by Raelyn Pracht | May 25, 2021 | Dedication
On Sunday, May 3, 2021 Executive Director Becca Jones joined the congregation at Zion Lutheran Church in Walburg to celebrate the dedication of their new worship center. What a blessing to walk through this journey with them – a journey your investments made...
by Raelyn Pracht | Mar 26, 2021 | Dedication, Rebates
Pastor Seth Davidson held the door open for me at St. John Lutheran Church in Athens. I entered the building with an eagerness and excitement of being able to walk across the new flooring which was dedicated exactly one year ago. Those who walk on this floor are...
by Raelyn Pracht | Feb 24, 2021 | Rebates
by Becca Jones, Executive Director, Texas District Church Extension Fund Did you know? Every year since 1998, an average of 100 congregations received an annual loan rebate check from Texas District Church Extension Fund. After 22 years, a whopping $8,672,287.33 has...
by Raelyn Pracht | Dec 1, 2020 | Groundbreaking, Note Burning
Holy Cross Lutheran Church, College Station, celebrated Reformation Sunday with a note burning and a groundbreaking ceremony on October 25, 2020. The congregation met as one beneath a white tent on an overcast morning to celebrate God’s many gifts. Rev. Mike Hafer...
by Raelyn Pracht | Sep 25, 2020 | Construction
My favorite artist is Vincent Van Gogh. I love the way he experimented with shades of the same color. Very late in his life, he completed the work “Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers”. It is alluded to in his letters that he found sunflowers to be a...
Over the weekend of March 22 and March 23, Texas CEF Executive Director, Becca Jones, had the joy of presenting St. Paul Lutheran Church in Harlingen with their first loan rebate check!
From February 3–5, members of the Texas CEF staff had the privilege of preparing and… Read more: Serving with Heart
On Sunday, February 2, Texas Church Extension Fund (Texas CEF) celebrated the dedication of… Read more: A New Building for ACTS Church Leander