Do you want to make an impact in your community? Loving Houston helps churches partner with their local schools to love our neighbors as Christ has loved us.
How Can Churches Serve their Communities?
“Teachers, school staff, and students are understandably nervous about going back to school right now,” says Marilyn Lee, Executive Director of Loving Houston. “Let’s pray for God’s protection and provision for all of our Greater Houston schools.” Whether or not you already have a church-school partnership, you can meet the needs of schools for this particularly challenging year.
Better Together From A Social Distance
These strange times have called for some unprecedented innovation, and churches are certainly stepping up. All throughout the greater Houston area, churches are getting creative in their care for one another and the larger community. So we wanted to take a moment to celebrate just a few of the stories of the Body of Christ doing what it does best—sharing and showing the love of Christ.
An Interview with Josh Ellis and Loving Houston
Loving Houston's Marilyn Lee talks with UBA's Executive Director, Dr. Josh Ellis about UBA churches and the impact a church-school partnership can have on the community. For those of you who'd heard the interview with Tom Billings, you know that UBA played a huge role in starting Loving Houston, and now we hear a bit of Josh's vision for the churches of UBA as they go and make disciples of all nations.
Better Together in Our Communities
At UBA, we talk a lot about being better together—because we know it to be true. When churches work together to advance the gospel, they can do all kinds of things that would never have been possible for each individual church. In the same way, churches can also partner with schools in their communities, as well. We recently got the chance to talk with Kevin Alvarez, lead pastor of Long Point Baptist Church, and hear how Loving Houston helped connect and equip his church to be better together with their local school district.
Your Summer To Do List
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear someone say, “Summer in Houston”? Summer for our churches can mean all kinds of things: mission trips, church camps, VBS, just to name a few. It can also mean different routines or a degree of informality—maybe even preaching in shorts! Whatever your summer may look like, here are a few events and considerations to keep in mind as we head into this season.
June 19 - Loving Houston Trains for School Partnerships at UBA
June 19, join Loving Houston at the UBA Offices to learn how your church can partner with and minister to your local neighborhood school. Lovinghouston.net/workshops