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Macedonia Baptist Church invites Grimes County to a three-day revival featuring a minister raised and trained locally at Macedonia. The revival is Sept. 13-15 featuring Pastor Earnest Powell of Zion Fair Missionary Baptist Church in La Vernia. Services begin at 7 p.m.
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Thanks to Susan Brak and other Salem Lutheran volunteers the 2023 VBS which was a huge success. The children were still excited during Sunday service. Maybe Little Man can attend VBS next summer.
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Evergreen Baptist Church had a full house of members and visitors for Sunday morning worship services April 2. There was an Easter Egg Hunt and lunch afterwards with lots of good food and desserts. Everyone had a wonderful time.
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St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary, 6731 Pavlock Rd. in Navasota is hosting a Birthday Party for the Wolves Saturday, April 15 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Join for keeper talks, Artisan vendors, food trucks and a kid’s zone. For more info call Nicole, 936-494-9765.
Mental Health First Aid free virtual trainings will be held April 27-28, 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. For more information contact Rachel Brauner, 979-321-5021.
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The Grimes County Mobile Food Bank will be open Thursday, April 13 from 9:30-10:45 a.m. in the back-parking lot of the Grimes County Fairgrounds. Any resident of Grimes County will be served and will only need to show their driver’s license when they complete the once-a-year Client Assistant Intake form. For more information contact Chris Albright, caanavasota@gmail.com or 713-962-2144.
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April Fool’s Day was Saturday, the day of our BBQ sandwich sales. The day started early with presales. We had a few rough spots throughout, but they ended quickly. We sold all the meat the firemen cooked. Thank everyone for making this fundraiser the best we have had in months.
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Continuing the Bookman family history in Grimes County and Trinity University we find that Jesse Bookman’s two children, Pickens Butler and Mattie J., both attended Trinity University at its original location of Tehaucana, Texas. The University was founded there in 1869 and relocated to Waxahachie in 1902, before making a final home at San Antonio.
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Friday was the final home basketball game for the Yeguas against Iola. I can’t recall the final score for the JV team because I got so excited about the antics of DaeDae, one of the players. Not sure why he came out of his shell, but he sure did. Had he worn a striped shirt I would have thought he was the referee.
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