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Trinity Lutheran Thanksgiving morning service

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 25, 2013 - 2:34pm

A Thanksgiving Day service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 N. Main St., Jenera, at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 28.

. More information is at www.tlcjenera.org  Everyone is welcome.

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Worship
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Here's Jeanne's Kitchen lunch special - will be open Blaze of Lights night

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 25, 2013 - 2:32pm

Here's this week's lunch specials at Jeanne's Kitchen.

JEANNE'S KITCHEN
LUNCH SPECIALS

 

November 26-29

TUESDAY
Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Hot Roast Beef with Mashed Potatoes
Chicken Fajita Wrap
Pear Salad

WEDNESDAY
Vegetable Beef Soup
Perch Platter
Mudd Honey Sandwich
Greek Salad with Chicken

THURSDAY
Closed for Thanksgiving. Have a blessed day with family, friends and loved ones.

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Business
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Bluffton University students exposed to MEDA’s global reach

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 25, 2013 - 2:12pm

 

Eight Bluffton University students observed how their business majors could have global impact at the recent Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) conference in Wichita, Kan.

Comprised of members from Canada and the United States, MEDA is an organization that aims to create business solutions to poverty and to generate economic growth for small businesses.

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Bluffton University
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Gundy discusses new book

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 25, 2013 - 2:10pm

Jeff Gundy, a professor of English at Bluffton University, talks about his newly published book, “Songs from an Empty Cage: Poetry, Mystery, Anabaptism, and Peace,” during an author program Nov. 21 in Bluffton’s Musselman Library.

A poetic exploration of theology, “Songs from an Empty Cage” is a sequel to Gundy’s “Walker in the Fog: On Mennonite Writing” and also the 10th book in the C. Henry Smith Book Series. Gundy has published five books of poems and three of prose; his latest book of poems, “Somewhere Near Defiance,” is forthcoming from Anhinga Press.

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Bluffton University
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Bluffton University speaker: Keeping hope alive in Syria

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 25, 2013 - 2:07pm

When she last left Syria about two years ago, the hardest part for Sarah Adams was not knowing what the future held for a country already at civil war.

But the people she had met during her visits as a Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) worker were hopeful, and they gave that hope to her, Adams said at Bluffton University’s weekly chapel service Nov. 21.

And despite the continuing conflict, she is keeping that faith, bolstered by stories of:

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Bluffton University
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Ellen Messing, 1935-2013

Posted by Fred Steiner on November 25, 2013 - 2:03pm

Bluffton

Ellen Messing, 78, of Bluffton, died Nov. 21, 2013 at her residence. She was born April 23, 1935, in Ada to the late Rufus G. and Lillian M. Howard Smith. 

She retired from Sprint where she was an operator and dispatcher.  She was a member of the English Lutheran Church, Bluffton and the Ada VFW.  She was a 1953 graduate of Ada High School.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Louis David Brentlinger.

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Obituaries
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