You just found it!!! Try Life Community Church in La Porte. The address is 9529 Fairmont Parkway, La Porte TX 77571. The website is http://www.lifecommunitychurch.org/. It is wonderful!!!! We drive all the way from the League City/Kemah area to attend here. We like it that much.
My husband and I feel the same about praise & worship. A couple of the churches we tried were just not up-beat or energetic enough. But this one is. We usually sing about 4 songs during our praise & worship time. It lasts approximately 30 minutes (sometimes a little more and sometimes a little less). Our pastor always says "Its the PEOPLE that make a church!" and that is true of our church. The people are so friendly. There are plenty of opportunities to get involved if that is something you are interested in.
We have 2 children young enough to go to the children's church and they absolutely LOVE it! They like it the best of the 4 churches we had tried. There is a nursery for newborns to 2 year olds, Kings Kids is for 3 - 5 year olds and Jam Zone is for 1st - 6th graders. They dont do anything for teenagers during their weekend services, but they do during their Wednesday night service. They do other things for teenagers as well, I am just not quite familiar with them. We only have our kids every other weekend so our teenager doesn't really get to get involved with it all.
Their services are Sundays at 10:00, Wednesdays at 7:00, and Saturdays at 6:00. We LOVE the Saturday night service, because as you said, it takes some time to get all of the kids ready and going! We have found it much easier to get them to the Saturday night service than the Sunday morning. Please come one day to check it out. I'll bet you'll love it!!!
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