Most of us showed up uncertain, searching, or somewhere in between. What we found was a community that met us where we were and walked with us from there.
This is that path. It doesn't have a finish line. It just keeps going deeper.
It starts here. Before you understand it, before you're sure you believe it, before you know anyone's name — you show up. You sit with ancient words that have carried people through every conceivable human experience for 2,000 years. You let the liturgy hold you when you don't have words of your own.
Worship at Holy Spirit is informal and high church at the same time. The prayers are carefully ordered. The people are genuinely warm. The music is beautiful. The Eucharist is central. And every Sunday, without fail, we gather at the table together — because showing up for God is the thing that makes everything else possible.
Come on a Sunday at 10:30 AM. That's it. You don't need to know anything. You don't need to do anything. Just come.
At some point, showing up on Sundays stops being enough. Something in you wants to go further — to understand what you believe and why, to ask the questions you've been carrying, to find out whether this ancient faith can hold the weight of your actual life.
That's formation. And it begins with an honest acknowledgment that you come to God first for your own sake. Your soul is hungry. That's not selfishness — it's the beginning of wisdom. Augustine wrote that our hearts are restless until they rest in God. Formation is where you stop running from that restlessness and start following it somewhere.
At Holy Spirit, formation happens in small groups, in classes, in one-on-one conversations, in the daily practice of prayer, and in the slow work of learning to read Scripture as a living word addressed to you personally.
Explore our adult formation offerings and find one that meets you where you are. Not sure where to start? Reach out and we'll help you find the right fit.
Here is what formation does when it works: it turns you outward. The love you've received starts looking for somewhere to go. You begin to notice Waco differently — its needs, its beauty, its fractures, the neighbors you've been walking past.
Jesus called us to reconcile the people of Waco to God and each other in Christ. That reconciliation doesn't happen inside these walls. It happens in neighborhoods, at tables, in long-term relationships across every line this city tends to draw. It happens when people who have been formed by love go looking for someone to love.
Showing up for your neighbor isn't a program. It's a practice. It's what Devoted and Faithful look like when they leave the building.
Find a service opportunity that connects to your gifts and your neighborhood. Some take an hour. Others may define the next decade of your life. All of them are rooted in the love of Christ and the call to show up.
Membership at Holy Spirit isn't a form you fill out. It's a decision you make — to keep coming back, to keep showing up for God and for this community, even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard.
This is Faithful. It's the value that holds the others together. Because worship has dry seasons. Formation gets uncomfortable. Service is costly. And the temptation to drift — to let weeks become months, to let the connection quietly fade — is real for everyone.
Membership is the covenant that says: I'm not just visiting. This is my community. These are my people. I'll keep showing up for them the way they keep showing up for me.
If you're ready to make that commitment, we'd love to welcome you formally into the family.
Reach out to us and let us know you're ready. We'll walk you through what membership means at Holy Spirit and celebrate your decision to stay.