The water just kept rising on April 19th and 20th. All the home owners could do was watch. When it was all over, the event was described as a 500 year flood in the Cypress Creek area. St. John Lutheran in Cypress received major damage to a number of buildings
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Just a few weeks ago, Pastor Ted Doering had the honor of baptizing a whole family during a worship gathering of Narrative Church in Round Rock. Narrative is a new church plant of Faith Lutheran Church in Georgetown. Pastor Doering and the group from Narrative are reaching out to the
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A diverse group from several different schools assisted in the VBS and the Medical Clinic in Candelaria over spring break on March 12-19. There were two advanced nursing students from Concordia University Texas and two other students. These four were joined by two students from West Texas A&M and lead
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This week at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis and at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, new vicars, deaconess and pastors were called to serve in congregations across the country. We celebrate these men and women as they, and their families, serve the Lord in their new congregations! The 2016
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It was a group of young people who made the connection. While serving on a summer mission trip, a youth mission team met a young mom and her children near Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church in San Antonio-also the home of LINC San Antonio. The youth invited the mom and
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A very special thank you to the choir, staff and pastors of Peace Lutheran Church Hurst and the Choir of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Dallas for all the work they did to make our mission celebration an inspiring and enjoyable day. We also thank Thrivent Financial for sponsoring the dinner.
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The story of Philip’s encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch recorded in Acts 8:26-40 is familiar to most of us: 1. Philip called by God to go down the road from Jerusalem to Gaza. 2. Philip meets the Ethiopian eunuch who was reading scriptures. 3. Philip finds out the Ethiopian does
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Mission Prayer—Because No One Can Do This Alone An elderly pastor told me some of his story regarding his evangelism activity. Long retired but still active as a disciple, he would go to a bar at a ski lodge with regularity and sit at a table. His drink was sweetened
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Sealy “After Dark” A little more than 2 years ago Pastor Jonathan Brandenburg accepted a call to LifeBridge Church in Sealy, Texas. At the time, LifeBridge, launched by three laymen in 2013, had approximately 40 worshipping on a Sunday. Sealy is a small town in southeastern Texas. The population is
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Reaching Arabic People with the Gospel The LCMS Texas District in 1973 was focused on increasing the number of Hispanic congregations. There was good reason to do so since the Hispanic population was the fastest growing population in the state. God blessed our efforts and new Hispanic congregations were formed. In 1973, few people were even thinking about reaching Arabic people, but many
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