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OUR PROGRAMS

Adults & Family

At Mission Waco Mission World, we recognize the importance of serving every individual regardless of their stage of life. Our mission is to support families and adults to help set the pace for a more healthy, happy and successful future for all.

Creative Arts

Mission Waco Mission World understands the need for humans of all ages to express themselves creatively. That is why we’ve created four different creative arts programs for the whole family. These programs help promote creative empowerment among children, youth and adults through the arts. We hope to help those entering our programs understand themselves as creative beings who have the power to recognize overlooked opportunities for inspiration. Our goal is to help emerging artists nurture a creative mindset while teaching them the skills to put their creative thoughts into artistic action. Our aim is to focus on the process, not the product. 

Urban Acts: empowering people through theater.

Urban Movements: empowering people through dance.

Urban Melodies: empowering people through music.

Urban Expressions: empowering people through art.

Urban Expressions Summer Art Camps:

Three, 2-week sessions. Tuesday-Thursday 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Cost is $30 per child with scholarships available!

Session 1: June 14-16, 21-23 (age 8-12)

Session 2: July 5-7, 12-14 (age 8-12)

Session 3: August 9-11, 16-18 (age 12-14)

1:30-3:30 p.m. at our Urban Expressions building, 1313 N. 15th. Please contact our office at 254-753-4900 for an application!

How you can help:

Want to volunteer with us? Please contact [email protected]

Transitional Housing

The journey out of both homelessness and addiction is difficult, but you don’t have to go at it alone.

The Gorman House offers Christian-based housing for men and women coming out of the Extended Stay Program at My Brother’s Keeper. Applicants must be referred by Meyer Center staff.

Lighthouse 512 Recovery House offers Christian-based living for men that have completed treatment and are trying to re-integrate into mainstream society.

Contact Carlton Willis, Associate Executive Director at [email protected] or 254-753-4900, EXT. 202.

My Brother’s Keeper Homeless Shelter

Centered around the biblical mandate to care for our fellow man, My Brother’s Keeper is a chronic emergency homeless shelter available to those with an urgent housing need on an application basis.

  • Located at 1217 Mary St. behind Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore.
  • Applications for the shelter are taken at the Meyer Center ([email protected]). 
  • Once an application is on file applicants must request a bed on a daily basis at the Meyer Center.
  • This is meant to be a temporary place to stay while you locate affordable housing.
  • Chapel services are Monday through Friday from 7:00-7:45 p.m.
  • If you’d like to help lead a Chapel service visit our Volunteers page to register with CERVIS.

Friday Morning Breakfast

At Mission Waco Mission World, we want to feed mouths, but also souls. Friday Morning Breakfast (FMB) provides Waco’s impoverished and homeless population with an opportunity to enjoy a meal, a message and fellowship with others. This happens every Friday at 6:30 a.m. at the Meyer Center.

Different civic groups and churches provide the meal each week. Interested in helping out? Volunteers and groups can commit to a semester, provide a one-time meal or be put on a monthly rotation. Contact Paul Fields to volunteer or to schedule your group to provide a meal. 

Learn more about what else takes place at the Meyer Center here. 

1226 Washington Avenue

Waco, TX 76701

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Mpowerment Job Training

Our goal at Mission Waco Mission World is always to empower for the sake of sustainable improvement.

We offer pre-employment services such as job readiness training, job search skills, computer skills and assistance in setting life goals and budgeting. Our job training class is a six-week program that provides guidance in resume building, interviews and other job-related skills, as well as transitional work experience. This class is funded by an outside source that has certain criteria for acceptance. However, those that don’t qualify are eligible through other funding sources. Interested individuals should attend an orientation at the Meyer Center held Mondays at 1:30 p.m. We also offer Youth Job Training for ages 16-24.

Email Mpowerment at [email protected] or call 254-296-9866, EXT. 308, 311 for more information. 

Mpowerment is located at the Meyer Center. Learn more about the Meyer Center’s other programs here. 

1226 Washington Avenue

Waco, TX 76701

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Health Clinic

Lack of healthcare is a major hindrance for those living in poverty. Since 2005, the Mission Waco Health Clinic has treated the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of low-income patients without health insurance while serving as a bridge for getting our patients long-term help.

