Zion Lutheran Church of Arneckeville
Cuero
TX

77954

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Who we are

Mission Statement of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Arneckeville

"We are called by Christ to assure forgiveness And to renew and nurture faith in our community and the world"

We are a small town church with a big love for God. Sunday worship is at 9am in Arneckeville, Texas.

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509 Zion Cemetery Rd.
Cuero, TX 77954
United States
Phone: (361) 277-6434
Fax: (361) 277-6434

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509 Zion Cemetery Rd.
Cuero, TX 77954
United States
Phone: (512) 589-3192

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Quote of the Day

John 15:20

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

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The Rev. Kara L. Hairell Speed
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Beverly Hartman
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509 Zion Cemetery Rd.
Cuero, TX
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Zion Lutheran Church of Arneckeville Cuero Service Times

Sunday worship is at 9am in Arneckeville, Texas.

Service Times last updated on the 27th of February, 2024


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Zion Lutheran Church Cuero TX - photo courtesy of mark fahnert
The sanctuary
2024 Church Counsel Leaders
Zion kids
Sunday worship
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Zion Lutheran Church of Arneckeville History

History of Pastor Adam Sager

SAGER, CHRISTOPH ADAM (1826-1869). Christoph Adam Sager, who, with Theobald Kleis, is believed to have been one of the first two Lutheran pastors in Texas, was born in Düttingen-Urach, Württemberg, on April 3, 1826. Having obtained his theological education in the Pilger Mission Institute in Switzerland, he was sent to Texas in 1850. He married Justine Dreier. Because he was unable to find a parsonage or to live on his meager income, he farmed in addition to working as a missionary. He and his wife reared seven children in the log cabin on his farm near Arneckeville. He carried his missionary activities to Victoria, Yorktown, Goliad, Meyersville, Schroeder, Weesatche, and other communities of DeWitt County. He died on August 17, 1869, and was buried Zion Lutheran cemetery in Arneckeville.

Two pastors came from the St. Chrischona School in Basel, Switzerland, in 1850: Theobald G. Kleis and Christoph Adam Sager. They arrived in Galveston in the fall of the 1850. They went to Victoria where it was decided that Pastor Sager would stay. Pastor Kleis went up to Neighborsville and Hortontown on the opposite bank of the Guadalupe from New Braunfels. A letter went to St. Chrischona saying that there was ample work for many more pastors.

A native of Germany, Adam Christopher Henry Arnecke settled in this area in the 1850s and opened the community's first general store. Originally known as Zionsville, the settlement later was named for Arnecke. By the end of the 19th century, Arneckeville had blacksmith shops, doctors' offices, a cotton gin, post office, school, and a church, Zion Lutheran, that was organized in 1865. Although the small German community began to decline when a farm-to-market road was built to Cuero (7 miles north), it has retained much of its pioneer heritage. This is the only known picture of Pastor Adam C. Sager.

The first Lutheran pastors to minister to these new settlers were Theobald Kleis, Adam Sagar, and later, H. Pfenninger (all of whom were trained at the St. Chrischona Pilgermission Institute in Basel, Switzerland). Sager began his work in Victoria and also preached in Meyersville, Yorktown, and Goliad and Arneckeville Texas.


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