We’re celebrating Marathon Sunday in a big way!
8:30am - Join us to cheer on the runners of the Houston Marathon by Niko Niko’s
10am - Worship + Liturgy
11am - Bring a dish to share for a special beginning-of-the-year potluck after church!
Look at the marathon route here for help navigating to the building.
Stay after church for our first Advocacy Sunday of the year after church in the fellowship hall! It’ll be a good one!
Interested in learning more about membership at Gather? Stay after church on Sunday, January 25th for our Exploring Membership meeting!
Join us for our mini-retreat happening February 6-7 at the church (2515 Waugh)!
We’re calling it Practices for Healing and believe this will be a truly restful time together. Find out more and sign up here!
Join us on the first Sunday of the year on January 4th at 10am for what we’re calling VISION SUNDAY! We’ve got lots to share about the year ahead!
Reminder! We will NOT have a worship service or any activities on Sunday, December 28th! Enjoy the weekend!
Join us for our Candlelight Christmas Eve service on December 24th at 5pm in the sanctuary. This is a family service where everyone is welcome!
Join us for our Community Christmas Party on Friday, December 12th at 7pm at Cool Dog Barber (1606 White Oak Dr)!
We'll have Christmas trivia, drinks, and desserts! Feel free to BYO drinks, snacks, and more desserts too.
It will be Christmas vibes galore (be sure to dress accordingly)! We're excited to be together!
Join us for a special Advent vespers service on Tuesday, December 9th at 6:30pm in the Gather office. In the middle of the holidays, we all need a chance to take a deep breath, learn a spiritual practice, and be together. Sign up here!
It's another FAVORITE THINGS CHRISTMAS PARTY! Happening Sunday, December 7th at 6pm at Spring Street Studios (1824 Spring St, Studio #118)!
What is it?
bring one item that’s something you are ready to rave about to anyone you meet
keep the budget at $40 for your item
draw a number and leave with an item that’s another Gather woman’s favorite thing!
We'll have some snacks and drinks, but feel free to BYO appetizers or desserts! Be on the lookout for an email with more parking info and anything else you might need to know. We can't wait!
Join us for the first Sunday of the Advent Season!
We’re collaborating with Living Mosaic (formerly Kindred) to decorate the church for Christmas on Tuesday, November 25th at 7pm! Come join the festivities!
We’ll also be preparing and cooking the food for our monthly Grace Place dinner that night and could use your help. Hope to see you there!
Our annual Friendsgiving Potluck is happening over brunch right after church on November 23rd! We’ll have fridge & oven space ready if you need it. Bring your favorite brunch dish and let’s celebrate our beloved community together!
Join us for our monthly contemplative vespers service — a chance to take a deep breath, learn a spiritual practice, and be together. See you on Tuesday, November 11th at 6:30! RSVP here.
Join us for a Members’ Meeting after church on Sunday, November 2nd! Stick around for some important updates about our community and breakfast tacos!
Every Fall we give out awards named after two of the most giving and hospitable members of the Gather family - Andy & Nancy Pechacek. When Andy & Nancy moved to North Carolina in 2023, we knew we needed a way to honor their unique contributions to our community. The Andy Award is for someone who has demonstrated consistent service, going above and beyond. The Nancy Award is for someone who shows welcoming hospitality to the people of Gather (and everywhere!). Submit a nomination here.
We’re very excited to welcome author, speaker, and pastor Cody Deese for our Sunday morning liturgy on October 26th at 10am! He’ll be speaking about his new book, Discovering Your Internal Universe: The Unexpected Good News about Anxiety, Panic, and Fear. We hope you can make it, because it’s sure to be a meaningful morning! Read more about Cody here.
Join us for our monthly contemplative vespers service — a chance to take a deep breath, learn a spiritual practice, and be together. See you on Tuesday, October 14th at 6:30! RSVP here.
Come by the front porch of the church this Saturday, October 11th from 10-11am and bring your furry (or scaled or feathered) loved ones for a blessing in honor of the Feast of St. Francis! We’re partnering with Kindred for this, and we’re so excited!
We're very excited to offer Sunday School with Bri this fall! Bri will be teaching and leading discussion on the Enneagram + Spiritual Practices every Sunday morning at 9am starting September 28th.
Registration is $50 to cover costs of books and resources for each participant - you'll get to keep lots of good things! (If the cost is an issue and you really want to join, email brianna@gatherhouston.org)
We're capping the class at 10 to keep it small and more opportunity to deep dive, and we ask that you commit to showing up to as many of our 8 weeks together as possible to make it worthwhile. Sign up here!
Join us after church in the fellowship hall on Sunday, September 21st as we assemble care packages for unhoused neighbors, learn about new policies impacting the unhoused community, and hear about how to best care for them!
Groups return for the fall starting the week of September 15th! We’re excited to offer a Monday night option for all, a women’s group on Thursdays, and a men’s group (twice a month) on Thursdays.
Sign up here to request to join and stay up to date on all the information!
We know we have lots of talented musicians at Gather, so we want to create some space to hang out and jam together!
Join us on Tuesday, September 2nd at 7:30pm (right after Vespers service)!
BYO instruments!
Join us for Vespers happening Tuesday, September 2nd at 6:30pm! This will be another chance to take a breath and practice contemplative spirituality together. Let us know if you’ll be there here.
Ask Anything Sunday is happening again on Sunday, August 31st! Have questions about who we are at Gather? Theology? Ways to get involved? We’ll do our best to discuss things with care and honesty!
Submit your questions here!
Starting in August, we’re doing an Advocacy Sunday on the third Sunday of every month! Join us as we hear from someone talking about an important topic while we write letters to our representatives or letters of encouragement to people who need it. This is an opportunity to learn and immediately act on what we’ve learned.
We’re excited to kick off this month writing letters in defense of immigrants and refugees and hearing from our very own Andrea Lauver! Join us after church in the fellowship hall!
We’re so excited for Backpack Blessing + Promotion Sunday! We’ll have a special blessing to read over our kids, parents, and teachers during the service and backpack tags to take home with you! This will be our big kickoff Sunday for all kids moving from Pre-K to Elementary too. Not to mention — we’ll have snow cones after church! Can’t wait!
Join us for our vespers service — a short, contemplative time together to pray, reflect, and just be. Let us know if you’ll be there here.
Gather Women Sunday Brunch happening Sunday, July 27th after church at Katz’s (super close to the church)! See you there!
Join us on Saturday, July 19th at 10am for Grace Place’s Closet Cleanout Day! We’ll help them sort through donations and make sure the closet is in shape for the youth who utilize their resources. See you in the fellowship hall!
Sign up here to join us at book club as we finish our discussion on Beyond Welcome by Karen González!
Join us for our GAME NIGHT AND POTLUCK happening Friday, July 11th at 7pm!!
We can’t wait to get together and have some fun in the fellowship hall at the church! Bring a game (if you want) and some food to share and let’s party!
It’ll help us to know how many people are coming, so please RSVP here!
Reminder — no worship service on July 6th! Enjoy your weekend!
Join us at the church on Saturday, June 28th at 10am for a kids’ clothing + toy swap day! We know many of you are looking for ways to be more sustainable in your lives or maybe just looking for a good summer clean-out excuse — either way, join us to give away some of your items and find some new ones to love!
