New Life Lutheran worships outdoors. With no building, we enjoy communion with the seasons, plants, and creatures of the Central Texas Hill Country. Below is a prayer of gratitude for this way of being with God. The photo is of a recent morning where migrating butterflies woke and warmed with the sun during our Sunday morning worship. The children were drawn to the butterflies as they began to lift from the grasses. While we heard the word read and proclaimed, we watched our