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Methodist Children’s Home is committed to supporting and empowering like-minded organizations and groups by sharing expertise and training. One such collaboration is with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) El Paso-Juarez. The agency has ministries in 180 countries and specializes in discipleship training, anti-trafficking work and community outreach. YWAM also operates a children’s home in Juarez, […]
MCH and the University of Texas–University Charter School staff honored dozens of students during the school’s award ceremony in the Harrell Memorial Chapel this week. Students were awarded for their hard work in academics and achievements in ag, athletics and other extracurricular activities. For the first time, several seniors also honored teachers and staff who […]
Class in the great outdoors! The University of Texas–University Charter School at MCH recently hosted a Wildlife Day at the MCH Boys Ranch. Game Wardens from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, beekeepers and honey producers from Misbeehaven and MCH staff set up stations for students to learn more about various wildlife and outdoor education. […]
The Methodist Children’s Home Alumni Association (MCHAA) gathered in Waco during the Easter weekend to celebrate its annual homecoming reunion. The homecoming tradition began in 1921 as a way to help former residents remain connected to their friends and the ministry, making this the 101st anniversary of the first gathering. Alumni and their families held […]
Representatives from the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development (KPICD) at Texas Christian University visited Methodist Children’s Home in Waco on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, to hear how MCH utilizes Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) in its training and program service implementation. TBRI is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable […]
Methodist Children’s Home is committed to fostering a culture of learning and growth in a way that affects clients, employees and even other ministries and organizations. In the 2020-2023 Strategic Plan, an action step reveals the intention to “collaborate with churches, providers and other community partners to host, lead or sponsor workshops, trainings and conferences.”
Methodist Children’s Home (MCH) earned the Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, the world’s largest source of information on nonprofit organizations.
Methodist Children’s Home (MCH) has entered into a collaborative partnership with One Heart Project (OHP) to provide holistic, evidence-based mentoring for youth in the MCH residential and aftercare programs in Waco.
MCH President Trey Oakley highlights the remarkable ways God worked in and through the Methodist Children’s Home (MCH) community during last week’s historic winter weather.
Methodist Children’s Home has been named as an inaugural TBRI® Ambassador Organization by the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian University.
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