We offer the following services:

Acute Care Medical Services

  • Every Tuesday and Thursday from 5-7 p.m.  Must sign in before 6 p.m. to be seen.
  • First come, first served.
  • These services are only for patients without Medicare, Medicaid, or any other form of insurance and who are NOT established with Family Health Clinic.
    • We do NOT provide immunizations, STD testing, labs, x-rays, disability forms, sports physicals or narcotic prescriptions.

Dental Services

  • Two Tuesdays per month—call for dates.
  • Extractions only.
  • Two different programs, depending on whether or not the patient has Medicare.

Orthopedic

  • Once a month. Appointment required.
  • Available to any patient who does not have access to specialty care.
  • Patient must be referred by a doctor’s office (your own or one of ours).

Rehabilitation Services

  • Twice a month. Appointment required.
  • Available to any patient who does not have access to specialty care.
  • Patient must be referred by a doctor’s office (your own or one of ours).

Vision Screenings

  • Twice a month.  Call for dates.
  • First come, first served, 5-6 p.m.

Tuberculosis Testing

  • Administered every Tuesday 5-7 p.m; read every Thursday 5-7 p.m.
  • First come, first served.

Psychiatric Services

  • Once a month. Appointment required.
  • Available to patients who do not have access to specialty care.
  • Patient must be referred by a doctor’s office (your own or one of ours).

Pulmonary Services

  • Once a month. Appointment required.
  • Available to any patient who does not have access to specialty care.
  • Patient must be referred by a doctor’s office (your own or one of ours).

 Dermatology Services

  • Once a month. Appointment required.
  • Available to any patient who does not have access to specialty care.
  • Patient must be referred by a doctor’s office (your own or one of ours).

Allergy and Asthma Services

  • Once a month. Appointment required.
  • Available to any patient who does not have access to specialty care.
  • Patient must be referred by a doctor’s office (your own or one of ours).

 

Please note: We start signing in patients at 4:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday evening.  Must sign in before 6 p.m. for Medical Services.

Contact Co-directors Sarah Lockett and Vivian Chukwuedozie for more information or to get involved.

Our health clinic is located at the Meyer Center. Learn more about the Meyer Center’s other programs here.

1226 Washington Avenue

Waco, TX 76701

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Legal Services

The Mission Waco Legal Assistance Program (MWLAP) was founded in 2012 to help remove legal barriers by providing access to affordable legal services for those who are unable to afford a private attorney. MWLAP has since served over 1,000 individuals and families through direct legal advice and free monthly legal advice clinics. Client advocates help connect applicants to other necessary social services and support the community in the creation of lasting solutions to systemic problems.

MWLAP exists to provide affordable, compassionate, holistic and community-driven legal services to individuals and families who are low-income and marginalized, in order to promote an increased quality of life for all people. We offer the following services:

  • Legal Advice and Guidance: Free personalized appointments for low-income individuals where applicants meet with volunteer attorneys for 30-minute consultations. These appointments are generally offered on the first Thursday of each month. To make an appointment, please fill out this Legal Intake Form, and a volunteer attorney will contact you. Due to the high demand for these services, appointments are required and often fill up months in advance. However, a volunteer attorney will contact you if you have an appointment set and an earlier date becomes available.
  • Holistic Advocacy: Social workers and community advocates are available to help with applicants’ other needs as they come.

Please note: Our volunteer attorneys provide applicants with free legal advice, guidance, and help in connecting with additional resources, if applicable. However, our attorneys cannot represent applicants in their legal matters.

Compelled by the teachings and love of Jesus Christ, Mission Waco Legal Assistance Program serves and empowers people in need regardless of race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation or national origin.

For interest in legal services, please submit the intake form above. Alternatively, please call Melinda Page, Lead Volunteer, at (254) 753-4900 extension 305, or email us at [email protected] to discuss our legal services.

MWLAP is located at the Meyer Center. Learn more about the Meyer Center’s other programs here.

1226 Washington Avenue

Waco, Texas 76707

 

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