Food Bank Truck in Waldeck

LLINGER News

The Central Texas Food Bank Truck will be at the Waldeck Lutheran Church located at the junction FM 1291 and FM 2145 on Saturday, Sept. 16 from 10-11 a.m. Food distribution will be a walk-up method. Volunteers will distribute the food from tables as the clients walk through the line making their selections. Every client will need to bring their own sturdy recyclable bags, boxes, or plastic tubs. Wagons will be furnished by CTFB.

La Grange ISD

The students will not have classes on Friday, Sept. 29.

Ellinger C of C Bingo

The Ellinger Chamber of Commerce will host Bingo on Saturday, Sept. 16 at the chamber hall (104 W. Colorado Sky Street.) Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and games start at 6 p.m. Come early to get a hamburger, hotdog, or nachos and a dessert. Refreshments will be sold as well.

Remember this chamber hall or part of it, can be rented for your next birthday party, family reunion or holiday gathering. Facilities have two sets of bathrooms, large dance floor and kitchen if needed. Contact Miranda Schlabach at (979) 966-8612 if interested or visit ellingertexas.com. Ellinger-St. John Lutheran Volunteers are needed to help park cars in Warrenton for the Antique Show on Oct. 16-17. Help is also needed with the bake sale in Warrenton on Oct. 19-20. Just a reminder, non-perishable, bagged, and labeled items can be sold in the bake sale.

Shared Lutheran Ministry All Saints’ Joint Worship will be held in Fayetteville on Nov. 5 at 10:30 a.m. Bishop Mike will be in Ellinger on Dec. 3 at 8 a.m. for a joint worship.

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.

Fundraiser Meal

The annual roast beef and sausage fundraiser will take place on Sunday, Oct. 8. It will be catered by Peter’s BBQ and will start at 11 a.m. at the church, corner of Fayette and Grover Street. Tickets are $15 each and can be purchased from Gladys Koehl (979) 966-7951, Sharon Fritsch (979) 966-3515 or at Koehl’s in Ellinger.

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.

Hermann Sons Life

Play bingo for a chance to win a designer purse while helping raise funds for the Hermann Sons Life Grief Support Camp exclusively designed for children who are grieving a loss of a loved one. The home office will host this event on Saturday, Oct. 21 starting at 11 a.m. The home office is located at 515 South St. Mary’s Street in San Antonio. This event is open to members and non-members. Tickets are $50 and include one bingo book, lunch and two drinks. Extra bingo books and daubers can be purchased. The camp that this event benefits will be a half week session at the Comfort, Texas Hermann Sons camp for ages 8-17. The goal is to provide a free camp session, which normally costs about $550.

Birthdays

Birthday Wishes to the following September celebrants: Karen Richter-17, Lacey Vitek and Karl Johnson-19, Cullen Weishuhn, Bradley Divin, Tucker Koehl and Jeremy Gaertner-20, Kayla Hartmann-23, Denise Kubena and Margie Stardig-27, E.J. Koehl-29, Jonathon Cook and Larry Bartosh-30.

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