Welcome!
Atascocita Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We are located in a rapidly expanding suburban community 25 miles northeast of Houston, Texas.
Atascocita Lutheran Church is made up of people who are on a journey of faith. We come from a variety of backgrounds and traditions. We are sinners who come to hear words of hope and forgiveness. We are learners who do not know all the answers but seek to grow together in faith.
We are people who have experienced pain and hurt in our lives but join together to receive comfort from God and one another. We are people that strive to be faithful disciples of Jesus by serving those in need. We are people who worship together, pray together, laugh together, and sometimes even cry together.
But most of all, we are people seeking to know and experience the love and grace of Jesus Christ in our lives.
If you do not presently have a church home, we invite you to join us in our faith journey.
news and events
Change is
just Around
the Corner
On August 29 we will celebrate Rally Day and the return to a full schedule of fall activities. An important change that will kick-off on Rally Day is a change in schedule for learning time and worship on Sunday mornings. Early service will remain the same, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Learning time will commence at 9:30 a.m. and include a full hour for education, ending at 10:30 a.m. Late service will begin at 10:45 a.m.
Why the change? Time between the conclusion of the early service and the beginning of educational time has been problematic for some time. The 15 minutes cur-rently allotted between the service ending and classes beginning is not adequate if the service runs over a few minutes due to a baptism or some other special event. It also does not allow for any 'social' time for people to visit, get coffee, take care of personal needs, and still get to classes on time. This has led to reduced learning time, generally only about 45 minutes for adults and 30 minutes for children following their musical opening.
Moving second service to 10:45 a.m. allows for ade-quate learning time and does not drastically alter the time when service concludes, with service ending on or before noon. The goal is to provide a non-stressful Sun-day morning experience for learners, teachers and wor-shipers.
Time and Talent Survey
Atascocita Lutheran Church is a very blessed community of faith. Both individually and corporately, God has blessed us richly and, in response, we are always seeking to reach out and be a blessing to others. There are so many ways to serve at ALC and it takes many hands working together to do God’s work as we’ve been called to do.
We are offering an on-line Time and Talent Survey in order to make it quick and easy for disciples to sign up to do those things that best fit their individual interests and abilities. Use this link to access the survey or, if the link does not work, cut and paste the following URL into your browser:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Time_Talent_Survey_ALC_2010
Please note that everyone in the family should complete their own individual Survey. If everyone participates in a meaningful way, we will be able to enrich our ALC ministries, and disciples will be able to enrich their faith lives. It’s hard to find a better offer than that! We can do amazing things when we work together and we hope that everyone will do their part and take a few minutes to complete the Survey. God’s work, our hands.
Back to School Bash
August 1 2010
(immediately following 2nd service)
11:45-?
Atascocita Lutheran Fellowship Hall
Please join us August 1st as we kick off the back to school season. We look forward to getting both service members together again at our Back to School Bash to support HAAM.
Sign up to attend the Back to School Bash at the table in the Fellowship Hall. Cost of lunch is $8 per person; we must have an accurate count so please sign up by July 25th. Besides supporting HAAM we will get to know our fellow congregants by playing some Back to School Games and we will let our hair down and belt out a few tunes while we Karaoke. Hope to see you there!
Kids feel so much better when they can start the year off with NEW supplies. We will be collecting complete elementary packages for Humble Area Assistance Ministries for the following schools: River Pines, Jack Fields, Humble, Lakeland, Park Lakes and Foster. The cost of prepackaged school supplies range from $25-$35 and can be purchased at local discount stores and grocery stores. If you don’t have time to shop we will collect donations at the Back to School Bash and do the shopping for you! Any donation will mean so much to a young student!
J A M - Jesus and Me
Next J.A.M.
July 25th
At 11:45 (after second service)
And ends at 1:30
JAM is Atascocita Lutheran Church’s ele-mentary age youth group that exists to nur-ture friendships between the school age children of the church, provide a strong foundation for discipleship training and spiritual formation, and to stress service ministry.
Our next J.A.M. will be a “Splash Day”!! Lunch will be served with a Bible study time. Then we will hit the water with the hoses, sprinklers, and water games!
Be Sure to Bring:
Swim Suit
Water Shoes or Sandals
Sunblock
Towel
Adult helpers are needed! For more infor-mation please call Renee Wallace, 281-852-4031 or email, RNJWallace@yahoo.com .
Chrysalis Registration 2010-2011
The Chrysalis School will begin registration for the 2010—2011 school year soon. It will be our eleventh school year providing quality programming in a Christian atmosphere. Registration for church members and current students will begin February 16th. Open registration will begin February 23rd. We offer Parent’s Day Out and preschool programs. Our school days and hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9am— 2pm. Registration packets are available on our website at www.thechrysalisschool.org. Please call Renee Wallace at 281-852-6002 for information or a tour. We are expecting all classes to fill fast!
Blood Pressure Checks
Blood pressure checks will be done the last Sunday of each month after both services. You will have a record to keep, and we will maintain a record for you at the church. All are welcome to stop by either for a screening or regular monitoring.
pastor's paragraphs
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Now that we have been worshipping in our new space for a few months, you have probably noticed some changes. Nine years ago, I preached a sermon series on worship that talked about why we do what we do and how does that lead to mission. Of course since then, along with building a new worship space, we have had many new people join our congregation. Many who join our congregation do not come from Lutheran back-grounds. Sometimes, for those who are new, worship can be intimidating and confusing. Sometimes, for those who have been worshipping on a regular basis, worship can become stale and lifeless, especially if we are just going through the motions.
