ATF: The Start of a Middle School Program
During the weekend of May 6th and 7th, Casa Chirilagua launched its community based Middle School outreach by taking 10 middle school students, 1 leader in training and 4 group leaders to Acquire the Fire in Baltimore. Many of our students experienced some of their...An Outpouring
In Chirilagua it seems that we are in a season of an outpouring of love on our community and in our ministry. Everywhere I look, I see glimmers of hope for change in our neighborhood. Perhaps it has something to do with the eight soccer coaches from local churches who...Making Indigenous Leadership a Priority!
CASA CHIRI NEEDS TO RAISE $4,000. At the beginning of April, Emily Mancia, Director of the Kids Club program, attended the Christian Community Development Association Institute’s Immersion course in Chicago, IL. The immersion course is a week long intensive...Practicing What We are Preaching
The evening wasn’t going quite as I had planned. A mother didn’t show up to clean after Kids Club and didn’t call to let us know otherwise. Emily left Kids Club early to attend to an urgent meeting, and I was left in charge. As if that wasn’t...It’s May and Emily Says…
In April, Kids Club did some serious spring-cleaning! The kids spent an afternoon cleaning up the facilities and grounds of our Kids Club location, Beverly Hills United Methodist Church. From washing fingerprints off walls and doors to weeding the gardens, the kids...
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.