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Restore
Houston
Church
Welcome to
10 AM | SUNDAYS
1234 W 34th St., Houston, TX 77018
Inside The Harriet & Joe Foster YMCA
Welcome to
Restore Houston Church
10 AM | SUNDAYS
1234 W 34th St., Houston, TX 77018
Inside the Harriet & Joe Foster YMCA
Pastor Justin Gingrich
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A church near Houston Heights and Garden Oaks
Restore Houston is an inclusive, non-denominational Christian church meeting in Oak Forest, near Houston Heights and Garden Oaks. Jesus is at the center of our life together, and there is room for your story here.
Join us Sundays at 10 AM inside the Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA, 1234 W 34th St, Houston, TX 77018. Come to worship, hear Scripture-based teaching, and meet people who want to know you. You’re welcome to explore faith with us, including if you’re not yet following Jesus.
Plan Your Visit for Sunday details, parking, and what to expect.
There is room for your story here.
If you are looking for churches in Houston Heights or Garden Oaks, getting to know a community can start with a Sunday visit or a conversation. Restore gathers nearby in Oak Forest, and our small groups meet in neighborhoods across Houston. You can connect on Sunday and during the week.
Restore Kids helps children learn about Jesus in age-appropriate ways. Small Groups give people time to build friendships, explore the Bible, and share life beyond Sunday morning. You can also watch our sermons to hear the teaching before you visit. To understand the faith behind our worship and community, read what we believe.
Visitor questions
Where does Restore Houston meet?
We meet inside the Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA at 1234 W 34th St, Houston, TX 77018, in Oak Forest. Our Sunday service begins at 10 AM, and people from Houston Heights, Garden Oaks, and across Houston are welcome.
Can I bring my children?
Yes. Restore Kids offers Sunday programming for children ages 6 months through 5th grade. Children are also welcome in the main service, with family seating available for families with young children.
What we
believe
Kids
Ministry
Kids Ministry
Restore Kids is a safe, fun, and welcoming kids ministry where children learn about Jesus in age-appropriate ways.
Small
Groups
Small Groups
Small Groups are where people build real community, explore the Bible, and follow Jesus together.
What we believe
Our beliefs are rooted in Scripture, the historic Christian faith, and built on the creeds of the church that have guided Christian belief for centuries.
Justin Gingrich explores Acts 3 and the ways fear, disappointment, and familiar patterns can make it hard to receive the goodness of God.
Unhindered: Why We Killed Jesus (And Why It’s Still So Hard to Let Him Heal Us)
Speaker: Justin Gingrich
Date: August 30, 2026
Scripture: Acts 3:1–26
Series: Unhindered
Sermon summary
In Acts 3, Peter and John meet a man asking for money at the temple gate. Through the name of Jesus, he receives healing that reaches beyond what he expected. Justin Gingrich uses this encounter and Peter’s words to the crowd to ask how we respond when God offers more than the life we’ve learned to accept.
Disappointment can narrow our expectations. We can organize our lives around old wounds, familiar fears, or the need to prove our worth. Justin connects these patterns with the crowd’s rejection of Jesus, the author of life. What feels familiar can seem safer than the love that invites us to change.
Peter’s call to repent carries an invitation to refreshment. Turning toward God means releasing the things we keep asking to save us and receiving the goodness already offered in Jesus. The sermon asks us to notice where we resist that goodness and to take a step toward trust. The closing prayer gives thanks for a church community where people can ask questions, be known, and find belonging as they learn to receive God’s love.
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