Events

Chapelwood Hispanic Ministry Core Team Spring Branch Tour

Newspring held a Spring Branch discovery tour on Friday, February 5, 2010 for the Chapelwood Hispanic Ministry Core Team. The tour made prayer stops at the future Pitner baseball field location as well as at the Ministerio Esperanza en Cristo. Special thanks to Kenny Baldwin for this great opportunity!



Annual Fundraising Dinner - Breakfast por la Noche

Newspring will hold its second annual fundraising dinner - Breakfast por la Noche on September 15, 2010. Be sure to save the date!

Newspring held its annual fundraising dinner with the theme of “Hatching Something New in Spring Branch.”  Supporters gathered for Breakfast por la Noche on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church.  Special guest speakers included: Jim Herrington, Founder of Mission Houston, Zach Hodges, President of Houston Community College NW, Jack Barry, former CEO and current business plan competition coordinator, Victor Alvarez, Newspring Executive Director, and Robert Westheimer, Newspring Founder & Chairman of the Board.  Breakfast por la Noche was a great opportunity for community leaders to connect.

Newspring would like to think all participants and volunteers for making this event a great success.



Ministry Leaders Bus Tour

Ministries working in the Spring Branch area gathered on December 2, 2009 to learn about the history of the Spring Branch community and pray for its needs. Fourteen churches participated in this 38-mile tour throughout the heart of Spring Branch alongside churches, schools, various real-estate developments, and places of need. Ministers were exposed to the socio-economic contrast that exists within the Spring Branch community including three prayer stops. After completing the tour, participants went to lunch at Tacos Del Julio.

2nd Spring Branch Discovery Tour

Newspring held a second discovery tour of Spring Branch on Saturday, September 19, 2009. Participants were driven around Spring Branch to its points of interest to gain perspective on this area of great socioeconomic contrasts. The tour gives participants a fresh look into the Spring Branch community as well as the opportunity to pray for its future. The tour was guided by Victor Alvarez, both Spring Branch community leader and Newspring's Executive Director. Upon completion of the tour, participants were taken to Tacos Del Julio for lunch.



1st Spring Branch Discovery Tour

Newspring held our first ever Spring Branch discovery tour on August 29, 2009. The discovery tour was a huge success. Newspring held the tour in order to open the eyes of Spring Branch residents to the socio-economic contrasts that exist within the Spring Branch area. Led by Victor Alvarez, Newspring Executive Director, participants drove 38 miles throughout the heart of Spring Branch alongside churches, schools, places of need, and various real-estate developments.

 

 

A special thanks to Whitney Bank for sponsoring the first and second Spring Branch Discovery Tours.