September 2nd, 2010
- Friday, Sept. 3rd @ 10 am to 1 pm – Gathering Place theme is “Quilts”. If you have a quilt to show, bring it.
- Sunday, September 5, 2010
—- Worship Services @ 8:15 & 11:00; Musical Offering at 8:15 – Gloria Dei Choir: Take My Life, that I May Be, arr. by Mark Sedio, plus psalm, hymns and service music.
—- Breakfast for everyone at 9:30am. Join us!
—- Sandwich Sunday is the first Sun. of every month. Please bring sandwiches, sack lunches, water, fruit, cookies, condiments, small toiletries, or volunteer your time to help assemble and deliver meals to the homeless.
- Week of Sept. 5 - Choir/Bells Rehearsals have resumed - GDC 9/9 @ 7:30 p, BOP 9/8 @ 7:30 p & VOP 9/8 @ 1:30 p. NEW OPPORTUNITY – Boys Bells… For more details on Music Ministry opportunities, click here.
- Wednesday, Sept 8th - Worship, Word & Witness Wednesdays is back for ALL AGES! Click here for details…
- Beginning Tues. Sept. 7th – Women of ELCA (WELCA) Bible Study/Circle’s begin.
- Sunday, Sept. 12th – Sunday School Resumes
- Sunday, Sept. 12th - Health Cabinet Sunday Celebration. The Gathering Place will be celebrating its 5th birthday!
- Sunday, Sept. 19th - Music Ministry Kick off Party - click here for details…
- Sunday Sept. 28th – WELCA General meeting, featuring Chris Ray.
- Sunday, Oct. 3rd – Getting A Grip – Small Group Ministries 6 wk series begins – “Find balance in your daily life”. Click here for more details. Click here to see powerpoint presentation.
- Saturday, Oct. 6th - HCLC Youth Room Makeover Project Fundraiser – “Macy’s Shop for a Cause” – Help support the 2010 HCLC Youth Room makeover project…Click here for details.
- Sandwich Sunday is the first Sunday of the month. Please bring sandwiches, food items, toiletries, underclothes, small packages of condiments, water and shopping bags to make Sandwiches for the homeless. Also, consider volunteering to deliver the meals to Star of Hope. HELP NEEDED - We are currently looking for a NEW volunteer coordinator and people to help distribute food for this ministry. Please contact Melissa or Christy for more info or details.
- Thanks to everyone who has brought in school supplies and $$$ for HAAM. We collected $460 and 7 large boxes of school supplies. If you would like to donate school supplies, you may do so August 6 through Monday, August 9 – 10am—6pm. at Homewood Suites, 23320 Hiway 59N. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to give our area school children the supplies they need to succeed.
Other opportunities and info continues at the link below:
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August 29th, 2010
“Find balance in your daily life” and join us for this 6 week series called “Get a Grip”. In small groups, as part of the church body, we’ll connect, share, study, provide love, support, friendship & spiritual strength and build Christian relationships in a safe place.
During this series, we will learn to carry out—and find balance for God’s five purposes for our lives:
Fellowship - Providing opportunities to get to know members of the Holy Comforter Lutheran Church family and providing care for one another.
Discipleship – Growing together in faith and obedience to God through the study of the Bible and prayer.
Evangelism – Praying that God will send others to be a part of the Small Group and inviting others in faith.
Ministry – Serving others through acts of love and mercy in and through ministries of the Holy Comforter Lutheran Church family
Worship – Inviting the presence of God by worshipping together in Small Groups & encouraging worship with the entire Holy Comforter Lutheran Church family on Sundays.
Click here to download a pdf of the powerpoint presentation about small groups ministry (by Pastor Barb Bartling, Jim Hammond, Karen Geffert and Arthur Murphy)
August 29th, 2010
Help support the 2010 HCLC Youth Room makeover project by purchasing a discount booklet for $5!
HCLC retains 100% of your coupon purchase.
The booklet includes an all day pass for 10% or 20% extra savings on all sale and clearance apparel and select regular priced items and 25% off coupon for any other single item.
Click here to download printable pdf flyer
Also redeemable at www.macys.com
Contact Dawna Kaleda to purchase yours today!
August 28th, 2010
SAVE THE DATE: Music ministry party – Sun., Sept. 19, beginning at 5:00 at our house/yard/pool. Bring food/drink to share, and come hang out with music ministry buddies. Families and friends are welcome, too. Y’all come!
God’s blessings,
Marsha K. Seale
Minister of Worship and Music
April 29th, 2009
Sunday, May 23rd, HCLC is having a Blood Drive. Please be a donor, give “the gift of life.” Contact Joel LeFevre for details or sign up in the Narthex.
January 12th, 2009
11 Youth and Adults traveled to Luther Hill for an Jr. & Sr. High Advent Retreat. This was a lovely time of the year to attend Luther Hill, for the camp in La Grange is very quiet and off of the beaten path. The youth focused on the light of the Advent Season, and how Jesus is our light who came to take away the sins of the world. In their free time they got to climb the rock wall, zip down the zip line, canoe, play archery, do arts and crafts, and spend time with 200 teens their age. This was a fun weekend for all, and we look forward to our next Luther Hill Camping Experience this summer at Confirmation Camp.
January 12th, 2009
Local Lutherans Put “Hands and Feet On Their Faith” To Help in Recovery Effort
Over 50 volunteers gathered in Galveston over the weekend to help the island in recovery efforts following Hurricane Ike. Lutheran Disaster Response, a volunteer effort organized by the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod, included several members from Kingwood’s Holy Comforter Lutheran Church, as well as other churches from around the region. The group helped in a variety of efforts, from sorting clothing that will go to hurricane victims to mucking out houses damaged by the storm. Bernard Scroggins and several others with the disaster response team helped coordinate the effort. Their goal: Bringing Help and Hope to those that need it most. Read the rest of this entry »
November 3rd, 2008
Reformation Sunday October 26th, 2008 will be remembered as a day in Holy Comforter Lutheran Church (HCLC) history. Not only did the church celebrate one of the holiest days of the Lutheran church year, the church also celebrated its 40th anniversary. The day began with two beautiful services, led by Pastor Barbara Bartling. Both services included all of the church’s choirs, the Gloria Dei Choir and Voices of Praise, the hand-bell groups, Bells of Praise and the Glory Ringers. The second service was standing-room only. MORE>
September 8th, 2008
The Tribune - Monday, October 06, 2008
Kingwood church congregation commemorates 40 year anniversary by: Robert Kleeman
Community members will mark milestone with late October fiesta
The Holy Comforter Lutheran Church began in a trailer 40 years ago.
That’s where the congregation first convened in 1968. Members met at the trailer and sometimes at their houses for weekly worship. The now 550-member Kingwood church, the first in the area, will celebrate its mile marker anniversary with an Oct. 26 party.
Church volunteer Dawna Kaleda said she first attended Holy Comforter in 1971 with her mother, a year before the church’s permanent campus broke ground. Less than 50 people attended services then, she said.
Pastor Barb Bartling said she views the church as a place to find purpose. MORE>
