Mentoring builds meaningful connections between children and adults, fostering love, acceptance, and encouragement that positively impact school, home, and community life. Research links student mentoring to improved academic, social, and economic outcomes. Friends of Westchase unites schools, churches, businesses, and individuals to strengthen the community through relationships. School mentors spend about 30 minutes with elementary or middle school students, offering consistent support to those facing academic, behavioral, or home challenges. Training is provided with activities, talking points, and games to build connection.

Mentoring will begin in early October. Training and campus orientation are offered in September and January. Please consider joining our mentoring program this fall at one of our three partner schools:

Paul Revere Middle School (10502 Briar Forest Drive, Houston, TX 77042)
One-on-One Mentoring for sixth grade and eighth grade students
Wednesdays or Thursdays
30 minutes during lunch
School Coordinator: Tammy Box 

Walnut Bend Elementary School (10602 Briar Forest Drive, Houston, TX 77042)
Group mentoring with a group of 3 or 4 fourth–fifth grade students
Tuesdays–Thursday
30 minutes during lunch
School Coordinator: Debbie Kaplan

Emerson Elementary School
9533 Skyline Drive, Houston, TX 77063
One-on-One Mentoring for third–fifth grade students
Monday–Friday
30 minutes during lunch
School Coordinator: Becky Sikes 

Steps to mentoring:

Step 1: Apply to mentor or request more information by contacting Kristy Elmore.

Step 2: Complete background check, safety training, and the HISD Volunteer Application

Step 3: Attend orientation on September 23, 11 a.m. at Grace Presbyterian Church Massey-Tucker Hall

Step 4: Begin meeting with students in early October

In order to serve our neighbors more effectively, we are adjusting Second Saturday Serve opportunities to be Serve Saturdays! The dates, projects, and locations will change monthly, but will continue to be a once a month, come-as-you-are, intergenerational, short service opportunity in the Welcome Center or out in the community. Join us for an hour or two and make a difference in someone’s life. Watch the Grace homepage and Grace Weekly email for project details each month. For more information, please contact Tammy Box.

Hurricane season has arrived and Houston is no stranger to these and other weather events.

As always, Grace’s Disaster Response Team, in partnership with The Restoration Team, are watching the weather, and we are ready to respond to any disasters that may impact our immediate area.

If disaster strikes, Grace's disaster response webpage is a place to let us know details:

• Please let us know if you have been impacted and need support

• Please let us know if you know of a friend or family member who needs support

• Please let us know if you are able to help others by volunteering your time.

MENtorUP is a wonderful opportunity for Grace men to pour into the lives of Westchase-area middle school (and some high school) young men. We started this beautiful ministry last Spring, meeting our youth on the basketball court, and now that relationships are established, we are ready to go deeper with the students and we need you to help model and teach important life skills, explore career pathways and help our mentees experience opportunities in life that will help shape dreams!  To get involved, contact Kristy Elmore today.

Blood Drive for Bentley Rocker: Sunday, August 31, 12:30-5 p.m. in MT102 & MT103

Join us in supporting sweet Bentley Rocker, who urgently needs blood donations to help in his medical journey. Your donation could save Bentley’s life or the lives of others in critical need. Whether you’re a first-time donor or a regular, your generosity means the world. Every drop counts, and your act of kindness will mean the world to Bentley and his family. Please share this with friends and family to help spread the word. Hear Bentley's story from his mom in this video

Use THIS LINK to schedule you appointment, though walk-ins are welcomed.

As you may be aware, Grace has a Disaster Response Team that monitors events which may impact our Grace family. Here is how the process works:

If such an event occurs, we want to be prepared, as a Grace community, to come together and support one another. Once a disaster response is initiated, Grace deacons are responsible for contacting each Covenant Partner household to determine whether any members of the household have been impacted. The protocol is to establish contact with at least one adult in each household to ascertain their status and assess any potential needs. The information gathered is then communicated to the Disaster Response Team for triage and appropriate response.

If a deacon is unable to reach any adults in the household, the next step is to reach out to an emergency contact—an adult who does not live in the household but would likely know your status during an emergency. It would be a tremendous help to our deacons if you would provide an emergency contact for our database using the form found HERE. The information will only be shared with members of the Disaster Response Team.