June 1, 2022 - It's Wednesday, June 1.

Here at First Baptist Center, we are T-Minus 5 days until Vacation Bible School! It all starts next Monday, June 6, and runs through Friday, June 10. Children ages 4 through 6th grade will enjoy music and crafts and missions and snacks and Bible study and recreation. Go to fbccenter.org to find out more and to register.

May 31, 2022 - The pay telephone has been around for a long time. I can recall that there was a pay telephone booth in the first floor of the courthouse. There was one in the Wyman Roberts Funeral Home here in San Augustine, Texas. These, of course, have been long gone. What happened to them?

May 28, 2022 - It’s Saturday, May 28.

This coming Monday, all across America, communities will be gathering... to remember. Here in Shelby County Texas we’ll meet at 11am at our Civic Center. There will be solemn ceremony and there will be uplifting patriotic music.

May 27, 2022 - This week we mourn the loss of 21 Texans in a horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Words can not adequately express our grief and we offer prayers of comfort to the families affected, the community, and our state. 

Here are five things happening around your state: 

1. Finance and Business and Commerce hearings

May 26, 2022 - This Memorial Day, Texas A&M Forest Service encourages Texans to protect our great state by being mindful of activities that may start a wildfire. The start of summer is marked by vacations, outdoor activities like camping and grilling and celebrating holidays with family and friends – all of which could lead to sparking a wildfire.