Worship Directory

Fort Bend County

BAPTIST CHURCH

HORIZON BAPTIST CHURCH • 281-403-4994

2223 FM1092 • Missouri City, TX 77459

John Strader , Senior Pastor

Sunday Bible Study 9:30 am

Sunday Worship 10:45 am 6:00 pm

Wednesday 7:00 pm AWANA/Youth www.hbctx.org

BRAZOS BEND BAPTIST CHURCH

BRAZOS BEND BAPTIST CHURCH - 979.553.3049

22311 FM 762 RD.-Needville, TX 77461

Dr. Doug Brooks- Pastor

Sunday School/Bible Study - 9:30am

Sunday Worship Service - 10:30am

Wednesday (Team Kids) - 7:00pm

Wednesday (Bible Study) - 7:00pm

Any Prayer needs call 979.553.3049

Special Events-Resurrection (Easter) Weekend www.bbbchurch.org

METHODIST CHURCH

CHRIST CHURCH SUGAR LAND • 281-980-6888

A United Methodist Community 3300 Austin Parkway • Sugar Land, TX 77479

Rev. Dr. Daniel Irving, Senior Pastor

Sunday Schedule 9:30 am Blended Worship 9:30 am Sunday School for all ages 11:00 am Traditional & Contemporary Worship www.christchurchsl.org

EPISCOPAL

ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH • 281-499-9602

605 Dulles Avenue, Stafford, TX 77477

SUNDAY: 10:30 am Worship Holy Eucharist www.allsaints-stafford.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

STAFFORD CHURCH OF CHRIST • 281-499-2507

402 Stafford Run Rd. -Stafford, 77477

Stephen Higley, Preacher

Sunday Bible Study 9:30 am

Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Wednesday 7:00 pm www.staffordchurchofchrist.org

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH • 281-240-3195

502 Eldridge Rd. -Sugar Land, TX 77478

Reverend Dr. Fred Seay, Pastor

Sunday Worship In Person 11:00 am / Nursery Available Worship Online on YouTube www.fpcsl.org

Scripture of the week painting around 2015.

"I like the ephemerality of it," she said, referring to the fact that the chalk creations only last for a while on their pavement canvasses. "I also like the sense of community it brings, how the artists all come out together."

A first-grade teacher at the private Acton Academy Champions in the Cy-Fair area, Fairchild brought along two of her former students, including Amita Kungar, 12, who was painting a messenger pigeon.

"I just looked at the ground and it came to me," Amita said of the way she chose her subject.

Rachel Delarosa, of Padadena, began doing chalk art at Via Colori about seven years ago. She had been interested in art for some time, and was encouraged to participate in the Houston festival by her father. She was painting comic strip characters Calvin and Hobbes, who she also deemed to be explorers, especially Calvin in his "Spaceman Spiff" alter ego.

Ever Galvez traveled to Missouri City from Los Angeles, where he has been involved in the street art scene for about 20 years. He was painting a 3-D image of one of the fearsome dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park film series. The 3-D technique, in which the image appears to exist in

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three dimensions as seen from a particular vantage point, has become very popular at the festivals in recent years.

"I think of dinosaurs as the earliest explorers on the planet," he said.

Victor Segouviano of Guanaguato, Mexico painted a portrait he called "The Dram of Adhara," in reference to Adhara Perez, a young mathematics prodigy and astrophysics student who spoke at a conference in his hometown. Fittingly, she also is depicted in a spacesuit.

Addison Tan, 13, of the what the celebration would entail. In the end, the committee decided on a special concert that would be held at the Stafford Center on June `17, a Saturday. This year, the actual Juneeenth day falls on a Monday.

Memorial area, won first place in the children's competition with her painting "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse." based on the popular children's book and film.

In the "community chalk zone," several young people (and a smattering of older ones) got into the act with their own creations, including Dawson Leever, 6, who drew a colorful rendition of Spider-Man. The event also featured several food trucks and several musicians who added to the entertainment.

Jones said committee co-chair A. J. Honoré, a former City Council member, recommended the Scott Joplin Orchestra, a primarily Black volunteer orchestra that is part of the Houston-based Community Music Center, as the primary entertainment act.

After hearing the orchestra perform and meeting with

Community Music Center head Anne Lundy, Jones said, he was immediately sold on the idea. The entire event is expected to last about two-and-a-half hours, Jones said. He made a motion that the Council authorize up to $25,000, to come from the city's Hotel Occupancy Tax funds, to

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The 176,000-squrefoot, 10,450-seat center will play host to graduation ceremonies for the county's school districts, concerts, and sporting events, and will also serve as an emergency shelter during events such as hurricanes and the like, which Matocha said was one of the leading criteria among county officials' criteria for the complex.

Matocha said the Epicenter will play a major role in the county's bid to attract the growing "sports tourism" industry, which is expected to bring visitors from around the country and sponded to a shooting January 7 at 9:50 p.m. in the 1100 block of Oxford Mills Lane. Neighbors told police they heard shots fired. When officers put on the event. Much discussion took place among the Council members about the appropriateness of the city using taxpayer dollars for the event, the anticipated cost, and the fact that there was no actual budget yet for the Council to vote on. Willis, the mayor, noted that the city hosts an annu - beyond to Fort Bend.

Matocha dropped a bit of news: the company has secured a contract to host a major event in the fall. While some were hoping for a major sporting event that might draw ESPN coverage, he joked, it actually will be a professional wrestling event, although he didn't give details.

Rich Staigle, the assistant county engineer, gave an overview of the county's planned infrastructure projects, as the county continues its transformation from a once largely rural location to a heavily developed suburban one.

Staigle said that traffic in Fort Bend County has rebounded to about 90 percent of its pre-COVID levels, and there is an increased need to maintain arrived, they found Duan dead in the backyard with multiple gunshot wounds. Duan, a reading teacher at Alief ISD"s Boone Elementary since 2017, lived alone at the house. Detectives quickly identified Thompson as a suspect after interview- al Fourth of July concert at the Stafford Center where the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra performs at a substantially smaller fee. existing road and construct new ones to serve the county's ever-growing population. There have been three successful infrastructure bond elections since 2013, and county staff and Commissioners Court are working toward another one in November.

Jones said he expected the Scott Joplin Orchestra (named after the famous early 20th Century Black composer) would bring a different level of quality to the event.

The final speaker of the evening was Taral Patel, a Fort Bend resident and former chief of staff to George who now serves as the deputy liaison for domestic affairs in the Biden Administration.

Patel gave an overview of the federal government's role in relation to local and state jurisdictions, the concept known as "federalism," as well as the four major "pillars" of the administration's do - ing witnesses at the scene, reviewing nearby video and confirming his vehicle from license plate recognition cameras in the area, according to authorities. Witnesses told police an argument led to the shooting.

Duan began dating mestic agenda. Those are economic opportunity, resilience and sustainability, equity, and the social determinants of life (a broadening of the concept of social determinants of health).

In the end, at the motion of Councilman Xavier Herrera, the Council voted unanimously that the committee continue to work on the proposal, including a written contract, for the Council to discuss in a workshop and possible vote at its special meeting scheduled for March 29 from 3-5 p.m.

All of the policies of the Biden White House are developed with an eye toward these concepts, Patel said. He also described the various governmental tools available to the administration to accomplish those policy goals.

Following the presentations, there was a brief question-and-answer session in which of the speakers was able to respond to questions from the audience. George said he plans to hold more such events in the coming months.

Thompson a week before she was shot and killed, according to the release. According to media reports, Duan's mother has said the two met through an online dating service. Adolph said that with Thompson's death, the case will be closed.