Nostoi Community
Our mission is to empower our friends who are unhoused and in housing transition through loving relationships that support transformation, provide resources, restore dignity and bring hope to their lives. We accomplish our mission by creating spaces where you and me become WE. Sharing hospitality, breaking bread, and hearing each other’s stories so that WE can grow together and be a part of God’s redemptive work in our lives.
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You are invited to join us in serving our unhoused brothers and sisters by building community and breaking bread alongside one another!
Here is an outline of Simple Feast serving opportunities:serving the meal: serve food, prepare drinks, and dessert in a cafeteria style manner
host the space: sit at a table and share a meal while getting to know others in our community.
set up and tear down
provide a main dish, side, dessert, or drinks: sign up to provide a main dish, side, salad, fruit, dessert, or drinks for our Simple Feast meal.
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Each Monday from 10-2pm, we are partnering with Moving Waters to care for our unhoused neighbors. Aside from providing showers, we are also providing much-needed toiletries and a meal indoors.
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Summary of Role
The Astros Game Night Host leads a team of volunteers to create welcoming, joy-filled Tuesday night experiences built around baseball, connection, and shared community. This role is all about multiplying leadership—coordinating volunteers, guiding the flow of the evening, and helping every participant feel included and cared for.
Key Responsibilities
Recruit, schedule, and coordinate a team of volunteer hosts for Tuesday night home games
Clearly communicate expectations, roles, and game-night flow
Foster a fun, encouraging team culture rooted in shared responsibility
Serve as the point person for each Tuesday home game experience
Confidently and responsibly drive a passenger van to and from Astros home games
Follow Ecclesia’s safety and transportation guidelines
Model attentiveness, flexibility, and joy throughout the evening
Serve under the guidance of our Nostoi Pastor
Frequency
Seasonal and centered on Tuesday home games, with availability from approximately 5:00pm to 10:30–11:00pm with light coordination during the week.
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Summary of Role
The Nostoi Community Creative Guide helps cultivate moments of beauty and connection during Shower Days and Simple Feast by inviting musicians, poets, and artists to share their gifts. This leader creates simple, meaningful opportunities for creative expression that honor the dignity and stories of our community. Through art and presence, they help foster belonging and reflect the hope and beauty of God’s Kingdom.
Key Responsibilities
Identify and personally invite artists within Ecclesia to share their gifts
Encourage repeat contributors and develop 3–5 consistent creative volunteers
Create a simple rotation or sign-up rhythm for creative contributors
Help artists understand the heart and context of Shower Day before they participate
Ensure content is appropriate, hopeful, and hospitable for a diverse audience
Coordinate simple logistics (timing, minimal equipment, transitions, staff communication)
Encourage interaction when appropriate (conversation after performance, shared reflection)
Model humility and presence—artists are participants in community, not separated from it
Help cultivate an atmosphere of warmth and shared humanity
Frequency
3–5 hours per week
Coordinating artists (1–2 hrs)
Presence at Shower Day (1–2 hrs as scheduled)
Occasional planning conversations