San Antonio, Texas · Tamil & English

A Tamil family of faith, at home in San Antonio.

வணக்கம்! நீங்கள் அன்புடன் வரவேற்கப்படுகிறீர்கள்.

We are Tamil-speaking families, students, and friends from across San Antonio who gather to worship in the language of our hearts, study the Word together, pray for one another — and always, share a meal. New to the city, or just curious? There is a seat for you.

Plan your visit See when we meet
Monthly fellowshipWorship, Word & a shared meal
Northwest San AntonioHuebner / I-10 area — venue confirmed on RSVP
Families & kids welcomeChildren stay part of the family
Fellowship members in colorful saris singing together during Tamil worship, song sheets in hand
Worship in Tamil & English — beloved keerthanai, choruses old and new, sung the way we learned them at home.

“சகோதரர்கள் ஒற்றுமையாய் வாழ்வது எவ்வளவு நன்மையும் எவ்வளவு இன்பமுமானது!”

“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”

Psalm 133 : 1 · சங்கீதம் 133:1

Families sharing a South Indian meal served on banana leaves at long fellowship tables
வரவேற்பு · Welcome

Far from Tamil Nadu,
close like family.

San Antonio is home to a growing Tamil community — families who came for work and study, parents visiting from India, students far from home, and children growing up between two cultures and two languages. The San Antonio Tamil Fellowship exists so none of us walks that road alone.

We are a simple, interdenominational fellowship. Some of us grew up CSI, Lutheran, Pentecostal, or Catholic; some are exploring faith for the first time. What holds us together is Jesus, the Tamil language we pray in, and a table long enough for everyone.

  • 🎵
    Worship in our mother tongueTamil songs and Scripture, with English woven through so the kids — and guests — can follow every word.
  • 🙏
    Prayer that knows your nameWe pray specifically: for jobs, visas, exams, parents back home, and healing — and we follow up.
  • 🍛
    No gathering without foodSappadu is fellowship. Expect rice, kuzhambu, and someone insisting you take seconds — and a parcel home.
தேவாலயங்கள் · Churches we visit

Churches our families visit

On Sundays our families worship at churches across San Antonio. The fellowship brings us together across those congregations — you may already know someone here from your own church.

ஆராதனை · What to expect

How a gathering unfolds

About two and a half hours, unhurried. Come as you are — sari, salwar, jeans, or scrubs straight from a shift. Most first-timers tell us the same thing afterwards: “It felt like home.”

01

Worship ஆராதனை

Keyboard and guitar, Tamil keerthanai and choruses with English songs between. Lyrics are shared, so just join in when you’re ready.

02

The Word வார்த்தை

A short message and open discussion from the Bible, in Tamil with English summary — questions and real-life application welcome.

03

Prayer ஜெபம்

We share needs honestly and pray for one another by name — for families here and back home in India.

04

The Meal சாப்பாடு

Home-cooked Tamil food, coffee and tea, and long conversations. This is where strangers quietly become family.

ஐக்கியம் · Our rhythm

When we meet

One big family gathering each month, with smaller rhythms through the weeks in between. Venues are confirmed when you RSVP — we meet in fellowship halls and homes around Northwest San Antonio.

MonthlyLast Saturday · evening

Fellowship & Worship Gathering

Our main gathering — full worship, the Word, prayer, and a shared Tamil meal. The best first visit.

Start here
WeeklyMidweek · online

Prayer Call

A short evening call to pray through the week’s needs together — join from home, no travel needed.

All welcome
MonthlyHome groups

Bible Study & Chai

Smaller home gatherings for deeper study and unhurried conversation, rotating between host families.

Small groups
DecemberCarol season

Christmas Carol Rounds

Through December we visit Tamil families across the city — singing carols at doorsteps, praying with each home, and sharing the joy of the season.

Seasonal highlight
Counting down to our next monthly gathering…We usually gather on the last Saturday of the month — RSVP below and we’ll confirm the venue and time with you directly.
—days to go
பாடல்கள் · From our songbook

Songs we’ve been singing

A peek at a recent worship set — songs we’ve been singing together.

