I wish to begin this article with a great ‘THANK YOU’ to the many who stopped on the highway recently to offer your assistance to a family in our community. Richard and Alyssa, along with their two daughters, were headed toward Seadrift to help a family who is moving into our area. It was Friday morning, July 7, about 6:30 when their vehicle hit water and spun around twice before landing in the ditch going the opposite direction! No injuries and no damages were experienced. I arrived before 7:00 a,m. A County policeman was already there. We explained that we had a tractor available and would get it and pull the truck out. Before the situation had been resolved, there were more than thirty people who had stopped or called to inquire if they could help in any way! People in our community are always willing to help and the “helping hand” attitude is the one that all of us should have! Thank you to everyone who stopped their busy lives to check on those who were in need!

We were honored to perform a wedding for Bryan and Debbie toward the end of June. It was a lovely event and those attending had a wonderful time. Thanks for allowing us to be a part of your lives. We were provided with fish to glean from the Ross Tournament and have fed a number of people with the fillets. Thank you, Daryl, for cleaning the fish and several people who helped bag and freeze the catch. We have hosted a Men’s Retreat from the surrounding area with about 20 men attending. We got to host Naomi and her husband, Jordan, who are headed with the Navy to Japan in a couple of weeks. We are gleaning fish from the Lone Star Shoot-Out and appreciate the fishermen who donate their catch to help feed people in our community. Did I mention that we have been busy?

Both Pastor Joane and Erny have been called to preach for several churches in these last couple of months. We both enjoy meeting the different congregants and doing church in the mode to which they are accustomed. We are joining with the congregation of New Beginnings in Port Lavaca on Sunday, July 23 at 6:00 p.m. They are bringing Pastor/Evangelist Michael Rowan for that special service. Everyone is welcome to come and go with us.

On August 3 through August 6, we are hosting a different type of Retreat. It is being called “God’s Fish Camp Retreat.” It will feature a group of people wanting to provide a setting for veterans who are suffering with PTSD. All the details have not yet been worked out, but we are excited to reach out to our fellow veterans who are suffering because of their sacrifices for us, to keep us free! If you want to be a part of this effort, please ask!

Fisherman’s Chapel is an interdenominational congregation who began in Port O’Connor in January, 1995. We have worked hard to build a group of caring people who in turn will reach out to others to minister to the whole community. We gather each Sunday at 10:00 a.m. for Bible Study; 11:00 a.m. for Morning Service, and 6:00 p.m. for Evening Service. We also meet each Wedneday evening at 7:00 p.m. for a time of “Food Fellowship” before the Midweek Service. Everyone is welcome to attend and all are urged to, “Come, grow with us”!

The August meeting of the Calhoun County Democratic Club will be held Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at the Calhoun County Library, in the community room, 200 W Mahan St., Port Lavaca.

Social/potluck is at 5.30 p.m. and the meeting starts at 6:00 p.m.

The next meeting will be September 5th.

More info: CalhounTXDemocrats.org

Republican Club August Meeting
The Calhoun County Republican Club will be hosting Rev. Dr. J. Dustin Jenkins on Monday, August 7, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at Drifters Hall, 5287 Fm 3084, Port Lavaca, TX 77979.
Originally from Sanger, TX, Dustin Jenkins graduated from Howard Payne University with a BA in Christian Studies, Biblical Languages. After one year at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dustin entered the Fire Service working full-time as a Fireman and Paramedic in Cleburne, TX, where he met his wonderful wife Jamie. He completed a Master of Theology and a Doctorate of Ministry at Covington Theological Seminary as well as a Masters of Business Administration in Healthcare at CTU. Dustin is a bi-vocational pastor at Heritage Bible Church and committed to an expository style of preaching. He is also the Emergency Medical Services Director for Calhoun County, TX. Dustin and Jamie have four beautiful daughters; Samantha, Haleigh, Ashlynne, & Maycie; one son-in-law; and three wonderful granddaughters.
A catered meal is available at 5:00pm for $12 with a reservation. Please call (361) 552-6313 or email CCRCLUB@proton.me to RSVP for dinner or for more information.

Thank You

Thank you to our amazing Shrimpfest volunteers, members and families! We couldn’t have done it without you!

