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Sunday Worship
8:00am, Holy Eucharist Rite I with music
10:30am, Holy Eucharist Rite II with choir, in the Nave of the Church
10:30am, Holy Eucharist with contemporary music and band, in the Parish Hall
Children’s Chapel
10:30 – 11:10, Worship in Children’s Chapel. Children are brought in at the Peace
Christian Formation
9:30 – 10:15am
Wednesdays
11:00am Holy Eucharist with healing prayers
Preaching Schedule
August 1
8:00am Fr. Puckett
10:30am(Trad) Fr. Puckett
10:30am(Cont) Fr. Hall
August 8
8:00am Fr. Hall
10:30am(Trad) Fr. Hall
10:30am(Cont) Fr. Puckett
August 15
8:00am Fr. Puckett
10:30am(Trad) Fr. Puckett
10:30am(Cont) Fr. Hall
August 22
8:00am Fr. Puckett
10:30am(Trad) Fr. Puckett
10:30am(Cont) Fr. Hall
August 29
8:00am Fr. Hall
10:30am(Trad) Fr. Hall
10:30am(Cont) Fr. Puckett
June-July Newsletter
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A Letter from the Rector
Dear Parish Family,
How are you going to spend your summer? What will be different for you or your family? Usually there is an opportunity for vacation, some time off to travel to the beach or mountains or to see family. Even with work continuing the summer is the time more people in America take their vacations than any other. I don't think there is much argument anymore about whether or not we need to be good to ourselves and take advantage of the time our employers offer for rest and recreation. The current culture seems to have gotten that down pat.
The two questions asked at the beginning of this letter really have to do with our lives as people who make Jesus known to the world - all of the time. That is what I intended in asking you those questions. What will you do with your extra time, as it were, this summer? What will you remain more aware of as a Christian than you have before? We hear a great deal about college students using their spring break time to go on mission trips. One such mission trip will again go from Holy Spirit to Honduras under Dr. Bill Folger’s leadership. It will be a medical mission, and as Bill is a veterinarian it will attend to the needs of animals as well as humans. Another summer mission opportunity begins on June 13 and goes through the 19th, when Sarah Taylor will lead Holy Spirit Church and School Youth on an Urban Mission Trip to downtown Houston, where they will volunteer at many different ministry sites.
What other ways can we use our time for Christ as well as for ourselves? Perhaps it will be to finally read one of Tom Wright’s new books, or get up extra early and have really uninterrupted prayer time, or it may be, should you be with family, that repair work can be begun on a relationship that has suffered in the past.
What I am saying is this - all of time belongs to God. We are allowed by our Lord’s grace to share some of it and what we do with every bit of it matters very much. Think and pray thoughtfully about what you will do this summer with your share of God’s gift of time to you.
Faithfully,
The Rev’d David F. K. Puckett
Rector
Who We Are
Mission Statement – Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, Houston is an open accepting community which welcomes the stranger in fellowship and worship with the love of Christ and joyfully takes Christ’s love into the world in which we live.
Vision Statement – Holy Spirit Episcopal Church emphasizes ministry, appreciates and uses the ministry talents of our people and celebrates our parish’s commitment to stewardship. Holy Spirit offers a variety of ministry and educational programs for and in its community, serving people of all ethnic and social backgrounds. An integrated team of clergy and laity sustains all our ministry efforts. In short, this center of “Servant-hood” inspires its congregation through worship to share God’s gifts and grace with everyone we meet.
Holy Spirit Episcopal Church is located in the Memorial City area of Houston's westside. Our address is:
12535 Perthshire Rd., Houston, TX 77024 (713.468.7796 )
