Check out what's happening in the Spring and Klein area this Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 22-26.

Kinsmen Lutheran Church Thanksgiving

Join Kinsmen Lutheran Church to celebrate Thanksgiving this year beginning with a bilingual Thanksgiving Eve worship service on Nov. 22. On Nov. 23, festivities will continue with the church’s 12th annual Run for Your Turkey 5K/10K walk or run through the Greenwood Forest neighborhood followed by the 14th annual Community Thanksgiving Feast. Proceeds from the Run for Your Turkey event will help fund the Thanksgiving Feast, which is free and open to the community. To register for Run for Your Turkey, click here. To sign up as a volunteer during the Thanksgiving Feast, click here.
  • Nov. 22, 7 p.m. (Thanksgiving Eve worship service); Nov. 23, 8 a.m. (Run for Your Turkey), 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Thanksgiving Feast)
  • Free (Thanksgiving Eve worship service and Thanksgiving Fest), $30 (Run for Your Turkey)
  • Kinsmen Lutheran Church, 12100 Champion Forest Drive, Houston
  • www.kinsmenlutheran.org
Thanksgiving Meals on Wheels

Volunteers are needed to help Northwest Assistance Ministries deliver meals to more than 900 homebound seniors on Thanksgiving morning. Each volunteer will receive three to five meals to deliver, and areas serviced will be Jersey Village and Harris County. For more information or to sign up as a volunteer, contact Erica Bryant at [email protected].
  • Nov. 23, 7-9 a.m.
  • Free
  • Northwest Assistance Ministries, 15555 Kuykendahl Road, Houston
  • www.namonline.org
Hearts of Rescue Thanksgiving Dinner

Spring-based nonprofit Hearts of Rescue will host a Thanksgiving dinner for those in need. While all volunteer slots have been filled for those tasked with serving and greeting guests as of press time Nov. 21, two volunteer barbers are still needed to provide haircuts and trims to those in need. To sign up as a volunteer barber, click here.Giant Gingerbread Village


City Place will present a gingerbread-themed photo op with a path lined with gumdrops, lollipops and candy canes—and guarded by two giant gingerbread men—leading to a raised clearing with cookie trees, a 16-foot-high gingerbread house and a 12-foot windmill. There will also be five new holiday art installations this year.
  • Nov. 23, 2023-Jan. 8, 2024
  • Free (admission)
  • City Place Park, 1250 Lake Plaza Drive, Spring
  • www.cityplacenow.com
Holiday Tree Lighting

City Place will host a Christmas tree lighting event with a countdown for the illumination of a 35-foot Christmas landmark rising from City Place Park’s main pond. Santa and Mrs. Claus will also be in attendance for the festivities consisting of a holiday market with 30 vendors, complementary kid stations and a live choir.