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Immigration Talk at HMC
This Sunday, November 10th, Abraham Diaz Alonso from the Mennonite Central Committee immigration program will visit to share more about...
Lauren Dodge
Nov 7, 20241 min read


Houston Mennonite Church's Community Garden
One thing I love about HMC is our little community garden. Every so often we spend Second Hour as a community hauling dirt, weeding, or...
Lauren Dodge
Oct 30, 20241 min read


Thanksgiving Meal in a Bag Collections
Do you want to provide food to families in need this Thanksgiving? East Spring Branch Food Pantry has an annual "Meal in a Bag"...
Lauren Dodge
Oct 23, 20241 min read


Fall Festival at Houston Mennonite Church!
On Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. you are invited to Houston Mennonite Church, 1231 Wirt Road, Houston TX 77055...
Lauren Dodge
Oct 16, 20242 min read


Visit from the TerraClear Foundation
This past Sunday Dawn Lewis, the Executive Director of the TerraClear Foundation, came to preach during our morning worship service and...
Lauren Dodge
Oct 7, 20241 min read


HMC Contributes to the Anabaptist Community Bible
In honor of the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism, MennoMedia has put together an 'Anabaptist Community Bible' with help from hundreds of...
Lauren Dodge
Oct 7, 20241 min read


A Summer of Intergenerational Sunday School
Over the summer during Second Hour HMC met weekly for Intergenerational Sunday School. It was an amazing opportunity for members of our...
Lauren Dodge
Oct 4, 20241 min read
Time Propels Us Like a Current
Here are the words of a hymn written by Andrew Donaldson. At the end of 2023 it seems fitting to reflect on the passing of time with a...
Houston Mennonite
Dec 31, 20231 min read
The Most Wonderful Time of Year?
The end of the year holiday season is upon us and I am looking forward to the most wonderful time of the year! Well, sort of. For many...
houstonmennonite
Dec 1, 20232 min read
Where is God leading?
Earlier this year, we as a HMC congregation developed goals to help chart a path into the future and help potential pastoral candidates...
Houston Mennonite
Nov 8, 20232 min read
Generous God
September 20, 2023 Voices Together 1015, is a prayer celebrating God’s generosity and the response of the faith community to the Giver of...
houstonmennonite
Sep 20, 20231 min read
Peace Sunday, by Pastor Lee Lever
Every year when the anniversary of 9/11 comes around, I struggle with the legacy of that horrific event. I mourn those who died with the...
houstonmennonite
Sep 13, 20232 min read
Mennonite Gathering in Kansas, August 11-13, 2023
August 16, 2024 Houston Mennonite Church is a member congregation of Western District Conference (WDC), one of the 16 area conferences...
Houston Mennonite
Aug 17, 20232 min read
The Ground of Community
I took a box of books to Half Price Books recently to see what they would give me for them. My children affirmed me for culling my...
Houston Mennonite
Aug 9, 20232 min read
Not Guilty
August 2, 2023 I was heartened by a recent “not guilty” verdict by a Houston jury regarding a Food Not Bombs (FNB) volunteer ticketed for...
Houston Mennonite
Aug 4, 20231 min read
Peace Camp for Politicians
“We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing...
Houston Mennonite
Jul 20, 20232 min read
Queer and Decolonial Movements
I was heartened to read about the interest shown for a seminar at the recent Mennonite convention. I hope it signals an ongoing movement...
Houston Mennonite
Jul 19, 20232 min read
Welcome!
Dear Friends, God is leading Houston Mennonite Church to be a community that values and nurtures relationships and creates opportunities...
Houston Mennonite
Jul 5, 20231 min read


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