  • NanbaneFreddy Joseph — a song of comfort for a troubled heart
  • Thooyathi Thooyavare“Holiest, most Holy One” — a song of reverence
  • Idho Manusharin Mathiyil“Behold, in the midst of people” — God with us
  • You Deserve the GloryOur English chorus — you are great, you do miracles so great
  • Mahimai UmakkanroFr. S. J. Berchmans — “Glory belongs to You alone”

Play an instrument? Sing? 🎸

Our worship team is small and warm-hearted — keyboard, guitar, and voices, with songs prepared ahead so anyone can join in. If you played in your church back home, there is a place for you here, whether that was last year or twenty years ago.

And if you don’t play a note: sing anyway. In this fellowship, the congregation is the choir.

Join the music team

வாழ்க்கை · Life together

More than a monthly meeting

Fellowship is what happens between gatherings — hospital visits, airport pickups, a meal dropped off when a baby arrives.

Fellowship members singing together in worship

For the kids · பிள்ளைகள்

Children growing up in San Antonio hear Tamil worship, learn the songs their grandparents sang, and make friends who share both their cultures. English is always woven in, so no child is left guessing what a song means.

கிறிஸ்துமஸ் கரோல்

December carol rounds

Our favourite season. Teams fan out across the city visiting Tamil families home by home — carols in Tamil and English, a prayer for the household, and gifts for the children. If your family would love a visit, tell us in the visit planner below.

உதவி & அக்கறை

Care in practical ways

New baby, hospital stay, a death back home, a tough visa season — this family shows up with food, rides, prayer, and presence. Nobody here carries hard seasons alone.

A long fellowship table with a banana-leaf meal being shared

The long table · சாப்பாடு

Every main gathering ends the Tamil way: eating together. Host families take turns cooking, recipes get exchanged, and first-time guests are fed like visiting relatives — because that is exactly what they are.

New to San Antonio?

Many of us arrived with two suitcases and a job offer or an admission letter. If you’re settling in — near UTSA, the Medical Center, USAA, or anywhere across the city — you don’t have to figure it out alone.

Come to one gathering and you’ll leave with phone numbers, dinner invitations, and people who genuinely check in.

  • 🏠 Settling inNeighbourhoods, schools, and where to find Indian groceries and a good dosa.
  • ✈️ Airport pickups & first weeksFor students and families arriving new to the city.
  • 🤝 A ready-made communityTamil friends for you — and Tamil-speaking friends for your kids and parents.
கேள்விகள் · Good questions

Before your first visit

I don’t speak much Tamil. Will I fit in?
Yes — completely. Songs and Scripture are shared with English alongside, the message includes an English summary, and plenty of our members (and nearly all the kids) are English-first. You’ll follow everything, and your Tamil will quietly improve.
I’m not from a church background. Can I still come?
You are welcome exactly as you are. Some guests come out of curiosity, some for community, some because they miss the sound of Tamil worship. No membership, no expectations — just come, eat with us, and see.
Can I bring my children — and my parents?
Please do. Children stay with the family through the gathering, and visiting parents and grandparents from India are honoured guests here — for many of them, Tamil worship is the highlight of their trip.
What should I bring?
Just yourself. If you’d like to bring a dish or dessert to share, you’ll fit right in — but guests are never expected to. Song sheets are provided, including for musicians joining in.
Where exactly do you meet?
We gather in fellowship halls and homes around Northwest San Antonio (the Huebner Road / I-10 corridor). Because the venue can rotate, we confirm the exact address when you RSVP in the planner below — that also helps our hosts plan food for the right number of people.
வாருங்கள் · Plan a visit

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The San Antonio River Walk at dusk, lights reflecting on the water beneath a stone bridge
Our city — the River Walk at dusk. Fellowship families live across San Antonio, from Stone Oak and Helotes to Alamo Ranch and the Medical Center.

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