Spirit of Joy Christian Child Care Center
Spirit of Joy Christian Child Care Center is a Evangelical Lutheran Church In America church at 1155 W Stenger St in San Benito, TX 78586-4346. It is one of 45 churches in San Benito.
We seek to be a faith community in which lives are renewed as we share the love of Jesus by serving others with a spirit of joy.
Spirit of Joy started in 1999 with a God-sized vision. God is alive and stirring here, calling us to share the joy of Christ with our neighbors and with God’s help to have a significant impact on life in East Orange County and around the world.
1155 W Stenger St, San Benito, TX, 78586-4346Service times
- Sunday 7:45am · morning worship team rehearses before morning worship
Phone: +19563993563 · Website: https://www.spiritofjoy.org/
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Latest from Spirit of Joy Lutheran's YouTube channel: Romans 8:26-36 - July 26, 2026 (all videos).
The community around Spirit of Joy Christian Child Care Center
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of working-age adults live without health insurance, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 40.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.4%
- Poverty Rate: 34.9% (20.2–49.5%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 26.4% (17.7–35.1%)
- Diabetes: 21.3%
- Obesity: 43.1%
- Child Poverty: 39.8% (20.3–59.5%)
- Unemployment: 7.0% (1.3–12.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
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