Several people have asked about the history of Lincoln, Texas, and though I’ve looked, I’ve found very little information outside of the history of St. John’s and what was published in the 1974 History of Lee County volume produced by the Lee County Historical Survey Committee. One interesting thing that caught my eye in that …
Parochial School vs. Public School in Lincoln, Texas Read More »
The school that is now Concordia University Texas has more than a few links back to the churches that can trace their roots to Serbin. One that I found interesting is that when classes began at Lutheran Concordia College of Texas on October 26, 1926, its library included a complete set of Lehre und Wehre …
In 1873 the rift between Pr. Kilian and his long-time organist, cantor, and friend Carl Teinert had grown so great that Teinert left Kilian’s congregation and helped found the church that is now Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Warda. Three years passed before Kilian and Teinert met again, at the installation of Pr. Proft at …
Wishing I was in Texas so I could attend the Warda Church Picnic today! Won’t be arriving back in Austin until far too late, though. Check this out though… on this page you can see a scan (and the German text and English translation) of Pr. Gottfried Buchschacher’s call to Holy Cross (at that time …
Pr. Gottfried Buchschacher’s Divine Call to Holy Cross Warda Read More »