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Mission teams build new houses, new futures for families

March 13, 2018

This week, mission teams from across the state are spending their Spring Break in Peñitas, Texas, building homes for families involved with the local Buckner Family Hope...

Food Bank, Houston Texans team up to show ‘Cooking Matters’

March 8, 2018

Earlier this week Houston Texans Cheerleaders Taylor and Kristia teamed up with Sylvia Avila of the Houston Food Bank to teach teens at the Buckner Family Hope...

Friday photo: Young volunteers pray for vulnerable children

March 2, 2018

This week, Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® received some special help from some young volunteers. Third graders from Ovilla Christian School spent time at the Buckner Center for...

Friday photo: Thank you, mentors!

January 19, 2018

January is National Mentor Month, and no mentors have more impact than those who serve through Buckner! Fifteen children are part of a new partnership with iStation...

Thank you for changing lives

January 11, 2018

Thank you for your prayers, energy and support for our ministries in 2017. Because of you, children were protected. Families were strengthened. Seniors were served. God moved...

Looking for a fresh start in 2018? Start by volunteering!

January 3, 2018

For many of us, the turning of the calendar is the perfect time to turn over a new leaf. If you’re looking for a way to jump-start...

6 ways your church can get involved in foster care

May 24, 2017

Foster parents are needed desperately across the state of Texas – perhaps now more than ever. More than 400,000 children are in foster care in the United States,...

God’s great lesson plan

August 15, 2016

I never would have guessed that, after looking at colorful flier on my church’s bulletin board, I would be teaching computer classes at the Buckner Family Hope...