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Holy Cross Lutheran Church Picnic – Warda, Texas
The folks at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Warda have been having their annual picnic since before any of us were alive… this year was reportedly the 103rd one. Quite a few things…
Wendish Coffee Cake Baking Class in Serbin
This morning the Texas Wendish Heritage Society held a Wendish coffee cake baking class at the museum complex in Serbin. Joyce Jenke was the instructor, and she did a fantastic job walking the…
Immanuel Giddings Construction Update – Belltower Bones
Well… the bones of the narthex expansion are up… including the new belltower!
Parking Lot Construction by Orsag’s/Dime Box Distillery
Yawn… well this is a mundane post, ain’t it? Maybe so. There’s work going on over by the depots in town (one of which houses Sixth Street Spirits/Dime Box Distillery)… according to the…
Faith Lutheran High School of Central Texas Opening Service 2023
Earlier today, Faith Lutheran High School of Central Texas held its opening service for the 2023-24 school year. This will be the school’s seventh academic year! A number of area churches support the…
Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department Picnic 2023
This evening we drove out to Lincoln for a few hours to enjoy burgers and watch the live auction at the Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department’s picnic. During the auction, James asked Margie what…
43rd Annual South Lee County Volunteer Fire Department Barbecue
Today the South Lee County Volunteer Fire Department held its 43rd annual barbecue. I know I said something similar a few weeks back after we attended the Winchester Area Volunteer Fire Department’s fish…
Immanuel Lutheran Giddings Construction Progress
These pictures have been taken over the last week… they’ve been working toward pouring the slab and finally got that done this morning! Pastor Tiner gave me a heads-up that they would be…
Serbin Jackrabbits vs Shiner Clippers
Well, we had another great afternoon at the ballpark today in La Grange. The Jackrabbits fought hard but ultimately lost 7-3 to the Shiner Clippers. That was disappointing, but it’s hard to go…
Serbin Jackrabbits Baseball
This afternoon we drove down to La Grange to watch the Serbin Jackrabbits community baseball team take on the Weimar Vets. The Jackrabbits won the game 11-1, and next week they’ll be playing…
Immanuel Lutheran Giddings Construction Progress
This week has been pretty busy and I haven’t had an awful lot of a chance to get out and take pictures… but we did manage to make it by Immanuel to document…
Winchester Area VFD Fish Fry Fundraiser 2023
I’ve been anticipating the Winchester Area Volunteer Fire Department’s annual fish fry fundraiser. I first heard about it last year, but we were out of town. Thankfully that wasn’t the case this year,…
Texas Cotton Gin Museum – Burton, Texas
I’ve wanted to go to Burton for their Cotton Gin Festival for some years now, but somehow I manage to always have a trip out of Texas scheduled about that time. But… we…
The Ordination of Candidate David Woelmer
I have been to exactly three Lutheran ordinations in my (nearly) forty-eight trips around the sun. Of course, it wasn’t until my twenty-seventh year (a little over twenty-one years ago, in 2002) that…
Immanuel Giddings Construction Progress – Bye-Bye Bell Tower
Nothing super exciting here, but as of some time this past week, the last bits of the old bell tower are gone. I expect we’ll be seeing piers and a slab being poured…