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CHRIST LUTHERAN
CHURCH, LOEBAU
YARD OF MONTH award
for March was presented to
Anna Lora Mueller, who
lives at 485 N. Grimes St. in
PRIMERA IGLESIA
BAUTISTA HISPANA
Hwy 77 N. & Middle
School Rd., 542-0508
Morning worship 10:50 a.m. Evening worship 6:00 p.m., Rev. David Green, pastor
MYF-5 p.m. Sunday Dial-A- Bible Study, worship, Wed. SS, 9:50 a.m. Worship 11:00
GOODWILL BAPTIST
CHURCH, DIME BOX
Rev. L. H. McShane
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Giddings. The yard is filled
with many favorites of yes-
teryear. A large variety of
flowers and plants are pic-
SOUTH END CHURCH
OF CHRIST, GIDDINGS
Bible Class 9:45 a.m. Ser-
vices 11 a.m. Song rehearsal
6 p.m. Sunday Midweek
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN
CHURCH, SERBIN
Rev. Paul W. Hartfield
8:30a.m. English. 9:30a.m.
KNOBBS SPRINGS
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Gary O. McManus
Sunday School 10 a.m.
BETHEL-ST. PAUL
UNITED MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Frank Garrett
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
BTU 5:30 p.m. Evening wor-
ship 6:30 p.m. Prayer meet-
ing. Wednesdays 6 p.m. Mis-
sion meeting, Monday 4 p.m.
NEW TESTAMENT
HOLINESS CHURCH
Hwy. 21, Old Dime Box
Sie. Annie Olephant,
pastor, 884-0215
West End Lumber Co.
Giddings Timos A News
TANGLEWOOD
BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School 10 a.m.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF
GOD, GIDDINGS
Rev. Timothy Lord
FM 141 & Independence
Sunday School 9:45 a.m..
TRIUMPH BAPTIST
CHURCH, LEDBETTER
Rev. L. Chandler Jr.
their own lives, they appar-
ently believed their spirit
would rise to meet the space-
ship.
The cult members also be-
lieved Earth was about to be
wiped clean of life by advanced
beings who want to recycle the
planet for a new civilization. By
leaving Earth, they believed
they would escape the destruc-
Evening worship 7 p.m. Wed
Prayer meeting 7 p.m.
ST. JAMES LUTHERAN
CHURCH, LEXINGTON
Rev. Wayne Schumpe
Sunday School 9:30. Adult
FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH (DISCIPLES
OF CHRIST), LEX.
409-773-4416
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN
CHURCH, DIME BOX
Rev. Lee Eschberger
Worship service 9 a.m.
Study Hour, 10:15 a m. Holy
Communion, 1st & 3rd Sun-
day of month
the heavens as an indication
that the "end of this age" ruled
by the human race would be
coming to an end.
Yes, people are searching for
spiritual truths and are strug-
gling to find meaning for their
ROUND TOP
BAPTIST CHURCH
Am Marktplatz (on the
Square) PO Box 301
Round Top, 249-5085
ST. JOHN LUTHERAN
CHURCH, PAIGE
Alvin Epperson, pastor
Worship service every Sun-
day 8:30 a.m. Holy commun-
ion every 1st Sunday.
worship 10:30 a m. Holy vices 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Communion 1st & 3rd Sun. each Sunday.
PILGRIM REST
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
CHURCH, GIDDINGS
Herman Ferguson
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning worship 2nd & 4th
Sunday 11 a.m.
FAITH HOPE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Hwy 77 N. at Middle
School Rd., 542-0508
Sunday Worship 8:15 am,
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
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Lee County.............
Elsewhere in Texas
Outside of Texas.....
FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH, GIDDINGS
600 Sunrise Ave.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m.
CASA DE ORACION
PENTECOSTES
Rev. Antonio Torres
650 N. Waco St., 542-6213
Domingo 10 a.m. & 6:30
p.m., Miercoles 7:30 p.m.,
Sabados 7:30 p.m.
BTU 6:00. Evening worship
7:00. Every Wednesday
night Bible study 7:00 and
prayer meeting.
FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Anthony Vinson, pastor
CHURCH, GIDDINGS
Rev. Wilbern Michalk
Rev. Bill Lowrey
8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Worship
To forgive and forget
means to throw valuable
experience out the window.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
CALVARY UNITED
PENTECOSTAL
CHURCH
Rolling Oaks Dr.
Dean Wagoner, pastor
Sun. school 10 a.m. Morn-
ing worship 10 a.m. Evange-
listic Rally Sun., 6 p.m. Bible
Study, Thurs. 7:30 p.m.
SHORTER CHAPPEL
AME CHURCH, Giddings
Rev. Bertha Miller
RIDGEWAY BAPTIST
CHURCH, Paige
Roger Osborn, pastor
Sunday school 10 a.m.
Morning services 11 a.m.
Evening service 6 p.m. Wed.
night se> vice 7 p.m.
a.m. Bible Study 11:00 a m.
Wed
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TRINITY LUTHERAN
CHURCH, DIME BOX
Rev. D. A. Robbins
Phone 884-1471
Service 9 a.m. Sunday
School 10 a m. Communion
BLUE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Randel C. Thomas
Worship 9 a.m. Sunday
School 10 a.m.
UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH, PAIGE
Anthony Vinson, pastor
Worship Service 8:30 a.m.
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for more information.
Joe Green
135 W. Austin
Giddings
542-3940
Edwardjones
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Holy Communion Sun-
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN day of each month.
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HOLY CROSS
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Wards, Texas
Rev. Robert Boyce
Phillips A Luckey Funeral Home
Wolls Fargo
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ADINA CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
Bro. Paul Manning
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
false prophets when they ap-
pear so we won't be deceived by
them.
Jesus is the only one who has
the key to heaven's gate!
-- Buddy Preuss
S.S. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Wor-
ship 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meet- Worship 10:30, P.M. Wor-
ing, Wednesday 6 p.m. Mis- ship 6:30. Wed. 7:00 p.m.
tured at the side of the
house.
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Morning worship 11 a.m. 1st
Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Mario A. Moreno, Pastor & 3rd Sundays, Holy Com-
Sunday morning worship at Sunday/Domingo worship- munion 1st Sun. of month.
11 a.m. Mission 1st & 3rd English 8:15 a.m., Sunday
SANDY POINT
A.M.E. CHURCH
Dime Box
Rev. David Greathouse
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
POST OAK BAPTIST
CHURCH
Rev. R. L. Winston
Sunday School every Sun-
day morning, worship ser-
vice every 2nd Sunday.
BIBLEWAY CHURCH
of the Harvesting
Ministries, Giddings
Elder C.N. Moore, pastor
511 Titus St.
542-5345, 542-2023
Morning worship 9:30 a.m.
Wed Bible class 7:30 p.m.
RISING STAR
BAPTIST CHURCH
FM141, Dime Box
Rev. G. B. Coleman
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Lexington
When Jesus Christ rose from
the dead, before He ascended
into heaven He promised all
believers that someday He
would come again.
Nearly 2,000 years have come
and gone since then. Down
through the centuries those
who have attempted to predict
the date of Christ's return have
always failed to do so.
Jesus warned His followers
that there would be those who
would "come in My name,
claiming 'I am the Christ' and
will deceive many" (Matt. 24:5).
In the "last days" before the
return of Jesus to earth in
power and glory, the Saviour
said false prophets would arise
in even greater numbers and
would lead many people astray.
This year, while millions of
Christians worldwide were ob-
serving the suffering, death
and resurrection of Jesus, a
FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH, DIME BOX
Rev. Jerry Reeves
542-1618
Sunday school 9:45 a.m.
Morning worship 10:30 a.m.
CORINTH BAPTIST
CHURCH
Rev. Raymond H. Hillis
THE BIBLE
Solid Ground
39 cult members try to reach 'heaven's
gate' by resorting to mass suicide pact
ST. MARGARETS
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Giddings
Rev.David M. Leibham
Mass & Confessions Sat. 6
FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH
Lexington, Texas
Reuel J. Cooper, pastor
Phone 773-2633
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning worship 11 a.m.
