L'Arche St. Louis

Have you been wanting some L’Arche St. Louis swag? We will be giving away these shiny new tote bags at the Ice Cream Social this Saturday, August 1! This is a free event and open to the public so come give the prize wheel a spin and see if what you can win. 🌀 Ice cream will be provided by Kilwins Webster Groves (Kilwins Webster Groves) and our community members will be making the art! Hope to see you this Saturday!

Bags were printed by our friends Tiny Little Monster🫰

July is Disability Pride Month and the 2026 theme is “The World Works Better with Us.” When people with disabilities are included and respected, communities work better for everyone. We are grateful for the early advocates that helped us gain equal access, accommodations, and fair treatment for everyone. Happy Disability Pride Month! 🧍‍♀️🧑‍🦼‍➡️🧑‍🦯🧍

We're 9 days away from our annual Ice Cream social and have an exciting event update: the ice cream will be provided by Kilwins Webster Groves! Don't miss the opportunity to try some of the best ice cream in town with our friendly folks! This is a completely free event (we will have art available for sale) and everyone is welcome. Looking forward to seeing you there!

📍 Glendale Lutheran Church, 1365 N Sappington Rd, St. Louis, MO 63122
📅 August 1, 2026
🕐 1 - 3 PM

We are proud to be a Top Workplace again for 2026! To our assistants and staff that support each other and provide excellent care - thank you for your hard work! We truly cannot do what we do without you and are glad you chose L'Arche to be a part of your journey.

We got to go on our very first parade float as an organization at the City of Webster Groves Fourth of July parade on Saturday! Our awesome next door neighbor, Sean (from Leritz Busy Bee Asphalt Paving), helped us create our float on his trailer, decked out with the perfect L’Arche blue waves. Thanks, Sean, for being such a great friend and neighbor to L’Arche! We ❤️ our community!

Leritz Busy Bee Asphalt Paving also did an awesome job paving our parking lot this spring, if you're looking to get some paving done!

Hope everyone has a great July 4th! The Core Members of St. James house (our 3rd L’Arche home in St. Louis) gathered together for a group pic the other day. Edward, Pam, Roman, and Bridget have their party hats on to host the July 4th party at their house tomorrow! 🇺🇸

We’re excited that for the second year in a row we’ve won the Top Workplaces award! This picture shows just our office administrative staff but we have about 70 employees that all collaborate to make L’Arche St. Louis a great place to work. We’re excited to feature more pictures of our brilliant team in the days to come. Thank you to our employees and congratulations on winning this award once again!

Our annual Ice Cream Social is coming up on August 1st! We will have an art fair with pieces for sale from members of our community! Grab a friend and enjoy a cool treat with us. 🍦

Lights, camera, action! We’ve kicked off a new summer program here at L’Arche - we’re making a movie! Kurt, one of our Core Members, expressed interest in being an actor so we thought we’d put our heads together and try to make a short film together this summer with the help of our friends Brandon and Patrick from Noeso Video (Brandon Sloan). Last week we spent some time for creativity warm ups before taking to a preliminary illustrated storyboard. Everyone threw out their best ideas, some with the help of communication tablets (!). We can’t wait to see what unfolds and share the final results! 🎬

This week, our assistants, house leaders and office staff are participating in TimeSlips Creative Care Facilitator Training (TimeSlips), learning innovative communication and engagement techniques that help build deeper connections with the people we support.

While TimeSlips is widely known for its impact in dementia care, the principles are equally valuable in supporting people with developmental disabilities. The approach encourages us to focus on abilities rather than limitations, to listen with curiosity, and to create opportunities for self-expression, participation, and belonging.

At L’Arche St. Louis, we believe that every person has a story worth sharing and gifts that enrich our community. We are excited to continue investing in training that helps our staff nurture those gifts and create communities where everyone belongs.

Thank you to our trainer, Caroline, and to TimeSlips!