McCurdy Ministries: McCurdy Ministries: making God’s difference in the Española Valley!

McCurdy McCurdy Ministries:Ministries: making God’s difference in the Española Valley!

Española’s population is 87% Hispanic,

9% Anglo and 3% Native American

According to the updated 2010 U.S. Census

26% of Española’s population

lives under the Federal Poverty Line

82% of McCurdy Charter School

students participate in the Free & Reduced

Lunch Program

25% of those under 25

in Española have not graduated from high school

or earned a GED

Rio Arriba County has the highest death by heroin overdose rate

in the United States

McCurdy McCurdy MinistriesMinistries has been called to make God’s difference in this setting for 102 years!

Our primary mission is to surround the students

and families of McCurdy Charter School with ministry in the name of Jesus Christ

to help them succeed in school and in life.

Our secondary mission is to find ways to meet

community needs in the name of Jesus Christ to make

our community a healthier, safer environment for life.

through educationthrough education

We accomplish this mission

Through McCurdy Preschool Through McCurdy Preschool

Throughour

After After School School ProgramProgram

Through our mental

health counseling

program

Project Project CariñoCariño

ThroughThrough Camp StarsCamp Stars

Our summer camp for K-6th grades including STEM education & VBS fun

Through Volunteers in Mission Through Volunteers in Mission

McCurdy MinistriesMcCurdy Ministriesis the landlord for McCurdy

Charter School and is preparing to construct a multi-million

dollar building on our campus so McCurdy Charter School

will meet state standards for public education buildings.

McCurdy MinistriesMcCurdy Ministriesis also the vendor for the charter

school Breakfast and Lunch program and financially

supports this program so that we there won’t be hungry children on our campus.

During the fall of 2014

McCurdy MinistriesMcCurdy Ministries

will launch

a mid-week, meal, worship, fun, faith activities

and classes for children, youth and adults.

so we can reach more children in this community

where 26% of the population lives under

the federal poverty line.

McCurdy is able to make God’s difference because

of the faithful support of United Methodists all

around the country and we

Vaya con DiosVaya con Dios

The difference McCurdy makes The difference McCurdy makes is limited only by the power is limited only by the power of our convictions and the of our convictions and the

strength of our faith when westrength of our faith when we