Texas CEF News
Why Preschools Are Sprouting Up All Over the Texas District
Texas is home to many of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S., and much of that growth has centered on suburbs. For Lutheran churches located in these suburban communities, this has presented a tremendous growth opportunity. One way to capture this burgeoning...
The Preschool That Could: Memorial Katy Dedication Proceeds in the Midst of Harvey Recovery
When last we checked in with Memorial Lutheran in Katy, flooding from Hurricane Harvey had destroyed their parsonage and old preschool, but spared the new preschool building that was just weeks away from completion. Not to mention that hundreds of families from...
CrossPoint Becomes a Crossroads for Harvey Relief
Natural disasters bring both devastation and reminders of the power of community, the human spirit, and God's grace. Churches all over southeast Texas have become cornerstones in the relief effort, and CrossPoint in Katy particularly stands out for its lightning-quick...
Memorial Lutheran Experiences Gains and Losses during Hurricane Harvey
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,...
Pilgrim Lutheran Concludes Its Long Journey to a New Home
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...
ACTS of Love
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...
The Family of Faith Puts Its Faith Behind Its Youngest Members
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...
St. John’s Works Together to Rebuild Its Congregation
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...
Trinity Klein Undergoes Major Expansion to Meet Needs of Burgeoning Houston Suburb
Trinity Klein Lutheran Church in Spring, Texas, first opened its doors in 1874, when the town was a quiet little hamlet – it had just opened a post office, had just been reached by the railroad, and had only two other churches. Spring is now a bustling northern suburb...