Worship

Gloria Dei is an inspired place where the church gathers to lift in praise and worship the greatness of God. Following the church calendar, we have special observances during Advent, Holy Week, and the season of Pentecost.

We also have special services unique to Gloria Dei throughout the year such as Rodeo Sunday, Freedom Sunday, Give Thanks Sunday, and Jingle Jam!

Service Times

We offer 3 different service styles every Sunday at Gloria Dei, including an afternoon service in Bilingual (Spanish and English). Each service is Christ centered, Bible-based and is relevant and applicable to daily living.

Traditional Worship | 8:30am | Worship Center

This structured worship experience uses elements of the Divine Settings from the Lutheran Service Book (2006) and other expressions of traditional worship with organ, piano, and choir. Learn more.

Contemporary Worship | 11am | Worship Center

This style of worship provides the opportunity for individuals and families from all backgrounds to praise and glorify God through a fresh, modern worship experience. Music ranges in style from modern praise and worship songs to contemporary hymn melodies and modern hymn settings. Learn more.

Servicio en Bilingüe| 1:30pm | Chapel

Gloria Dei en Español es un lugar inspirador donde la iglesia se reúne para elevar en alabanza y adoración la grandeza de Dios. Ayudamos a más personas a vivir la vida con Jesús todos los días. Únete a nosotros hoy! Para más información, comuníquese con la Diaconisa Perla Gil de Rodriguez al 713-894-6148 o email al o visite nuestro sitio web gdlc.org/iglesia-gloria-dei/.

Communion

Communion is generally observed on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays of each month in addition to special liturgical days such as Christmas Eve, Holy Week, and Easter.

Communion Statement At-Home Communion

Church Online

Worship services are live-streamed at gdlc.online.church.

Upcoming Events

Resources for Discipleship & Mission

Join "Fully Alive" Gloria Dei Group

At Your Own Pace or With a Group

In order to help you take a next step in your discipleship journey, we want to give you access to exploring more about living the fully alive life in a community where others are doing the same. There are several experiences for you to join in this group and even lead with a few friends! "Fully Alive" provides online courses (we call them Experiences) that help you live more Fully Alive through Jesus. Our experiences are meaningful whether you are newly spiritually curious or a seasoned follower of Jesus. Click the link below to join. Once joined, click the DISCOVERY link on the left sidebar and complete the WELCOME CHECKLIST. Download the Fully Alive App on: Apple App Store | Google Play

Click to Join Fully Alive Questions? Email Jason

Read "Fully Alive" E-book

On Your Own

Fully Alive looks to the over-arching story of the Christian Bible to understand and answer two of life's most haunting questions. The first question is, "Am I truly love-able?" The second, "Will my life matter?"

Where do these questions stem from? Why do these questions influence our emotions and behaviors so significantly? Is it wrong to have these yearnings, or are these yearnings an invitation to reconsider what it means to pursue Jesus?

In John 10:10, Jesus says He came so that we might have life and have it to the full. Fully Alive has been written to help you understand what it means to live Fully Alive, why it is so difficult to attain the sense of living Fully Alive, and how to take steps toward that life..

Get My Copy of Fully Alive!Questions? Email Jason

Start BLESSing People & Discover Your Mission!

Personal or Group Training Resource

As a follower of Jesus, you must know his overall mission before you can discover your part in the mission. We want to introduce you to the five missional practices of Jesus. We are called to model our lives after his: do what he did, and practice what he practiced. Here is a secret we have discovered: these five missional practices (BLESS Rhythms) are both how you do the mission, but also how you discover your own God-given mission for your life. Decide right now that as you learn these five missional practices you will implement them into your life for two reasons: first so that you can follow Jesus’s example in missional living, but secondly so that you can discover the mission for your own life! You will see these BLESS Rhythms woven throughout life at Gloria Dei, both on and off campus.

Download the BLESS Pocket Guide!Questions? Email Jason

Discovery Bible Study

Start Your Own or Join One!

The Discovery Process is the primary method of discipleship in movements around the world. Discovery Bible Studies are simple and reproducible groups that consist of spiritually interested people who read a Bible story together, discover what it says, and then are challenged to immediately live out what they learned and to share it with someone else. The beauty of DBS is that anyone can lead it! If you lead one, you are simply a faithful facilitator providing a structure people to hear the voice of Jesus and respond in obedience. We ask "What is Jesus teaching me? and What will I do about it?"

Learn More About the DBS Method Watch a Video Questions? Email Jason

Sunday Discipleship Hour

9:45-10:45am

In order to equip and train you to grow and live out your faith as a disciple, we have dedicated time on Sunday mornings for engaging with God’s Word in community with age-appropriate ministry environments for kids, students and adults between services from 9:45-10:45am. Sunday morning Discipleship Hour is meant to be a primer catapulting us back into our daily lives as every-day missionaries where we live, work, learn, and play.

Kids & Students Adults

Small Groups

Throughout the Week

Discipleship happens within the context of community and living life together. There is a depth of learning that can only happen when we have people to imitate. The early Church had a rhythm of life together between the temple (Sunday mornings) and the home as they ate together, cared for one another, and met the needs of their community. Small Groups are our primary context for living life together on mission.

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