The person in charge of community and volunteer involvement at the Evins Regional Juvenile Center is in need of more volunteers to help mentor young men on Tuesday evenings. Many of the youth receive no visits from family and need a reason to hope for a better future. Background checks will be necessary.
If you would like more information on being a volunteer call 956-289-5500.
Both Bishop Eaton and Bishop Briner have suggested congregations not have remote or virtual Holy Communion services. I suggest First Lutheran abide by this advice and not have Holy Communion services
The poncho-like vestment worn at most worship services is to be worn by the presiding minister at Holy Communion. Since there was no sacrament, the vestment was not worn.
Church signs with message boards like the one at First Lutheran Church in Edinburg can create some interesting situations. Sometimes the sign does not communicate what is intended. Following 9/11 at