Weldon Mersiovsky

Just came across this newspaper clipping from the September 10, 1981, Giddings, Texas News about the 1981 Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio. It used to be a four day affair, Thursday-Sunday. And we also had a time of worship on Sunday morning prior to the festival starting in the afternoon. Here I’m leading in worship…and one

The members of St John’s Lutheran Church in Uhland, Texas celebrated its 125th Anniversary. David Goeke, Deacon, and Tim Ristow captured the thoughts of two of its members in this thougthful and thought provoking interview. St John Uhland | 125 ]]>

At the Centennial Convention of the Texas District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod in 2006, David Goeke and Ron Lammert set up a mini museum of Texas Lutheran History. As a part of the mini museum, an interview was conducted and recorded on podcast by John Goeke, David’s older brother. Click the arrow in

This article by Timothy Goeke first appeared in Stirpes, Texas State Genealogical Society, Volume 34, Number 1, March 1994, Frances Condra Pryor, editor, Journal/Magazine/ Newsletter, March 1994. It can be accessed digitally at the Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas. (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39868/:accessed December 10, 2015), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas