30th Annual Wendish Fest on September 23
St. Paul Lutheran Church
One of the Painted Churches of Texas.
English Church Service … 8:30
Sunday School … 9:30
German Church Service … 10:30
- Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, President, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
- Rev. Thomas Obersat, Ebenezer Manheim
- Rev. John Schmidt, Pastor St. Paul Lutheran Church
Church Tours … 12:30 & 1:30
Picnic Grounds
Noon Meal ticket sales … 9:45 (meal served until 1:30)
Sausage • Sauerkraut • Green Beans • Wendish Noodles • Beets • Peaches • Homemade Bread
Desserts purchased separately
Coffee or Tea
Adults $10.00 ♦ Children $5.00 ♦ Take-out plates $10.00
Snack Booths Open … 2:00
Sausage & Sauerkraut Boats & Wraps
Drumsticks, Noodles & Desserts
Pavillion
Music All Day!
Coffee Cake Bake-off
Deadline for entries … 10:30 (Coffee-cake Bake-off)
Winners Announced… 12:30
Live Auction … 12:45
Bid on winning coffee cake entries!!! Auction proceeds designated for Texas Wendish Heritage Scholarship Program Fund.
Scholarship funds are raised through membership donations and fundraising activities. Since 2014 a total of $48,000 has been awarded to students of Wendish heritage.
Entertainment
Exhibits & Demonstrations
10:00 – 3:00
Kilian Building
Blaudruck Display • Wendish Easter Egg Decorating and Market • German Christmas Market including items from the Erzgebirge Region, and Serbin’s own Wiederhold Woodworks
St. Paul Building
Cording • Quilting • Lace Making • Crocheting
Picnic Grounds
Spinning • Weaving • Rug Looming • Basket Weaving • Knitting
Stone Ground Corn Meal • 1918 Stone Grist Mill • Corn Shelling
Homemade Soap • Sauerkraut Making • Noodle Making • Wine Making • Sausage Stuffing
Classic Autos • Vintage Fire Fighting and Farm Equipment
Balcones Forge Blacksmith Demonstrations
Silent Auction … 10:00 to 2:00
Washer Pitching Contest … 3:00 (Sign-up … 2:30)
Cross-cut Saw Demonstration … 4:45
Texas Wendish Heritage Country Store
Circle Drive at Museum
Childrens Activities
- Face painting … 11:30 to 3:00
- Stick Horse Races … 1:00
- Coloring Contest … 1:30
- Greased Pole Climbing (Kletternpfosten) … 2:00
- Train Rides by SLCVFD … 2:00
The Museum Complex
The Museum Complex will be open from 10:00 until 3:00.
Peter Building
- General help and Information
- Library
- Genealogy
St. Paul Building (North side of the Courtyard)
Permanent Exhibits
Thirty Years in Review
A special exhibit in reflection of 30 years of Wendish Fest celebrations will be on display. Please take time to view the exhibit sharing past memories and make new ones during the 30th Annual Wendish Fest!
Thank You
The Texas Wendish Heritage Society gratefully acknowledges continuing support received from TWHS members. Members represent eight countries and forty-one states plus the District of Columbia.
Additional THANKS is extended to St. Paul Lutheran, the local community, City of Giddings, Lee County Community and ALL Wendish Fest SPONSORS and VOLUNTEERS.
Looking forward to seeing Rev. Dr. Elmer Hohle on the stage in the pavilion at noon, providing the common table prayer in Wendish, German, and English.
You have asked him to do this, right? What a classy move this would be, to request this of Pastor Hohle. To honor Wendish heritage, as well as Pastor Hohle’s decades of contributions to and on behalf of the Lutheran church.
It doesn’t matter if he is a senior and perhaps rambles-on. This man deserves this honor. He deserves our reverence as a man of many talents who has helped so many over the years.
It would also be appropriate to squeeze him into the St. Paul English services. He’s not going to live forever. At least not here on Earth.
http://wendishresearch.org/blog_hohle/?e=6
God is watching… Is anyone listening?
Hope to see everyone there!