Next Ellinger Bingo Slated October 28

LLINGER News

The Ellinger Chamber of Commerce will host Bingo at the chamber hall on Saturday, Oct. 28. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. More details to follow.

The Chamber will meet in the chamber dining hall on Tuesday, Oct. 10th at 7 p.m. Members and non-members are invited to attend.

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. Shared Lutheran Ministry 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.

Roast Beef & Sausage Dinner 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 am at the church, corner of Fayette and Grover Street. Tickets are $15 each and can be purchased from Gladys Koehl (979) 9667951, Sharon Fritsch (979) 966-3515, any church member or at Koehl’s in Ellinger. Advance tickets are highly encouraged, only a limited number of extra dinner tickets will be available that day.

During this drive through fundraiser, raffle tickets will be sold for a 70-inch smart TV. Tickets are $10 each or 3 for $20. Tickets will only be sold during the event, not in advance.

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.

Fayette County 4H

The 4H clubs are selling poinsettias. Contact any member of the 4H to order a red, white or pink poinsettias (6 inch) which are $12 each. The delivery is tentatively set for Nov. 30. This is a county fundraiser as well as for the child’s club.

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 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: E.J. Koehl-29, Jonathon Cook and Larry Bartosh-30. October celebrants: Jerrell Smidovec- 1, Margo Polasek-2, and Brandon Karisch-6.

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