Woodforest Church to begin regular services this Sunday

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — The Church at Woodforest will officially begin regular services at 10:00 a.m. this Sunday, January 10, at Stewart Elementary (680 Fish Creek Thoroughfare) in master-planned Woodforest, just northwest of The Woodlands. The church is the community’s first worship facility.

A new worship community of The Woodlands United Methodist Church, The Church at Woodforest announced its presence in December with Advent-related preview services and events.

“We invite everyone to join us as we aim to create a ‘front-porch’ worship community,” said the Rev. Brent Parker, pastor of The Church at Woodforest. “By that I mean a casual and contemporary environment that really helps neighbors connect and grow closer to each other and to God. We want to be a congregation that is welcoming and truly experiences life with each other, both when things are good and when things are tough.”

Earlier this year, The Woodlands United Methodist Church purchased a 12.8-acre tract of land in Woodforest from The Johnson Development Corp. at the southwest corner of Woodforest Parkway Northwest and Fish Creek Thoroughfare. The Woodlands United Methodist Church will provide initial staffing and operational support to the new facility, which will ultimately become a self-supporting congregation with a full scope of services.

Construction of the church is expected to begin after a sustained worship community is established, said Parker, who was named pastor this spring.

“It’s been an exciting year in Woodforest,” said Virgil Yoakum, general manager of the Woodforest community. “Not only did we announce our first church, but we opened our first retail, a CVS Pharmacy. Plus, a Kiddie Academy has purchased land in the development for a child care facility.”

Information about the Church at Woodforest is available at www.churchatwoodforest.org. For details on Woodforest, ranked No. 3 on a recently released list of the Houston area’s most active developments, visit www.woodforesttx.com.