Old Tyme Wendish Sunday is Oct. 24

The Texas Wendish Heritage Society is hosting an Old Tyme Wendish Sunday. This will be a day of food, fellowship and fun at the Tesas Wendish Heritage Museum on Sunday, Oct. 24. The day begins with Kilian Kaffe Klatch at 10 a.m. including dominoes, cards and children’s activities. Door prizes will be given throughout the day. Refreshments will be offered at 11 a.m. followed by a lunch of sausage, noodles, sauerkraut, green beans, beets, pickles, peaches, homemade bread, coffee and tea. Peach cobbler will be served for dessert. The lunch will be a free will donation. A brief meeting will be held just before lunch at 11:30 a.m. including a demonstration from special guest, Grace Walker. Dominoes, etc. will begin again from 1-2:30 p.m. Non members are invited to attend. Attendees may participate in all activities or just those that fit into their schedule. Please RSVP by Tuesday, Oct. 19 either via email (museum@ texaswendish.org) or call them at (979) 366-2441.

Oktoberfest

Faith Lutheran High School will be hosting a family friendly Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 23 at Holy Cross Picnic Grounds. They will have a German meal consisting of brats, kraut, green beans, noodles, bread and coffee cake for dessert. The meal will be served both dine in and to go from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Meal tickets are $12 and are pre-sale only. Tickets can be purchased at the church office or by contacting FLHS at (979) 242-2889. Music by CK the DJ will be playing through 3 p.m. A silent auction will be available for bidding until 1:30 p.m. Children’s games and activities will begin at 1 p.m. and include bounce house, face painting, photo backdrop, pumpkin painting and more. Domino and corn hole tournaments will begin at 2 p.m. Everyone is invited to come out and enjoy the day. If you have items to donate to the silent auction, please contact the school or church office.

Cross Country Meet

Faith Lutheran High School will be hosting the Third Annual Private Schools of Central Texas Cross Country Meet on Friday Nov. 5 for students in K to 8th grade. The first race will begin at 2 p.m.

BBQ Chicken Fundraiser

South Lee County VFD will have BBQ chickens and sides of BBQ sauce, potato salad, pinto beans and noodles at the Serbin Picnic Grounds on Sunday, Oct. 31. Pick-up will be from 10 a.m.-noon. You can preorder by calling the St. Paul Church Office at (979) 366-9650 or call Paul Sommerfield at (713) 922- 7501 by Oct. 25.

Pumpkin Patch

It’s starting to slowly feel like fall around here; some days more than others. Now is a great time to plan your visit to the pumpkin patch. The Lee County Christmas Tree Farm is hosting a family friendly pumpkin patch two weekends in October. There will be wonderful photo opportunities, a hayride and playground. There is no charge for this event. The Pumpkin Patch and activities will be open Oct. 16-17 and Oct. 23-24. On Saturdays of these days from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays from 1-5 p.m. You can find out more information at www.TexasChristmasTrees.com or follow their facebook page at Lee County Christmas Trees.

Christmas at Tejas

Tejas Camp and Retreat Center will be open to the public this year for Christmas Dec. 10-12 from 4 p.m.-10 p.m. They are offering packages for $29 a person that will include lights, climbing wall, zip line, crate stacking, three-person swing, bounce house and fireworks. They also have VIP packages available for $43 per person that includes the above activities plus dinner, smores kit, hot chocolate and a DIY craft. More information can be found at www.mytejas.org.

Bible Study

The Bible Study group at Holy Cross meets Wednesday evenings. They are continuing their study on Exodus. Please contact Cyndy Zoch if you would like to participate or if you have any questions. Cyndy can be reached at (979) 966-3166 or cyndy.zoch@gmail.com.

Holy Cross Services

Services at Holy Cross Lutheran are Sunday at 9 a.m. Bible Class and Sunday school follows the morning service.

Reformation will be observed at the Sunday, Oct. 31 service.

Faith Lutheran High School

Everyone is invited to join the weekly Chapel Service held each Wednesday beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Sewing Circle

The sewing circle meets each Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon in the old fellowship hall. Everyone is welcome to join this group. You do not have to be a member of Holy Cross to join.

The ladies still collect all cancelled postage stamps, these are trimmed from their envelopes and sold to collectors. These can be dropped off at the church office, or in the designated box in the hallway.

Anniversaries

Happy Anniversary to the following couples: Travis and Yige Teinert-Oct. 27.

Birthdays

Birthday wishes are extended to the following celebrants: Karen Schubert-Oct. 24, Scott Fenzlein, Robin Wedgeworth-29.

Special congratulations to Curtis Moerbe who celebrates turning 81 on Oct 28.