Houston Oasis is a secular community that meets weekly on Sunday mornings here to enjoy fascinating talks, live music, and conversation. We are part of the Oasis Network of secular communities.
These five core values define the Oasis community:
People are more important than beliefs
Reality is known through reason
Meaning comes from making a difference
Human hands solve human problems
Be accepting and be accepted
Stories
"Being part of a community of people with similar values provides a great feeling of belonging..."
"I absolutely love knowing that I’ll do as much good as I can with this brief life, and when my time is done..."
"Oasis have given me a sense of community...for me, Oasis has made Houston home."
"...the intellectual honesty, diversity, positive attitude, and purpose...is unique."
"I love the live music and the talks are always interesting and cover such a wide range of topics and perspectives."
" Oasis brings an exposure to the diversity of other people’s lives not present before our attending..."
"I have always been surrounded in a deep Christian culture, though I realized I was no longer..."
I was kicked out of school in eighth grade. One fine day I decided that hiding a squirt gun under my desk and firing away at our science teacher’s fly was a good idea.
The strength of any community is dependent on shared vision, trust and support. With that in mind, we have formed a Care Response Team. The Oasis Care Response Team is dedicated to overseeing secular celebrations of life as well as being actively present in times of need.
I have always been intensely curious and from an early age read science books from the travelling library van that visited the farm where I grew up....
