Posted by Fred Steiner on January 3, 2018 - 1:17pm
Betty Moser is the winner of a quilt raffle project conducted by St. John's United Church of Christ. The drawing was held on Jan. 2 and the proceeds from the raffle will go toward local missions.
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 28, 2017 - 2:33pm
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera, will hold two special services to close this year and welcome the New Year.
• On Sunday, Dec. 31, there will be one service at 9:30 a.m. with no Bible Classes. • On New Year’s Day, Monday, Jan. 1, a special service will be held at 9:30 a.m.
Including candlelighting, carols, lessons, communion
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 21, 2017 - 3:59pm
Bluffton congregations observe Christmas eve in several traditional ways this year. Here is a list of congregations with services planned for Sunday, Dec. 24.
Bluffton Baptist Church
345 County Line Road
At 7 p.m. Christmas eve service is planned.
Bluffton Presbyterian Church
112 N. Main St.
Christmas eve service begins at 6:45 p.m. with prelude music. At 7 p.m. is a service of lessons and carols.
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 18, 2017 - 6:43am
A combined Sunday morning worship and Christmas Eve service will take place at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 24, at St. John’s United Church of Christ.
There will be no Christian Education classes that morning. Everyone is welcome to attend the special service, which will include carol singing, the story of the first Christmas, and music by St. John’s UCC choir.
A nursery for children will be provided. The church is located at the corner of College Avenue and Jackson Streets, Bluffton.
Rev. Karol Farris, pastor of Bluffton Presbyterian Church
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 14, 2017 - 3:16pm
Rev. Karol Farris will celebrate her first Christmas as a pastor later this month.
This fall, Rev. Farris accepted the call as pastor of Bluffton Presbyterian Church. Her pastorate began in September and she was installed in November.
As a first-time pastor, she describes her position as an “on-going balancing act.”