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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
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
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
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
Dental Services
Orthopedic
Rehabilitation Services
Vision Screenings
Tuberculosis Testing
Psychiatric Services
Pulmonary Services
Dermatology Services
Allergy and Asthma Services
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
In the wise words of Martin Luther King Jr., “Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”
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 advocacy 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 low-income, moderate-income and marginalized individuals, families and communities in order to promote an increased quality of life for all people.
We offer the following services:
Please note: Making and keeping an appointment does not guarantee legal representation or acceptance of your case. We charge minimal fees for most of our services. However, no one will be denied services based on an inability to pay. Please DO NOT let lack of finances keep you from contacting our office with questions about our services.
Compelled by the teachings and love of Jesus Christ, Mission Waco Legal Assistance Program serves, advocates for, and empowers people in need regardless of race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation or national origin.
Please call Spencer Smith, Lead Volunteer at (254) 753-4900 extension 321 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