(ChurchLeaders) Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, is functioning as a warming center as millions of people in the state are dealing with power outages due to last weekend’s extreme winter weather. Texas experienced record-breaking temperatures, with major cities seeing lows that were colder than Anchorage, Alaska, on Monday.
“You know, as soon as we heard this storm was going to be a huge storm, we knew that we were in position to help,” said Lakewood Church’s pastor, Joel Osteen. “We care about the city, we care about our neighbors and so we feel blessed to be able to open the building, provide warmth and shelter.”