The gifts that Palmers give vary as far as the imagination can go – stuffed animals, Power Ranger figures, stylish leggings, magnetic rocks and baseball bats – but there is one consistent gift from Angel Tree that is at the heart of every gift exchange: the experience of a loving...
O God, we come to you in prayer… The Longest Night Service is a much loved pastoral tradition at Palmer when we acknowledge the winter solstice and the darkness that some of us feel as we prepare for the Season of Christmas. Everyone experiences loss and grief. There is illness...
Dr. Roy Jones was an active member of the neighboring communities of Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church and Rice University. Dr. Jones was Professor of Russian on the Rice faculty, and was recognized by his students and colleagues as a gifted and inspiring teacher. During a remission from cancer...
The Palmer Place Apartments Ministry has given security and comfort to countless individuals over the years by providing clean, safe, affordable and convenient housing to patients and their families who come to Houston for crucial medical care in the Texas Medical Center. But in the dark...
For the fifth consecutive summer, just a few weeks from now, young girls and boys – Jews and Muslims and Christians – will travel thousands of miles across the world from the Holy Land to meet one another for the first time. Such meetings in their part of the world don’t happen...
“...I was in prison and you came to visit me.” (Matthew 25:36) Have you ever known someone who has never been made to feel special or worthwhile? Someone who has never had a party to celebrate a milestone or achievement? I have met these people through the Kairos Prison Ministry...
We first came to Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church over twenty years ago at the invitation of friends. At that time we had no intention of leaving the church we were actively involved in. During the sermon delivered that day we heard the priest say all are welcome and all are God’s...
This year’s international mission trip by Palmer Church accomplished much in the way of repairs to the Escuela San Marcos in Limon, Costa Rica. And the renovations, including clean and newly painted walls and scrubbed, shiny desks, will be lasting reminders of all the work that went on...
Palmer Church was the scene of joyful celebration May 26 as yet another class of Archway Academy seniors received their high school diplomas. Thirty-three young people were graduated from Archway in the company of hundreds of family members and friends who descended upon the campus to celebrate...
Today is first and foremost the Lord’s Day in this glorious season of Easter. It is also Mother’s Day in the United States. For those in search of words to honor and address both of those realities, I offer the following prayer that I’ve adapted and greatly expanded from the...
