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Joppa Community News & Calendar
Join Our Joppa Community (private) Email Group for periodic news and announcements.
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First Saturday of each Month - Coffee on the Bridge - Joppa Bridge
April 5, 2025 - Coffee on the Bridge 8:00am till ?
Historic Joppa Bridge - check the Bridge page for status of the rehab of our bridge
Mahomet Community News
Join us for a casual hour of community singing on Sunday, March 2nd, from 4 PM to 5 PM
Peace Christian Church @ Mahomet - 10451 East FM 243, Bertram, TX 78605
about 11 miles east of Bertram and 3 miles west of US 183
"Singing in Community" Peace Christian Church @ Mahomet
First Sunday each month at 4PM
There is something special that happens when hymns are sung 'in community.' There is a voice contributed by each person that rises up from each person, and yet when music is good, another element begins to swirl in the mix. Something shifts, and the song becomes more than just me, more than the individuals singing. The song becomes itself, alive and real and more than the sum of its parts. At the heart of a good song, we still see and recognize something shared and human in one another, which gives us hope.
Carrie Newcomer, a music making friend, sent an email (link in NOTES) that reminds us that:
"We can’t do everything, but we are required by love to do something."
Her activity was to work at a Soup Bowl Benefit started by her church to raise funds for her local foodbank.
Donations appreciated for the Lacare Food Pantry (if ya can't come, just take a moment to send them a check - PO Box 1115, Burnet, TX 78611)
NOTES:
Peace Christian Church at Mahomet
10845 East FM 243 Between Bertram & Briggs
August 12, 2024, A note from Robert Noland:
A lot has happened since you were last at the church in Mahomet!
o The church burned down.
o We have since re-purposed the Tabernacle into our “new” church building that is acoustically just right for a singing.
In the old days, the nearby churches would join us for our “Singings.” Perhaps you would like to join us for a Singing in our “new” facility. We hope to sing the First Thursday evening each month starting in September.
Tommy Jones, the talented music teacher for the Killeen Public Schools will lead the singing.
Join us ... Bring your friends and let’s lift our spirits. With all going on in the world, perhaps a little spirit lifting is in order. (-:
Same 150+ year old church with a slightly updated name - expressing our hope for “Peace, Love and Happiness”
Peace Christian Church at Mahomet
10845 East FM 243
Between Bertram & Briggs
- Robert Noland - 512-576-8279
2019 before the fire and rebuild
Briggs Community News
Did You Know ....
"Local Spacecraft Makes Good" (from Briggs Feb 2025 Newsletter)
On January 15th, Firefly launched its Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander carrying ten NASA experiments. Nicknamed “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” the lander was carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the launch pad in Cape Canaveral into its Earth orbit where the two separated. Blue Ghost is on a 45-day trip to the moon, 25 of which will be spent orbiting Earth. Several experiments will be conducted during its Earth orbit, including measurements of solar wind particles in Earth’s magnetic field. After 16 days of orbiting the moon, Blue Ghost will land and spend one lunar day, which equals 14 Earth days, conducting experiments involving lunar subsurface drilling, dust mitigation, and x-ray imaging of Earth’s surface. Blue Ghost contains a number of components that were built and tested here at Firefly’s Rocket Ranch in Briggs. When it lands in early March on a large volcanic plain on the moon’s surface, we’ll all be able to say there’s a little bit of Briggs on the Moon.
Briggs does not yet have an active website yet, however they do have a FACEBOOK PAGE where announcements and events are posted: https://www.facebook.com/BriggsCommunity
Future website www.inbriggstexas.com
Briggs Community Center, Inc. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Membership potluck meetings are held on the second Monday of Feburary, May, August, and November at 6:00pm, hosted at the Briggs Baptish Fellowship Hall. All are welcome to attend the BCCI potluck.
Commissioner’s Corner- by Damon Bierle: Lots of things are happening in the Precinct. I would like to highlight the new partnership between Burnet County and the Briggs Community Center Board of Directors. A year of planning led to BCCI turning over the Community Center and Ag Building to Burnet County. We are excited about the future of the Community Center. After the May 28 runoff election, maintenance crews will begin restoration to enhance and improve the building.
Work will include new windows, a solid roof, and reinforce beams so the second story can be used again. Various upgrades will be made while keeping the touches and charm of the building intact. Once restoration is complete the BCCI Board will be able to rent out the facility as was done in the past. Community events can use the building and the grounds for meetings, gatherings, reunions, and other functions. We look forward to a grand re-opening for everyone to attend.
