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Season of giving takes place at Founders Hall

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 6, 2011 - 1:22pm

Jacob Atkins (right), a Bluffton University senior from Spencerville, looks over donated food items while Rachael LeFever (left), a junior from Orrville, makes a donation Saturday, Dec. 3, in Bluffton's Founders Hall.

Atkins and other students in a "Planning for Special Events" class hosted "A Season of Giving" at the day's men's and women's basketball games, where they collected more than 700 items-enough to fill 18 boxes-for the Bluffton Community Assistance Food Pantry.

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Personal traumas move pastor to help others

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 5, 2011 - 5:49pm

When she was 23 years old, Kathy Yoder was struck with an illness that ultimately led to two liver transplants.

Those traumas reminded the Eastern Mennonite University graduate how fragile life can be. "At 23, you don't think about writing your own funeral plans," she said.

Her health issues led her to consider spirituality in a different way and, while recovering from her first transplant, she felt the call to the ministry.

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"Messiah" presentation 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 5, 2011 - 5:47pm

Bluffton University will present its 116th performance of Handel's "Messiah" at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public; a free-will offering will be taken.

Dr. Mark J. Suderman, professor of music and director of choral activities at the university, will conduct the oratorio for the 11th time at Bluffton, where he has taught since 2000.

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