About

Episcopalian. It’s more than our denomination. It’s the foundation of our inclusive and welcoming community, based on the belief that God loves and welcomes peoples of all cultures and beliefs, and so we should, too.

How does an education based on faith benefit our students?

Receiving Love, Giving Love
We believe that God desires to pour His love into us and through us. As a school, our faculty, staff, and students demonstrate love to each other and to our broader community through acts of kindness, service, and humanity.

Sharing Our Talents, Improving Our World
We believe that God created each of us with unique gifts and talents that it is our responsibility and privilege to cultivate and share. The world needs our gifts, and when we spread them around, we make the world a better place for everyone in it, ourselves included.

Benefiting Nature, While Nature Benefits Us
We believe the world is a place of beauty that each of us is called upon to care for with our best efforts. HSES encourages appreciation for the outdoors and the responsibility we have to care for it through frequent explorations and lots of time spent in nature.

Growing Strong in Faith
We believe that understanding not only who we are, but Whose we are, gives us strength to face life’s challenges with grace and determination.

Developing Deep Roots So We Can Aim for the Stars
We believe that faith-filled traditions, refined and passed down through the generations, help us remember what is important and connect us to deep foundations that both steady and free us.

Faith in Action
We explore the Episcopal faith tradition through twice-weekly chapel services, weekly Christian education classes, and a communion table that is open to all. We also put our faith into action through regular service opportunities like supporting Blessings in a Backpack, for which HSES students pack meals weekly.

SPIRITUAL LIFE

Students of Holy Spirit Episcopal School attend chapel services twice weekly. The service consists of songs, hymns, Bible readings and prayers. The traditions of the Episcopal Church are followed (rite, liturgy, and ritual). In addition, each week, students in Kindergarten through 8th grade attend Christian education where they explore the weekly chapel lesson in greater detail, making connections to modern life.

As an inclusive community, all are welcome and invited to participate in worship, communion, and all aspects of spiritual practice. For more information on the giving of the Holy Communion, contact Chaplain Suzy Spencer.

HOLY SPIRIT EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Holy Spirit Episcopal Church emphasizes ministry, appreciates and uses the ministry talents of its people and celebrates our parish's commitment to stewardship. The Church of the Holy Spirit offers a variety of ministry and educational programs for and in its community, serving people of all ethnicities and social backgrounds. An integrated team of clergy and laity sustains all of our ministry efforts. 

HSEC, inspired by God and energized by its leaders, provides:

• A welcome home for people of all ethnic and social backgrounds.
• A dynamic environment to learn the gospel of Jesus.
• Unmatched pastoral care program, administered by lay leaders.
• Youth programs, including our school, that attract youth in the Christian community by offering spiritual formation, fellowship and opportunities in ministry.
• An inter-generational community outreach program to include mentoring and tutoring.
• Episcopal liturgy and worship, in traditional and contemporary formats, that offers glory to God and a spiritual anchor for worshippers.

Holy Spirit Episcopal Church is an open, accepting community which welcomes the stranger in fellowship and worship with the love of Christ and joyfully takes Christ's love into the world in which we live.

Bayou City Blessings, launched by the Holy Spirit Episcopal community in 2012, provides weekend food to children in the greater Houston area who are at risk of going without. 

Bayou City Blessings currently provides more than 1,400 prekindergarten to fifth-grade children attending Blackshear and Spring Shadows Elementary schools with weekend food bags for the 38 weeks of school in order to help bridge the gap between Friday lunch and Monday breakfast. 

Blackshear Elementary, in the heart of Houston’s 3rd ward, is located in a “food desert,” defined by the USDA as having little to no access to fresh food or grocery stores. 

Spring Shadows’ neighborhood is considered a “food insecure” area making it difficult for families to access the resources necessary to provide consistent food options for their children, especially when away from school.

Bayou City Blessings is a local program of the national charitable organization. CLICK HERE for more information.

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