Spa Coming to Downtown Fayetteville

The City replaced a fire hydrant at S. Scott St. and Hwy 159 last Monday night. Water was turned off temporarily. City-Wide Garage Sale

Expect to find all kinds of treasures at participating homes, stores and rented booths in the square on Saturday morning beginning at 8 a.m. at the City-Wide Garage Sale.

Blood Drive 

The Gulf Coast Blood Center is holding the semiannual Fayetteville Blood Drive on Saturday, July 19 from 8-12:30 on the square in their donor truck. The Fayetteville/ Ellinger Knights of Columbus are sponsoring the drive. When you give blood, you’re giving the gift of life.

You can just drop in or schedule an appointment by going to giveblood.org and clicking on “Donate” after you reject or accept all cookies. Plug in the Fayetteville zip code. Click on “Schedule” next to Knights of Columbus-Fayetteville. Picking Park

Listen to a talented group of bluegrass musicians that pick and sing at Picking Park on the square this Saturday. They get together the second Saturday of each month from January-November. The music flows from 2 p.m. until everyone’s ready to hang it up.

VBS 

Save the date for this summer’s Vacation Bible School (VBS) at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fayetteville. It’s always the third full week of July. The dates this year are July 21-25. The theme is “The Great Journey with Jesus Through the Church Year.” Come to VBS and walk with Jesus through the church year. Journey through Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent and Easter.

Church Services 

St. Paul Lutheran holds services on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Services are recorded every week, rotating among four Shared Lutheran Ministry churches and posted on the Facebook page for the Shared Lutheran Ministry of Fayette County. Services are also featured on KTIM 89.1 Sundays at noon.

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fayetteville holds Mass Saturdays at 6 p.m., and Sunday’s at 10 a.m.

St. Mary Catholic Church in Ellinger holds Mass on Saturdays at 4 p.m. and Sunday’s at 8 a.m.

Worship services at Fayetteville Brethren are held on the second, third and fourth Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. An adult Bible Study is held before the worship service from 9 to 9:45 a.m.

Celebrations 

Happy Birthday Wishes to: Laurie Schmitt Craig-11 Holly Krebs, Blake Krebs and Hannah Bertsch -13 Alois Keilers-14 Jerry Schmitt-15 Debbie and Randy Canik, Melanie Conway Kocian and Ashley Keilers Boldt-16 Happy Anniverary Wishes to: Holly and Blake Krebs-13 Debbie and Randy Canik and Steve and Angie Pavlicek - 16 Have news?

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