Category: Events

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...

30th Annual Wendish Fest

Greetings from Serbin, Texas! The Texas Wendish Heritage Society and St. Paul Lutheran Church at Serbin, Texas will host the 30th Annual Wendish Fest on Sunday the 23rd of September 2018. Mark your calendars and plan to join us. The event is just around the corner, and planning is...

47th Annual Texas Folklife Festival

The 47th Texas Folklife Festival will be held this year during June 8-10 on the grounds of the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Institute of Texan Cultures. TWHS will have a booth at the festival thanks to Ron Knippa with his family and many friends who do...

Serbin Homecoming Picnic

The 2018 Serbin Homecoming Picnic will be Sunday, May 27 on the picnic grounds of St. Paul Lutheran Church. It will be a fun day of worship, fellowship, and the best barbecue in town.  Come early – before the barbecue is gone! The Museum will open at 10:00...

29th Annual Wendish Fest on September 24

Mark your calendars and plan to join us on Sunday, September 24 for our Annual Wendish Fest. As the following schedule indicates, it will be a full day of fun activities, great music, and tasty food! This year’s featured performers will be the Tubameisters, a talented group of...

Report on the 46th Annual Texas Folklife Festival

The 2017 Folklife Festival, June 9-11 at San Antonio’s Institute of Texan Cultures, was held under beautiful blue skies, and the Wends were there! We served delicious food that included noodles from the TWHS kitchen thanks to Hattie and others, koch kaese sandwiches, barbecue chicken drumsticks with an...

Olde Tyme Wendish Sunday

November 5, 2017, 10:00 am Our next membership day will be on Sunday, November 5, when we will hold an Olde Tyme Wendish Sunday from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. November 5 is also All Saints Day, an appropriate day to gather together for food and fellowship and...

German Heritage Day Display Tables

German Heritage Day

On Sunday, March 12, the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures hosted German Heritage Day. Several organizations were invited to attend and set up displays regarding their part of the German heritage of Texas. Among these were the Pioneer Museum of Fredericksburg, a San Antonio Volksmarsch group, a group...

46th Texas Folklife Festival card

46th Annual Texas Folklife Festival

The 46th Texas Folklife Festival will be held this year during June 9-11 on the grounds of the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Institute of Texan Cultures. TWHS will have a booth at the festival thanks to Ron Knippa with his family and many friends who do...

Serbin Homecoming Picnic

May 28, 2017. The 2017 Serbin Homecoming Picnic will be Sunday, May 28 on the picnic grounds of St. Paul Lutheran Church. It will be a fun day of worship, fellowship, and the best barbecue in town. Come early – before the barbecue is gone! The Museum will...