Central Texas Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry in Waldeck Saturday

The Central Texas Food Bank Truck will be at the Waldeck Lutheran Church located at the junction of FM 1291 and FM 2145 on Saturday, Sept. 21 and Oct. 19 from 1011 a.m. Food distribution will be a drive through and volunteers will distribute and load the pre-boxed food into each vehicle as the recipient drives through the line. Recipients need to clean out back seats, trunks, and truck beds to make room for the boxed food.

Shared Lutheran Ministry Confirmation class will be held on Sunday, Sept. 22 at St. John in Rutersville at 4 p.m.

St. John Lutheran in Ellinger is selling raffle tickets now in conjunction with their annual roast beef dinner. The dinner will be on Sunday, Oct. 13. Raffle tickets $20 for one ticket, $50 for three, and only 1,000 tickets are sold. There are 40 great prizes on the ticket. The drawing will be immediately after the drive through dinner. The roast beef and sausage plates are $15 and will be a drive through from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Advance tickets are encouraged and Peters BBQ will cater. Also, desserts will be available. Lucille Koehl (979) 966-3455 and Annie Mueller (979) 7025192, any church member, Koehl’s in Ellinger, Fayetteville Bank in Fayetteville and the SLM office in Warrenton have tickets for sale Worship services are still offered on Facebook, You Tube and KTIM 89.1 on Sundays at noon. Ellinger has worship every Sunday at 8 a.m. with communion.

Brethren Church 

Fayetteville Brethren Church has services the second, third, and fourth Saturdays of each month at 10 a.m. Other services are at Industry Brethren on the second, third and fourth Saturdays at 5 p.m., Wesley Brethren on Sundays at 9 a.m. and Nelsonville Brethren on Sundays at 10:15 a.m. Rev. Mike Groseclose leads all the services. The Nelsonville service is live streamed on Nelsonville Brethren’s Facebook page.

Ellinger C of C 

The Ellinger Chamber of Commerce will host the next Bingo event on Saturday, Sept. 28.

Birthdays 

Birthday wishes to the following September celebrants: Cullen Weishuhn, Bradley Divin, Tucker Koehl, and Jeremy Gaetner-20, Kayla Hartman-23, Denise Kuben and Margie Stardig-27, EJ Koehl-29, Jonathan Cook and Larry Bartosh-30.

LGISD 

There will be no classes on Friday, Oct. 4.

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