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 | Jun 24, 2020 | Construction
Amidst the chaotic times in which we live, churches, including St. John in Athens, have been forced to cultivate new and innovative ways to reach out with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Technology has become an essential mode of communication for ministry. As...
by Raelyn Pracht | Jan 24, 2020 | Construction, News, Renovation
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...
by admin | May 23, 2017 | News, Rebuild
When Pastor Seth Davidson accepted the call to shepherd St. John Lutheran Church, he found a salt-of-the-earth community that needed a little TLC. Housed in Athens – a town of 12,000 a little more than an hour southeast of Dallas – the congregation as a whole was...