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...

5 Talents: Vienna Presbyterian Youth Give and Serve

Through the 5 Talents Project, a part of their confirmation class, the youth at Vienna Presbyterian used their talents, experiences and obedient hearts to raise money specifically for the kids and families that Casa Chirilauga serves. Altogether, the 9th graders in...

If Ryan Can, So Can We

Francisca and I were driving in the car when a Toby Mac song began playing. Some lyrics jumped out to me, “I was made to love and be loved by you.”  That lyric was followed by the line, “Anything, I would give up for you. Everything, I’d give...

Kids Club Choir and Drama has begun!

It’s been over a month since we started Choir and Drama groups, and it’s been a fantastic start. Here’s what our teachers have to say… Kids Club Choir This Spring in Alexandria you will hear more than birds singing.  You can hear the voices of...