Celebrating 126 Years of Serving the communities of Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot, and Moore in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties
#14 Milynn Schnautz digs while teamates #13 Jayme Moralez, #8 Jane Outlaw look on.
Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The Freshman Arabian volleyball team has been on a torrid streak since the beginning of the season and last week was no exception as Devine defeated Pearsall and Floresville to improve to 15-1 before their game last night against Uvalde that kicked off the second round of District 29-4A play.
Continue reading “Freshman Arabians keep it rolling; 16-1 overall”
For the second year the Current Events Club is excited to bring the Wreaths Across America (WAA) program to Devine Evergreen and St. Joseph Catholic cemeteries. This year’s ceremony and placement of wreaths on veteran graves will take place on Saturday morning, December 16, at 11:00 o’clock at the ceremony oak where the event was held last year. Join us as we participate in a program that spans across our nation and around the globe to honor our men and women in the armed forces.
Continue reading “Serve and Succeed: The 2023 theme of the Wreaths Across America mission”
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is hosting the first in a series of stakeholder meetings for anyone interested in becoming involved in a partnership to improve and protect the Lower Medina River watershed on October 19th.
Stakeholder meeting: October 19, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
Location: Braden Keller Community Center
1410 Amelia St, Castroville, TX 78009
Devine First United Methodist Church will be hosting a Trunk-Or-Treat on Halloween night, October 31st, from 6-8pm in the church parking lot. Devine FUMC is located at 212 W. Benton, Devine. Come Trunk-or-Treat for candy, show us your costume, and have a fun night with us! For more information, please call the church office at 830-663-3185.
The 1963 class of Devine High is holding a reunion brunch on Saturday, October 14th, of the full reunion. Brunch will be held at Charlie’s Daughter Restaurant at 10 AM. All whoever attended with our class are included and spouses. Please RSVP at maryruth3719@gmail.com or 512-415-8959.
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October 14, 10AM, at Charlie’s Daughter located at 116 Malone (at golf course). We hope to see you and your spouse. We will also honor our lost classmates.
I remember the time I went by our local JP office to visit and when I arrived the judge was in despair because the computer with all their records had crashed. I asked the judge if I could look at it so I took it apart and found the problem and got it working; somewhat. The judge was excited and wanted me to backup all the files we could because their backup had failed. That event reminded me of something in the Bible. There are books of records in heaven and everything we have ever done is recorded there, (Revelation 20:12-15). The judge said, “Let’s look at your records” and we typed in my name. To my surprise it went back years and yes, there were some offenses, (minor traffic) but the fines had been paid or taken care of. That reminded me of my life before I accepted Christ and there were numerous sins in my life that had not been dealt with or forgiven but when I accepted Christ, I acknowledged or confessed them and asked Christ to forgive them, (1 John 1:8-10, 2:12, Romans 4:7). As the judge looked at the more recent years there were no offenses. The judge said, “You are in good standing with this court and you are free to come and go as you please” (Galatians 5:1, 8:1). Where or how do we really stand before God? See you in Church next Sunday. Brother J
There is a Southwest Texas Soil Testing Campaign for Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde and Zavala Counties from October 16th thru November 2nd. Samples will be collected during this time, landowners may pick up soil sample bags, instructions, and forms at their local County Extension office. Cash only as payment when soil samples are dropped off.
Colossians 3:2-3 “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
I hope everyone is doing well. I also pray each and every day for all the readers of this article and I hope you’re doing the same. As always, I encourage you to seek God in your life. Matthew 6:33 says; “But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” I encourage you to pray for our troops and pray for the direction of our country. Pray for our first responders, and as always let’s pray for the lost souls of this world that we may teach them the gospel. Remember “…the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much (James 5:16). Let’s make it a personal goal to get into the word of God every day. Our question for the week is; “Where in the Bible will I find an apostle robbing churches?
The apostle Paul in laying out his many inflictions says this in 2nd Corinthians 11:24-28, “Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger in thirst, in fastings often in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.” That being said one of the afflictions he suffered one was in perils of robbers, and the last part of that verse mentions the care of the churches. It’s hard to imagine someone like Paul who actually cared for the church to be a robber of a church, but the verse in question is 2nd Corinthians 11:8 in which he calls getting paid by other churches to support him in his service to the Corinthians robbery because they were not paying him for his service. “I robbed other churches, taking wages of them to do you service.” Think about it!
We are now holding an AgriLand Workshop in Comal County at the Westside Community Center and Public Library, 2932 S IH 35, New Braunfels, TX 78130 on October 24, 2023.
Pre-registration is required and is OPEN online at www.alamorcd.org. We work to provide this service opportunity to all within the agricultural and environmental community in our area.
If you have any questions or concerns, please direct all communications to: Peggy Hollin, Alamo RCD Outreach Director email: alamorcd.outreach@gmail.com, Cell Phone: 830-431-4406 or Alma Aguirre, Alamo RCD STTO Project Co-Director alamorcd@gmail.com, Cell Phone: 210-548-9248. We both prefer email or text communications if at all possible.
