Holy Spirit Episcopal Church

Are you considering leaving your job?  Are you struggling to find a new one?  Have you lost a spouse?  Have you had a baby?  Join us for our Lenten Speaker Series, as the newest members of our Diocesan clergy bring fresh wisdom from their own experience to bear on the most trying, stressful struggles of life.  Our sessions begin with a light Lenten supper at 5:30 in the Parish Hall, followed by a presentation at 6:00.

---!!!--- Note Time Change, starts at 5:30 instead of 6:30 ---!!!---
 
February 21, 2010: The Rev'd Carissa Baldwin (St. Stephen's, Houston) - "Christian Discernment: Journeying with God."
February 28, 2010: The Rev'd Bob Goolsby (St. Christopher's, Houston) - "Mission and Service in the Church."
March 7, 2010: The Rev'd James Derkits (St. Mark's, Bellaire)
March 14, 2010: The Rev'd Bert Baetz (St. Mark's, Austin)
March 21, 2010: The Rev'd Kristin Sullivan (Palmer Memorial, Houston)

Holy Spirit offers a variety of course Christian Education offerings for adults. Current courses are listed below.
For more information, please call the church office at 713-468-7796.

Family Connection Bible Study Class, Sunday mornings, Room 505

The Family Connection Class is starting a new study on January 10th, from 9:30 -10:15, in room 505. Please join us as we study the book of Acts . We will use Tom Wright's book, Acts for Everyone, Part One and then continue with Part Two. This is a fabulous study of the growth and spread of the early church. Great reading and great discussion is promised. Wendy Mixon will purchase books. Please let her know (713-984-1033) if you can join us so we have enough books.

New Adult Christian Education Offering to begin on January 10th

Barack Obama, Meryl Streep, Peyton Manning, Ben Bernanke. These and other names pop into our minds when we think about great and powerful people. Talent, power, money, beauty, these are the standards the world uses to evaluate success and greatness.

But what if God looks at human life and achievement differently than we do? Did Jesus not say, "Whoever wants to be great among you must become your servant..."?

On January 10, a new course entitled "Improving Your Serve", led by the Rev. Bob Henson will begin. This course will explore God's understanding of human greatness and what our response to that might be. We will discover that serving is a means of experiencing the abundant life that Jesus promised and we will consider practical ways to use our gifts and talents in the service of God.

The course will be at 9:30AM in Room 503 of the Winters Building.

Holy Spirit Inquirer and Confirmation Classes, January 10th- February 21st 

Beginning at 9:30 each Sunday, Fr. David Puckett will lead the adult class in Room 104, directly across from the church nursery, and the youth will meet in the Youth Room with Sarah Taylor and Laura Konitzer.

Please call the church office (713-468-7796) to register for either of the classes.

Bishop Dena Harrison will be here on Sunday February 28th for confirmation, reception, and reaffirmation