September 1st, 2010
 Ruston, LA – August 24, 2010 – Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services is pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Steven M. Franks as Program Director for its new facility located in Sulphur, LA. The Methodist Children’s Home of Southwest Louisiana will be a residential facility able to serve up to 32 [...]
August 19th, 2010
Several of the OWL Center Staff participated in the LSU Ag Center Master Gardener’s Class this past spring. Samantha Luttrell, Tammy Stevens, Cindy Croft and Sara Corley took part in classes from March to the end of May. The subjects covered in the class included plant pathology, vegetable gardening, ornamental horticulture, and many other [...]
August 11th, 2010
Recently Rick Rowe and a news team from KTBS TV in Shreveport, LA visited our OWL Center (Outdoor Wilderness Learning) to videotape a segment for the network’s morning show “Made in the Arklatex”.
Several youth from the Ruston campus were on hand for the video, and volunteers from Christ UMC in Shreveport, LA were [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
June 28th, 2010
Greetings from your staff and thank you on my behalf of all the boys and girls that you help support on all the campuses and outreach programs of the Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services. Our Mission and value statement serve as a constant reminder of our goals to provide innovative and quality [...]
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 [...]
June 2nd, 2010
The Council on Accreditation (COA) is delighted to inform you that Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services, Inc has been reaccredited. COA’s commitment to maintaining the highest level of standards and quality improvement is designed to identify providers that have set high performance standards for themselves and have made a commitment to their [...]
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 40 [...]
May 12th, 2010
Almost all of us have heard that question asked from our kids while on the road. Most of us have heard it several thousand times! Usually the answer is, “No, not yet”.
I’ve been asked the “Are we there yet?” question about funding our Vo-Tech Building. The answer is “No, not yet.” To date, [...]
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