Texas CEF News
Dedication at St. John in Athens
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. Ecclesiastes 7:14 Before our daily lives, including how and where we worship, changed due...
Walking in His Word
Deut. 28:9: “The Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways.” Learning how to walk a new way is always hard. We strive in our lives to make headway on the paths...
Chipping Away
St. John Lutheran in Athens has been around since the early 1980’s. As with all churches and our lives, things change. We get older. We make mistakes. We do our best to mend what we can, but sometimes things just flat fall apart. This facility is a living example of...
Family of Faith
On the Third Sunday in Advent, The Family of Faith Lutheran Church was blessed to have the preschool student populations from its two ministry locations (Houston and Cypress) unite their talents in a single Christmas worship service. The average weekly worship...
Zion Lutheran Church, Walburg
On Sunday, October 20, Zion Lutheran Church in Walburg celebrated the groundbreaking for their newest additions: a multi-use worship space, a foyer/narthex, and increased parking. Pastor John Davenport and the members of Zion recognize how fast Central Texas,...
Celebrating in Cedar Park
Becca Jones, Executive Director, Texas District Church Extension Fund, Rev. Dr. Martin J Brauer, Senior Pastor, Good Shepherd Lutheran ChurchMatthew C. Headley, Congregational Operations Manager, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Mark Minick, good Shepherd Lutheran...
Inspiring Each Other
On Sunday, August 18, Beautiful Savior in Austin had two guest speakers from LINC Austin. Haleh and Kevin Kersten shared information about LINC Austin, a network of churches and organizations that strives to build a strong community in the Austin area, by providing...
St. Mark Lutheran School in Houston celebrates its new building
The last time we shared an update about St. Mark Lutheran School in Houston, their new building project was missing ceiling tiles, didn’t have flooring installed, and had scaffolding throughout the building. They were near the completion of the construction phase but...
The Family of Faith – Miramesa Celebrates Their First VBS! Your investments at work in the Kingdom!
The Family of Faith - Miramesa in Houston, recently had three new faces in worship. Of course having new faces is always a wonderful thing, but these three in particular stood out because the two boys attended the first-ever VBS this summer. In addition to the...
Building Worship Space for a Growing San Antonio
"So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom...