by admin | Aug 30, 2017 | Construction, Harvey, News, Preschool, Rebuild
Last week, when staff and church members were finally able to venture out of their own homes and over to Memorial Lutheran in Katy (about 25 miles due west of downtown Houston), they feared what they would find. They had just laid floors in the new preschool building,...
by admin | Jul 29, 2017 | Construction, Groundbreaking
The small town of Kilgore, Texas, about an hour west of the Louisiana border, has had its own Lutheran church for nearly as long as it has had oil pumpjacks. The congregation originally met in the American Legion Hall, and then in 1953 – with the help of a loan from...
by admin | Jul 12, 2017 | News, Preschool
We’ve all heard that just one person can spark a huge change, but every example of that truth is an inspiration. Several years ago, Bonnie Hahn, a member of ACTS Church in Leander, noticed that there were a number of teen mothers enrolled at Leander high schools. Many...
by admin | May 23, 2017 | Groundbreaking, News, Preschool
If the way to a person’s heart is through their stomach, sometimes the way to a person’s faith is through their children. The Family of Faith Lutheran Church, a 300-person congregation located on the northwest edges of Houston, is surrounded by rapidly expanding...
by admin | May 23, 2017 | News, Rebuild
When Pastor Seth Davidson accepted the call to shepherd St. John Lutheran Church, he found a salt-of-the-earth community that needed a little TLC. Housed in Athens – a town of 12,000 a little more than an hour southeast of Dallas – the congregation as a whole was...
On Sunday, December 22, Faith Lutheran Church in Georgetown rejoiced in a significant milestone—paying off their $3.9 million loan with the Texas District Church Extension Fund.
After years of planning and 18 months of construction, St. Paul Lutheran Church in… Read more: A Building Dedication at the Perfect Time
The Texas District Church Extension Fund has been richly blessed by God’s grace. Through… Read more: With Grateful Hearts