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12 07, 2021

Meet the Neighbors by Claire Shane

Sally Penning2021-07-12T14:43:56-05:00July 12th, 2021|75, All blogs, We Tell Our Stories|0 Comments

One hot and sunny morning in early June my husband, Brian and I met with a small group of like minded individuals in the kitchen of the Gethsemane Church campus. We all came from different walks of life, but we had one goal in mind - to love and serve our neighbors. Jesus has called each one of us to love our neighbors as ourselves, even when those neighbors don’t always look or act like us. What a privilege it is to follow our Savior’s lead, and serve, rather than be served. With that in mind we set about decorating [...]

Mosaic: A Music Camp for Children

St. Luke's Author Author2017-03-28T14:56:41-05:00July 31st, 2016|All blogs, We Tell Our Stories|0 Comments

by Faith Ayers Last week was our first Mosaic Music Camp, an outreach program of the Children’s and Fine Arts Ministries at the Gethsemane Campus. Over thirty K-5th grade children from all over the Gulfton/Sharpstown area came to this week-long program. We had no idea what to expect, but we had a hope that we could create a space where children could discover their musical abilities in a safe, fun, and loving place at a minimal cost to their families. God did that in a big way. He made a way for us to give our children a quality [...]

Dennis’ Tree

St. Luke's Author Author2017-03-28T14:56:44-05:00July 24th, 2016|All blogs, We Tell Our Stories|0 Comments

On July 14, 1984, Dennis Crosby Fowler Jr. passed away after a tragic accident at his summer job. He was only 14. Dennis’ death shook the entire community of Gethsemane UMC, now the Gethsemane Campus of St. Luke’s. Current members remember coaching his baseball team and mentoring him in the youth group. A framed picture of Dennis’ sneakers, with the phrase “Jesus is Lord” inscribed in pen on the soles, hangs in the Gethsemane education wing. It’s as if Dennis lives on at Gethsemane. His memory lives on here, like he’s still sitting in the pews on Sunday morning. [...]