The Rev. Susan J. Briner, Bishop of the ELCA Southwestern Texas Synod, will be guest preacher at communion services on Sunday, April 27 at St. Peter Lutheran Church, West Point (8:45 a.m.) and Zion Lutheran Church, Moulton (10:45 a.m.). These two congregations are partner churches with three other congregations in the shared ministry (TCCM) serving Colorado, Fayette and Lavaca Counties. Pastor Herb Beyer, Lead Pastor for the Tri-County Cooperative Ministries ELCA, will preside at both services. Bishop Briner will also be present at the Moulton congregation’s annual picnic following worship. Fun activities are also planned for youth and adults.

The Texas Ramp Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit that provides free wheelchair ramps to low-income older adults and people with disabilities identified by local health care providers. Ramps are built exclusively with volunteer labor, keeping costs to a minimum and are built without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, age, or gender. For more information, or to request a ramp, visit: www.texasramps.org. To donate or to volunteer, contact Frank Smith.

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Three members of the Blinn College livestock judging team have earned All-America honors for the 202425 season. Lane Hogan, Grant Kubala, and Owen Seidenberger were named All-Americans by the Junior College Coaches Association.

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Above: youngster holds on to a sheep in the mutton busting contest at the Fayette County Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo earlier this month. Right: Karlie Patterson of Fayetteville consoles her daughter Riley after the little girl slipped off her mount during the mutton busting.

On Thursday evening, April 10, the Diocese of Victoria Office of Catholic Schools in partnership with local Home & School Associations held their Saint Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton Awards at the Shiner Knights of Columbus Hall.

The Smith-McMillan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) gathered on April 19 at the historic Round Top Rifle Club, where members were treated to a presentation by Rifle Club President Michael Sachs, a fifth-generation member of the organization.

Corey Carson Lyons and Hailey Lauren Daugherty were married at 10 a.m. March 9, a Sunday morning ceremony at The Wedding Tree at Live Oak Creek Ranch in Muldoon. Their ceremony was officiated by Pastor William Martin of Trinity Reformed Church of Muldoon.