LEXINGTON UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Randel C. Thomas,
pastor '
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Bible Study, 6 p.m.
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NEW HOPE BAPTIST
CHURCH
Rev. B. Jones, pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 Morn-
ing worship! la m . evening Morning worship 10:15 a.m. services Sunday; 9:30 a.m.
worship 6,30. Mission 2nd & Evening 6 Wednesday Sunday School & Bible Class
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MARTIN LUTHER
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Ralph W. Lien and
Walter J. Miller, pastors
Saturdays: 6 p.m. Worship
Service, (Communion of-
fered on Saturdays preced-
ing 1st & 3rd Sundays. Sun-
days: 9 a.m. Sunday School
at 10:15 a.m for all ages.
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LEXINGTON GOSPEL
TABERNACLE
Rev. R. D. Harris
Sunday school 9:30 a.m.
Sunday worship 10:30 a.m.
Wed. morning prayer 7 a.m.,
Wed. evening 7:30 p.m.
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words and deeds of someone
who claims to be a representa-
tive of God or His Son. Before
long, they might end up follow-
ing this religious leader —
rather than the Eternal God.
Yes, false prophets are among
us. They can appear to us in
person, on TV or radio, through
religious literature sent
ST. JOSEPH’S
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Dime Box
Rev. Emilian Foltyn
Sat. Mass 6 p.m Sunday
10:30 a m Wed 6:30 pm
Confession Sat. 5:15 p m.
Rev. Roger Hotopp
Worship services at 10:15 p m. Sun morning 9:30 a.m.
am. Sundays. Sunday 11 a.m. Spanish Mass.
MORNING STAR
BAPTIST CHURCH
Lincoln
Rev. Dave Young
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Wedneaday prayer meet 7
p.m. Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
Sat.
tion to come.
Again we must heed Christ's
warning about false prophets.
What better name for a reli-
gious group waiting to be trans-
ported to another world than
"Heaven's Gate?"
A while back I received a let-
ter from a woman whose
mother at one time back in the
late 1960s gave financial sup-
port to cult religious leader Jim
Jones. But she never got so in-
volved with the cult that she
became one of the hundreds of
his followers who perished in
mass suicides in Guyana.
More than 75 Branch
Davidians, anticipating a com-
ing end of the world, died in a
fire during a seige of their Waco
compound by federal agents in
1993.
Mr. Applewhite's doomsday
messages is just one of many
tied to the year 2000. And end-
CHURCH OF CHRIST ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN
Dime Box CHURCH, DEANVILLE
Min. Lacey Washington Worship 10 a.m. Sunday
Sunday Bible Classes 10 School 8:45 a.m.
Yard of the Month
winner announced
The Giddings Garden Club
presented the Yard of the
Month award to Anna Lora
Mueller, 485 N. Grimes St.
The yard is filled with a va-
riety of flowers and plants in-
cluding white spirea, purple
wisteria, yellow jasmene,
photenia with large white
blossoms, and pink Indian
Hawthorne.
The cottage garden effect is
carried out with many peren-
nials and their companion
plants. Plants currently
blooming include grape hya-
cinth, oxalis. Star of
Bethlehem, dutch iris,
bearded iris, larkspurs,
gazanias, panzy, snapdragons,
pink moss, phlox, petunias,
vinca, and ajuga.
lives. So when a charismatic ---------------------------
leader claims to know the Free class to teach
way to heaven, sometimes
people are willing to give up spotting severe weather
everything to follow such a per- Smithville Rebekah Lodge
son. will host a National Weather
Instead of following Christ, Service Sky Warn class to
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a.m. Worship at 11 a.m.
Wed. Bible Classes at 6 p.m.
