July 27th, 2010
Many children across Louisiana have attended Vacation Bible School at various churches recently. Several churches took up offerings during VBS and donated the proceeds to our Home. We are grateful to all of them for thinking of us and for the work these churches are doing in the lives of children across our state.
July 21st, 2010
Arlene Banks, a teacher at Howard School on the Ruston campus of Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home, implemented a voluntary Summer Enrichment program. Mrs. Banks’ students were offered the opportunity to take part in the program from June 1-30 from 8:00-12:00 each week day.
Many students chose to take part in the program’s objective to improve [...]
July 15th, 2010
Our youth in the residential program at our sister campus of the Methodist Home for Children of Greater New Orleans, visited the Outdoor Wilderness Learning Center June 11-14 to experience a taste of the wilderness! Youth and staff participated in various activities such as swimming, boating, mountain biking, fishing, field games, ropes course, maze games, [...]
July 9th, 2010
Welcome to the Real World! Reality City 2010 was a huge success. More than 105 north Louisiana youth in foster care and Office of Juvenile Justice care attended the event.
“All my expenses cost more than I ever really thought!”
“It makes me want to save just in case of unexpected incidents.”
“It helped me learn how [...]
June 15th, 2010
Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services, Inc., affectionately known as Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home, is pleased to announce Gary Strebeck has been hired as Executive Director of Public Relations, Development and Marketing.
Gary brings with him nearly 16 years of experience in the field, having worked for Louisiana Tech University and Capital Area United Way. [...]
May 19th, 2010
You are most cordially invited to schedule a tour of our Main Campus and Outdoor Wilderness Learning (OWL) Center. We welcome you anytime to see firsthand the ministry you provide to Louisiana’s abused and neglected youth.
A tour of the Main Campus takes about 1.5 to 2 hours. We will tour the [...]
May 3rd, 2010
During Spring Break, the WINGS girls loaded up their horses for a trail ride through the Kisatchie National Forest. They (and their horses) crossed bridges, forded streams, and climbed hills, as they put into practice the skills that they learn in their weekly horsemanship class. The girls did a great job, and had a [...]
April 21st, 2010
From January 11 – February 17, the OWL Center had the pleasure of hosting Bill and Virginia Lee, NOMADS from Minnesota. This is the second year that they have spent time working at the OWL, and as before, they accomplished a tremendous amount. They completed the long list of projects we had for [...]
April 13th, 2010
Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home would like to invite all Alumni residents and staff to our Annual Homecoming celebration on April 25, 2010.
Please meet us at the James House on the Ruston campus for juice and donuts at 10:00am. We will move to the Recreation Center promptly for a complimentary hot lunch at 11:30am. Chapel Services [...]
March 31st, 2010
The new Vocational Technical Training Center being built on the Ruston campus of LUMCFS, Inc., is approximately a month behind schedule due to weather. We anticipate that the facility will most likely be completed by the end of June 2010. We are looking at staffing and moving into the facility in July, 2010. Terrel J. [...]
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