Arlington, VA in August having left her hometown of El Paso, TX in order to begin a much needed fresh start in her life. Within her first 3 weeks of living in a completely new city that, she has been helping with administrative work at Casa Chirilagua,...Mentoring is a Lot of Leaping
Choosing to become a mentor with Casa Chirilagua was definitely a leap of faith. Like so many others I have encountered in this ministry, I was drawn like a moth to a flame, knowing there was something special about this ministry and sensing God’s hands all over it....
We are a community of people “learning together to love our neighbors as ourselves” in a Latino neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia.
As a faith-based Christian non-profit with a small staff and over 100 volunteers, we serve alongside more than 100 families and their children (1st-12th grades) each week through our community programs.