Brugger Wins First Place in Fayette Water and Soil Conservation Contest

Fayette Soil and Water Conservation District No. 341 recently held a coloring contest in conjunction with Stewardship Week. The contest was open to all 4H members and the following were winners in the Senior Division: Brylee Brugger-1st place with Pure Country 4H, Brynlee Berger-2nd place with Schulenburg 4H and Cara Homer-3rd place with La Grange 4H. Brylee is the daughter of Chris and Laura Brugger from Ellinger.

Shared Lutheran Ministry 

Pastor Jen with be leading the service on Sunday, June 29 at St. John Lutheran in Ellinger.

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.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church 

St. Mary’s Catholic Church mass is every Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 8 a.m.

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.

Birthdays 

Birthday Wishes to the following June celebrants: Tatam Smidovec and David Michalsky- 27, and Diana Young-29. July celebrants: Ashley Brugger- 1, Bernita Hlinsky-2, Becky Glueck Horndt and Koltin Kocian-6, Shirley Kulhanek-7, Joyce Stancik-9, Blake Hinton-11, Thad Montgomery- 12, Rilan Karisch-16, Aubrey Horndt Neumann-17, Chad Brugger-18, Alan Jecmenek- 20, Kayla Dennis and Dewey Hinton-22, Austin Rhodes-23, Cody Fritsch-24, Diane Maruskik-25, Lucille Koehl and Hope Hess-26, Michael Schlabach-27, Martha Dove and Jacob Nigh-29.

Have news? 

Send any news or announcements to Laura at ellingernews@ yahoo.com by Sunday evening for the following Friday’s paper. Pictures of milestones, parties, celebrations, etc. are welcome.

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