My Dear Friends,

As we continue in this holy season of Lent I would invite you to consider some of the Lenten themed offerings of this week.

On Wednesday evening at 7PM in the side Chapel of our Church, I will be offering a short reflection and a celebration of The Reconciliation of a Penitent, found in the Book of Common Prayer. The formulation will be for all of us gathered and individual reconciliation will take place only as desired. I invite you all to join us in our side chapel for this celebration of the love and forgiveness of God that we remember each Sunday when we pray, during Lent: "Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins."

BCB Lenten Challenge & Parish Lunch

Sunday, Mar 3 @ 11:45 am
Palmer Parish Hall

Join us in Palmer Parish Hall for a Lenten meal together of soup & salad, with dessert. You are invited to pick up a pack of cards to decorate and write positive messages for Bayou City Blessings Bags. The cards can be returned by Easter Sunday.

Help Stock the BCB Pantry!

Bring Mott’s Fruit Snacks or Cheese Sandwich Crackers to our Parish Lunch for the Bayou City Blessings Pantry.

I just wanted to send a little note to everyone with a gentle reminder that we have begun the Lenten Season here at Holy Spirit. It has been wonderful so far. I want to thank the folks who have volunteered to assist with the many and various spiritual offerings during the season. We look forward to, and need, parishioners to volunteer services during the rest of the season, Holy Week and Easter.

Next Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, we will begin together here, and with the whole Church, the holy Season of Lent.  It is, as the Scriptures tell us and the Prayer Book reminds us, a special time of prayer, fasting (moderation) and the giving of alms (time and resources).  We are being called into reflection and renewal!  This year our theme for focus will be one of Forgiveness and Reconciliation.  Our Sunday Scriptures as well as our Sunday School sessions and other Lenten opportunities will help pry that open for us. I invite you to take Lent 2024 seriously and to engage where you feel called, with others of our parish family, in the time we have together during this holy season..

I am so looking forward to spending time this weekend in prayer with you all as Bishop Doyle visits and we are blessed to Confirm and Receive 6 individuals into our Church and into our Parish Community. I hope you can make it to celebrate with us at our one, great celebration beginning at 10:30AM.

I am also happy that we had a great turnout for our Annual Meeting last Sunday. One of the discussions that the Vestry continues to have, an issue that was confirmed at our meeting Sunday, is the continued need for volunteers from among us and the efficient coordination of those volunteers.

Dear Friends at Holy Spirit,

We need your help with a couple important things:

I’ve been here a couple months and have often opened Realm, the Church Data Base, to find information, addresses, phone numbers and the like. One thing that would be MOST helpful would be a picture… of you! Learning names is rough but hundreds and hundreds is even more difficult. If not for me, for your new Rector. Please log in and upload a picture of yourself, if you would, please. Thanks!