Coupland Civic Organization (CCO) This month’s Coupland Civic Organization meeting will be Monday, Jan. 30, in the Fellowship Hall of St. Peter’s Church. Mayor Jack Piper will speak about the state of the city. CCO President Susan Schmidt will discuss the 2022 CCO activities and the upcoming 2023 events.
Activities of the Coupland Volunteer Fire Department and the Emergency Services District #10 will also be presented. Everyone is welcome to the supper of homemade soup and cornbread hosted by the CCO board which will begin at 6:30 p.m. The program begins at 7 p.m.
Many thanks go to CCO Treasurer Mike Schneider, who is resigning after many years of dedicated service to the community. Assistant Treasurer Becky Sutton will take over the position. Also, thank you to Ruby Wabbel who has assumed the post of CCO Secretary.
St. Peter’s Church of Coupland The St. Peter’s Diners met Jan.
19, coordinated by Sandra and Don Wernli. The monthly potluck lunch was held Sunday, Jan. 22, following the worship service. The Committee on Ministry met Jan. 23. Coffee Connections meets every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the conference room.
The Pastoral Search committee met Jan. 25. The annual congregation meeting will be Jan. 28.
Seniors luncheon co-chair Lois Schmidt said, “Our senior citizens’ luncheon was held Jan. 17. Over 61 senior citizens including hostesses and hosts attended our luncheon.
What a crowd!” Hostesses were the Wernlis, Schmidt, Becky Sutton, Cindy and Jim Alexander, Charlotte Albert, Hermania Vitek, JoAnn Ging, and Cynthia and Teddy Wittliff.
Helpers were Wanda Walther, Cindy and Zack Wood, and Joyce and Arthur Henze.
Schmidt adds, “Thanks to everyone who helped us in any way! Bingo and ‘42’ Dominoes were played.”
The next luncheon will be March 21.
Everyone is welcome at St. Peter’s worship services at 10:15 a.m. on Sundays. For more information, email [email protected] or go to the website stpeterscoupland.org and click on the calendar link at the top to see all the church events.
New Sweden Church
Barbara Carisalez says, “New Sweden Lutheran Church continues to welcome everyone to our many scheduled events. We start the Easter Season off with Ash Wednesday Service on Feb. 22 at 7 p.m., then continue with the Lenten season with Lenten services on Wednesdays.”
At 6 p.m., a meal will be served followed by the Lenten service at 7 p.m. On April 6, New Sweden will hold Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. followed by Easter Services April 9. Carisalez notes, “We will start with a sunrise service at 7 a.m. at the cemetery followed by breakfast in the Parish Hall. Then at 9:30 a.m. an Easter egg hunt for the children with Easter Worship Service at 10:30 a.m.”
New Sweden will continue the ladies Bible study the first Thursday of each month beginning in May. It begins at 6:30 p.m. with a light meal.
Carisalez explains, “We will continue with Bible Study at 10 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, along with our game nights at 7 p.m. on the second, third, and fourth Thursdays of the month.”
New Sweden Church is at 12809 New Sweden Church Road. For information, see [email protected] and www.newswedenelca. org.
Type Church
Charlene Hanson Jordan reports that Pastor Ryan Evans is the new pastor of Type Church, 1200 CR 466.
His wife, Kelly, is a kindergarten teacher in Schulenberg. Jase, his son, is three, and Ellie, his daughter, is one.
Jordan says, “Pastor Ryan is from Houston, attended Houston Baptist University, and is studying online at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri.”
She adds, “He is excited to be the pastor at Type and looks forward to learning more about the community.” Besides Sundays, he will be at the church on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. He can be reached by calling 281229-8962 or by email at pastorryan91@ gmail.com. Services on Sundays are at 10:30. Bible study started Wednesday, Jan. 25.
Coupland Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services District #10
Maranda Cummings announces, “You might notice the new Williamson County ESD #10 patch on our trucks and uniforms. Thank you, John Roulston-Bates and the board, for creating a professional patch for the district.”
The board approved the purchase of two command vehicles including equipment. Cummings notes, “This will give each district (Coupland and Thrall) a new command vehicle. The ESD also plans on ordering another tender and brush truck this budget year since they likely won’t come in for the next couple years due to supply chain delays.”
The fire chiefs are trying to find fire station locations in the Beyersville and Structure areas locations with five-to-10-minute response times.
Cummings explains, “The chiefs want to be proactive in finding locations to get ahead of the growth we all know is coming our way.” She adds, “Mark Moellenberg, ESD #10 fire chief, stated the fire chiefs will have an architect in place to design the stations faster with the core details of the fire station completed first and offices and leisure rooms being added later.”
If any area residents are interested in joining Williamson County ESD #10, please contact Roulston-Bates (District 1 Chief) at [email protected] or Zach Hall (District 2 Chief) at [email protected].
See the Williamson County ESD #10 Facebook page as well as the Coupland and Thrall Volunteer Fire Departments’ Facebook pages for updates and upcoming events.
Coupland’s art news
Coupland artist Letitia Eldredge and Taylor artist Karl Senn both shipped their newest works off to Houston for The Art Car Museum’s “Blue” exhibit, Jan. 28 to May 28.
Seventy-five Texas artists are included this year.
Eldredge says, “Our forever thanks go out to Houstonian Colin Nelson for his unstoppable effort to hand deliver the art.”
Nelson drove to Coupland, got the art, and drove it back to the museum in Houston.
Peter Julian, another artist on Coupland’s Art Bloc, mailed out a series of original prints as his 2023 New Year’s Greeting. It’s always a treat to receive some of Peter’s original artwork.
Eldredge says, “It’s a sure thing that more custom art cards are on the drawing boards.” Coupland residents are fortunate to have such talented artists living on the block in downtown Coupland that we call Art Bloc.
Wells and Jessica Mason of Coupland’s Ironwood Industries recently opened their beautiful showroom in Taylor at 120 West Second Street, Ste. A. Now they are planning a showroom in Austin coming in the first quarter of 2023.
Wells says, “We’re excited to announce a satellite showroom for Ironwood Industries at the Marketplace in Austin! We’re planning to show furniture, sculpture, and architectural hardware. The Marketplace will be a fantastic new resource for Austin’s design community. Strictly to-the-trade. No place quite like it.” More details will be coming soon. Jessica adds, “Also there will be a huge party.”
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Susan Garry
Coupland columnist
