St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church
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St. Dunstan’s is a multigenerational parish community comprising of 380 households located in the NW suburb of Houston. We see the presence of elders and children and everyone in between as a strength and gift. We strive to be a church where people find their value, their purpose, and their friendships in God’s love. St. Dunstan’s practices hospitality: the gift of welcoming others in friendship through worshiping and serving together. We offer many opportunities for everyone in the parish to join together in fellowship, ministry, and most importantly worship. We are a close-knit community faithful in our financial and service commitments, eager to share our love with others.
Rooted in Faith, Growing in Community... our core values reflect our mission to unite all people with the love of God.
OUR CORE VALUES
Children & Youth Ministries | Community Fellowship | Christian Formation | Outreach | Worship | Pastoral Care
- CHILDREN AND YOUTH MINISTRIES: We seek to nurture the spiritual development of children and youth by encouraging their participation in the life of our congregation and larger community.
- COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP: We gather often to build friendships and to share the love of God through interests, hobbies, activities, events, speakers, Bible study and outreach.
- CHRISTIAN FORMATION: We share the love and knowledge of Jesus Christ through Biblical teaching and spiritual growth to develop Christian disciples.
- OUTREACH: We are passionate about providing Christ-centered ministries beyond the walls of St. Dunstan’s by meeting the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of the local and global communities.
- WORSHIP: We look forward to celebrating the rich traditions of Episcopal worship while offering a variety of preaching styles, musical expressions, and opportunities to participate.
- PASTORAL CARE: We work to meet the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of persons in our parish with well—trained and responsive lay and ordained pastors. Our practice of pastoral care extends beyond times of crisis to encompass our daily lives.
Worship times
Children ages 3-3rd grade will be given the option to process to Children's Chapel where they will worship in an age appropriate setting and return to their parents at communion. This service is livestreamed.
Children ages 3-3rd grade will be given the option to process to Children's Chapel where they will worship in an age appropriate setting and return to their parents at communion. This service is livestreamed.
Volunteer opportunities
"Prayer in action is love, and love in action is service. Try to give unconditionally whatever a person needs in the moment. The point is to do something, however small, and show you care through your actions by giving your time..." ~ Mother Teresa.
We invite you to consider volunteering in one or more of our various ministries. If you need more information or assistance discovering the right service opportunity for your availability (one time, ongoing, weekday or weekend, etc.), please contact us.
Opportunities to serve include: On-Campus and Off-Campus, working with specific age groups, behind the scenes or in-front as a leader, etc.
Ministries
Children & Youth Ministries
Children's and Youth Ministries programs strive to lead our children and youth towards the same faithful Jesus-following that we expect from their parents and grandparents. They are a vital part of our parish family: helping lead our worship, discovering and developing their faith, and making connections through fellowship and service.
We encourage adults to join in, too, as prayer partners, teachers, and mentors. Check out our web page to see all the programs we offer. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Sarah Quiroga
Music Ministry
At St. Dunstan’s music plays an integral role in our worship because we believe that music, especially singing, is prayer which can include everyone. We have a robust music ministry with accomplished musicians on staff. The following music ministries are offered.
- St. Nicholas Choir 4 yrs old- 3rd grade
- St. Cecilia Choir 4th-12th grade
- Chimes Choir 4th-12th grades
- Adult Handbell Choir
- The Parish Choir
- The Praise Team (contemporary instrumental band and vocalists)
- Choir Fellows - professional or high school student musicians who sing with our Parish Choir. It is designed to give exceptional youth an introduction to the Anglican choral patrimony and to the disciplines of professional musicianship.
David Horn
Street of Shoppes Craft Fair
For over 50 years now we have hosted crafters from all over Houston at our annual fall festival which raises thousands of dollars for our outreach and ministries.
Street of Shoppes Ministry also meets once a week throughout the year to make crafts for the annual festival. These talented ladies and gentlemen make holiday wreaths, knitted gifts, popular crafts found on Pinterest, home decor, jewelry, etc. All are welcome to join. No experience or crafting talent is necessary. Contact the church office for more information. 281-440-1600
Pastoral Care
Our lay ministers to provide high-quality, one-to-one, Christ-centered care to people in the congregation and the community who are experiencing life difficulties. Our pastoral care team coordinates with the following ministries to care for our parish members: Stephen Ministry, Lay Eucharistic Visitors, Shepherd Ministry, Petal Pushers, Healing Prayer, Feed My Flock.
Jerre Bergeron
Outreach Ministries
We partner with several organizations outside of St. Dunstan's to continue God's work.
Hope Center Houston is a faith-based nonprofit, offering a safe space and caring community, while providing resources for men and women experiencing homelessness. St. Dunstan's help found Hope Center and many of our parishioners volunteer there on a weekly and daily basis. Hope Center nurtures the body with breakfast, lunch, laundry, showers, and clothing, while assisting with medical and mental health needs. They offer life-skills classes, counseling, AA, and referrals to support efforts to transition off of the streets.
Kids Hope is a mentoring program where we meet with at-risk children from Eiland Elementary School. Each mentor is committed to meet with their assigned student each week for one hour. St. Dunstan's also provides prayer partners who pray over the children and support the needs of the teachers and administrators of Eiland with project scholarships, holiday parties and summer reading books. We are seeing lives changed.
Northwest Assistance Ministries - We hold several donation drives each year to help stock the Food Pantry, Diaper Closet, Christmas Toy Drive, Back to School Supplies and more.
Gulf Coast Blood Center - We hold several blood drives on campus each year.
Lakota Mission Trip - A group of parishioners travel to South Dakota each year to build relationships with the Lakota Indian Reservation. St. Dunstan's has been instrumental in providing Vacation Bible School, a medical clinic building, micro loans, community meals, updating deteriorating Episcopal Church buildings and community spaces while demonstrating the love of Christ.
14301 Stuebner Airline Rd
Houston, TX 77069-3529
United States
