Current Protestant who visited this church and was amazed. The artwork is absolutely beautiful. The…read morecongregation clearly loves their church and each other but strangers as well. I have never felt so welcomed as an outsider as I did when I attend this church. Absolutely plan to drive the hour one way every week to keep going. This church is special and it is hard to find a church with such wonderful qualities that instantly feels like a family.

Love the art on display at this church. Greek influences but a bit more evolved and refined because…read moreof the addition of Syrian influences. Also, some of the rite is in Arameic, which is believed to be the original language spoken by Jesus and his disciples, so that just makes the experience all the more mysterious, and in my case, enticing. I love a good mystery, or two, or three. You get a red book to follow along in the ritual. To the left you see the English translation of the rite, to the right the Syriac translation. This feels like Israel to the left and Ishmael to the right to me. Ok, the vestments used by the clergy are super cool. Very formal, specially the bishop style vestments the high priest wears, and the big fans the young men use during the mass to fan at the priest, plain old remind me of Cleopatra and her slaves fanning at her to cool her off, so yeah, Egyptian vibes here too. Fully trinitarian and fully Catholic, this church, which follows the West Syrian Rite, as opposed to the Latin Rite or the Novus Ordo, is a refreshing drink of water for those of us in the desert. The Fr. In charge right now, Fr. Don, is absolutely welcoming and popular among his flock and I just have to thank him for being patient and accommodating with me, a poor handmaid of the Lord, my God, why have you forsaken me!!! It is finished. Right? Please tell me it is done. Please God, please. Ok thanks bye.

Great service and beautiful church! I live 30 minutes away, if it wasn't for that we would come…read moreevery week!

I've never had an experience worse then I had at this church. My daughter was baptized at this…read morechurch and needless to say I will never go back. The father is SO unnecessarily RUDE. The office is not organized at all and apparently doesn't know what they're doing. They lost our paperwork the first time I tried scheduling her baptism, and the second time I was given the wrong information. I scheduled the baptism for 12:30 and when we got there, the father was rude to everyone telling us we were late and that it should've started at 12. I called to confirm earlier in the week and was told again 12:30, never got a receipt or any kind of paperwork from the office so it seems like they just make stuff up as they go. They gave her certificate to somebody else so i had to find that after as well. The ceremony lasted maybe 5 minutes and the whole time the father was rushing and RUDE to everyone. My whole family noticed it, it was so embarrassing. He didn't bless anything for us because he told us he had things to do after the ceremony which was already a red flag, but then stayed after to clean the entire church and didn't seem in any kind of rush afterwards. Even while scheduling and asking questions with the father, his attitude was very ugly and did not make me or anyone else in my family feel welcomed. He barely even acknowledged my daughter and it was her ceremony. Everything about my experience was terrible. This was supposed to be a special sacred day and because of the father and his incompetent parish, I will remember it as a disappointment. I don't believe he deserves to be there, I feel he needs to be replaced. He is a disgrace to the Catholic Church. As somebody doing God's work, he sure is very hypocritical.

Are you looking for a good church in Austin? Centrally located downtown. Multicultural and open to…read moreall who are seeking to know & worship Christ. Find meaning in Christ & His life through the liturgy & sacraments. Biblical preaching every week will open your heart & eyes to the truth that you need to thrive in life. Meaningful worship through music, dance, & art. Christ Church is a community and family that meets not only on Sunday but in different groups & expressions during the week.

The church space is strikingly beautiful. The staff is warm and inviting. The congregation deeply…read moreloves God and people. There are many community groups to get plugged into across the city throughout the week. This Anglican Church encouraged my growth and love of the Lord and appreciation of beauty and sacrament. The Anglican tradition has taught me to revere liturgy and following the Christian calendar has brought a sacred rhythm to my days. The Sunday service times are at 9 and 11am . Both service times have contemporary worship and each week the Holy Eucharist or communion is offered. Note that the church is no longer meeting at the Texas Women's Federation building on San Gabriel but is now located at 112 Medina Street.

I love everything about Hyde Park Church, especially the sermons and the warm friendly people! Its…read morenot too big and not small. It's not far from U.T. , central DT and it's nestled between I35 and Mopac, in the middle of 40th, 39th and Speedway in the Hyde Park neighborhood. Plenty of parking around the building and it's parking garage. Come as you are!

Super friendly church and super welcoming to visitors - it's amazing how such a big church can do…read morethings so personally

This is a lovely church. I found the priest to be friendly, as well as the ushers and…read moreparishioners. The ground are beautiful and peaceful. There are nice places you can sit in quiet to pray and reflect. This isn't my home church; I was here for a holy day of obligation, so I'm happy to be able to say that as an outsider, the church and its people made me feel like it was my home church.

Super happy with my church. Father Charlie did a great job reaching out to our community. Because…read moreof his work alongside his staff, they grew this church in faith, love, and people! I'm so proud to be a part of this community.

We visited Bastrop Christian Church first in May of 2019. We were impressed with the friendly…read morewarmth of the "regulars" attending that day. Have been back almost every Sunday since and have not been disappointed. Sermons are very good - challenging & uplifting. The music worship is different each week and always good.

This place is a true family church that is open and welcoming to all who truly seek to follow Jesus…read moreChrist. Some of the negative reviews below are from a few years ago and since then we have seen new leadership and a attitude of new beginnings. Please don't judge us based on a past incident that we had no control over...come see for yourself the Love that we have for God, for one another and all of God's creation.

I was there yesterday with my daughter and we both got incredible right on reading. Some gentleman…read moretold me of a spirit of a man behind me in shy black shoes and he loved to tap dance and how we were so close and he loved to dance with me. That was my recently departed son Mason who had the black, shiny black shoes who always got so excited and danced when he got them on. He couldn't help but do a Michael Jackson Moonwalk and tap all around. That gave me so much delight remembering Mason in his black shiny shoes. Then this other man turned to my daughter and wanted to talk to her about expressing suppressed emotions until she wanted to scream. He was right on as she had come home earlier in the week just sobbing and sobbing. I had told her I was glad she was able to vent but maybe she needed to get in her car and scream. A few weeks earlier we attended and went to the healing service. The man held his hands over my shoulders and I felt such warmth from his hands, which lingered for days after I left. It relieved 35 years of neck and shoulder pain. Yes, this is the real deal.

We stopped in here a few weeks ago for Sunday service and it was so wonderful and welcoming…read more Definitely a smaller in person congregation, but they also zoom their services for participants who wish to stay home. I can't wait to go back.

A new and growing church that is so community focused Bible based and absolutely wonderful we are…read moreso happy to be a part of the family here