The Grace Story

In August 1983 twelve people met in the Clear Lake Intermediate School auditorium to begin Grace Community Church. Founding Pastor Steve Riggle jokes that everyone there that day had a job in the church, including the children.

Four weeks after that first Sunday God provided Grace’s first facility. It was a miracle. That small congregation cleaned up the building and started holding services with great faith that God was going to do something in and through them. In a matter of months, Grace grew from that original twelve people to several hundred. The Grace family quickly outgrew that little building and started looking for a new place to call home.

Again, God provided just what was needed. Grace moved to the heart of League City in 1984 and refurbished the facility. Volunteer teams worked weekends to prepare the new home for the opening Sunday. After four years, Grace was holding three services to accommodate people who wanted to encounter God in a fresh way. Again, a new home was needed. Grace purchased property and built a landmark building at the entrance to Clear Lake City in 1990. Soon even the new home would be too small to hold what God was doing.

With a clear call from God to lift our eyes an see the city of Houston, Steve and the leadership team made a bold move in purchasing 86 acres on the current site at the Gulf Freeway and Dixie Farm road and relocating the church to this new campus. Construction began on the new worship center that will ultimately accommodate 10,000 people in worship.

Grace began with a dream of a church committed to the Word of God that expresses the love of God in real ways, experiences God in fervent worship, meets people at their point of need, and challenges men and women to live out God’s best for their lives. In the last eighteen months the congregation has almost doubled as people have experienced the power of God’s grace in transforming their lives.

Today Grace continues the adventure with ten services each week at two campuses.

South Campus - 10:00 AM Sunday services, 1:30 PM Sunday Spanish service, The Venue (a twenty-something worship experience) Mondays at 7 PM, Prayer Service on Wednesdays at 7 PM and Spanish Prayer Service on Thursdays at 7:30 PM.

In addition, Grace Community Church moved to its new 85 acre North Campus on August 5th, 2007. The North Campus meets Sundays at 9AM & 11:30AM., 5:30PM Sunday Spanish Service, Prayer Service on Tuesdays at 7PM, and Spanish Prayer Service on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM. Located at the southern edge of the Woodlands (24400 North Freeway - I-45 and Spring Crossing Exit).

The first phase of development includes a 750 seat worship center with children¹s auditorium, nurseries, meeting rooms, and a coffee bar and café overlooking a lake and plaza. Included in this phase has been extensive preparation of the site for future expansion. All of the buildings on this campus will center around a large lake with fountains, bounded by a wide plaza system with tropical landscaping and a central park.

Join us this weekend and experience the power of Grace.