Sugar Creek Baptist Church

Pastor Mark is a great pastor of today. Each Sunday, I know that my family and I will be feed from the Bible. His sermons are convicting but not condemning, uplifting but not fluff. So blessed to be apart of this church family. Tons of ways to get involved for every walk of life.

This review is just for the playscape:
If you are within a 45 min drive and have a child 1 – 7 years old, the Sugarcreek Playscape is definitely worth your time. A huge indoor obstacle type course type playground with hanging balls, twisty slides, tunnels and who knows what else is available free to all, regardless if you go to the church or not. Lots of seating for parents, free wifi and a coffee shop with tons of tables are all part of the lay out. Park in the guest parking in the back and go in the automatic doors and swing a left upon entrance and follow the sounds of kids playing (or the signs). Awesome hangout for rainy days or to stay out of the heat. Make sure to check the hours before you come!

I love my church! I have been coming here for almost 5 – 6 years now. I currently live in Downtown, my husband and I come here every Sunday. We have been trying to find another church to go to that is near us but we haven’t been able to find one. Before I got married, I was a member here first. This church has a great Women Ministry also have a great single professional group.
As for us, we are now looking for young married group. This church has everything. We normally come to the 11:00 a.m. service. It isn’t because we can’t wake up, it is because we love the music here. Pastor Mark Hartman is great. Everyone here is great.
If your looking for diverse groups, this place can be your home. My husband and i have traveled to many churches all around Houston and I still come back to here.

My family and I were in search of a church home. We must have visited every church in Fort Bend County (some twice), and a few in Houston. We were not a fan of big churches as we feel you are just a «number» there. We wanted a small to medium sized church where there was diversity, a real community, a family like feel, and plenty of opportunities to be involved. We got an Easter Sunday Flyer from Sugar Creek Baptist church while having breakfast and decided to give it a try as they were starting a parenting series that sounded interesting. We didn’t think we would like it due to the size. I was a bit worried as I didn’t want to attend a «Lakewood» like church. Now don’t get me wrong … I enjoy Lakewood and Pastor Osteen and it is a nice church to visit. However I feel his message is a bit more pep talkish, and not about teaching the lessons of the bible.
I won’t lie when we arrived I was a bit intimidated … shuttle buses for parking, police officer’s directing traffic, but that all changed once we were inside. Everyone was extremely friendly and welcoming. My daughter who is really shy was welcomed at the children’s church. The teachers there were so friendly. She loved it and asked to return. It’s a very diverse mixture of worshippers which I loved being that my family is multi-​racial. They also have an awesome teen church called the «Lyf Center».
The message was wonderful. The parenting series was amazing, and hit on a lot of topics facing parents today. Pastor Mark does not shy away from touchy subjects and his goal is to have you receive the Word, not just motivational speaking.
There is an opportunity to have lunch with the pastor once a month. Plus plenty of different ministries from singles, to couples, to recovery. You also have lots of opportunities to be involved (volunteering, ect).
We have found our church home and I encourage you to give it a try. There is visitor parking in the front for first time visitors and you will be made to feel at home.

A very good church.
Not going to go into the spiritual details of the church because that should be witnessed individually and shouldn’t be rated. However, I will say that the church studies the bible, prays and does the things a normal baptist church does. The pastor is good and seems to be well respected.
Sugar Creek is a big church. The parking lot is packed in which they offer a shuttle service in the parking lot of the store next to it. The size of the church means there is a lot of services available for the members. It also means that it’s easy to go to a service and walk out without truly interacting with people as I do at times. At many smaller churches, it’s very hard to walk out of a service without someone starting a conversation with you. Of course, if I got involved with the small groups I would have more interaction.
They have 3 different service times with each service having its own ‘genre’ of music that it specializes in.
It also seems to be very diversed in race, age and church etiquette (ie some people wear suits, some people wear jeans and a t-​shirt)

Let me state emphatically that I am a Hindu from India. I am not swayed by anyone to give up my faith, but I am also from a secular country that tolerates all religions. That is why I chose to write this review.
Around 7:30 am today I noticed a young lady holding a large sign saying «Free Dog Wash. No donations accepted» She was standing at the corner of Hwy 6 and W Airport in Sugar Land. I picked up breakfast at Sonic down the block. Stopping at the light, I made sure I had read the sign correctly. I went home, picked up my wife and our dog Bear.
We went back to the Kroger parking lot where the dog wash was. They were doing free car washes too. My wife took the dog out while I queued up to get the car washed. A familiar face walked up and greeted me by name. It was Ethan Phillips. My daughter Ami is married to Ethan’s brother Avery. This is their church.
The church was doing a community outreach program. We were done soon and they gave us some informational brochures about the church. Since they would not accept donations we drove down the block to Shipley’s and picked up enough donuts and donut holes for the 15 or so church members who were there. Having brought them the donuts, we headed home with a clean, fragrant dog and a shiny car.