MT. OLIVE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor W. C. Steele
Worship 11:00 a.m. Sun-
day School 9:30 a.m. Bible
ST. MARY’S BAPTIST hour Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
SFapUnDpTTER DIME BOX BRETHREN
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Sunday sch0ol 930 a m CHURCH, Dime Box
CHURCH, GIDDINGS Morning worship 11 ami w Rev. Dan Husak ,
Rev. Gordon Butler Sunday. Thursday Mission 7 Worship service Sunday
Worship 9:30 a.m. Church p m Prayer meeting and 8:30 a.m. Sunday School ev-
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tragic event took the spotlight of-time warnings are causing
away from the Easter season. many people to believe that
The world was shocked by the some human leader just might
worst mass suicide in Ameri- have the "keys" to the Kingdom
can history as the leader of a of Heaven.
very small millenarian cult Cult leaders like Mr.
convinced 38 followers to join Applewhite have been using
him in taking their own lives the Internet to attract followers
inside a rented mansion at who pick up these dire warn-
Rancho Santa Fe outside San ings on their computers and
Diego. feel compelled to become part of
Marshall Applewhite's group these apocolyptic groups.
called "Heaven's Gate" had es- In the half century since the
poused a belief since the 1970s first UFO was reported, cults
that a spacecraft was going to have sprung up tying spiritual-
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come and whisk them away to ity to aliens from outer space through the mail or even over
the Next Level, also referred to who are supposedly willing to the Internet by computer.
as the Kingdom of Heaven. save humans from pollution, Through prayer and the help
When the Hale-Bopp Comet disease, nuclear annihilation of God's Holy Spirit directing
was discovered and came into and other ills. Our paths, we can walk in faith
sight recently, the group be- Down through the centuries, with Jesus as our guide. There
came convinced that a huge sightings of bright comets like is no need for following anyone
UFO was hiding behind the tail Hale-Bopp have invoked pre- else.
of the comet and was waiting to dictions of impending disaster. When Jesus comes again, He
take them to a better world in So the appearance of this says He will return on the
the heavens. And by taking bright object streaking through "clouds of the sky with power
the heavens is alarming some and great glory" (Matt. 24:30).
people. He won't be hiding behind
Even Christ our Lord told His some bright comet or flying in
believers to watch for signs tn on a UFO. - 2,
May God help us to recognize
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evening worship 6 p.m. Wed. 10:45 a.m. Fellowship sup-
evening worship 7 p.m per, 2nd Wed. of month 6:30 ANTIOCH BAPTIST
p.m. CHURCH
Rev. Jules W. Smith Jr.
CHURCH OF CHRIST Church School 10 a.m.,
Giddings Morning Service 11 a.m., Ev-
Bible class 9:30 a.m. A.M. ery 2nd and 4th Sunday.
LEXINGTON FAITH CHURCH, MANHEIM
TEMPLE, LEXINGTON Rev. Roger Hotopp
Kenny Mantooth, pastor Worship services at 8:15
9:45 Sunday School. 11 a.m. Sunday Bible Class and
morning worship. 6 Evange- Sunday School at 9:15 a.m.
listic worship. 7:00 Wed.
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN Sunday worship 9 a.m. Sun-
CHURCH, LINCOLN day school for all ages 10:15
Rev. David Ebert a.m. Bible study 6 p.m.
Worship service 9:00 Com- Wednesday prayer 6:30 p.m.
munion First and Third Sun-
days. Sunday School and PLEASANT GROVE
Bible Classes 8:00 a m. BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Mondays 4 p.m. Prayer Ser- school/Escuela Dominical TRINITY LUTHERAN
vice 7 p.m Wednesday. 9:45, Servicio de adoracion- CHURCH, FEDOR
Espanol 11 *00 a.m Evening Rev. Wayne
SWEET HOME BAPTIST service/servicio de adoracion Worship service 8:30 a.m.
CHURCH bilingual 6:00 p.m. Wednes- 1st & 3rd Sunday English
Rev. Charles Humphrey day/Miercoles 7:00 p.m. Communion Bible Class and
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sunday School at 8 a.m.
Sunday worship service 11 ST. MARYS CATHOLIC
a m Prayer meeting Wed. CHURCH, PIN OAK
nights 7 p.m. Rev. David M. Leibham
Sunday Mass 7:30 a.m.
LEXINGTON HOLY Confession before mass.
FAMILY CATHOLIC
MISSION
Rev. Emilian Foltyn
Hwy. 696 E, 1 block off
Hwy. 77, 409-884-3100
Sunday Mass 8:30 a.m.
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