Red Bird Mission
Red Bird Mission is supported
through our Global Outreach ministries. After almost shutting its doors,
the Red Bird Mission School will once again welcome students in the
remote mountains of southeastern Kentucky.
After receiving more than $100,000 in gifts and making substantial budget cuts, the board voted on July 22, 2010 to open the United Methodist school in Beverly to 150 kindergartners through 12th graders this coming school year. The first day of class was August 5, 2010.
Red Bird Mission School has educated and shaped the faith of youngsters in rural Appalachia for 89 years. The school draws students mainly from three counties where most adults work in the struggling coal mining and logging industries, and where as many as half the children live below the federal poverty rate.
Pray for the Red Bird Mission School, Clinic and Community Store, the individuals leading and individuals participating in the ministries.
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