ACTs/Second Family
ACTs/Second Family has care teams that provide occasional meals, transportation, home visits, and other helpful services to frail adults, those living with HIV/AIDS, and other individuals with special needs. Contact: Becky Villareal (713) 682-5995.
FamilyTime Crisis and Counseling Center/The Door
FamilyTime Crisis and Counseling Center/The Door assists area families and individuals in crisis. To that end, FamilyTime needs help in many ways, including financial assistance, and volunteers for The Door (a shelter for battered women and their children), Counseling Center, Thrift Shops and fundraising events. Contact: Judy Cox at (281) 446-2615
Kairos Prison Ministry
Kairos Prison Ministry, which evolved from Cursillo, brings
Christ’s love and forgiveness to prisoners and their families and
friends. A Christian,
lay-led, ecumenical, international program, Kairos uses talks,
meditation, and individual and group activities to help prisoners
live in a personal relationship with the living Christ, who is
presented as the only total solution to salvation and change. In
short, they are taught ways to turn their lives around. For more
information, contact Rusty Paull (281)852-5502.
St. James House
St. James House is a skilled nursing facility for senior adults of
all faiths. Along with Alexander Hall Apartments, which offer
gracious independent living, St. James House is run by the Episcopal
Diocese of Texas and supported in part by contributions—financial
and time—from Episcopal churches. Contact: Emily Maas (281) 359-4341
or www.stjameshouse.org
Holy Trinity Episcopal School
Accredited by the Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools,
Holy Trinity’s mission is to prepare students for higher education
and a meaningful life experience through a program emphasizing
academic excellence, spiritual development and social
responsibility. Currently, the school serves students in Pre-K 3
through eighth grade from 10 area school districts. In the Fall of
2009, the school added a University Preparatory Academy to prepare
students in grades nine through 12 for their technical world of
tomorrow.
For more information, contact Reba Kingsbury, assistant head for
advancement, at (281)459-4323 or
rkingsbury@holytrinityeschool.org Also, visit the school’s
website at
www.holytrinityeschool.org Good Shepherd’s representative for
the school is Richard Hawley (281)-359-4342).
Seafarers' Center
The Seafarers' Center at the Port of Houston is a “home away from
home” for seafarers. Chartered in the late 1960s/early 1970s by the
local maritime industry, community leaders and churches, the center
provides a safe and welcoming recreational and spiritual environment
on land for those who have chosen the sea as their livelihood. Many
volunteers give of their time and talent to the center which also
has a team of ministers on duty.Contact: Rev. Lacey Largent (713)672-0511
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