Frank & Shari Gerking, Evelyn Eure, Jaelynn Phillips, Jerry & Lauren Eure, Noah & Gillian Lento, McKenna Boedecker, Brandon Cady, Judy Brown, Jo Dean Phillips, Jayme Edwards, Miranda Edwards, Deede McGhee, Lisa Campbell, The Seadrift Bunco Committee, Jason Brumfield, Mary Hodges, Evolution Tactical Combative, CJ Morales, Alexzandra Cruz, Greg Mead, Madison Carter, Krista Lehtinen, Kiddron Lehtinen, Barry Lehtinen, Trevor Finster, Charlene Terrell, Barbara Stanfill, Katrina Hodges Pokluda, Beverly JJ Smith, First United Methodist Church, Kellie Blevins, Amy Dufner, Kelsey Dufner, Cindy Alford, Mike Mueller, Joanne Mueller, Melody Morgan, Kim Stafford, Lacey Vasquez, Gina Cady, Jennifer Boedecker, Mallory Galloway, Brittany McGill, Heather Vasquez, Stephanie Park….and many more (please forgive us if you aren’t on the list!)

Consider joining us as a Chamber member and on the Chamber Board! Our meetings are on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Train Depot on Main Street! More good things to come for Seadrift!

Seadrift Chamber of Commerce

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Pastor Joane has challenged us to study what she is calling “Route 66”. There are sixty-six (66) Bible Books, and we are attempting to preach from each one. While reading in II Kings, I noticed that Scripture records a little boy sneezing seven times. Why did God have that event recorded for our discovery these many years after the incident? We all sneeze, and we often wish the sneezer a “God bless you”.

The Old Testament Historical Books record more than the exploits of the mighty, the wisdom of statesmen, or the splendor of the Temple. They even record the sneezes of a young lad! The Biblical story began by telling us this youngster’s parents were wealthy. The Prophet Elisha had an open invitation to stop by there, because they “left the light on”! He came by so frequently that they built an addition on their home so Elisha could be more comfortable in his travels. A close reading of the story points out that the lady had no children until Elisha spoke into her life, and the boy was born. Later, while working with his dad, it appears the lad had a sun stroke so severe that he died. His body was carried to the Prophet’s Chamber and laid on the prophet’s bed. Mom got on a donkey and road to find the prophet. When she arrived, she was asked, “Is everything all right with you, your husband, and your child?” This is biblical religion – we are to care about one another! The account goes on to tell us that after Elisha went to the boy and prayed, the boy sneezed seven times, and was alive and well.

Millions do not believe there is a Creator or that if there is, He does not care about the events of this world. It appears to me that in our search for justice and world peace, we have dehumanized society to the extremes of our acceptance of abortions and euthanasia! The loss of belief in God leads straight to the loss of a belief in human beings and their importance as eternal beings. The Biblical story tells me that God hears our sneezes because He listens to the sounds from His creation.

Recently a great pastor asked me why Christians are not very helpful. He and his wife had just had a baby bless their home, and with their busy lives, they needed help. Most of those in their congregation had gladly offered to help, but no one ever did anything to assist. I tried to explain that it is my observation that most of his church members meant to help but were to involved in their own lives to think about his need! “If they thought about it, they would help.”

“Why don’t they remember their promises?” My reply was, “NO one jogged their memories!” THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE!

I personally understand how easily we can lose the human touch, concerned with our own personal survival, we allow the needs of others to slip from our minds. This may be why people are allergic to organized religion. In New Testament days, church leaders were very busy, and even without our modern conveniences that were designed to give us more free time, those saints of old appear to have had more time to help others than we do!

Everything we do as followers of Jesus, all the organizations, all the machines, all the structures must be used to glorify our Creator! When we serve the Gospel message, we will care for those in our community! We must allow the humanity of God to humanize everything we do in His Name.

We must seek to resist the dehumanizing trends of today – to be a community that reflects the human face of God in Jesus Christ. We need to find a need for others and seek to meet it to the best of our ability. We must pledge that we will never allow the hum of our machinery or the clacking of our keyboards (even those on our phones) to make us deaf to the sound of a little boy’s sneeze!